WEBVTT 1 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:28.239 Hmm. 2 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:36.560 Come on man, good for it, dude. 3 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:50.840 It's Fridayday, Matchday Friday here on s D H A M. 4 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:53.039 John here, you there, thanks for dropping by, as you 5 00:00:53.200 --> 00:00:59.399 always do. It is your standard packed match week preview 6 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:04.079 Friday kind of a thing. So obviously our number two 7 00:01:04.120 --> 00:01:06.599 we can whip around patent pending trademark coming sooner hopefully 8 00:01:06.680 --> 00:01:08.879 rather than later. We'll go through all the matches, get 9 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:12.120 you ready, and obviously we'll get you ready for Atlanta 10 00:01:12.200 --> 00:01:15.280 United and Charlotte FC. That is the big one, and 11 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:21.000 that is batting lead off tomorrow. And as always, as always, 12 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:26.560 morning BAM or late evening bam. As always, once again, 13 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:30.120 when you see a start time posted at MLS Soccer 14 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.480 dot com, ad ten minutes because the network has to 15 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:38.640 get through their pregame shows and things, the official term things. 16 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.560 So right now you look on MLS Soccer dot com, 17 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:46.000 it's a two fifteen start add ten minutes two twenty five. 18 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.239 It's going to be on Apple, it's going to be 19 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.040 on Apple TV Plus, it's going to be on Big Fox. 20 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:52.280 It's going to be on Big Fox. 21 00:01:52.280 --> 00:01:55.519 Support this and so when you have something that goes 22 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:58.640 across all of those different networks and all that different strata, 23 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.640 add ten minutes because Big Fox wants to have their 24 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:05.319 big super hypermega pregame show. So two twenty five big 25 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:07.280 in extra ten minutes for those of you who are 26 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:10.479 traveling up I eighty five, so you got it right 27 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.599 this time up eighty five to go to Charlotte and 28 00:02:13.639 --> 00:02:16.919 catch at Land United and Charlotte FC, and I would 29 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:19.199 anticipate that there are a lot of you that are 30 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:23.280 going so as we get into everything today, we got 31 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:25.960 a lot of stuff in our number one involving Premier 32 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:31.080 League teams and the courts and finances and wishes and 33 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:35.240 dreams about expanding site and TV contracts and all that 34 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:36.759 kind of stuff. Hopefully we can catch up with our 35 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:40.560 friends at Beyond Goals mettering that would be at nine thirty, 36 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.759 and then once again hour number two we can whip 37 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:45.240 around when we go through all the matches and all 38 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:47.000 of the things to get you ready for the weekend 39 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.120 across the board, and a big one obviously with Atlanta 40 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:54.360 United on the road taking on Charlotte, and anticipating as 41 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:57.560 always a Jason dropping by at ten thirty to give 42 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:02.439 his thoughts on not just us, not what he anticipates 43 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:05.000 with Atlanta and Charlotte, but he got to go to 44 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:08.400 the US Soccer All Hands on Deck meeting downtown, So 45 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:10.240 I wanted to get his thoughts on that. Wanted to 46 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.680 get his thoughts on what we saw where Major League 47 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:18.080 Soccer has released all of the roster identifications, who's two 48 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:20.560 and four, who's three and three, who's got one less dep, 49 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.360 who's got one more U twenty two, who's a TAM, 50 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:26.400 who's normal, who's got contract links? And all those kinds 51 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.960 of things. I wanted to get his thoughts on that 52 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:33.280 and see what is missing when it comes to Major 53 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:37.680 League Soccer and information that would mean an informed, electric 54 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:39.680 and fan base. So we'll get into that hopefully around 55 00:03:39.719 --> 00:03:41.759 ten thirty and Jason will join us then and we 56 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:46.240 will plow through anything and everything going on involving Atlanta, United, Charlotte, 57 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.000 Major League Soccer choice to all the above. So very 58 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:53.439 very busy show across the board and there you go, 59 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.840 all right, quick, morning Hi Alex, Morning Bam, And I 60 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.759 mean well, and like I said, morning Bams. So for Bam, 61 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:04.919 it's like middle of the night, middle of the blanking night. 62 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.360 Yeah, I don't Ricky. 63 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:12.800 If I don't, Ricky's looking at the clock when for 64 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:17.120 those of you that may watch on Twitch, there is 65 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:20.639 a clock that continues that lets you know how long 66 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:24.800 a program has been running. And if for some reason, 67 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:31.360 I don't go away on my laptop over here, the 68 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:33.839 clock continues and literally it's been like twenty three, twenty 69 00:04:33.839 --> 00:04:35.759 four hours, so on and so forth, those kinds of things. 70 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:40.480 So that's I guess where the clock the clock stream 71 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:44.600 identifier has this going for like ninety thousand minutes and 72 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:46.399 four hundred and twenty eight days in a row. 73 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:48.040 So so yeah, so. 74 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:51.959 Bam is sixteen hours ahead of us in Australia, and 75 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:53.639 so he's catching up with us that way. Where this 76 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.399 close to the beginning of the AFL season in twenty 77 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.959 twenty five. So we got that abbey with the public 78 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:04.839 service announcement for everybody going going to Charlotte tonight Noda 79 00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:09.720 Brewing makes it till like a minute work song from 80 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:13.040 seven to ten. And I think that Jason and Maddie 81 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:16.759 are going to be at Nodah and they're gonna be 82 00:05:16.800 --> 00:05:18.839 hanging out with all you folks from once again seven 83 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.000 to ten tonight you're going to a nota brewing up 84 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:24.839 in Charlotte. So big gathering for those that are going 85 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.800 up the night before, hanging out in hotels and gonna 86 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.560 go see everybody on the early afternoon, so not to 87 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.439 brewing tonight seven to ten. I think, like I said, 88 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:34.040 I think Jason and Maddy are going to be there 89 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.560 for that, Traffic permitting obviously, but we'll see what's going 90 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:43.560 on involving that. Now, a couple of other quick things 91 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:48.000 before we get into all the promotional stuff once again, 92 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:49.800 we're gonna talk about the Premier League. We're gonna talk 93 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:53.000 about Fa Cup. We got juice boxes there, all the 94 00:05:53.000 --> 00:05:56.639 stuff from the morning. Last night, Vancouver took care of Saprisa, 95 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:00.240 so we now know what the Conka CAF Round of 96 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.399 sixteen is. 97 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:02.839 It is complete. 98 00:06:02.839 --> 00:06:07.079 It is completely complete, and we have brackets and start 99 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.879 days and things like that. We don't have juice boxes yet, 100 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.120 but Brian White got a brace last night for those 101 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:15.399 of you that stayed up and watched starting at ten o'clock, 102 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:20.079 and so that means that Vancouver advances into the Round 103 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:25.920 of sixteen from March four through thirteen. Preceded Columbus Crew 104 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:29.000 looking at the bracket, so it's crew taking on LAFC 105 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:31.600 that one's going to be spicy March fourth, that's when 106 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.199 that one starts in the round of sixteen upper left. 107 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.439 It is Cavalier and it is Messian friends. That one 108 00:06:39.439 --> 00:06:43.800 starts on March the sixth, and in that matchup traditionally, 109 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:47.600 Cavalier plays in a building I think that has a 110 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:52.040 five thousand seat attendance capacity. They've already sold out the 111 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:54.800 National Stadium at thirty five thousand, So very very cool 112 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.720 for that particular leg. Cavalier and Messi and friends, Columbus 113 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.480 crew in lafcer left, they are in their own that 114 00:07:02.480 --> 00:07:05.000 that's that space upper left in your in your concor 115 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:09.120 CAF bracket month today is going to take on Vancouver 116 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:11.680 white Caps that starts on March the fifth. Once again, 117 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:15.399 with Vancouver's win last night to nil, they advance Aliwa 118 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:19.800 Lenzay Goes preceeded and I mean pr E dash s 119 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.560 e E d e D, not p r e c 120 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:27.120 E d e D. But they have they were pre seeded, 121 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:29.759 meaning they had a seating number before you know, a 122 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:31.240 lot of other folks they were they were in the 123 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:36.279 barn before other folks. So Alowa, Lensey and Pumas that 124 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:39.720 is low left as well. So Montday Vancouver, Alowa, Lenzay, 125 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:44.439 Pumas low left starting May March fifth, Montday and Vancouver 126 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:48.160 March fourth. Alowa, Lensay and Pumas. That's the left hand 127 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:50.240 side of the bracket here in the round of sixteen 128 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:56.759 for the concor CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza upper right, Clubamerica and Chievas, 129 00:07:56.920 --> 00:08:00.079 that one starts on March the fifth, and then you 130 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:04.720 also have Krusas Soool and Seattle Sounders. So Seattle Advances 131 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:08.920 they get past Antigua and they get CRUs Assoul and 132 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:13.120 a friend of those of us in the Southeastern United States. 133 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:15.839 So that will be an interesting one with a lot 134 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:18.360 of subplot attached, at least for Major League Soccer so 135 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:23.560 Club America, Chievas, cruis Asoul, Seattle Sounders, both of those 136 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.560 start on March five. That's in the upper right bracket. 137 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:33.320 Then low right it is Tigris FC Cincinnati that starts 138 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.519 on March the fourth, and that's interesting. You wonder if 139 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:40.080 the firepower will be there for the both for both legs. 140 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:43.919 Traditionally in some rounds they will make sure that geniac 141 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:47.399 does not make it to an away leg and is 142 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:50.000 ready and safe and healthy and sound for the home 143 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:53.240 leg Tigress and FC Cincinnati that starts March the fourth. 144 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:58.240 Lag and Herediano. We mentioned yesterday Herediano's late night and 145 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.919 win against RSL. That might have some knock on effects 146 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:05.440 in our number two with the weekend whip around when 147 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:08.000 we talk about RSL and what they're going to be 148 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:11.559 having to face on the weekend. So Herediano and lag 149 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:15.960 and that one is March fifth, Tigris and FC Cincinnati 150 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:17.919 that is March the fourth. So that is the Round 151 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:21.440 of sixteen in the Conca cab Hemispheric Extravaganza. 152 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:24.159 And that's what it looks like. 153 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:26.679 So it's going to be fun starting on once again 154 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:28.279 March four and five, and it's going to go for 155 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:32.159 nine blanc in days, nine blanc in days in the 156 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.000 round of sixteen. 157 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.720 So there you go. 158 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:38.679 So once again, early morning to Bam and Alex and 159 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:44.960 Ricky and Abby and David. Good morning as well, and 160 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:49.080 big promo. Thank you very much. Yes, David s the 161 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:52.440 lovely host. Hey, look, I don't know if you've been 162 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.440 talking to the boss, but she would agree with you 163 00:09:56.639 --> 00:10:00.440 on your assessment. So there you go once again, morning, 164 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:02.600 Abby and Ricky. You guys are talking the Hawks. I'm 165 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:05.240 like Okay, that's that's what the twitch pitch is for. 166 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:12.360 I am an uninformed NBA watcher, So look y'all rock 167 00:10:12.399 --> 00:10:13.879 and rolling on that. I will keep an eye and 168 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:17.879 I will watch from afar. Okay, all right, Wow, BAM 169 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.919 is actually coming to the States. 170 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:20.879 Check this out. 171 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:23.600 March twenty second, landing in LA for three weeks LA 172 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:27.200 Phoenix in Vegas. So if anyone is in the Western Frontier, 173 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:30.200 and I mean on the other side of the Mississippi 174 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.720 River Pacific time zone and you want to say hi 175 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:35.559 to BAM, please do so late March early April. 176 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:36.120 Very very cool. 177 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:36.679 At LAFC. 178 00:10:36.720 --> 00:10:39.679 He's got three away games, nicely done. So BAM's coming 179 00:10:39.679 --> 00:10:42.679 to the States. Very cool. All right, let's get through 180 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:44.919 all of the promotional stuff and get you ready for 181 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:45.320 the day. 182 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.240 It is once again that time. Go through all the stuff. 183 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.559 You kick off your day with Kickoff Coffee and kickoff 184 00:10:52.559 --> 00:10:54.519 Coffeeco dot Com. 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And 196 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:29.519 I know that this time of year it's gonna be 197 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:32.600 like cold in the morning and then like warmer in 198 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:34.480 the afternoon, so I kind of have to dress twice. 199 00:11:35.320 --> 00:11:37.360 And this you can pick up from our friends at 200 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.039 Grady Baby and Gradybaby CoA. You see the branding right here. 201 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.759 You've got the network branding here, You've got the gradybabyrand 202 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:47.399 branding right here. Soccer is just better in Atlanta. You 203 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.000 can get it in the red, you can get it 204 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:50.759 in the black. It has the gold lettering all the 205 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:54.039 way through it. 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Like I said, you can get all the 228 00:12:53.840 --> 00:12:55.600 things that you want at the Marshall Island Store to 229 00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:58.679 help out the last nation here on this planet with 230 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:03.200 a national soccer program. Go to their store, get their 231 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.799 gear and it's really cool stuff what they've done with 232 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:09.600 player layer and so on. But you order the scarf. 233 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.399 If you order the scarf, that comes from me. Everything 234 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.679 else ships from England. The scarf you get because you'll 235 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:18.759 notice if you go to the Marshall Island store there 236 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.720 is a very famous individual who is modeling the scarf 237 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:26.120 that we did in collaboration with the Marshall Island Soccer Federation. 238 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.240 You get the scarf from me. It's on the other 239 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.600 side of this door. I've got about a dozen left 240 00:13:30.960 --> 00:13:34.159 before I re order another batch. So if you help 241 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:37.000 out the Marshall Islands, you get the scarf from me. 242 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.360 You get the rest of the stuff from Matt Webin, 243 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:42.279 Lloyd Hours and everybody over in England, the Soccer Federation, 244 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:44.879 everything else but the scarf comes from England. Scarf comes 245 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.600 from me. You can help out the Marshall Island Soccer 246 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:49.360 Federation once again Soccer for good. Here in twenty twenty five. 247 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:52.039 The technical director of Lloyd Hours, if you follow him 248 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:56.320 on social he's on the islands now and they are 249 00:13:56.399 --> 00:14:02.080 having intro island footste all competitions and so that's another 250 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.120 stage of the development of it where the island, the 251 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.639 heavily populated islands have their own futsal competitions and then 252 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.879 they play the Islands amongst themselves, and so it's another 253 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.080 stage in the growth process there with the Marshall Islands, 254 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:18.840 so very very cool stuff. They're involving our friends at 255 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.840 the Marshall Island Soccer Federation, the last nation on this 256 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.320 or any other planet to try and have a national 257 00:14:25.320 --> 00:14:28.279 soccer program. So Marshall Islands, you can help out. Soccer 258 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.240 for Good, kick Off Coffee, you can help out once 259 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.840 again with the causes that they have earmarked for Soccer 260 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.360 for Good. You can do Olive and York get our 261 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:40.480 Jersey Soccer for Good, Gratty Baby, Grady Baby co Soccer 262 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:40.919 for Good. 263 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.120 All of these. 264 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.159 Different things that we have are trying to help out 265 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:47.799 the beautiful game. And you get to do that as 266 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:50.720 well when you get to invest and invest in the 267 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.480 ways that you do. And Abby is definitely true. Abby 268 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:57.080 is definitely accurate in this case. You can get both 269 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:00.519 shirts if you can't make up your mind with Olivi 270 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:04.480 and York, with Gratty Baby, with Marshall Islands, with everybody, 271 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:07.320 you can get them all, get them all wired up. 272 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.120 You can all have them in your in your closets. 273 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.080 And you know, you know, maybe you buy one, you 274 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:15.679 share one, but now we have the red. Just to 275 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:17.759 give you an example for the sweatshirt, we have the 276 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.799 red and the black. Here the boss commandeered the black 277 00:15:20.799 --> 00:15:23.159 one and so she she wears that one around all 278 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.879 over the place, and so I wear the red one 279 00:15:24.879 --> 00:15:26.879 on the air and uh. 280 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:28.440 You know, so that's kind of where we are. 281 00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:33.120 So it's all soccer for good, gratty baby Olivi and York, 282 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:38.679 our friends at Kickoff Coffee and the Marshall Islands and 283 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:40.200 everyplace else that I've forgotten. 284 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:41.639 So everything that we do. 285 00:15:41.720 --> 00:15:44.639 Once again, thanks to all of you for your efforts 286 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:46.600 in helping expand and. 287 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:48.639 Grow the beautiful game. And so there you go. 288 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:53.039 There's your morning promos and that is uh once again 289 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.720 morning opening kickoff right was buy our friends at Kickoff Coffee, 290 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:58.879 Kickoff coffeeco dot com. 291 00:15:59.000 --> 00:16:00.879 And I'll get the QR I've figured out at some 292 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:01.679 point I know. 293 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:06.039 And I know Pars Pars is really trying to have 294 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:11.000 me cite my sources any other planet, yes, any I 295 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:15.879 don't know if IO and Europa FC can compete even 296 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:23.799 with the Marshall Islands right now, you know, look, yeah, 297 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:27.000 I'm trying to think of, you know, any other any 298 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:31.399 other orbiting any one of the twenty that's orbiting Saturn 299 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.840 right now. I don't think they can compete, No, so 300 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:39.120 I would cite sources. But you know, maybe NASA, and 301 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.440 I mean the the Aeronautic and Space National Aeronautic in 302 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:45.720 Space Administration, maybe they would know I'm thinking. But yeah, 303 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:48.320 any other planet, I'll say it right now, any other 304 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:51.399 planet this or any other planet. I think I think 305 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:53.200 I can be brave enough and make that assessment. 306 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.759 So there you go. 307 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.759 So thanks for hanging out with us once again this morning. 308 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:00.240 We got a lot of stuff to get into across 309 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:04.720 the board when it comes to news and stuff. It 310 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.480 looks like Greg Gars is going to be joining us 311 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:08.319 this morning, and so we'll catch up with Greg a 312 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:10.160 little after nine thirty. But there are a couple of 313 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.480 things I wanted to get into involving Premier League teams 314 00:17:13.200 --> 00:17:16.599 before Greg joins us in about ten minutes or so. 315 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:21.920 So I don't know if you saw this, but Javier 316 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:26.200 Tabos is kind of mad and he's got, you got 317 00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:29.440 a lot of stuff on his mind, and a lot 318 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.920 of it involves Manchester City. So the man in charge 319 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:41.039 of La Liga has decided that Manchester City is guilty 320 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:46.759 or is running an in Ron style financial deception. And 321 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:51.240 for those that may not know what Enron is Ron, 322 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:56.160 and this is going back at least two decades, it 323 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:59.240 was an accounting scandal that happened about twenty five years ago. 324 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:02.200 They used meaning Enron. 325 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:06.839 Big was a big energy, big energy corporation in the 326 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:10.200 state of Texas, started back in the nineteen twenties and 327 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:16.680 then late nineteen nineties two thousand's they ran a foul 328 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:21.640 of the law. They're accounting practices. They used deceptive and 329 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:26.359 fraudulent tactics and accounting practices to cover fraud in reporting 330 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:32.519 their financial information. And it was the largest, the then 331 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:38.480 largest Chapter eleven bankruptcy in history in two thousand and one. 332 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:40.559 WorldCom made it bigger in two thousand and two, and 333 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.359 then Lehman Brothers been in two thousand and eight. But 334 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:48.720 because of the irregular accounting procedures that Enron had on 335 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:54.759 their books, it resulted in eleven billion dollars in shareholder losses. 336 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.440 The stock for Enron went from ninety dollars to share 337 00:18:58.519 --> 00:19:03.519 basically to pennies on the dollar, and they filed for bankruptcy. 338 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:08.319 It eventually caused the dissolving of Arthur Anderson as an 339 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.599 accounting firm. They were one of the Big five at 340 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.200 the time. Obstruction of justice in two thousand and two 341 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:19.000 for destroying documents related to the audit, and then Arthur 342 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.680 Anderson was forced to stop auditing public companies. Conviction was 343 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:26.079 dismissed in oh fied by the Supreme Court, and Arthur 344 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.160 Anderson basically was a shell of itself going forward. So 345 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:34.559 what did they do special Let's see, so accounting practice 346 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.359 is covering fraud. 347 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.119 Special purpose entities. 348 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:41.079 And I know that this is probably getting into accounting 349 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:46.440 down here created to mask significant liabilities from the financial statements, 350 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.880 and those entities made Enron seem more profitable than it was, 351 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:54.559 so where each quarter corporate officers would have to do 352 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:58.200 more and more deception to create the illusion of billions 353 00:19:58.200 --> 00:20:00.920 of dollars of profit on the books when the company 354 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:04.799 was actually losing money. Increased stock to that ninety dollars 355 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:07.839 level that we were talking about, and then execs began 356 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:10.720 to work on insider information, trading millions of dollars worth 357 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:15.160 of Enron stock that would eventually become worthless. They knew 358 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.400 about the offshore accounts hiding losses for the company investors 359 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:23.200 did not. The chief financial officer at the time directed 360 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:26.240 the team that created off books companies and manipulated the 361 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.480 deals to provide the CFO himself, his family, and his 362 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:31.720 friends with one hundreds of millions of dollars in guaranteed 363 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:34.599 revenue at the expense of the corporation that he worked for. 364 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:36.920 Once again, this is courtesy of our friends at the Wikipedias. 365 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:43.640 So you had all of this going on, and so 366 00:20:43.920 --> 00:20:46.559 Enron too big to fail, of all those kinds of things. 367 00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:54.640 So what Javier Tabos has said in pulling and quoting Enron, David, 368 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:57.279 we're talking Manchester City and Hobvier Tabos is what we're 369 00:20:57.279 --> 00:21:01.279 talking about. So Hober Tabos has accused Manchester City of 370 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:03.960 an n Run style financial deception, and that's the quotes. 371 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.240 This is courtesy of our friends at the Independent. Tabas said, 372 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:10.920 La Liga file a complaint against city to the European 373 00:21:10.960 --> 00:21:14.640 Commission in the summer of twenty three, which he says, 374 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:17.880 the Commission's investigating City obviously haven't commented on the allegations 375 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:20.599 club sources or aware of them, and obviously they refute 376 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:25.720 those things. Tabos claimed City used related companies in the 377 00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:30.359 UAE to hide losses and improve the club's own balance sheet, 378 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:34.400 and once again comparing it to the Enron scandal. Tabas 379 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:36.920 said in a press conference at the Financial Times Business 380 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.359 of Football summit, quote City have a lot of companies 381 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:42.960 in their group which lie outside the City Football Group structure, 382 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:46.759 extra companies where they put their expenses. These other companies 383 00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:49.640 lose the money, but not the club itself. We've reported 384 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:52.960 them to the EU. We have the facts and figures 385 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.599 we asked for City to be checked. It's very important 386 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:57.920 that all clubs are subject to the same transparency rules 387 00:21:57.920 --> 00:22:00.160 and governance on both the sporting and the financial side. 388 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:02.359 The City case is one where we believe they put 389 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.480 the losses on the companies that are not officially part 390 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.839 of City Football Group. And then that's when he quoted Enron. 391 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.640 Tabos claimed they meaning City have a scouting company, a 392 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.200 marketing company. It's where they have high expenses. They invoic 393 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:17.880 City for less money. City have costs less than if 394 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:21.480 they didn't have the circle of companies around. When Tabos 395 00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:24.640 was asked about the status of the complaint, he said, 396 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:27.599 I think it's in the investigation phase. We haven't had 397 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:30.039 a reply, so it must be in the investigation phase. Obviously, 398 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.160 City isn't talking. It declined to comment on it, and 399 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.960 sources close to the club tell The Independent that Tabos 400 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:40.240 has a long history of attacking Manchester City. City are 401 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:43.599 going to obviously strongly refute the allegations. Sources pointed of 402 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:45.680 the club's accounts, which are a matter of public record. 403 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:51.200 Details of LA Liga's complaint alleged Cities financing mechanisms cause 404 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:53.880 a distortion in the internal market of the European Union. 405 00:22:55.160 --> 00:22:59.400 Complaint was filed under European regulation governing state subsidies on 406 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:02.039 the grounds City are alleged to have received foreign subsidies 407 00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:07.319 from the UAE LaLiga alleges that allowed the club to 408 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.799 enhance its competitive position, causing distortions across various national EU markets. 409 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:14.839 So Tabos and LaLiga are claiming that there is a 410 00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:20.720 ripple effect economically from what City is putting out there 411 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:25.440 publicly for their profit and loss layout versus what LaLiga 412 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:29.160 believes to be the actual profit and loss scenarios involving 413 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:35.839 Manchester City. The subsidies, according to LaLiga, enable the club 414 00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:38.000 to sign all the players and the coaches far beyond 415 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.960 what would be feasible under market conditions and securing sponsorship 416 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:44.759 revenues at levels that don't align with fair market value. 417 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.799 And remember that's what the Premier League was chasing, after 418 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:53.839 making sure that any kind of sponsorship value was a 419 00:23:53.960 --> 00:24:00.359 fair market and making sure that the horizontal relationships, meaning 420 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.359 the sideways relationships, if there were ties between clubs and 421 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:05.240 companies that are inside the same umbrella. 422 00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.559 Remember they were keeping an eye on that. 423 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:11.319 So all of that LaLiga alleges improves the club sporting performance, 424 00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:16.160 impacting the recruiting capacity of other clubs, and then once 425 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:19.160 again city is remembered still waiting on the Independent Commission. 426 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:23.039 We said, Richard Masters at this same summit basically said 427 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:26.680 that the Commission has all the intel and they've got 428 00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:29.000 the information and they're sorting it out. So that's where 429 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:31.640 Manchester City is right now. But how your tabosses decided 430 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:37.079 to sit there and you know, you know, he's saying, 431 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.319 keep an eye on Manchester City and apparently they LaLiga 432 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:45.880 has taken Manchester City to the European Commission. Not to 433 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:57.160 be outdone, you have Chelsea and Todd Bowley and Todd 434 00:24:57.240 --> 00:25:02.279 Bowley has decided to say he believed that. According to 435 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.200 Paul McGinnis and others at The Guardian, Todd Bowley believes 436 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:11.240 that Netflix could maintain the Premier League's global success. Todd 437 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:13.400 Bowley has said the Premier League should consider selling its 438 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:18.559 global TV rights to Netflix. He also called on Premier 439 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:20.599 League execs to agree on priorities for the future of 440 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:23.359 the competition, saying they should pull together to maintain success. 441 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:27.880 Bully said, quote Premier League content is so valuable because 442 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.920 it's so widely demanded. How many global platforms are They're 443 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:36.000 probably just Netflix. If you're thinking about how do I 444 00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:37.920 launch a global product, you do it in partnership with 445 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:41.519 content like this. This was at the Financial Times Business 446 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:44.559 of Football summit. If you really think about it, Bully continued, 447 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:47.640 what it could do to unlock a global media platform. 448 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.480 There's nothing like this. I'm not saying that that is 449 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:51.160 the direct answer right this minute, but I think that's 450 00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:57.480 where it's headed. So that's what Todd Bowley is saying 451 00:25:58.680 --> 00:26:01.640 when it comes to meet of partners and things like that. 452 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:06.599 He also is in the bit of a row right 453 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:14.279 now with fellow owners. But right now, at that same summit, 454 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:18.880 he didn't really give a whole lot of detail on 455 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.720 what's going on with the internal debate, shall we say, 456 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:28.079 involving Bully clear Lake, the owners and Chelsea and all 457 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:30.359 that kind of stuff. Now, a quick note from this morning. 458 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:33.079 Former Premier League referee David coot has been banned by 459 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:39.119 UEFA until June of twenty six. Contract as an elite 460 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:42.079 referee with the PGMOL terminated in December after the video 461 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:46.519 that came to light showing him making derogatory comments about 462 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:51.240 Liverpool and Jrgen Klop. There was a separate video and 463 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:53.240 that and that video is also a part of the 464 00:26:53.240 --> 00:27:00.319 investigation where it was showing him ingesting illegal drugs and 465 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.119 that took place during the twenty twenty four Euros where 466 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:06.319 he was an official. PGMOL said the official was in 467 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.920 serious breach of his employment contract and his actions made 468 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:13.680 his position untenable. That's the word they use. And European 469 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:17.279 Football's Control Ethics and Disciplinary Body MET last week also 470 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:19.920 ruled coot had violated the basic rules of decent conduct 471 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:27.920 and brought football and YUEFA in particular into disrepute. That 472 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:31.640 is the latest involving David Coote and Chelsea and we'll 473 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.839 get back into the Premier League and other things. Okay, 474 00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:37.960 so it is a Friday, and it is slightly after 475 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:42.640 nine thirty. This is what I love about Greg Garza, 476 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.759 among other things, but the fact that he is an 477 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.920 incredible fashion model. 478 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:49.480 Four our for our jersey this year. 479 00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:53.960 Greg sends me an email and he always lets you 480 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.839 know status, and Michael Parkhurst always lets you know status. 481 00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.960 Greg sends me an email this morning after I send 482 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:03.640 the links out and everything, and Greg says, I'm gonna 483 00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:05.359 be a few minutes late, And'm gonna be a little late. 484 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:11.799 A little late ended up being two minutes. We may 485 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:14.880 as well just round it down. He's on time. It's Friday, 486 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:16.759 it's Greg. It's time for the Friday free kick with 487 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:20.000 our friends that beyond goals entering, Greg Garza, what part 488 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:21.359 of the planet are you on, sir? 489 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:29.200 I'm home. That like to be home, freaking fantastic. 490 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:35.039 You, sir, have been a globe trotter, and you've been 491 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:39.119 globe trotting on behalf of Major League Soccer and trying 492 00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:44.160 to aid in interpersonal relationships among players as a part 493 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:47.039 of one of their councils. And now that you are home, 494 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:52.359 have you had the chance to think about what you 495 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:54.920 were able to do for Major League Soccer, all the 496 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:58.039 different conversations you had, all the different lives that you 497 00:28:58.119 --> 00:29:00.200 interacted with. Have you had a chance to have that 498 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.359 sync in for this year? 499 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:04.920 Yeah, of course. I mean it sucks, It really sucks. 500 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.079 The LAFC and Colorado just had an incident last week. 501 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.559 Mm hmm uh. 502 00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:13.160 You know that's that's that's obviously our main priority with 503 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:15.079 everything that we do. And then you see crap like 504 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:17.200 that in which we just spoke to those guys three 505 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:20.119 weeks ago. They did not go through what like some 506 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.720 of those guys, does it go through one ear and 507 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:24.839 right out of the other, you know, and nobody knows 508 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:27.559 what the hate speech was. But still it's uh, it's 509 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:30.279 it's uncalled for. And you know that's that's why we 510 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.559 that's why we do that stuff. 511 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:36.400 I know that right now it's a Chadozia wasium alleging 512 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:39.920 Sergei Palencia said things we don't know. Once again, what 513 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:43.400 was said. Right now, it is an alleged situation involving 514 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:48.160 those two clubs, and when it comes to you having 515 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:53.759 those kinds of conversations with clubs themselves and individuals knowing 516 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:56.880 that you have a bunch of different nationalities under one roof, 517 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:59.160 and and understandings and all these kinds of things. How 518 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:01.240 much of a learning ex has it been for you 519 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.920 to be able to have these conversations and at the 520 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:08.440 same time remind those players that are currently in Major 521 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:13.119 League soccer about the dangers of having the dangers of 522 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:16.000 having those kinds of thoughts, and at the same time 523 00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:20.240 making sure that you understand that everyone around you comes 524 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:23.400 from a different place, and that you should understand and 525 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:26.240 respect everyone around you, even if they're not wearing the 526 00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.680 same colors that you do in your play. 527 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:35.839 That's it's it's difficult to understand, in my personal opinion, 528 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:42.000 how someone can say something that is evil, right, I like, 529 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:48.079 if you and I'm like, if something bad, if something 530 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:50.240 bad happens, if you stub your toe on the table, 531 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:54.559 you're probably most likely there's going to be a profanity 532 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:58.480 word that comes out several mm hm, And so you 533 00:30:58.519 --> 00:31:02.599 know somehow that has to release that stress in that moment. 534 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:05.400 And so for me, it's like, man, what the hell 535 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:09.160 is going through these guys mind and where they feel 536 00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:12.680 that relieving stress going through the competitive stress like wanting 537 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:16.119 to win that you can say something that is you know, 538 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:20.079 hurtfull and just hate hateful, I guess you could say. 539 00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:24.440 So that's always like my misunderstanding with a lot of 540 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.960 guys that with with within the league and trying to 541 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:33.640 help them acknowledge that say the F word fifteen thousand times, right, 542 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.640 but don't use something that is going to diminish the 543 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:44.640 person that's in front of you in terms of what color, race, religion, belief, 544 00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:48.240 you know, whatever they look like. 545 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:49.279 It should not matter. 546 00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:53.920 Has it changed over time? Has it gotten has the 547 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.960 conversation gotten easier or more difficult when it comes to 548 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.720 having to deal with these issues. 549 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.920 In recent times, in my personal experience, more difficult I had, 550 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.440 I had more pushback this year. 551 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:09.240 Really yeah. 552 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:12.960 I think I think just with everything that's going on 553 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:17.079 in the world right now, you know, it's it's there's 554 00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.880 a lot of things that are happening around us that 555 00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:22.599 we can't control, and so, you know, I think when 556 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:26.279 people come from other places, they kind of have this 557 00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:30.839 point of view that you know, whatever someone says is 558 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:32.759 how we all think and how we all view things 559 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:36.480 as well. So that that was that was a little 560 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.759 bit of issue, and then you just had some really immature. 561 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.079 People and players that. 562 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:47.799 Were not as understanding as they should have been. And 563 00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:50.200 I think it was just you know, going through preseason 564 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:53.400 and you're ready to get You're ready to get over preseason. 565 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:57.559 And so I don't know if sometimes coming in and 566 00:32:58.079 --> 00:33:02.640 speaking about some vulnerable things can spark kind of that stress. 567 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:05.519 But at the end of the day, I always tell 568 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:08.000 the guys like I'm I'm just the messenger. I'm not 569 00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:09.799 here to tell you what you can and cannot do 570 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:13.279 with your life. We all make mistakes, we all do 571 00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:16.359 things that we regret sometimes, but just remember that you know, 572 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:22.039 and in that microscopical world that they are in, you 573 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.960 know you have to you have to make decisions based 574 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:28.359 on hopefully making some that will not ruin not only 575 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:32.519 your reputation, your team's reputation and financial right, the financial 576 00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:35.680 want that you want. I mean, I think at at 577 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.279 the end of the day, I always tell them, look, 578 00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:41.240 you guys play this game when when you're young, you 579 00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:43.440 play the game because you and I have talked about 580 00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:45.240 this before. When you're young, play the game because you 581 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.160 absolutely love it. And I think as you get older 582 00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:49.799 and you know, priorities change and you have kids and 583 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.400 you know, you're having to put food on the table, 584 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:53.359 and you have to play through contracts. It's more of 585 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:57.000 that doggy dog environment, you know. I think I think 586 00:33:57.039 --> 00:34:01.200 that's when that's when you know, it becomes less. 587 00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:02.960 About maybe the love and more about. 588 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:06.519 The financial meaning of of how much you can provide 589 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:10.119 doing what you love. So you know, it's it's it's 590 00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:14.960 it's difficult conversations to have. Most everyone say about eighty 591 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:18.320 five to ninety percent of guys are very understanding of everything, 592 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:22.119 but you'll always have that ten percent that just whether 593 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:25.280 they just want to argue or create, you know, create 594 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:28.840 some type of debate. So I feel like it's always 595 00:34:28.840 --> 00:34:29.639 going to happen. 596 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:33.679 That you and and when you said that, it really 597 00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:37.159 took me for a second. You literally do have individuals 598 00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:39.480 that just want to argue for the sake of arguing 599 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.840 about these kinds of points. 600 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:46.719 Oh yeah, yeah, seriously, yeah yeah, whether it be where 601 00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:49.800 they're from, it's okay to say things like this, whether 602 00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:54.760 you know, whether it's we call each other this all the. 603 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:56.840 Time and we don't care, We'll continue to call each 604 00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:59.719 other this all the time. And I think it's just 605 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:04.639 you know, you're dealing. And when we had these first 606 00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:08.360 initial meetings with the league. Yeah, and I I made 607 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:11.360 a point. I made a point within most of the 608 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:14.519 guys who were involved with in the player and engagement area, 609 00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:17.599 and I made a point that you know, most most 610 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:21.679 soccer players come from very different backgrounds, like as in 611 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:27.280 poverished backgrounds, and so a lot of these guys, a lot, 612 00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:30.039 you can be very honest, do not have an education. 613 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:32.039 They don't have a school education. 614 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:33.400 There they're there. 615 00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:38.000 They might be intelligent and have an amazing soccer I Q. 616 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:42.079 But if you and I both asked Joseph Martinez until 617 00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:44.920 what grade he went to, I don't know what grade 618 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.599 he went to, he might have he might have finished 619 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.519 school at the third grade and dedicated his whole life 620 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.280 to soccer, right, And that's that's a lot of Sometimes 621 00:35:53.320 --> 00:35:55.880 I think people don't understand that that a lot of 622 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:59.280 soccer players, that's that's their life, right. They they focus 623 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:04.000 more on getting out of a poverish you place, rather 624 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:07.159 than what school is and soccer is. They're only out 625 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:10.400 in that in that circumstance. So, you know, I think 626 00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:13.280 sometimes a lot of it, in my personal opinion is 627 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:16.079 that you know, sometimes a lot of these guys they 628 00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:19.079 only they only believe what what they what they see 629 00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:22.280 or what they're surrounded by, and they don't get that 630 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:27.440 that education of you know what what sometimes how it 631 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:30.440 how it means to act in certain areas and and 632 00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:33.599 understand that other cultures are different. It's not just what 633 00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:37.840 you see around the area or environment or circumstances that 634 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:40.719 you grew up in. So I think it's important for 635 00:36:40.760 --> 00:36:43.519 me to speak about those things because it's uh, hopefully 636 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:45.840 it's educational for some of those guys as well. Right, 637 00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:48.679 It's like we've said before, it might be okay to 638 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.599 do thumbs up here, if you do the peace sign 639 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:54.119 in in England, right, it might mean something else. Right, 640 00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:58.519 So you've got to understand what what where you are 641 00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:01.039 the norms and rules that that need to be abided 642 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.840 around you as well. 643 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:06.920 So when it comes to your mentees, where are they, 644 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:11.199 you know, in in the that middle school, high school 645 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:15.159 age group. When it comes to understanding the rules and 646 00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:19.599 morays and habits and disciplines of other cultures, what's it 647 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:22.159 like dealing with that generation now as a mentor? 648 00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:27.039 Yeah, I like it much more because it's where, because 649 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.840 it's where you are nipping. 650 00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:33.000 The bud as quickly as possible to where. 651 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:38.039 They can have an idea and understanding on a on 652 00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:42.119 a quicker basis and listen to someone who's been there, 653 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:44.760 done that and tell you, hey, this is how you 654 00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:47.000 should act, this is what you should say, this is 655 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:50.519 how you should do interviews, this is you know, all 656 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:53.119 different things that helped I think even Mike and I 657 00:37:53.239 --> 00:37:56.920 and great professionals be successful. Right, There's there's no need 658 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:59.719 to when you, if you and when and if you 659 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:02.920 ever become a professional or you are in some type 660 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:06.920 of professional environment, you have to understand and learn how 661 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.280 to act. 662 00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:11.599 Everybody who goes to a. 663 00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:13.159 An office room is not saying certain words that might 664 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:14.199 be said in the locker room. 665 00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.079 Right. 666 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:17.280 There's a lot of different words that you hear in 667 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:19.239 a locker room that there is no way in hell 668 00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:23.599 they would ever be said in a professional environment. Yeah, 669 00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:27.760 and so I think that's that's helping kids understand that, hey, 670 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.840 can you be that person when you are in a 671 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:31.559 locker room one day or if you are in a 672 00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:35.559 professional environment, that at least you understand the norms that 673 00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:38.519 are needed just to be I say, be a good person, 674 00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:41.800 but it also just just know just know how to 675 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:46.360 act and in public right if you I think that 676 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:49.840 if people want to do things within their own closed 677 00:38:50.119 --> 00:38:54.239 doors right in between four walls or whatever it is, 678 00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:56.800 right like, then it's that's that's on them. But when 679 00:38:56.840 --> 00:39:00.679 they're in public and you have, you know, this role 680 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:03.400 model stript that's there, Yeah, that's important. 681 00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:09.719 How much of the conversations that you have with your 682 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:15.480 mentees is reinforcing of the behavior of you can only 683 00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:17.920 do certain things in certain places, what you do behind 684 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:20.280 closed doors, you know, is what you do behind closed doors? 685 00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:24.280 And how much of it is actually flipping opinion and 686 00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:29.719 having the mentee or the family and the mentee realize that, yeah, 687 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:33.159 you might be the best thing since Georgia Canalia out 688 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:36.079 there on the pitch, but there are certain things that 689 00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:37.920 you can't say, and there are certain things that you 690 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.239 can't do. How much of it is reinforcing a positive 691 00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:42.920 behavior and how much of it is trying to encourage 692 00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:45.400 the negative to go into a positive behavior. 693 00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:49.320 A lot of the times both but it goes both ways. Okay, 694 00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:52.320 I will always use the quote it does not matter 695 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.920 how elite of a player you are if you don't 696 00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:56.800 have elite personality to go behind it. So I think 697 00:39:56.800 --> 00:40:00.000 it's just helping them understand how an elite of personality 698 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.519 clities we had in the game that we played and 699 00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:04.760 how that helped us be successful for a really long 700 00:40:04.800 --> 00:40:08.480 time and have that consistency within. So that's that's a 701 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:10.920 that's a big piece that we try and really focus 702 00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:13.159 on with especially the younger generation. 703 00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:15.880 They are essentially our leaders. 704 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:17.880 Of tomorrow, so we want them to be as well 705 00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:19.199 prepared as possible. 706 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.119 Greg Guards are hanging out with us for the Friday 707 00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.760 free kick at Beyond Goals Mentoring at BG Mentoring on 708 00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:27.679 the two hundred and eighty character app Beyond Goalsmentoring dot Com. 709 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:30.840 And you know, when you get. 710 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:33.119 To globetrot and you get to do all these different 711 00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:38.639 things and you get to remind professional athletes about all 712 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:41.880 of their all the the external things that they are 713 00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:45.719 rubbing off on every day, how much do you have 714 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:50.519 to remind yourself about about who you touch and how 715 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:53.639 you touch them? And I mean that in the emotional 716 00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:57.159 sense and in the intelligent sense, not just physically reaching out, 717 00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:59.440 you know and going like that. But how much do 718 00:40:59.480 --> 00:41:02.000 you have to mind yourself these days? You know, I've 719 00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.840 got to stay this way, I've got to do this, 720 00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.559 I've got to do this. 721 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:06.239 How much of it is a refresher for you. 722 00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:08.480 Yeah, big time. It's it's also learning. 723 00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.079 Uh. 724 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:12.400 The coolest thing for me is learning about others and 725 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:15.639 learning about their backgrounds and their cultures. And that's been 726 00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:20.840 the most enlightening thing for me as a person, is 727 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:26.679 going into different locker rooms and like in my own way, 728 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:30.199 trying to study where that person is coming from. Like 729 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:32.800 I like to kind of study people and get their 730 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:35.079 first impression and see why they think the way that 731 00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:35.719 they do. 732 00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.760 Why they are the way that they are, Right. 733 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:42.280 I think that's that's that's a lot of that's a 734 00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:46.480 lot of good teamwork building. And I think, like I 735 00:41:46.800 --> 00:41:51.880 whenever we finished, like as the facilitators, Like as the facilitators, 736 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:54.199 we always we always see. 737 00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:57.559 If like how that group is going to be throughout 738 00:41:57.559 --> 00:41:58.000 the season. 739 00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.960 Is that going to be a good group? 740 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:00.679 Right? 741 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:02.880 Are they a group that's probably gonna be split in half? 742 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.639 Or are they a group that's going to be you know, 743 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:09.440 very very well, you know, very well bonded and united. 744 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:12.239 That's that's that's what I like to do. 745 00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:15.159 So I like to study my surroundings and see, you know, 746 00:42:15.880 --> 00:42:19.079 what what the emotions are in the room, how vulnerable 747 00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:21.639 they are to speak about things, how committed they are 748 00:42:21.760 --> 00:42:25.599 to each other, and you can tell, you can definitely tell. 749 00:42:25.639 --> 00:42:27.199 You can get the year within the room, and you 750 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:30.159 can be like, well, that team's gonna have a ship season, 751 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:35.960 this team might win a championship, right, and so that 752 00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:37.880 that for me, I walk out of that. And always 753 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:41.960 whoever I'm facilitating with, we always like have our under over, right, 754 00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:43.760 how well is this team going to do? Based on 755 00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:48.719 how unified you saw saw their team? And that's I like, 756 00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:53.039 I like doing that because you know, it allows there's 757 00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:58.440 some vulnerable conversations that that sometimes come out. And like, 758 00:42:59.639 --> 00:43:03.320 I think one thing within sports is that there's always 759 00:43:03.320 --> 00:43:06.039 a there's always a tale to tell. And I think 760 00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:09.960 like when you study other players, right, it's like I 761 00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:12.599 always use the examples of people that I know. Right, 762 00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:16.079 It's like everybody always asks, you know, well, why didn't 763 00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:18.760 Darlington go play? Why didn't Nagby go play? 764 00:43:18.800 --> 00:43:19.320 In Europe? 765 00:43:19.639 --> 00:43:22.239 He could have played probably on any team in Europe 766 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:26.840 that he ever could, Right, And if you really get 767 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:30.480 to know him and you understand what his background is 768 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:32.320 and how he was raised and how he came to 769 00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:35.119 the United States, and you know how his family got here, 770 00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:38.840 et cetera, et cetera, you will understand why. And and 771 00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:42.440 that's that's like people don't see that, right, whoever gives 772 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:46.800 opinions and whoever you know is speaking on sometimes TV, 773 00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:50.320 they don't see that side of things. They're not there 774 00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:53.119 to understand why that person made that decision. 775 00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:55.000 And sometimes they don't want to be there. They just 776 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:56.599 want to have that opinion. They don't want to do 777 00:43:56.639 --> 00:43:57.280 that research. 778 00:43:57.400 --> 00:44:02.559 Yes, and I enjoy peopleeople that really dive in and 779 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:07.079 and and are just understanding of oh okay, well now 780 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:10.920 I understand why I give mad props to that guy, right, 781 00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:14.480 because family oriented, he doesn't want to go live in 782 00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:18.199 another country and be away from taking care of his 783 00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:21.079 mother all these different things. Right, the person who creates 784 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:25.159 that opinion, all we see is just well he's he's 785 00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:29.920 he's too lazy, or he's just doing what he feels comfortable, 786 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:32.079 doesn't want to get out of his comfort zone. Right, 787 00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:34.559 Those were all the conversations back then with NACB. 788 00:44:34.880 --> 00:44:37.400 He wanted to he wanted to go home, That was. 789 00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:40.400 It, right, And so it's but I'm just getting one 790 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:44.559 oh yeah, I know one example, right, And so for me, 791 00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:47.039 when I go into locker rooms, I get to know 792 00:44:47.159 --> 00:44:50.199 that person a little better, and it's like it allows 793 00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:54.480 them to be like, Okay, well, now I know why 794 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:58.199 Ozzy was such an asshole on the field. Right now, 795 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:00.679 I know why Ozzy Alonzo was a that was like 796 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:03.239 a pit bull. If you ever got into a scuffle 797 00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:05.000 with them on the field, he was gonna kill you 798 00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:08.119 on the field, choke you feel like he choked slam 799 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.320 you after the game. And now getting to know him 800 00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:16.800 and more understanding of his story, well, hell, I totally 801 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:20.559 understand why. Right, he has so much baggage and so 802 00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:23.719 much luggage and and things that you know that can 803 00:45:23.800 --> 00:45:27.639 create that competitive stress. But these are all great pros 804 00:45:27.679 --> 00:45:30.880 that they allowed their competitive stress to be uh, you know, 805 00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:33.639 put out in the world in different ways. And they 806 00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:36.519 didn't use any hate, and they didn't use any you know, 807 00:45:36.639 --> 00:45:39.840 hurtful language, or they didn't even use any discrimination. They 808 00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:43.000 didn't put anything into the phobias or the isms. They 809 00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:45.639 they allowed their kind of anger or whatever it is, 810 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.960 their frustration being upset translate into their game and it 811 00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:52.800 made them the player that they are so like that 812 00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:54.679 that's for me is probably the coolest and the most 813 00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:57.440 interesting thing, I think just learning about other players and 814 00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.440 how how they are and why they are how they are. 815 00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:02.119 That's the coolest thing for me. 816 00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:09.559 Are people your age just as open about learning about 817 00:46:09.639 --> 00:46:13.320 other cultures? Are your mentees more open? Is there an 818 00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:17.519 approach difference when it comes to the next generation versus 819 00:46:17.559 --> 00:46:18.480 the current generation? 820 00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:21.559 Who is one more willing to learn about the other. 821 00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:26.800 Man? I just from experience with a lot of mentees, 822 00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:28.599 I feel like there's a lot of open minded kids. 823 00:46:28.760 --> 00:46:30.920 Okay, there are a lot of kids with And. 824 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:33.960 One thing that I think schools teach these days is 825 00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:37.920 the growth mindset, and we didn't have that whenever I 826 00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:40.239 was a kid. I feel like sometimes we are more 827 00:46:40.679 --> 00:46:44.960 stubborn and hard headed than the younger generation because we 828 00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:47.599 didn't have growth mindset in school. I don't remember learning 829 00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:51.119 about growth mindset. And I can go into a second 830 00:46:51.119 --> 00:46:55.920 grade teacher parent teacher conference, a fifth grade parent teacher conference, 831 00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:58.719 a seventh grade parent teacher conference, and all they talk 832 00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:02.440 about is growth mindset, growth mindset, growth mindset, growth mindset. 833 00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:06.039 Everything is growth mindset. And I love that because you 834 00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:09.599 know it's giving them a chance to. 835 00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:11.400 Be adaptable and be flexible and adjust to. 836 00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:15.079 Their surroundings and sometimes be comfortable with the uncomfortable and 837 00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:17.840 all different things because they want their minds to grow 838 00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:21.599 the best way possible. I don't remember that. I remember 839 00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:23.519 whenever I was in school, it was either this way 840 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:27.719 or the highway, right. And so I like the fact 841 00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:31.719 that we've become more flexible, but I would say with kids, 842 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:35.280 can we be still have a balance of both, right, 843 00:47:35.400 --> 00:47:39.480 because I think sometimes being too flexible can sometimes make 844 00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:41.800 kids soft, and you don't want. 845 00:47:41.679 --> 00:47:44.599 Kids soft for what the world is, what the world. 846 00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:45.440 Is going to bring ahead of them. 847 00:47:45.679 --> 00:47:49.679 Yeah, and you mentioned being comfortable with the uncomfortable. I 848 00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:52.039 mean that kind of goes along the same lines with 849 00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:56.000 you know, control the controllables and be comfortable, you know, 850 00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:58.199 be comfortable with being uncomfortable. 851 00:47:58.239 --> 00:47:59.719 I guess is you know the way to phrase it. 852 00:48:00.239 --> 00:48:04.440 And I don't know how many people these days across 853 00:48:04.519 --> 00:48:08.840 the board are comfortable with the uncomfortable and being and 854 00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:12.039 facing the uncomfortable at least that you know, face value. 855 00:48:12.079 --> 00:48:14.159 I don't know how many folks will openly sit there 856 00:48:14.199 --> 00:48:17.599 and say, yeah, I'm comfortable with all of the external 857 00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:19.079 stuff and then you know it, can. 858 00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:20.679 You know, come at me. I don't know how many 859 00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:21.800 people are like that, though. 860 00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.320 Very few, I'd say very few. 861 00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:31.960 I always say being uncomfortable allows you to like this 862 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:35.559 is a crazy analogy, right, But I had a coach 863 00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:39.719 or even even my my, my mentor whenever. Whenever I 864 00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:42.840 was a kid, I was always like the official free 865 00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:46.000 kick and PK taker of all the youth national teams. 866 00:48:46.039 --> 00:48:49.119 Like I was just on point. All of my goals 867 00:48:49.159 --> 00:48:53.800 were uh, free kicks or penalties uh, And all of 868 00:48:53.840 --> 00:48:55.880 my assists were all corner kicks. I was the set 869 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:59.199 piece specialist as a kid. Then you get older and 870 00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:01.400 you become left back, and you're like, well, I'm probably 871 00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:04.280 not going to be the set piece specialist anymore. But 872 00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:07.559 I remember he would always tell me I would get 873 00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:09.840 I would, you know, do my stance. I would take 874 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:12.639 my four steps back, I would take my two steps over, 875 00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:14.840 and it was almost like I was kicking a field goal. 876 00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:17.039 And then just got to a point where he was like, dude, 877 00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:19.800 just just take one step back. And I'm like, I 878 00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:24.960 don't think I can have the ability or the power 879 00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:27.159 to still hit it where I want to hit it. 880 00:49:27.159 --> 00:49:28.639 There's no way I'm gonna get it over the wall. 881 00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:31.360 And he said, just try it. Make yourself as uncomfortable 882 00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:35.280 as possible. And after that first one, dude right over 883 00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:39.440 the wall Nott bins right, and I was like, oh crap. 884 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:45.400 Like our bodies adjust to being uncomfortable and our minds 885 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:48.280 adjust even more, and it kind of probably made me 886 00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:52.760 more focused in terms of getting it exactly where I 887 00:49:52.800 --> 00:49:59.000 wanted it to and doing those things. So I enjoy 888 00:49:59.159 --> 00:50:02.599 even with that, trying to help kids, make them uncomfortable 889 00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:06.639 in moments of thinking about certain plays or thinking about 890 00:50:06.679 --> 00:50:09.440 how they have to just always adapt because the game 891 00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:12.320 itself and life itself is you always have to be 892 00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:13.480 adaptable and flexible. 893 00:50:14.079 --> 00:50:17.440 Well, and when you're talking to your mentees, how do 894 00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:20.679 you I mean, going into a session with a mentee, 895 00:50:21.119 --> 00:50:23.400 do you have it in your mind going in? Okay, 896 00:50:23.440 --> 00:50:26.079 I want to make this mente uncomfortable by thinking about 897 00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:27.760 X or is it just something like when you and 898 00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:30.280 I talk on Fridays. Oh, there's an opening, I want 899 00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:32.239 to make him he or she uncomfortable? 900 00:50:32.239 --> 00:50:34.599 How do I think more there? When there's an opening? 901 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:36.719 I like to kind of follow a curriculum of what 902 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:39.119 I have in terms of how that person is or 903 00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:42.360 how that kid is. I like to kind of base 904 00:50:42.400 --> 00:50:46.480 my sessions and my exercises off that. But I do 905 00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:49.039 love and I always tell kids the very first session, 906 00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:53.679 please ask questions. Ask questions, because when you ask questions, 907 00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:57.239 it opens up, you know, a can of so many 908 00:50:57.239 --> 00:51:02.679 other ideas that can be thrown your and and that's 909 00:51:02.840 --> 00:51:05.039 that's when I think. Whenever I see that they are 910 00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:08.920 willing and apt to ask questions, it really gives me 911 00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:11.480 the opportunity to then kind of like poke them a 912 00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:14.000 little bit in certain ways and see how they see 913 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:14.840 how they deal with it. 914 00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:16.559 How do you. 915 00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:22.760 Get past the mentee that is quiet by nature, doesn't 916 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:24.880 want to ask questions, just sits there and goes uh 917 00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:27.119 huh uh huh uh huh. And it's not like they 918 00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:30.320 want to get the session over. They do want to learn, 919 00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:34.519 but they don't have the they don't have it in 920 00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:36.119 them yet to speak out. 921 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:37.960 How do you draw that out of a mentee. 922 00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:40.159 There's a lot of them that start like that. There's 923 00:51:40.199 --> 00:51:45.960 a lot of kids who start very slow and very quiet. 924 00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:49.800 I just try and make it as fun as possible. 925 00:51:49.840 --> 00:51:52.480 I try and ask questions to help them think and 926 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:56.159 make them understand themselves the best way possible and really 927 00:51:56.199 --> 00:52:00.320 bring out as much as them as I can. I guess, 928 00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:02.159 I guess I can say I just have that kind 929 00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:05.320 of gift of working with kids and loving to work 930 00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:09.559 with kids, uh, and just making them laugh and making them, 931 00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:13.639 you know, being goofy sometimes and just doing things that 932 00:52:13.719 --> 00:52:17.199 you know, UH can can give get them to feel 933 00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:20.440 a little bit more comfortable and sharing things that maybe 934 00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:21.800 they've never talked about before. 935 00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:23.800 How much of that comes from being a dad? 936 00:52:24.760 --> 00:52:24.880 Uh? 937 00:52:25.800 --> 00:52:28.760 A lot, A lot. I think my kids, even even 938 00:52:28.800 --> 00:52:32.639 before kids though, I'd always just loved kids. I love kids, 939 00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:36.920 and I've always had this like, uh like magnet towards kids. 940 00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:41.039 Kids always I remember just going to like family barbecues 941 00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:44.280 or whatever it is like after the games on the 942 00:52:44.320 --> 00:52:47.159 weekends and hanging out with friends. All the adults would 943 00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:50.079 be in the kitchen drinking their beers. I don't drink, 944 00:52:50.320 --> 00:52:52.960 so drinking their beers and drinking their wine, and I'd 945 00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:55.440 be outside playing with kids, right And I'd be that 946 00:52:55.480 --> 00:52:58.760 one dad playing outside with kids, whether it be playing 947 00:52:58.760 --> 00:53:01.199 soccer or throwing the football, and have them making routes 948 00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:03.880 and whatever it is, right I was. I think I'm 949 00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:07.440 still always that kid at heart, and I think that helps. 950 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:08.760 That helps a massive way. 951 00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:12.440 All right before before your egress here on your Friday. 952 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:15.760 It's a rivalry game coming up this weekend, bat and 953 00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:19.159 lead off. It's Atlanta and Charlotte up in Charlotte. The 954 00:53:19.199 --> 00:53:23.320 away team has it on lock apparently in this series. 955 00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:26.719 But when it comes to this particular rivalry and what 956 00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:28.880 you saw from Atlanta United, whether it was in highlights 957 00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:31.320 or actually watching match one, what do you think about 958 00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:33.079 this rivalry game coming up with Charlotte. 959 00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:36.400 Yeah, I was at the game the last game. 960 00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:41.840 The spark is back. The spark is back. 961 00:53:41.880 --> 00:53:43.280 It's just one game, but. 962 00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:44.119 The spark is there. 963 00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:46.800 Do I feel like I have a lot to work 964 00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:50.440 on defensively? I do, and we can pick them apart 965 00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:55.079 working defensively, because that game could have gone either way. 966 00:53:55.639 --> 00:53:57.119 But it kind of brought me back to kind of 967 00:53:57.159 --> 00:54:00.000 like when we played it was almost like we could 968 00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:03.599 have won five zero or we could have lost eight four, right, 969 00:54:03.960 --> 00:54:06.320 and so like that. I remember games where we played 970 00:54:06.320 --> 00:54:08.880 where I finished that game. I was like, holy crap, 971 00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:11.039 we won the game four too, but we could have 972 00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:15.840 lost like seven to six, right, you know, Like, and 973 00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:17.960 I think that kind of gave me those feelings again 974 00:54:18.039 --> 00:54:22.639 watching that first game at the stadium but I will 975 00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:27.280 say this, I don't know if Zahaz is playing. I 976 00:54:27.280 --> 00:54:29.000 think he is. I think he missed the first game 977 00:54:29.039 --> 00:54:31.480 because his first son was his first daughter son was. 978 00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:32.960 Born, the first daughter is born. 979 00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:36.679 He's back, and of course Charlotte's being coy about well 980 00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:38.679 he might start, he might play. I'm gonna take a 981 00:54:38.679 --> 00:54:40.400 look at him and we'll see in one of those 982 00:54:40.440 --> 00:54:40.960 kind of things. 983 00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:47.159 I am. I love soccer, so you know, yes, am 984 00:54:47.199 --> 00:54:48.239 I a fan of Atlanta and. 985 00:54:48.199 --> 00:54:51.159 I yes, but I love just watching players. 986 00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:56.840 And watching other teams sometimes, so I'm very I'm very 987 00:54:56.880 --> 00:55:01.199 interested to see how he does is in the league. 988 00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:05.039 Niggie has not lost a step. He looked exactly the same. 989 00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:08.320 He looked like a lizard running in water, running on the 990 00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:10.199 top of water, the exact same he did when he 991 00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:13.320 was when he was here. I will disagree with Kevin 992 00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:16.400 Egan though, because Pev said that this is the most 993 00:55:16.440 --> 00:55:21.320 talented this is the most talented attack that Atlanta has 994 00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:26.880 had since it's since its inception into the league. I 995 00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:32.400 would disagree with that because I would say every single 996 00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:35.679 player that we had on that team in twenty seventeen 997 00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:37.960 to twenty eighteen, we were all attackers. 998 00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:39.599 We were crazy attackers. 999 00:55:39.599 --> 00:55:42.519 So I will say that they have the top four 1000 00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:45.559 or five, we had the top eleven guys that would 1001 00:55:45.599 --> 00:55:50.400 just always bust forward. So that would be my that 1002 00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:52.440 would be my argument against keV one day. 1003 00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:54.960 Okay, And so next time you see each other, make 1004 00:55:54.960 --> 00:55:57.519 sure that someone's rolling tape on it. What's the latest 1005 00:55:57.559 --> 00:55:59.039 with Beyond Goals manering before you get in. 1006 00:55:59.639 --> 00:56:02.639 Same old, same old, continuing to grow the game as 1007 00:56:02.719 --> 00:56:06.840 much as possible. Finally home and able to kind of 1008 00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:08.960 regulate my schedule a little bit more, which is which 1009 00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:09.360 is great? 1010 00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:12.039 Yes, And when we get to see Greg modeling the 1011 00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:15.239 SDH jersey here for twenty twenty five, it's always a hoot. 1012 00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:17.639 It's great to see him, my friend, Glad, Glad, you're 1013 00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:20.280 back into your own kasa where you kind of get 1014 00:56:20.320 --> 00:56:22.079 to do your thing and kind of stare at the 1015 00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:25.000 Chattahoochee River when you need a chance to go three 1016 00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:28.079 pieces in thanks as dropping by, it's always see you 1017 00:56:28.199 --> 00:56:30.559 got it, there goes Greg. And so it's always fun 1018 00:56:30.599 --> 00:56:34.559 when Greg drops by. And that is Friday free Kick 1019 00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:36.519 brought to his buy our friends at Beyond Goals Mentoring 1020 00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:38.840 at BG Mentoring on the two hundred and eighty character 1021 00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:42.639 app beyond Goalsmenoring dot Com. Greg does not have a 1022 00:56:42.679 --> 00:56:46.360 two hundred and eighty character account. Yeah, I believe he 1023 00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:50.239 is on the Insta. I believe, so I think that's 1024 00:56:50.239 --> 00:56:52.239 where I think that's where Greg is. He's on the 1025 00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:54.639 Insta of the IG or the GRAM. He is not 1026 00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:56.199 on the two hundred and eighty character app. And I 1027 00:56:56.199 --> 00:56:59.000 don't know if he is on the face base. So 1028 00:56:59.639 --> 00:57:01.320 it's all great to catch up with him, great to 1029 00:57:01.360 --> 00:57:05.679 catch up with Cap. And it's uh like when I 1030 00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:10.239 go and have these conversations with with Greg and with 1031 00:57:10.239 --> 00:57:14.679 with Michael, this is the amount of questions I have 1032 00:57:14.760 --> 00:57:16.320 written down. Let me see if I can turn it. 1033 00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:16.719 There we go. 1034 00:57:17.239 --> 00:57:19.679 So that's the amount of questions I have written down. 1035 00:57:20.320 --> 00:57:23.800 I have a couple of general ideas when it comes 1036 00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:29.239 to topics and things. But as Greg said in our 1037 00:57:29.320 --> 00:57:33.960 segment this week, you know, sometimes you'll you'll have a 1038 00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:40.000 conversation and that'll open a door. And so traditionally it's like, Okay, 1039 00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:43.360 he opened a door, I want to go down that hallway. 1040 00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:45.679 And so then he'll open another door, and another door 1041 00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:49.719 and another door, and so that's where the conversation traditionally 1042 00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:52.840 is with those two because of. 1043 00:57:52.719 --> 00:57:53.280 What they're doing. 1044 00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:55.440 It beyond goals, menering, because of all the doors that 1045 00:57:55.519 --> 00:57:59.000 they open dealing with today's generation, Greg dealing with the 1046 00:57:59.119 --> 00:58:03.000 modern day adult professional athlete, and how that rubs off 1047 00:58:03.360 --> 00:58:06.320 on what he gets to do when he's you know, 1048 00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:10.639 there with his mentees and with Michael's mentee, So both 1049 00:58:10.679 --> 00:58:13.880 of them with that experience and how it applies, you know, 1050 00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:16.199 to the next generation, those kinds of things I wanted 1051 00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:19.800 to I want to get into and responses, and there 1052 00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:21.719 is some current events obviously when it comes to like 1053 00:58:21.719 --> 00:58:24.559 Atlanta United and things like that, but the biggest thing 1054 00:58:24.679 --> 00:58:29.079 is it's it's a learning experience for me about how 1055 00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:34.320 adults right now want to impact the next generation. And 1056 00:58:34.440 --> 00:58:36.840 so that that's part of the end when I have 1057 00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:40.480 the conversations with Greg and with Michael Parkhurst when they're 1058 00:58:40.519 --> 00:58:42.320 with is at nine point thirty, when they're not globe 1059 00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:47.400 trotting or in Michael's case, when he is a mogul 1060 00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:51.760 in training and a week away from being ready for a. 1061 00:58:51.760 --> 00:58:53.239 Season opener season two. 1062 00:58:54.119 --> 00:58:55.960 There's one thing that you can do for an Encore 1063 00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:57.719 and it's win a championship, making it to the last 1064 00:58:57.719 --> 00:58:59.920 game of the year's Eastern Conference Champs. Last year reminds 1065 00:58:59.960 --> 00:59:02.960 me I had to get my RIFC Eastern Conference gear, 1066 00:59:03.559 --> 00:59:06.639 so mogul and training on one end, and what they're 1067 00:59:06.679 --> 00:59:08.760 doing is fantastic stuff. And it's great to catch up 1068 00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:11.440 with them on the Friday free kick when they're not 1069 00:59:11.480 --> 00:59:14.159 globe trotting. All right, our number two and we know 1070 00:59:14.199 --> 00:59:16.400 what that means on a Friday. That means it is 1071 00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:19.159 weekend whip round, patent pending, trademark coming sooner, hopefully rather 1072 00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:21.800 than later. And this is where we go over all 1073 00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:24.119 of the matches going on in Major League Soccer. Obviously, 1074 00:59:24.119 --> 00:59:26.800 we're going to take the conversation with Atlanta United, save 1075 00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:30.320 it for ten thirty and beyond when Jason drops by. 1076 00:59:30.400 --> 00:59:31.679 And like I said, there are a couple of other 1077 00:59:31.760 --> 00:59:35.480 questions that I have involving Major League Soccer and rules 1078 00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:40.039 and the roster release and the AGM meeting for US Soccer. 1079 00:59:40.079 --> 00:59:41.400 So there are a couple of other topics that I 1080 00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:43.679 wanted to get into with Jason in addition to get 1081 00:59:43.840 --> 00:59:46.880 discussing his thoughts on what he saw from Week one 1082 00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:50.760 and heading into week two with this rivalry and tonight, 1083 00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:54.480 as Abby said, NODA brewing. I think it's NOA brewing. 1084 00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:58.400 I think no Da North it's north something, so it 1085 00:59:58.559 --> 01:00:02.400 is North something, but it's no to brewing. I think 1086 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:05.079 it is from seven to ten. Let me go back 1087 01:00:05.119 --> 01:00:09.320 and see whereas it seven to ten tonight? Here we go, okay, 1088 01:00:09.679 --> 01:00:14.280 tonight gathering of Atlanta United Fans No TOA Brewing seven 1089 01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:18.079 to ten. So I think that that is where Jason 1090 01:00:18.119 --> 01:00:19.920 and Matty are going to be hopefully, if you are 1091 01:00:19.960 --> 01:00:22.599 traveling up the day of or the day before. If 1092 01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:24.320 you're traveling up the day of, I don't know if 1093 01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:25.760 NOTA brewing would be open. 1094 01:00:25.800 --> 01:00:27.360 Before you had to be over at be of A. 1095 01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:30.639 But if you're heading up tonight, Atlanta United Fans gathering 1096 01:00:30.639 --> 01:00:35.440 at NOA Brewing No Da reminds me of the Bigod 1097 01:00:35.480 --> 01:00:38.639 Johnny song for minute Work. But anyway, Noah brewing seven 1098 01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:41.199 to ten. If you're heading up to Charlotte tonight and 1099 01:00:41.239 --> 01:00:42.679 you get to hang out with a bunch of other 1100 01:00:42.719 --> 01:00:45.000 seventeens as you guys get ready to crash b of 1101 01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:48.559 A and be there in full throat tomorrow afternoon to 1102 01:00:48.599 --> 01:00:51.400 twenty five start, because once again it's listed as two 1103 01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:57.320 fifteen Lasoccer dot Com does not include the TV Element 1104 01:00:57.360 --> 01:01:00.679 pregame show in their start time, and so it's two 1105 01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:03.119 twenty five because it's on Big Fox and Big Fox 1106 01:01:03.159 --> 01:01:06.559 deport this, so two twenty five listed as two fifteen 1107 01:01:06.559 --> 01:01:08.800 on MLS Soccer dot Com. So to twenty five start 1108 01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:13.159 and we'll get into the specifics with Jason and it'll 1109 01:01:13.159 --> 01:01:16.599 be aide Gordon and Nick that are going to be 1110 01:01:17.079 --> 01:01:19.880 doing your pre and your post from Colony Square for 1111 01:01:19.920 --> 01:01:25.480 Atlanta United and for Charlotte. All right after the Atlanta 1112 01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:30.079 United and Charlotte match the rest of the schedule for 1113 01:01:30.119 --> 01:01:33.119 the weekend, So you get your you get your early, 1114 01:01:33.199 --> 01:01:36.320 you get your early rub with it Landa United and 1115 01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:39.639 with Charlotte. Once again, we don't know the level of 1116 01:01:40.000 --> 01:01:44.800 engagement that Wilfrid Zaha is going to have. So once again, 1117 01:01:44.880 --> 01:01:48.760 you know, Dean Smith being as coy as you're allowed. 1118 01:01:48.800 --> 01:01:51.519 I mean, it's it's perfectly fine to be as coy 1119 01:01:51.559 --> 01:01:52.960 as possible, I get. 1120 01:01:52.800 --> 01:01:53.239 It, you know. 1121 01:01:54.000 --> 01:01:58.800 And then you get to look at the rest of 1122 01:01:58.840 --> 01:02:03.280 the matchups, know the announcer matchups yet for each of 1123 01:02:03.320 --> 01:02:06.519 the of each of the games. But uh, once again, 1124 01:02:06.559 --> 01:02:08.159 the one that's really important nineteen nine the game in 1125 01:02:08.159 --> 01:02:12.400 the Odyssey app, aban Nick pregame, ABENDNK, postgame, Jason and 1126 01:02:12.800 --> 01:02:17.400 Mike involved in the broadcast UH ninety nine Game ninety nine, 1127 01:02:17.480 --> 01:02:19.239 Game dot Com and the Odyssey app. 1128 01:02:19.239 --> 01:02:20.159 All right, let's get. 1129 01:02:20.000 --> 01:02:24.119 Into juice boxes and start times as a way to 1130 01:02:24.719 --> 01:02:27.480 go through the rest of the matchups. Here in match 1131 01:02:27.480 --> 01:02:33.840 week number two for Major League Soccer. So after the 1132 01:02:34.199 --> 01:02:37.079 Charlotte Atlanta game is over, everything starts back up again 1133 01:02:37.239 --> 01:02:42.400 at four thirty, which means four forty Eastern time. RSL 1134 01:02:42.760 --> 01:02:45.880 for a two forty start is hosting Seattle. 1135 01:02:46.519 --> 01:02:46.760 Now. 1136 01:02:46.800 --> 01:02:52.599 Seattle, once again midweek took care business in CONCACAFF Champions Cup. 1137 01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:56.320 They did not start Stephen Fry, as Nico Morenos said, 1138 01:02:56.800 --> 01:02:59.920 it is not injury related. It was just sitting in. 1139 01:03:00.559 --> 01:03:04.760 So Stephan Fry will start against RSL, and then you'll 1140 01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:08.719 have whatever the rotated lineup is, if Brian Schmizer chooses 1141 01:03:08.760 --> 01:03:12.800 to rotate. But this is an opportunity for Seattle to 1142 01:03:12.800 --> 01:03:15.639 take advantage of the situation involving RSL. RSL has had 1143 01:03:15.639 --> 01:03:20.039 a rough week. RSL loses at home to Herediano in 1144 01:03:20.280 --> 01:03:23.400 conca CAF Hemispheric Extravaganza. They get bumped out. How do 1145 01:03:23.480 --> 01:03:27.159 one nil lead lose it? So how does RSL respond? 1146 01:03:28.000 --> 01:03:31.440 And that is the large question here Seattle. They can 1147 01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:34.719 go in with a lineup against a team in RSL 1148 01:03:34.800 --> 01:03:39.320 that is reeling early, grab full points and get out 1149 01:03:39.320 --> 01:03:44.239 the door. Juice boxes have RSL as a favorite, and 1150 01:03:44.320 --> 01:03:46.159 this is in the composite courtesy of our friends at 1151 01:03:46.159 --> 01:03:49.719 odds Portal. They have a listing of different juice box purveyors. 1152 01:03:50.000 --> 01:03:53.559 They take the average and they post it. RSL is 1153 01:03:53.559 --> 01:03:57.679 a plus one fifty six to win at four forty 1154 01:03:58.840 --> 01:04:01.440 draws a plus two twenty five, or Seattle's a plus 1155 01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:04.280 one seventy five. I don't know where the goals are 1156 01:04:04.280 --> 01:04:08.840 gonna come from from RSL. Stephan Fry definitely probably starting 1157 01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:13.400 for Seattle. And net choose your fantasy teams wisely, and 1158 01:04:13.519 --> 01:04:17.519 so I'm leaning Seattle here as a slight underdog and 1159 01:04:17.559 --> 01:04:20.199 a plus one seventy five. Just in general, the fact 1160 01:04:20.239 --> 01:04:22.599 that there are a plus one seventy five it kind 1161 01:04:22.599 --> 01:04:24.719 of helps out for those of you that are handling 1162 01:04:24.760 --> 01:04:26.440 your juice boxes. So, once again, don't know what the 1163 01:04:26.440 --> 01:04:29.039 full lineup's gonna look like for Seattle. Stephan Fry did 1164 01:04:29.119 --> 01:04:34.280 not play against Antigua, and so he's going into Sandy Utah, 1165 01:04:34.320 --> 01:04:36.159 taking on a team in RSL where you don't know 1166 01:04:36.159 --> 01:04:37.800 where the goals are going to come from, and having 1167 01:04:37.880 --> 01:04:40.400 lost to Herediano. So all of these emotional factors in 1168 01:04:40.440 --> 01:04:45.559 these intangibles add up anyway to folks leaning toward a 1169 01:04:45.599 --> 01:04:48.880 slight underdog in Seattle. Then you get your seven forties. 1170 01:04:48.920 --> 01:04:51.079 And I say seven forties, even though there're seven thirties, 1171 01:04:52.199 --> 01:04:57.199 seven thirty listings revs and crew crewe understandably a favor 1172 01:04:57.239 --> 01:05:00.320 of the plus one twenty three in the composite is 1173 01:05:00.320 --> 01:05:02.519 a plus two sixty two and the revs are a 1174 01:05:02.559 --> 01:05:07.960 plus one ninety seven. So RSL, I mean New England, 1175 01:05:07.960 --> 01:05:10.000 you're looking at some kind of revenge of some kind 1176 01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:13.440 of degree, and that's what you're staring at with that 1177 01:05:13.480 --> 01:05:15.599 one with Columbus, we welcome Jared in. 1178 01:05:15.880 --> 01:05:19.840 Hello, Hi, what are welcome? 1179 01:05:20.400 --> 01:05:23.679 Yeah? Well, of course, I mean Jesus Christ. It is well, 1180 01:05:23.719 --> 01:05:26.599 I mean it's we can whip around time. 1181 01:05:26.679 --> 01:05:26.840 Man. 1182 01:05:26.920 --> 01:05:29.480 We're going through the matchups and you you hit it 1183 01:05:29.559 --> 01:05:34.159 just right. We're saving Landy United and Charlotte for the 1184 01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:36.760 Jason appearance coming up at about twenty minutes. We're blowing 1185 01:05:36.800 --> 01:05:41.119 through the rest of the schedule. Seattle is a slight 1186 01:05:41.199 --> 01:05:45.280 underdog heading to RSL. I don't know where RSL's going 1187 01:05:45.360 --> 01:05:49.079 to score Seattle sat some folks, including Stephen Fry, and 1188 01:05:49.280 --> 01:05:50.920 I'm leaning towards Seattle in that one. 1189 01:05:51.239 --> 01:05:53.360 So as much as I was disappointed with what RSL 1190 01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:58.159 did last week, they're also in both It's interesting that 1191 01:05:58.239 --> 01:06:02.679 both these clubs had a concat Champions Cup. I don't 1192 01:06:02.760 --> 01:06:04.480 know what to make of those games, because we have 1193 01:06:04.559 --> 01:06:08.480 this conversation every season early in the season in those 1194 01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:12.679 Championship Cup in the Champions Cup games just kind of, 1195 01:06:12.800 --> 01:06:15.760 you know, kind of just kind of roll whatever you got. 1196 01:06:16.079 --> 01:06:19.159 I'm not I'm already not gonna bet on MLS because 1197 01:06:19.400 --> 01:06:23.000 I like, I like sanity, and I don't I don't 1198 01:06:23.079 --> 01:06:25.000 seek out bad decisions. 1199 01:06:24.880 --> 01:06:28.440 Like you like you like your wallet. It's current state exactly. 1200 01:06:28.599 --> 01:06:34.679 I'm definitely not gonna put money on games involving teams 1201 01:06:36.400 --> 01:06:38.880 that were in the Champions Cup. Over the weekend, especially 1202 01:06:39.000 --> 01:06:42.079 RSL played like a knockdown, drag out game with Eddiano 1203 01:06:42.599 --> 01:06:45.159 and then lost it in the well. They lost in 1204 01:06:45.159 --> 01:06:45.760 the seventy something. 1205 01:06:46.079 --> 01:06:48.800 Yeah, they had a goal that was initially pulled back 1206 01:06:48.840 --> 01:06:51.679 by v A R. And then they got one score 1207 01:06:51.760 --> 01:06:53.599 that wasn't held back and then they ended up hitting 1208 01:06:53.880 --> 01:06:54.639 by the end of the day. 1209 01:06:54.920 --> 01:06:56.760 Yeah, because then even when it was one one, they 1210 01:06:56.760 --> 01:07:01.079 were doomed with away goals as yep. And then like 1211 01:07:01.119 --> 01:07:04.039 the ninety I think there's like the ninety ninth minute, 1212 01:07:04.880 --> 01:07:06.599 what's a second the back on that that pretty much 1213 01:07:06.679 --> 01:07:09.800 just uh put dirt on the coffin, so to speak. 1214 01:07:10.039 --> 01:07:15.559 Yep, fall game. Yes, so I don't I. 1215 01:07:15.559 --> 01:07:17.920 Don't know what to make of either one of these 1216 01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:18.800 teams in that situation. 1217 01:07:19.679 --> 01:07:19.920 Yeah. 1218 01:07:20.519 --> 01:07:22.920 Uh so you're looking at that one and then you've 1219 01:07:22.960 --> 01:07:28.760 got crew and revs, and with this one crew obviously 1220 01:07:28.880 --> 01:07:30.719 favored on the road, we wondered where the goals were 1221 01:07:30.760 --> 01:07:33.920 gonna come from, and it turns out that Diego Rossi 1222 01:07:34.199 --> 01:07:36.800 was kind of waving his hand like Forrest Gump on 1223 01:07:36.840 --> 01:07:39.440 the shrimp boat, going you know, hi, you know right here, 1224 01:07:40.119 --> 01:07:44.239 and they're favored heading to Foxborough and they're a plus 1225 01:07:44.239 --> 01:07:46.159 one twenty three and the revs are basically a plus 1226 01:07:46.199 --> 01:07:46.760 two hundred. 1227 01:07:49.760 --> 01:07:52.159 I mean so much it feels like a lot of 1228 01:07:52.159 --> 01:07:55.039 this is going to fall on like on falls to 1229 01:07:55.159 --> 01:08:00.519 be that guy Columbus still has time to me additions, 1230 01:08:00.599 --> 01:08:02.400 by the way, Yeah, and I know, like I feel 1231 01:08:02.400 --> 01:08:03.960 like part of this has been part of the conversation 1232 01:08:04.039 --> 01:08:05.679 with them of like I got time to make additions. 1233 01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:10.079 They do. But I'm gonna say the same thing to 1234 01:08:10.199 --> 01:08:12.880 you that I get told all the time when I 1235 01:08:12.920 --> 01:08:16.720 would say that about Atlanta, which is they do. But 1236 01:08:17.359 --> 01:08:21.520 time is a time is always marching. Yes, So they 1237 01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:24.199 need to go ahead and get somebody in because you 1238 01:08:24.239 --> 01:08:26.880 still have to go through the visa process. And if 1239 01:08:26.880 --> 01:08:30.640 you're gonna get someone who's uh not an American player, 1240 01:08:30.920 --> 01:08:37.560 and man, if this feels like a if it's gonna 1241 01:08:37.560 --> 01:08:41.359 be consistently working, then Diego Rossi is gonna be like 1242 01:08:41.399 --> 01:08:43.760 an like an MVP front runner time. 1243 01:08:43.920 --> 01:08:44.560 Yeah. 1244 01:08:45.640 --> 01:08:48.800 Jason Russell Rowe, obviously folks are looking at him when 1245 01:08:48.840 --> 01:08:49.520 it comes. 1246 01:08:49.359 --> 01:08:50.840 To helping out a top but. 1247 01:08:51.079 --> 01:08:53.920 It's just a it's and I like Jason Russell Rowe. 1248 01:08:54.039 --> 01:08:57.439 This isn't a shot in him. It's just a lot 1249 01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:02.960 to ask of him. And if he's able to give 1250 01:09:03.000 --> 01:09:07.960 you some really good games but isn't as consistent, which 1251 01:09:07.960 --> 01:09:13.399 would make sense because newsflash, he's not Kuco. 1252 01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:15.319 Yeah, no one, no one? 1253 01:09:15.479 --> 01:09:19.239 What what what dog like Cuco was like what Brian 1254 01:09:19.319 --> 01:09:23.520 Joseph was in terms of like the great equalizer of 1255 01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:27.199 oh is this game a mismatch? Maybe, except they have 1256 01:09:27.319 --> 01:09:32.000 a while Cuco. Yes, Jason Russell Road could be very, 1257 01:09:32.119 --> 01:09:34.920 very good. He's just not gonna be Cucco. And that's okay. 1258 01:09:35.239 --> 01:09:37.319 I hope, I hope it's not held against him, I guess, 1259 01:09:37.399 --> 01:09:37.880 is what I mean. 1260 01:09:38.199 --> 01:09:42.319 Yeah, So yeah, if you look super yeah, so you 1261 01:09:42.399 --> 01:09:44.520 get to figure out what's going on with that one, 1262 01:09:44.560 --> 01:09:47.279 all right. Also on the board, and if it's a 1263 01:09:47.319 --> 01:09:48.840 game that you think is a dog that you don't 1264 01:09:48.840 --> 01:09:51.199 want to talk about basically, well, Cliffhanger and you said, 1265 01:09:51.239 --> 01:09:57.039 you're like, nah, yeah, Red Bulls hosting Nashville Red Bulls 1266 01:09:57.079 --> 01:10:00.279 minus one fifty six National plus three eighty eight draw 1267 01:10:00.319 --> 01:10:01.359 is a plus three zero one. 1268 01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:07.159 Red Bulls. And I'm interested in what Nashville is doing. Yeah, 1269 01:10:07.199 --> 01:10:09.520 this year, now that they have moved off, now that 1270 01:10:09.560 --> 01:10:16.000 they have like freed themselves from the Gary Smith era. 1271 01:10:17.279 --> 01:10:19.720 That's not going to say the Gary Smith era wasn't predictive. 1272 01:10:19.960 --> 01:10:23.479 It was to kind of drag themselves into the future 1273 01:10:23.520 --> 01:10:26.920 of bit here. Yeah, I like what it can be. 1274 01:10:28.279 --> 01:10:30.800 I just think it's gonna take time to put it 1275 01:10:30.800 --> 01:10:33.720 all together, and Red Bulls is still Red Bulls is 1276 01:10:33.760 --> 01:10:34.520 still Red Bulls. 1277 01:10:35.960 --> 01:10:41.479 So Red Bulls favored largely seven forty at the stadium 1278 01:10:41.560 --> 01:10:44.720 named after a magazine, so big sponsorship for them there. 1279 01:10:44.760 --> 01:10:48.640 Purple Team and Toronto also at seven forty. Purple Team 1280 01:10:48.680 --> 01:10:52.079 favored at a minus one seventy five. Draw is a 1281 01:10:52.119 --> 01:10:54.880 plus two ninety five, and Toronto is a plus four 1282 01:10:55.079 --> 01:10:57.119 sixty six. On the road to Central Florida. 1283 01:11:00.760 --> 01:11:03.520 Give me, give me Purpole, give me Orlando. 1284 01:11:03.720 --> 01:11:04.760 Yeah, that's what. 1285 01:11:06.640 --> 01:11:10.760 It's It's fine to like, it's fine to look at 1286 01:11:10.760 --> 01:11:14.640 that game with wide eyes with what happened with Philadelphia 1287 01:11:14.680 --> 01:11:19.199 over the weekend last weekend, because that was bad, like 1288 01:11:19.800 --> 01:11:26.359 it was, it was sloppy. But if you get boat 1289 01:11:26.399 --> 01:11:28.439 raced by Toronto, yeah, then we then we get to 1290 01:11:28.479 --> 01:11:33.319 have some really fun conversations, some really uncomfortable conversations. Yes, 1291 01:11:34.039 --> 01:11:35.439 I just don't think that will happen. 1292 01:11:35.800 --> 01:11:38.680 No, not not with not with Toronto on the road 1293 01:11:38.720 --> 01:11:40.079 and Purple Team and home. 1294 01:11:42.039 --> 01:11:44.560 Again if they lose, if they lose to Toronto Team, 1295 01:11:44.600 --> 01:11:46.880 then we have to have like two full conversations of like, 1296 01:11:47.479 --> 01:11:50.640 do we need to like start picking out a plot 1297 01:11:50.680 --> 01:11:54.479 for Orlando and do we need to have conversations about Toronto. 1298 01:11:54.520 --> 01:11:56.039 But we also do this early in the season where 1299 01:11:56.039 --> 01:11:57.680 it's completely irresponsible, which. 1300 01:11:57.560 --> 01:11:58.199 Is why we do it. 1301 01:11:58.319 --> 01:12:01.560 Yes, absolutely, and that's that's that's why we're here on Fridays. 1302 01:12:02.159 --> 01:12:06.560 Speaking of Philadelphia, the Bradley Carnell Era in match number two, 1303 01:12:07.840 --> 01:12:10.920 slight underdog at home against f C Cincinnati or a 1304 01:12:10.920 --> 01:12:13.119 slight favorite at home against de f C Cincinnati. Obviously 1305 01:12:13.199 --> 01:12:16.840 they're thinking that Cincinnati, with them playing in the midweek, 1306 01:12:17.439 --> 01:12:20.279 is going to impact them here on the weekend. Union 1307 01:12:20.319 --> 01:12:23.000 a plus one fifty at home, So I home favorite 1308 01:12:23.520 --> 01:12:25.800 draws a plus two to fifty seven f C Cincinnati 1309 01:12:25.800 --> 01:12:27.479 on the roads of plus one sixty two. And I 1310 01:12:27.479 --> 01:12:30.760 think really the only reason that Cincinnati is a dog 1311 01:12:30.880 --> 01:12:33.279 here is because of the midweek activity. Am I reading 1312 01:12:33.319 --> 01:12:33.760 that right? 1313 01:12:34.560 --> 01:12:38.800 That's what I'm guessing. And because of the way they play, 1314 01:12:38.840 --> 01:12:43.880 I can definitely see it. It would be narrative central 1315 01:12:43.920 --> 01:12:46.359 though for Philadelphia to start to it. Oh man, Yeah, 1316 01:12:46.520 --> 01:12:49.319 and look, you play the schedule you're given, so I 1317 01:12:49.359 --> 01:12:51.760 will not be if Philadelphia like winns this game and 1318 01:12:51.800 --> 01:12:53.800 they start two and oh you can say, well, well, 1319 01:12:53.960 --> 01:12:56.479 Orlando we don't know. Orlando is kind of weird. And 1320 01:12:56.479 --> 01:12:57.560 then you have Cinci on. 1321 01:12:57.520 --> 01:12:57.920 The mid week. 1322 01:12:58.000 --> 01:13:00.600 I don't really care. You can qualify how where you want. 1323 01:13:01.159 --> 01:13:05.840 If they beat Cincinnati, I don't care that Cincinnati played 1324 01:13:05.840 --> 01:13:09.279 the midweek. You win your home games. Yeah, go do that, Philly. 1325 01:13:09.640 --> 01:13:10.199 Yeah. 1326 01:13:10.239 --> 01:13:14.319 So that's uh, that's where that one lays itself out. 1327 01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:19.359 And then speaking of the games where you're kind of like, huh, 1328 01:13:19.680 --> 01:13:24.560 Chicago and hosting d C, they have no Brian Goodierres 1329 01:13:24.760 --> 01:13:28.399 who got the retroactive red from Disco in the midweek 1330 01:13:29.520 --> 01:13:34.039 for basically the forum shiver from behind that wasn't caught 1331 01:13:34.079 --> 01:13:36.840 on the field or through var Disco came in from 1332 01:13:36.840 --> 01:13:40.000 behind and said, yeah, that's a game. So the guy 1333 01:13:40.000 --> 01:13:43.600 that gets you a brace last week is not available 1334 01:13:43.640 --> 01:13:47.159 this week. You're at home. You're favorite at a plus 1335 01:13:47.199 --> 01:13:50.159 one oh eight draws, a plus two sixty three. DC 1336 01:13:50.359 --> 01:13:52.039 United is a plus two thirty one. 1337 01:13:52.880 --> 01:13:54.520 What if I tell you it doesn't matter and they 1338 01:13:54.520 --> 01:14:00.560 still be DC Because I'm I'm a believer in in 1339 01:14:00.760 --> 01:14:04.319 what would be the funniest timeline, which is Greg Burhalter 1340 01:14:04.439 --> 01:14:09.560 winning a trophy year one in Chicago and absolutely pissing off. 1341 01:14:09.920 --> 01:14:11.640 So many people in this country. 1342 01:14:11.800 --> 01:14:14.520 Yeah, no doubt, no question. I could definitely see that 1343 01:14:14.600 --> 01:14:18.720 going down. Loon's in CF Montreal Minnesota United to minus 1344 01:14:18.760 --> 01:14:22.600 one ninety six. CF Montreal playing their first handful of 1345 01:14:22.600 --> 01:14:25.960 matches away from home, because otherwise you'd be playing at 1346 01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:29.960 ice Station Zebra. Minnesota on the draw plus three twenty 1347 01:14:30.039 --> 01:14:32.800 eight and CF Montreal to win is pushing a plus 1348 01:14:32.880 --> 01:14:33.479 five hundred. 1349 01:14:36.439 --> 01:14:38.840 Don't think about this. I would have misbe no. 1350 01:14:40.920 --> 01:14:41.840 Over the numbers on this. 1351 01:14:42.640 --> 01:14:46.680 Minnesota minus one ninety six, okay, draws of plus three 1352 01:14:46.720 --> 01:14:49.880 twenty eight. CF Montreal's right now plus four ninety two. 1353 01:14:50.960 --> 01:14:53.159 Man, I liked what we saw for Montreal, and they 1354 01:14:53.199 --> 01:14:57.920 weren't even full strength, and I'd never know if I 1355 01:14:57.920 --> 01:15:03.119 can really trust Minnesota or not. I like that plus 1356 01:15:03.119 --> 01:15:04.640 four hundred number. 1357 01:15:05.000 --> 01:15:08.359 Wow, Okay, just to throw it. 1358 01:15:08.359 --> 01:15:10.880 The plus four hundred number with the team that I 1359 01:15:10.920 --> 01:15:15.399 really liked to know. Again, keep in mind Atlanta and Minnesota, 1360 01:15:15.439 --> 01:15:18.239 excuse me, and Montreal, we're both not at full strength 1361 01:15:18.319 --> 01:15:22.640 last week. Yeah, Atlanta's missing both full backs, rotated the 1362 01:15:22.640 --> 01:15:26.319 center back. You put Louis sa bram In there when 1363 01:15:26.359 --> 01:15:33.000 we were expecting Derrick Williams. Whatever. But Montreal was also 1364 01:15:33.039 --> 01:15:35.560 missing people in that game, like both teams are missing guys. 1365 01:15:36.319 --> 01:15:41.319 Montreal still was just making stuff happen. Mm hmm, Yeah, 1366 01:15:41.319 --> 01:15:43.199 I was happy with it. Like, ye give me, give 1367 01:15:43.199 --> 01:15:46.279 me Montreal on a plus four hundred, I'll take it. 1368 01:15:46.920 --> 01:15:48.800 Yeah, plus four ninety two, you're going to the back 1369 01:15:48.800 --> 01:15:50.960 of the going to the back of the fridge, no problem. 1370 01:15:51.760 --> 01:15:56.880 Eight forty Eastern at Sporting, Bruce and Peter Urmes, you 1371 01:15:56.960 --> 01:15:59.640 want to talk about cameras that you need on the 1372 01:15:59.680 --> 01:16:03.359 side for ISO, you need a coach cam for this one. 1373 01:16:04.800 --> 01:16:08.039 S Yeah, there might be a Sporting is a plus 1374 01:16:08.039 --> 01:16:09.920 one eighteen. Your draw is a plus two sixty three. 1375 01:16:10.000 --> 01:16:12.960 San Jose on the road is a plus two o six. 1376 01:16:16.199 --> 01:16:18.520 Now you're saying you're either leaning it for the total 1377 01:16:18.760 --> 01:16:20.479 or you're leaning at that plus two o six. 1378 01:16:20.520 --> 01:16:25.279 I know I'm leaning. I'm I'm I'm inclined to just 1379 01:16:25.279 --> 01:16:27.640 just say give me San Jose and walk away from 1380 01:16:27.680 --> 01:16:30.840 the table. Yeap, is what I'm inclined to do. John, 1381 01:16:34.640 --> 01:16:38.720 I'm I am perpetually at this point of the timeline, 1382 01:16:38.840 --> 01:16:43.359 in a constant state of please prove it to Peter Urmes, 1383 01:16:44.520 --> 01:16:48.479 because there's just been issues man like and and you're 1384 01:16:48.520 --> 01:16:50.640 anging like Alan Polito is gone. We don't have to 1385 01:16:50.720 --> 01:16:54.600 pretend like we're waiting for Alan Palito to get healthy anymore. 1386 01:16:54.920 --> 01:16:57.880 Mm hm No, we don't have. 1387 01:16:57.800 --> 01:16:58.119 To do that. 1388 01:16:59.199 --> 01:17:03.439 Yeah, Maddie's joining for the the craziness here. 1389 01:17:04.920 --> 01:17:08.479 Oh no, where where are you? Ms Madison? 1390 01:17:09.079 --> 01:17:12.520 So I'm actually waiting for Sophia because me and Sofia 1391 01:17:12.560 --> 01:17:15.720 are about to make the drive down to Charlotte for 1392 01:17:15.960 --> 01:17:17.680 the Land United Charlotte FC game. 1393 01:17:17.920 --> 01:17:21.199 Okay, just just checking. So right now we are in 1394 01:17:21.520 --> 01:17:25.399 we can whip around section. We are waiting to discuss 1395 01:17:25.439 --> 01:17:28.439 at Land United and Charlotte. So we're blowing through matchups 1396 01:17:28.520 --> 01:17:31.560 right now. We are in the eight thirties where Sporting 1397 01:17:31.800 --> 01:17:36.119 and San Jose are going to be playing. And this 1398 01:17:36.159 --> 01:17:37.840 is one, like I said, you need coach, You need 1399 01:17:37.880 --> 01:17:40.000 a coach Iso cam on Peter Urmese and one on 1400 01:17:40.039 --> 01:17:43.239 Bruce Arena, and then one with the interactions with the 1401 01:17:43.319 --> 01:17:47.199 two of the angriest, most crotchety coaches in Major League Soccer. 1402 01:17:47.600 --> 01:17:49.880 Yeah, I mean, listen, you got Bruce Arena. You know 1403 01:17:50.119 --> 01:17:52.199 he's back. You know, one of the winning best coaches 1404 01:17:52.239 --> 01:17:56.600 in MLS for sure. I mean, I mean it shows 1405 01:17:56.640 --> 01:17:59.720 with I mean what we saw on last week, I 1406 01:17:59.760 --> 01:18:02.680 mean they're gonna be They're gonna be someone to watch 1407 01:18:02.680 --> 01:18:04.199 out for it because I mean it was a beatdown. 1408 01:18:04.399 --> 01:18:06.880 It was an absolute beatdown of a match. I mean, 1409 01:18:07.920 --> 01:18:11.000 that one's gonna be fun. I'm excited to see that one. 1410 01:18:12.319 --> 01:18:15.279 Yeah, I'm I'm also excited because Brucerina is obviously back 1411 01:18:15.319 --> 01:18:17.479 in MLS, and you know, that's just always fun to 1412 01:18:17.479 --> 01:18:18.439 have Brucerina back. 1413 01:18:18.680 --> 01:18:21.680 Yeah, and the way that we do, we can whip 1414 01:18:21.720 --> 01:18:24.199 around obviously if there's a matchup that you don't want 1415 01:18:24.199 --> 01:18:28.439 to talk about, basically just go skip it, nack, don't care, whatever, 1416 01:18:28.479 --> 01:18:29.479 and we go to the matto. 1417 01:18:29.920 --> 01:18:32.119 Here's the thing, though, what if I tell what if 1418 01:18:32.159 --> 01:18:35.079 I told you John, do you remember what happened and 1419 01:18:35.199 --> 01:18:38.399 I realized your I realized your brain might not be 1420 01:18:38.479 --> 01:18:42.880 as broken as mine, and that's okay. Do you remember 1421 01:18:42.880 --> 01:18:47.039 what happened Week one last year with Portland? No, okay, 1422 01:18:47.079 --> 01:18:51.520 Week one last year Portland goes out and just absolutely 1423 01:18:51.680 --> 01:18:56.119 takes a sledgehammer to someone's chest for ninety minutes. I 1424 01:18:56.159 --> 01:18:59.680 forget who they beat, but the ex g was like one, yeah, 1425 01:19:00.199 --> 01:19:01.760 like four or five goals on the board and it 1426 01:19:01.880 --> 01:19:05.439 was like a really weird four or five goals. You're like, 1427 01:19:05.520 --> 01:19:08.720 that's not happening again. But it's very funny in the moment. Yes, 1428 01:19:09.319 --> 01:19:13.560 what if I told you that's what San Jose's life 1429 01:19:13.640 --> 01:19:18.800 is like this year in debt, san Jose, you know, 1430 01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:23.680 put up, put up a number for RSL and San 1431 01:19:23.760 --> 01:19:27.039 Jose kind of lives somewhere in between that expectation and 1432 01:19:27.079 --> 01:19:29.199 then the floor upon which they were set and they're 1433 01:19:29.239 --> 01:19:35.199 just good, not amazing. Yeah, like like let us let 1434 01:19:35.239 --> 01:19:38.600 us hold the reins of this let's hold let's hold 1435 01:19:38.600 --> 01:19:42.479 the reins of this horse together before we go too crazy. 1436 01:19:42.720 --> 01:19:46.079 Yes, boarding's got to come back from you know, obviously 1437 01:19:46.159 --> 01:19:48.880 the lost in the in the first day, obviously to Austin, 1438 01:19:48.960 --> 01:19:51.920 and then also now you know, losing to enter Miami 1439 01:19:51.960 --> 01:19:54.800 and the CAUCAAFF Champions Cup. You know, they're hosting San Jose, 1440 01:19:54.960 --> 01:19:56.239 so maybe that gives them a little bit. 1441 01:19:56.199 --> 01:19:56.680 Of an edge. 1442 01:19:56.720 --> 01:19:59.960 But I don't know, I don't know. I haven't seen 1443 01:20:00.159 --> 01:20:02.319 much from them. Like I'm gonna be honest, like, I 1444 01:20:02.359 --> 01:20:05.680 don't They're not really someone. I'm like, ooh, I don't know. 1445 01:20:06.079 --> 01:20:08.359 It's not a fair one, not a point, not appointment 1446 01:20:08.439 --> 01:20:10.279 viewing for you yet Sporting Kansas City. 1447 01:20:10.680 --> 01:20:13.399 I mean, listen if soccer's on, I'm watching soccer, so 1448 01:20:13.560 --> 01:20:14.760 I don't listen, you know. 1449 01:20:15.000 --> 01:20:18.159 Like yes, that's just me. Yeah, yeah, right there with you, 1450 01:20:18.199 --> 01:20:21.039 all right. So nine to thirty Colorado and FC Dallas. 1451 01:20:21.039 --> 01:20:23.760 Colorado's a plus one twelve draws A plus two forty nine. 1452 01:20:23.880 --> 01:20:29.319 Fcd's a plus two twenty nine. Does anyone Does anyone care? 1453 01:20:30.199 --> 01:20:33.640 Yeah? I care about Colorado because I care about the 1454 01:20:33.680 --> 01:20:34.880 Chris RMIs revenge tour. 1455 01:20:35.079 --> 01:20:39.800 True, Yeah, I mean, yeah, I would agree. I mean 1456 01:20:39.800 --> 01:20:41.560 they're also in the same boat. They have to bounce 1457 01:20:41.600 --> 01:20:46.359 back from, you know, the loss to LAFC, and you know, 1458 01:20:46.399 --> 01:20:48.239 going up against FC Dallas. You know, we saw them 1459 01:20:48.239 --> 01:20:51.119 obviously in preseason with Atlanta United, and you know, I'm 1460 01:20:51.119 --> 01:20:55.680 interested to see like them really really in action, especially 1461 01:20:56.399 --> 01:20:58.920 you know, it's so funny, like the first couple of 1462 01:20:59.000 --> 01:21:03.319 like game obviously are like basically a feeling ground of 1463 01:21:03.399 --> 01:21:06.399 like Okay, where are things going, what pieces are gonna fit? 1464 01:21:06.439 --> 01:21:06.800 What's not? 1465 01:21:07.239 --> 01:21:10.479 They got the tide Saint Louis, But I don't know, 1466 01:21:10.640 --> 01:21:13.479 like I'm just see what FC Dallas does, especially with 1467 01:21:13.560 --> 01:21:18.239 the with you know, Luca Acosta and like seeing him 1468 01:21:18.279 --> 01:21:21.039 more in that in that scope of thing. 1469 01:21:21.159 --> 01:21:23.039 So I don't know, It's an interesting one for sure. 1470 01:21:23.039 --> 01:21:24.760 And also think I think all the Otter Rapids could 1471 01:21:24.800 --> 01:21:28.720 actually make the jump and they could possibly be someone 1472 01:21:28.800 --> 01:21:30.760 to watch out for in the West as the as 1473 01:21:30.760 --> 01:21:31.560 the season goes on. 1474 01:21:31.920 --> 01:21:35.359 Certifiable pain in the you know what, Uh yes, ten thirties. 1475 01:21:35.359 --> 01:21:38.239 We got three of them, LAFC and n y CFC. 1476 01:21:38.520 --> 01:21:41.039 LAFC is on the minus at a minus one forty one, 1477 01:21:41.119 --> 01:21:43.399 draws an even a plus three hundred. NYC is a 1478 01:21:43.399 --> 01:21:49.039 plus three thirty seven. Does anybody care? That sounds like 1479 01:21:49.039 --> 01:21:51.359 a no? All right, I'll moving. 1480 01:21:51.760 --> 01:21:52.359 Let's fine. 1481 01:21:52.720 --> 01:21:56.000 Portland and Austin. Portland's a plus one oh four after 1482 01:21:56.039 --> 01:21:59.640 what happened last week, draw is a plus two eighty eight. 1483 01:21:59.760 --> 01:22:03.800 Off on the road is a plus two twenty. 1484 01:22:04.600 --> 01:22:07.560 I mean, Portland's got to bounce back after that really 1485 01:22:07.600 --> 01:22:12.239 really horrible loss. I mean, also, Tommy, listen, they got 1486 01:22:12.239 --> 01:22:15.159 a red card the game. They got a red card. 1487 01:22:15.359 --> 01:22:17.199 You know, it makes sense, you know, like you can't 1488 01:22:17.199 --> 01:22:20.960 really gauge too much on what happened based off that, 1489 01:22:21.319 --> 01:22:24.159 but like, I mean, they got a bounce back in 1490 01:22:24.199 --> 01:22:26.279 front of their home their home fans again. You know, 1491 01:22:26.319 --> 01:22:28.039 it's kind of devastating. You know, as a fan, you 1492 01:22:28.079 --> 01:22:29.960 walk in and you know you're expecting a good game. 1493 01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:32.399 It's first game of the match week, and then you 1494 01:22:32.439 --> 01:22:35.239 know you have to, you know, watch that. It's it's rough. 1495 01:22:35.720 --> 01:22:39.640 Timber, Johnny, Uh, didn't have any any work in that 1496 01:22:39.680 --> 01:22:40.119 for Timber. 1497 01:22:40.199 --> 01:22:42.359 Joey, Chimber, joe Joey. 1498 01:22:42.520 --> 01:22:45.920 God you fine, I can't protect you. 1499 01:22:45.920 --> 01:22:49.960 No, you can't. So it's fine, Timber Jesus all right, 1500 01:22:50.119 --> 01:22:51.800 So John, thank you. 1501 01:22:51.880 --> 01:22:56.199 All Caps otherwise known as Saint Louis City SC goes 1502 01:22:56.239 --> 01:23:00.439 to San Diego. My first thought is what is the 1503 01:23:00.439 --> 01:23:02.640 turf going to be like at snap Dragon? Considering you 1504 01:23:02.640 --> 01:23:05.720 had a double header earlier in the week for She 1505 01:23:05.840 --> 01:23:10.359 Believes Cup and it is the San Diego FC home 1506 01:23:10.520 --> 01:23:14.279 opener at a plus one oh two draws a plus 1507 01:23:14.279 --> 01:23:16.960 two sixty one and All Caps is a plus two 1508 01:23:17.039 --> 01:23:17.680 forty seven. 1509 01:23:18.279 --> 01:23:21.479 First of all, love this snap Dragon Stadium. That is 1510 01:23:21.520 --> 01:23:24.079 my all time favorite name now for a stadium. I 1511 01:23:24.119 --> 01:23:26.840 love it. I read it and I just can't get 1512 01:23:26.880 --> 01:23:31.239 over it. I think it's so fun. But I this 1513 01:23:31.279 --> 01:23:34.640 one is interesting because I was really impressed with San 1514 01:23:34.680 --> 01:23:37.680 Diego in week one, because you know, you get a 1515 01:23:37.720 --> 01:23:41.840 team that's very new, especially in the expansion team, you 1516 01:23:41.880 --> 01:23:43.840 don't really expect them to come out and put like 1517 01:23:45.279 --> 01:23:47.000 you don't expect them to come out and put something 1518 01:23:47.159 --> 01:23:50.279 like that in their first match. But they looked like 1519 01:23:50.319 --> 01:23:52.920 they had been a team that has been here for 1520 01:23:53.000 --> 01:23:56.520 a while. Like they played really well, they played very cohesively. 1521 01:23:56.600 --> 01:23:59.479 And I mean obviously too, we can't overlook the fact 1522 01:23:59.479 --> 01:24:01.520 that they were playing against a La Galaxy team that 1523 01:24:01.600 --> 01:24:03.840 just isn't the same La Galaxy we saw last season 1524 01:24:03.880 --> 01:24:06.199 that won the MLS Cup. There right now, they got 1525 01:24:06.199 --> 01:24:07.920 to find who they are without Ricky Pouche. I think 1526 01:24:07.920 --> 01:24:10.479 that is their biggest issue. They also don't have Paincil. 1527 01:24:10.119 --> 01:24:14.239 Right now and Jon in Kansas, so yep, like you. 1528 01:24:14.319 --> 01:24:17.319 Gotta like figure out who they are without them. But 1529 01:24:17.800 --> 01:24:21.439 I mean, besides that and your stryer, I think he 1530 01:24:21.600 --> 01:24:22.560 is going to be someone. 1531 01:24:23.239 --> 01:24:26.439 Oh he's good. And I keep thinking back, sorry, I 1532 01:24:26.439 --> 01:24:27.600 like gripped my hands on this year. 1533 01:24:28.079 --> 01:24:30.720 I keep thinking back to this like one, it's the 1534 01:24:30.840 --> 01:24:33.840 it's the second goal, it's the game winner, and I 1535 01:24:34.000 --> 01:24:35.680 just keep thinking back to the build up, like the 1536 01:24:35.760 --> 01:24:37.800 build up from the back and then you get, oh 1537 01:24:37.880 --> 01:24:39.520 my gosh. 1538 01:24:39.239 --> 01:24:41.439 Three passes beautiful. 1539 01:24:41.800 --> 01:24:46.760 It is absolutely stunning. So I'm excited yea. 1540 01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:51.479 And so Maddy is excited about Qualcomm's brand of chip 1541 01:24:52.800 --> 01:24:54.760 chip and that's where snap Dragon comes from. 1542 01:24:54.800 --> 01:24:56.680 So proud of you for knowing that that's what snap 1543 01:24:56.720 --> 01:24:57.239 Dragon is. 1544 01:24:57.600 --> 01:24:58.479 It took some research. 1545 01:24:58.520 --> 01:25:01.560 I can't okay. I was like, did John just know 1546 01:25:01.680 --> 01:25:05.399 that snap Dragon is the name of a processor? From God? 1547 01:25:05.600 --> 01:25:10.079 That's what they put in phones? Like, uh, that was 1548 01:25:10.079 --> 01:25:12.239 a really common thing, like, especially in some of the 1549 01:25:12.239 --> 01:25:15.399 early Android phones. They were just different snap Dragon processors. Yes, 1550 01:25:15.439 --> 01:25:17.920 So when Android phones were like a why when it 1551 01:25:18.000 --> 01:25:21.159 wasn't just Google doing their own hardware in house and 1552 01:25:21.159 --> 01:25:23.119 Samsung doing their own hardware in house, when you had 1553 01:25:23.159 --> 01:25:26.800 like HTC and Motorola and Nokia like full boar. 1554 01:25:28.159 --> 01:25:28.359 Yep. 1555 01:25:28.399 --> 01:25:32.239 I had my I had my Shoot, I had the Razor, 1556 01:25:32.359 --> 01:25:35.079 and I had the Nokia, the little handheld Nokia that 1557 01:25:35.119 --> 01:25:37.119 looked like a walkie talkie that was about four inches tall, 1558 01:25:37.119 --> 01:25:37.920 that had the. 1559 01:25:37.920 --> 01:25:40.239 Did you have the push to talk one. 1560 01:25:41.520 --> 01:25:44.079 Did not have the push to talk, but I did 1561 01:25:44.119 --> 01:25:47.880 have the very very small remote control looking Nokia as 1562 01:25:47.880 --> 01:25:52.239 one of my cells. Sunday we got two Vancouver who 1563 01:25:52.319 --> 01:25:57.359 survived Soaprissa and keep scoring. They host l a G 1564 01:25:57.520 --> 01:26:00.560 at BC plays and they are favorite at a plus 1565 01:26:00.560 --> 01:26:03.159 one oh two draws a plus two eighty four and 1566 01:26:03.359 --> 01:26:04.960 LAG is a plus two twenty seven. 1567 01:26:05.640 --> 01:26:09.439 I'll actually interrupt you. We got miss Sophia Cupertino joining them. 1568 01:26:09.520 --> 01:26:15.079 All right, she's joining, good, excellent, welcome to the morning show. 1569 01:26:15.399 --> 01:26:19.399 Yes, Sofia's like, yeah, whatever, don't care. 1570 01:26:20.880 --> 01:26:21.840 I didn't sign up for this. 1571 01:26:22.039 --> 01:26:27.359 No, Sophia's like she's Sophia is gonna actually heckle. So 1572 01:26:27.399 --> 01:26:31.359 Maddi's got a studio audience going forward for the Remainder 1573 01:26:31.520 --> 01:26:35.720 program and so remain I got a. 1574 01:26:35.760 --> 01:26:37.760 Drive, John, I can't. I can't be distracted. 1575 01:26:37.960 --> 01:26:39.239 This is Georgian. We don't do that. 1576 01:26:39.479 --> 01:26:39.680 Yeah. 1577 01:26:39.720 --> 01:26:44.239 Really, So, uh you're you're heading to the thing at 1578 01:26:44.319 --> 01:26:48.520 Noduck correct, Yes, we are? Okay, so uh you should 1579 01:26:48.560 --> 01:26:52.680 be getting there? Say what three o'clock for the seven 1580 01:26:52.720 --> 01:26:53.439 o'clock start? 1581 01:26:54.199 --> 01:26:59.600 Yeah, I would say, so okay, yeah, all right, well not. 1582 01:26:59.319 --> 01:27:02.199 Not tonight because it'll be for what do you what 1583 01:27:02.239 --> 01:27:03.000 are you talking about? 1584 01:27:04.119 --> 01:27:06.039 Didn't like a four hour drive to Charlotte. 1585 01:27:06.319 --> 01:27:08.479 Yeah, so we'll probably get there, like you know, like 1586 01:27:08.640 --> 01:27:11.079 three point thirty ish, especially if we like stop a. 1587 01:27:11.079 --> 01:27:16.399 Little bit, like, isn't there Uh yeah in South Carolina? 1588 01:27:16.439 --> 01:27:17.039 I think there is. 1589 01:27:17.279 --> 01:27:18.199 Yeah, that's what I was thinking. 1590 01:27:18.239 --> 01:27:20.920 We're going to North Carolina though, but you've. 1591 01:27:20.600 --> 01:27:22.960 Got to go through South Carolina to get to North Carolina. 1592 01:27:23.039 --> 01:27:24.560 Yeah that's true. Yeah, that's true. 1593 01:27:24.600 --> 01:27:26.359 I don't I actually don't think it's on the way. 1594 01:27:26.520 --> 01:27:28.359 I think the last time I took it. Yeah, I 1595 01:27:28.359 --> 01:27:29.159 don't think there is one. 1596 01:27:29.479 --> 01:27:33.479 Hang on, see we had we had the buggies me. 1597 01:27:34.279 --> 01:27:38.359 Look, look fine, hang on, so let's let's let's solve 1598 01:27:38.399 --> 01:27:43.880 this issue here because if if there is BUCkies, we're 1599 01:27:43.880 --> 01:27:46.279 gonna move. You're gonna get you there, all right. So, 1600 01:27:47.000 --> 01:27:50.800 uh no, it's in South Carolina. Okay, So you'd have 1601 01:27:50.800 --> 01:27:52.039 to be on the other end of the state to 1602 01:27:52.039 --> 01:27:53.199 get to Florence South area. 1603 01:27:53.199 --> 01:27:55.199 That's what I thought, because I thought there was one. 1604 01:27:55.399 --> 01:27:57.840 But I think just the way that we're going, like 1605 01:27:57.880 --> 01:28:00.119 we're just going through South Carolina, like we're not going 1606 01:28:00.159 --> 01:28:00.600 to even. 1607 01:28:00.439 --> 01:28:01.159 Go it like that way. 1608 01:28:01.560 --> 01:28:04.840 Yeah, now Florida, Florid problems with the state of North Carolina. 1609 01:28:04.920 --> 01:28:10.119 But yes, so so is a Sophia gonna drive and 1610 01:28:10.159 --> 01:28:11.680 you're gonna talk or are you driving? 1611 01:28:11.760 --> 01:28:13.520 And Sophia is gonna heckle? What's the deal? 1612 01:28:14.239 --> 01:28:16.039 Well, I'm I think she's just going to hang up 1613 01:28:16.079 --> 01:28:16.319 and be a. 1614 01:28:16.319 --> 01:28:18.680 Responsible Yes, Alas. 1615 01:28:18.760 --> 01:28:21.039 Unfortunately, would you like us to both give our thoughts 1616 01:28:21.039 --> 01:28:22.479 on Lani United before we go? 1617 01:28:22.760 --> 01:28:24.880 Yeah? Yes, please, so that way you can put a 1618 01:28:24.880 --> 01:28:25.960 bow on your conversation. 1619 01:28:27.439 --> 01:28:29.680 Perfect. I mean, I'm excited. I think it's gonna be 1620 01:28:29.680 --> 01:28:30.199 a ton of fun. 1621 01:28:30.640 --> 01:28:32.960 Talking to Ronnie Diler this week at training, you know, 1622 01:28:33.680 --> 01:28:36.079 you know, we talked about sea If Montreal you know, 1623 01:28:36.239 --> 01:28:38.479 first half was great. If that's what we see all 1624 01:28:38.560 --> 01:28:42.039 game against Charlotte, that's gonna be huge. But you can't 1625 01:28:42.039 --> 01:28:44.319 allow like that lull in the game to happen again. 1626 01:28:44.479 --> 01:28:47.640 I mean, you gotta come out ready to go. It 1627 01:28:47.760 --> 01:28:50.479 was just very much a lack of like a lack 1628 01:28:50.520 --> 01:28:52.920 of just defending there, you know, like you let see 1629 01:28:52.960 --> 01:28:55.000 if Montreal come back into it. And also too, I 1630 01:28:55.000 --> 01:28:57.000 don't want to place full blame on Atlanta. See if 1631 01:28:57.000 --> 01:28:59.640 Montreal played really, really well, You're now going up against 1632 01:28:59.720 --> 01:29:02.079 Charlott team that is very different in how they play, 1633 01:29:02.319 --> 01:29:04.680 and it's gonna be a little different to see, like 1634 01:29:04.720 --> 01:29:07.520 how the five stripes can navigate that, and how this 1635 01:29:07.560 --> 01:29:09.920 new style that they're trying to play against Charlotte, how 1636 01:29:09.920 --> 01:29:12.520 it's gonna fare up. Because see, if Montreal was a 1637 01:29:12.560 --> 01:29:15.600 little bit more of like high press, we're more possession based. 1638 01:29:15.800 --> 01:29:17.800 Charlotte is kind of a little bit not like that. 1639 01:29:18.119 --> 01:29:22.000 So I'm interested to see how it all pits together. 1640 01:29:22.199 --> 01:29:24.640 I think it's gonna be a really really fun game though, 1641 01:29:24.680 --> 01:29:26.920 because especially if we get Saja. 1642 01:29:27.239 --> 01:29:30.680 Saja might be there and he might play. We don't know, 1643 01:29:31.439 --> 01:29:32.159 so that'll be fun. 1644 01:29:32.560 --> 01:29:35.239 Yep, you gotta prep for it either way. So it 1645 01:29:35.399 --> 01:29:37.880 is the game that kicks off the entire thing. Two 1646 01:29:37.920 --> 01:29:41.640 twenty five, Saturday afternoon. Maddie and Sophia are heading up 1647 01:29:41.640 --> 01:29:45.640 there now so they can stake their claim and annex 1648 01:29:46.000 --> 01:29:48.359 western North Carolina for the state of Georgia for this 1649 01:29:48.399 --> 01:29:49.279 particular matchup. 1650 01:29:49.720 --> 01:29:51.560 Just be safe. 1651 01:29:51.439 --> 01:29:55.600 Ladies, please and obviously follow along on all the media 1652 01:29:55.600 --> 01:29:57.359 that is social for the two of them, and you 1653 01:29:57.399 --> 01:29:58.439 can't miss them anywhere. 1654 01:29:58.479 --> 01:30:03.319 What did you do? I don't know. 1655 01:30:04.560 --> 01:30:06.600 You did this and it did fireworks? 1656 01:30:07.199 --> 01:30:07.439 Yeah? 1657 01:30:07.560 --> 01:30:11.479 See, okay, so a thumbs up that two thumbs up 1658 01:30:11.560 --> 01:30:13.760 creates fireworks on Maddie's phone. 1659 01:30:15.000 --> 01:30:18.960 Yes, hey, it's a grand exit. John. 1660 01:30:19.159 --> 01:30:21.520 Yeah, so two thumbs up for the both of you. 1661 01:30:21.600 --> 01:30:22.960 So it's a thumbs up emoji and. 1662 01:30:22.920 --> 01:30:24.880 More fire doesn't create fireworks on your end. 1663 01:30:24.880 --> 01:30:26.680 John, No, it was not. I was trying to create 1664 01:30:26.680 --> 01:30:27.239 it on their end. 1665 01:30:27.239 --> 01:30:28.119 Okay, as long as you know. 1666 01:30:29.520 --> 01:30:31.520 Yeah, we actually just like set off a couple of fireworks. 1667 01:30:31.560 --> 01:30:32.399 Actually nice. 1668 01:30:33.159 --> 01:30:35.680 So right at home on Tobacco Road. 1669 01:30:36.039 --> 01:30:36.279 Yeah. 1670 01:30:37.199 --> 01:30:39.079 Yeah, when you guys get to Anderson and you buy 1671 01:30:39.119 --> 01:30:42.520 all the fireworks up, that's gonna be that's gonna be fun. 1672 01:30:42.640 --> 01:30:44.720 So I keep an eye on all the social media 1673 01:30:44.760 --> 01:30:47.680 for Sophia and Maddie as they head up and they're 1674 01:30:47.720 --> 01:30:50.520 going to be part and parceled everything. So just drive safely, ladies, 1675 01:30:50.520 --> 01:30:53.159 and we'll see you today and tomorrow on social media. 1676 01:30:53.239 --> 01:30:55.039 Just be safe and we'll have fun and we'll hear 1677 01:30:55.039 --> 01:30:57.880 you later. We'll do all right. 1678 01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:02.279 There goes Maddie and Sophia. And so now that lends 1679 01:31:02.359 --> 01:31:07.560 us to the two Sunday matchups, and that gives us 1680 01:31:07.800 --> 01:31:10.560 the chance to talk about Vancouver briefly. 1681 01:31:11.079 --> 01:31:15.640 And Vancouver and Lag. 1682 01:31:15.880 --> 01:31:18.239 Vancouver favored at a plus one h two, having played 1683 01:31:18.319 --> 01:31:22.199 last night, Lag trying to figure out their offense and 1684 01:31:22.199 --> 01:31:23.760 figure out who's going to take over. I thought it 1685 01:31:23.800 --> 01:31:26.039 was going to be someone like a Diego Plagundez. Hasn't 1686 01:31:26.079 --> 01:31:28.000 quite happened yet. They're a plus two twenty seven on 1687 01:31:28.039 --> 01:31:29.439 the road. 1688 01:31:28.880 --> 01:31:32.800 I feel like I'm not as I feel like I'm 1689 01:31:32.840 --> 01:31:41.039 not as worried yet about the Galaxy. What happened the 1690 01:31:41.119 --> 01:31:46.439 other night was bad. Like it was just bad. Yeah, 1691 01:31:46.640 --> 01:31:48.159 I don't know how else you want to call it 1692 01:31:48.359 --> 01:31:52.760 just bad. They'll have to figure out where the magic 1693 01:31:52.840 --> 01:31:55.079 is going to come from, since a sacer come from 1694 01:31:55.119 --> 01:32:00.760 picky poos right now. But you still have attacking talent, yeah, 1695 01:32:00.800 --> 01:32:07.319 Marco Rusk. You also still have the fact that San 1696 01:32:07.359 --> 01:32:11.039 Diego was an unknown quantity of bit when the scouting 1697 01:32:11.079 --> 01:32:13.079 report gets out, let's see what it looks like for 1698 01:32:13.159 --> 01:32:14.560 some first time through the lineup. 1699 01:32:14.720 --> 01:32:16.319 Mm hmmm. Absolutely true. 1700 01:32:16.600 --> 01:32:18.439 Not And this isn't to take anything away from what 1701 01:32:18.520 --> 01:32:22.159 San Diego did because they outplayed the Galaxy. This isn't 1702 01:32:22.199 --> 01:32:24.880 to say like, well, san Diego got lucky and don't 1703 01:32:24.920 --> 01:32:28.279 expect that get No, like that was really damn impressive. 1704 01:32:28.279 --> 01:32:30.680 This isn't a shot across the ballot San Diego at all. 1705 01:32:30.840 --> 01:32:31.359 It is. 1706 01:32:33.920 --> 01:32:36.520 It's the first time we've really seen what those pieces 1707 01:32:36.600 --> 01:32:38.960 look like, and it's really impressive. I want to see 1708 01:32:39.000 --> 01:32:41.239 what everyone else does against it, and then I want 1709 01:32:41.279 --> 01:32:43.399 to see when there's more tape on it and people 1710 01:32:43.439 --> 01:32:46.600 start figuring out tendencies, how people adjust to it, and 1711 01:32:46.640 --> 01:32:48.119 then how San Diego adjusts back. 1712 01:32:48.319 --> 01:32:51.000 Yep, that's that's that's what we look for in these 1713 01:32:51.079 --> 01:32:55.479 kinds of situations. So Vancouver favored against Lag. It's always 1714 01:32:55.560 --> 01:32:58.680 tough for teams to travel. You got border crossings and 1715 01:32:58.760 --> 01:33:02.119 paperwork and all this kind of stuff. So Vancouver's favored 1716 01:33:02.119 --> 01:33:03.960 with Lag heading to BC plays. 1717 01:33:05.359 --> 01:33:09.239 And I like Vancouver. We were talking about last night, John, 1718 01:33:10.680 --> 01:33:13.479 I did not have Brian White becoming a Vancouver legend 1719 01:33:13.479 --> 01:33:15.479 on my bingo card when he was just kind of 1720 01:33:15.960 --> 01:33:17.840 scoring goals for Red Bulls, but they were kind of 1721 01:33:17.840 --> 01:33:23.439 Red bullsy and goals. But man like I said last night, 1722 01:33:23.720 --> 01:33:27.560 you got to get Brian White as flowers. He's been legit, 1723 01:33:27.720 --> 01:33:30.439 man like. It's not like it's not like he just 1724 01:33:30.560 --> 01:33:33.600 bundles home like he just like crashes the box and 1725 01:33:33.720 --> 01:33:38.000 bundles home sloppy chances. Yeah, he's been really good for 1726 01:33:38.159 --> 01:33:41.760 Vancouver and has made a hell of their career for 1727 01:33:41.880 --> 01:33:45.399 himself one that anyone would give their right arm for. 1728 01:33:45.720 --> 01:33:49.199 Yeah, and considering the turnover that Vancouver's had in the 1729 01:33:49.199 --> 01:33:52.880 off season, you lose to Armstrong and all the other 1730 01:33:52.960 --> 01:33:57.079 goal Yeah, and so the departures that you've got to 1731 01:33:57.119 --> 01:34:00.600 try and figure out. And so far the new coach 1732 01:34:00.640 --> 01:34:04.319 in the system one match, limited sample size, but you're 1733 01:34:04.319 --> 01:34:07.880 doing okay so far in both MLS and in the 1734 01:34:07.960 --> 01:34:11.479 concak CAF hemospheric extravaganza late night or late night seven 1735 01:34:11.479 --> 01:34:15.600 o'clock Eastern, so it means seven ten or whatever Sunday 1736 01:34:15.640 --> 01:34:20.319 night soccer. It is Houston at Helena Schell hosting Messian Friends. 1737 01:34:20.920 --> 01:34:26.000 And finally, the numbers flipped. Yesterday Messi and Friends were 1738 01:34:26.000 --> 01:34:29.079 a dog. There were a dog at about a plus 1739 01:34:29.159 --> 01:34:34.359 one sixty and the Dynamo were favored. That has flipped 1740 01:34:34.520 --> 01:34:38.479 today in twenty four hours to wear Messi and Friends 1741 01:34:38.479 --> 01:34:41.079 on the road or a plus one forty one, Houston 1742 01:34:41.119 --> 01:34:42.880 is a plus one sixty eight and your draws a 1743 01:34:42.880 --> 01:34:43.960 plus two sixty six. 1744 01:34:46.439 --> 01:34:52.720 Okay, that's how I feel about it. Okay, Basically, this 1745 01:34:52.760 --> 01:34:56.159 is this is now the this is the Messy Revenge 1746 01:34:56.199 --> 01:34:59.359 Tour for when I don't know if you remember John 1747 01:35:00.119 --> 01:35:02.680 Houston stole their US Open Cup. 1748 01:35:02.920 --> 01:35:07.600 Why, yes they did, Thank you, Griffin Dorsey. Mm hmmm. 1749 01:35:08.239 --> 01:35:10.079 This is this is Miami's chance at revenge. 1750 01:35:10.359 --> 01:35:10.840 Mm hmmm. 1751 01:35:13.359 --> 01:35:15.319 I have no idea how to read that. I had 1752 01:35:15.319 --> 01:35:19.760 no idea what it looks like. Yeah, we shall see. 1753 01:35:20.560 --> 01:35:22.079 Might be fun. 1754 01:35:22.119 --> 01:35:26.199 Like I like Houston. Benny Ball's fun. Yeah, if you're 1755 01:35:26.279 --> 01:35:30.000 if you're anti Benny Ball for whatever the hell reason, 1756 01:35:30.239 --> 01:35:31.800 I I cannot help you. 1757 01:35:32.279 --> 01:35:32.680 Mm hmm. 1758 01:35:34.600 --> 01:35:39.479 There's no reason to be anti Benny Ball. And like 1759 01:35:40.000 --> 01:35:42.960 all those Texas teams could be fun. I mean, I 1760 01:35:43.000 --> 01:35:44.840 think the like the one I have the most questions 1761 01:35:44.840 --> 01:35:46.760 about is Austin. And it's not that I think Austin 1762 01:35:46.800 --> 01:35:49.279 will be bad. It's just we just didn't really know 1763 01:35:49.319 --> 01:35:50.279 because they were changing. 1764 01:35:50.079 --> 01:35:54.479 So much, bringing all the dps, including Open Cup hero 1765 01:35:54.600 --> 01:35:58.520 Brandon Vasquaz and you're you're you're dropping, you're dropping a 1766 01:35:58.520 --> 01:36:00.920 lot of coin on folks that you're in anticipating an 1767 01:36:00.920 --> 01:36:04.239 instant return on. By the way, the over under three 1768 01:36:04.239 --> 01:36:07.359 and a half is where everything flips from a negative 1769 01:36:07.359 --> 01:36:09.119 to a positive. The three and a half is a 1770 01:36:09.159 --> 01:36:11.680 plus one forty six, and that it goes up from there. 1771 01:36:11.720 --> 01:36:16.880 By the way, also to that point. You also have 1772 01:36:16.960 --> 01:36:19.640 the fact that Miami has to sort out the Julian 1773 01:36:19.680 --> 01:36:23.439 Gressell thing. Yeah, because Julian Brussel was not part of 1774 01:36:23.439 --> 01:36:26.359 the eighteen last weekend. He was part of the eighteen 1775 01:36:26.399 --> 01:36:31.840 for Champions Cup. Yes, for the hemispheric extravaganza. Yet's describe it. 1776 01:36:33.960 --> 01:36:36.920 He was part of that. But he doesn't look like 1777 01:36:36.960 --> 01:36:39.359 he's going to factor into these plans for this club 1778 01:36:39.640 --> 01:36:42.960 with his manager. 1779 01:36:43.039 --> 01:36:45.760 But what does that look like exactly? 1780 01:36:45.920 --> 01:36:48.479 So I don't like, I don't, I don't. 1781 01:36:49.319 --> 01:36:52.640 I mean, that's part of this, this part of it 1782 01:36:52.720 --> 01:36:55.479 right now. So we'll bring in the third the third member. 1783 01:36:55.840 --> 01:36:56.840 Who was the third man? 1784 01:36:57.920 --> 01:36:58.840 It's Jason Man. 1785 01:37:00.159 --> 01:37:05.760 Once again, Bobby Heenan just completely ruins that entire bit. 1786 01:37:06.880 --> 01:37:07.880 Is he the third man? 1787 01:37:09.520 --> 01:37:13.239 Who's is he on? So he just completely ruins what 1788 01:37:13.279 --> 01:37:16.960 was gonna be What was an amazing heel turn. What 1789 01:37:17.079 --> 01:37:19.520 could have been better if Bobby Heenan had just kept 1790 01:37:19.520 --> 01:37:20.319 his damn mouth. 1791 01:37:20.159 --> 01:37:24.880 Shut shut up, Bobby Heenan exactly the first time in 1792 01:37:24.880 --> 01:37:25.359 his life. 1793 01:37:25.520 --> 01:37:25.560 No. 1794 01:37:26.119 --> 01:37:26.199 Uh. 1795 01:37:26.439 --> 01:37:29.319 So we had gone through everything else, Jason, with all 1796 01:37:29.359 --> 01:37:32.119 the other matchups, and we were talking about Sunday night 1797 01:37:32.159 --> 01:37:36.560 soccer involving Houston and Messi and Friends and what it 1798 01:37:36.680 --> 01:37:40.399 might look like. The numbers flipped in twenty four hours 1799 01:37:40.439 --> 01:37:43.439 from Messi and Friends being an actual dog to now 1800 01:37:43.479 --> 01:37:45.359 being a favorite at a plus one forty one. 1801 01:37:45.920 --> 01:37:48.960 Yeah, people woke up to uh putting juice boxes on 1802 01:37:49.000 --> 01:37:52.600 that one. I'm assuming because look, Miami should be the favorite. 1803 01:37:52.600 --> 01:37:54.199 They were the best team in the league last year. 1804 01:37:54.319 --> 01:37:56.840 They're really good. You know, they had a red card 1805 01:37:57.039 --> 01:37:59.840 in Week one and they still came back and got 1806 01:37:59.880 --> 01:38:00.640 a point out of that. 1807 01:38:01.560 --> 01:38:02.279 This is a good team. 1808 01:38:02.439 --> 01:38:06.000 I do wonder about the pile up of Conker caf 1809 01:38:06.399 --> 01:38:09.399 minutes on a team that is a little bit older, 1810 01:38:09.439 --> 01:38:12.760 and when they start to rotate, how they do that. 1811 01:38:13.640 --> 01:38:18.720 They Cavalier sc which is a look a fairly comfortable 1812 01:38:18.800 --> 01:38:20.760 round the sixteen matchup for them, and they get the 1813 01:38:20.760 --> 01:38:24.319 first leg at home. So do you rotate a little 1814 01:38:24.319 --> 01:38:26.800 bit here and just try to take care of business 1815 01:38:26.800 --> 01:38:29.239 in the midweek. It'll be on Thursday so they have 1816 01:38:29.279 --> 01:38:31.920 a little bit of extra time, or do you rotate 1817 01:38:32.000 --> 01:38:34.439 next week? You know, we'll just have to wait and 1818 01:38:34.479 --> 01:38:37.960 see how all of that plays out. But I really 1819 01:38:38.000 --> 01:38:40.600 like this Houston team. I really like Jack McGlenn, I 1820 01:38:40.680 --> 01:38:43.520 like what they can be. This is a big opportunity 1821 01:38:43.560 --> 01:38:44.439 for them to plant their. 1822 01:38:44.319 --> 01:38:47.720 Flag, no doubt about it. And that'll be Sunday Night 1823 01:38:47.800 --> 01:38:52.960 Soccer on Apple TV. But we saved talking about it 1824 01:38:53.079 --> 01:38:56.279 Landy United and the road trip to Charlotte for your 1825 01:38:56.279 --> 01:38:58.359 appearance here in the last X number of minutes. How 1826 01:38:58.399 --> 01:39:01.079 many minutes do we have you by the way, ten 1827 01:39:01.119 --> 01:39:03.640 to twelve? Okay, so we'll take ten to twelve minutes. 1828 01:39:03.640 --> 01:39:04.840 About a stoppage time? Great? 1829 01:39:05.000 --> 01:39:09.720 Yes, So basically, Jared, go ahead and lead off with Jason. 1830 01:39:09.720 --> 01:39:10.520 What's on your mind? 1831 01:39:10.640 --> 01:39:12.319 Well, don't worry. Maddy got off the field under ten 1832 01:39:12.399 --> 01:39:15.640 seconds so we could bring Jason in. Yeah, it was important. 1833 01:39:15.640 --> 01:39:18.600 We had to drive that point home with her going 1834 01:39:18.640 --> 01:39:22.560 into this game. I know the Zaha thing is the 1835 01:39:22.600 --> 01:39:27.239 talking point for a guy who might only feature and 1836 01:39:27.359 --> 01:39:30.560 might not start. So let's focus on the other things 1837 01:39:30.560 --> 01:39:35.359 that we know will happen aside from Azimn being an 1838 01:39:35.439 --> 01:39:38.359 absolute water buffalo of a person. What do you worry 1839 01:39:38.359 --> 01:39:42.840 about in terms of the Houston offense, the Charlotte offense, 1840 01:39:43.039 --> 01:39:45.039 the Charlotte office. Jesus Christ. Sorry, we were talking about 1841 01:39:45.079 --> 01:39:46.000 Houston before you came on. 1842 01:39:46.039 --> 01:39:48.319 So yeah, we're not worried about Houston. Yet maybe we 1843 01:39:48.319 --> 01:39:50.600 won't get the MLS Cup. We'll see Atlanta and Houston. 1844 01:39:52.199 --> 01:39:55.079 I mean with Charlotte, look, Ozimon is a huge factor. 1845 01:39:55.640 --> 01:39:57.279 He's one of the top forwards in the league, and 1846 01:39:57.319 --> 01:39:59.880 I think this is a year where he should become 1847 01:40:00.800 --> 01:40:06.479 recognized as such. There's nobody in his way in Charlotte anymore. 1848 01:40:06.800 --> 01:40:10.399 Two players that have always seemingly had big games against 1849 01:40:10.439 --> 01:40:14.640 Atlanta United le al Abada and Ashley Westwood. I think 1850 01:40:14.680 --> 01:40:18.279 those are two very very important players, especially Westwood in 1851 01:40:18.359 --> 01:40:20.840 those transition moments. I think this will be a game 1852 01:40:20.880 --> 01:40:25.159 that has a ton of those, whether it's Charlotte getting 1853 01:40:25.279 --> 01:40:27.800 played through in the middle of the park as we 1854 01:40:27.840 --> 01:40:31.520 saw Seattle do a few times, playing Jordan Morrison behind 1855 01:40:32.039 --> 01:40:34.560 Latte Lott would like to see that. Miguel al Maroon 1856 01:40:34.600 --> 01:40:37.319 would like to see that. T Saba Loo Genizza would like 1857 01:40:37.399 --> 01:40:37.880 to see that. 1858 01:40:38.399 --> 01:40:39.319 But I think when. 1859 01:40:39.159 --> 01:40:43.000 Atlanta steps up to press high, they're gonna have to 1860 01:40:43.039 --> 01:40:46.359 be better connected than they were against Montreal. 1861 01:40:46.399 --> 01:40:46.880 At times. 1862 01:40:47.720 --> 01:40:52.119 Montreal was able to take advantage of gaps between the lines, 1863 01:40:52.520 --> 01:40:57.399 and that's something Atlanta's gonna have to be very aware of. 1864 01:40:57.640 --> 01:41:00.439 As the game goes on. I think it's a communication issue. 1865 01:41:00.479 --> 01:41:05.680 I think it's an experience playing together issue. If Almron 1866 01:41:06.000 --> 01:41:09.960 La de la Saba step up high and press Miranchuk, 1867 01:41:10.000 --> 01:41:12.720 either joining them or sitting right behind him, sometimes the 1868 01:41:12.760 --> 01:41:14.800 wingers will sit a little bit back and it'll be 1869 01:41:14.840 --> 01:41:19.039 more four four two. However that plays out when they 1870 01:41:19.079 --> 01:41:22.279 go high, the midfield has to go high with them. 1871 01:41:22.479 --> 01:41:24.319 The back line has to go high with them. 1872 01:41:24.680 --> 01:41:27.880 When they don't, it's far too easy for a team 1873 01:41:27.920 --> 01:41:31.119 to beat the first line and then have an kind 1874 01:41:31.119 --> 01:41:35.479 of odd man rush situation. You've got to avoid those 1875 01:41:35.600 --> 01:41:38.960 areas and when the back line needs everybody to drop 1876 01:41:39.000 --> 01:41:42.359 a little bit more, that communication has to be there. 1877 01:41:42.479 --> 01:41:45.079 I think if Derek Williams is able to start, that 1878 01:41:45.159 --> 01:41:47.880 communication will be better. I think when you look at 1879 01:41:47.880 --> 01:41:51.039 the back line last week and you have Ronald Hernandez 1880 01:41:51.079 --> 01:41:53.479 who is very vocal on the left side, you have 1881 01:41:53.560 --> 01:41:56.159 Luisa Bram who is not very vocal. You have Stean 1882 01:41:56.199 --> 01:41:59.840 Gregorson who's inconsistently vocal, and you have Met Edwards making 1883 01:41:59.880 --> 01:42:01.039 a first MLS start. 1884 01:42:01.520 --> 01:42:03.159 The communication wasn't where. 1885 01:42:02.960 --> 01:42:04.159 It needed to be. 1886 01:42:05.000 --> 01:42:07.359 I would hope if Derek Williams is able to start 1887 01:42:07.439 --> 01:42:10.920 that would improve, and you want to see other players 1888 01:42:11.039 --> 01:42:15.079 kind of take on some of those leadership situations and 1889 01:42:15.159 --> 01:42:18.119 speak up a little bit and if you know, look 1890 01:42:18.239 --> 01:42:21.159 you need to catch your breath, yell at the wingers 1891 01:42:21.239 --> 01:42:23.239 to come back and sit more in a four to 1892 01:42:23.279 --> 01:42:26.800 four to two and have Miranchuk and Latte lot be 1893 01:42:26.960 --> 01:42:29.800 the pressure that is a little softer. I think the 1894 01:42:29.840 --> 01:42:31.800 other thing too, and Jared we talked about it a 1895 01:42:31.800 --> 01:42:35.039 good bit in the Dallas game. I thought they pressed 1896 01:42:35.199 --> 01:42:40.399 so well there without getting over committed at times against Montreal, 1897 01:42:40.600 --> 01:42:43.119 and this is something that we've seen in home games 1898 01:42:43.119 --> 01:42:47.159 at Mercedes Benz Stadium. You get so jacked up because 1899 01:42:47.199 --> 01:42:50.600 of that crowd that you go and chase things, and 1900 01:42:50.680 --> 01:42:53.479 you go and over commit in situations where you don't 1901 01:42:53.479 --> 01:42:56.880 need to. I liked how they pressed in preseason where 1902 01:42:56.920 --> 01:43:00.279 it wasn't as much getting stuck in for tackles and 1903 01:43:00.359 --> 01:43:03.520 trying to win the ball on the first attempt high 1904 01:43:03.600 --> 01:43:06.680 up the field. It was take the passing lanes away, 1905 01:43:07.239 --> 01:43:11.039 make the opponent either play backwards, where then you can 1906 01:43:11.079 --> 01:43:15.720 amplify the pressure or force a more difficult pass because 1907 01:43:15.720 --> 01:43:18.880 you're taking passing options away and you win the ball 1908 01:43:19.000 --> 01:43:22.079 that way. I think that's the more effective way and 1909 01:43:22.119 --> 01:43:24.720 a little more controlled. I think we might see that 1910 01:43:24.800 --> 01:43:28.760 on the road more, where the crowd will affect you, 1911 01:43:29.319 --> 01:43:32.239 but not in the And I know it's not negative 1912 01:43:32.399 --> 01:43:34.960 that the home crowd gets you so jacked up and 1913 01:43:35.039 --> 01:43:38.680 amped up, but it can make you make some bad 1914 01:43:38.800 --> 01:43:41.239 decisions at times, and I think on the road you. 1915 01:43:41.199 --> 01:43:42.000 Won't have that. 1916 01:43:42.520 --> 01:43:45.399 In this you'll have a different kind of pressure, and 1917 01:43:45.439 --> 01:43:47.239 I think it might suit Atlanta a little bit better. 1918 01:43:47.640 --> 01:43:50.760 I was going to ask, how far back is the 1919 01:43:50.800 --> 01:43:54.159 record where the road team has won in this series. 1920 01:43:55.680 --> 01:43:58.880 Atlanta's one up there to last two. 1921 01:43:59.560 --> 01:44:02.439 Yeah, you have the three the three goal shal lacking 1922 01:44:02.560 --> 01:44:04.680 two years ago, and then you had last year where 1923 01:44:05.319 --> 01:44:08.439 Jay got the game winner, where Atlanta outplayed well Atlanta 1924 01:44:08.479 --> 01:44:10.000 and barrass Charlie in Charlotte. 1925 01:44:11.319 --> 01:44:14.479 Yeah, and then Charlotte one and Mercedes Benz and triggered 1926 01:44:14.479 --> 01:44:18.000 a whole series of events. So look, it's it's these 1927 01:44:18.039 --> 01:44:20.640 the road teams the last what four times? Then ye 1928 01:44:20.800 --> 01:44:23.000 have once two times, last two games, just two years, 1929 01:44:23.039 --> 01:44:26.199 sorry sorry, last two years, last four games. Yeah, it's 1930 01:44:26.279 --> 01:44:30.279 it's been. It's an interesting one because there'll be a 1931 01:44:30.319 --> 01:44:33.880 lot of people in the building. You know, I I 1932 01:44:34.000 --> 01:44:36.319 hear the conversation out of Charlotte, and I hear the 1933 01:44:36.319 --> 01:44:38.600 conversation out of some other folks, like, ah, forty five 1934 01:44:38.600 --> 01:44:43.119 thousand tickets sold as of yesterday, that's that's disappointing. Man, 1935 01:44:43.159 --> 01:44:45.840 What a world we live in When it's disappointing, you know, like, 1936 01:44:45.920 --> 01:44:48.039 they're gonna be fine, They're gonna have a big crowd. 1937 01:44:48.760 --> 01:44:51.439 It'll be fifty thousand plus, no question. Yeah, that's not 1938 01:44:51.479 --> 01:44:54.800 a disappointment in anybody's book. But there'll be a lot 1939 01:44:54.840 --> 01:44:58.560 of Atlanta United fans there, and that's something where you know, 1940 01:44:58.600 --> 01:45:01.119 we talked about it a lot last year. Being at 1941 01:45:01.159 --> 01:45:06.319 home is pressure in a very different way. And I 1942 01:45:06.319 --> 01:45:09.840 think at times, with these kinds of crowds, being at 1943 01:45:09.880 --> 01:45:13.159 home and trying to entertain and again maybe over committing, 1944 01:45:13.199 --> 01:45:16.600 over extending yourself, at times it can be hard to 1945 01:45:16.600 --> 01:45:17.039 deal with. 1946 01:45:17.279 --> 01:45:18.720 And I think it takes. 1947 01:45:18.479 --> 01:45:22.119 A really top team to be able to manage that. 1948 01:45:22.199 --> 01:45:25.000 At home, rise to the occasion, entertain your fans, because 1949 01:45:25.000 --> 01:45:27.840 there's an obligation. Look, you got fifty thousand in the building, 1950 01:45:28.119 --> 01:45:29.680 there's an obligation to put on a show. 1951 01:45:30.119 --> 01:45:31.199 You got sixty five. 1952 01:45:40.119 --> 01:45:54.199 Nope, no, oh, I think we lost folks, Jarrett. You here, Jason, 1953 01:45:54.520 --> 01:45:55.439 we lost them all. 1954 01:45:56.520 --> 01:45:57.000 This is just me. 1955 01:45:57.119 --> 01:46:04.840 I guess, okay, that's Jarrett. What you there, Jason. I 1956 01:46:04.880 --> 01:46:07.399 don't know what happened. I legitimately do not know what happened. 1957 01:46:07.760 --> 01:46:11.439 Jason was in the middle of a conversation and uh, 1958 01:46:11.479 --> 01:46:13.800 there goes Jarrett. So I think Jarrett might try and 1959 01:46:13.840 --> 01:46:14.439 log back on. 1960 01:46:15.039 --> 01:46:15.840 No, And so. 1961 01:46:16.239 --> 01:46:18.800 Jason's in the middle of a great point and then 1962 01:46:19.399 --> 01:46:24.279 something happened. I blame technology. I blame me. Okay, I 1963 01:46:24.279 --> 01:46:26.479 blame me. I don't know what happened. So Jason was 1964 01:46:26.479 --> 01:46:29.479 in the middle of a great point and about fifty 1965 01:46:29.560 --> 01:46:31.439 thousand folks being there, and I know that there's going 1966 01:46:31.479 --> 01:46:34.680 to be a lot of you there, and yeah, Ricky's like, 1967 01:46:34.960 --> 01:46:38.640 couldn't the how just spend the weekend child bonding? Yeah, well, 1968 01:46:38.680 --> 01:46:42.640 I'm it's uh, it will be interesting to see how 1969 01:46:42.640 --> 01:46:45.720 many minutes he plays. All right, so Jarrett, take two, 1970 01:46:47.439 --> 01:46:53.239 take two. Wow, I don't know what happened. Yeah, Hi, Right, 1971 01:46:53.399 --> 01:46:56.279 It's like Jason was in the middle of the point 1972 01:46:56.319 --> 01:47:00.840 about fifty thousand folks and then it's like silent, and 1973 01:47:00.880 --> 01:47:03.479 then you weren't and he wasn't, and I'm like, and 1974 01:47:03.520 --> 01:47:06.239 then who then who am I here? 1975 01:47:06.279 --> 01:47:06.399 By? 1976 01:47:07.760 --> 01:47:07.880 No? 1977 01:47:07.960 --> 01:47:11.000 Well, and now he's back. I don't know what happened. 1978 01:47:11.000 --> 01:47:13.079 I blame technology. You were on a great point about 1979 01:47:13.079 --> 01:47:14.239 fifty thousand folks. 1980 01:47:14.680 --> 01:47:17.000 Yeah, I guess I got too excited and my phone 1981 01:47:17.000 --> 01:47:17.960 overheated for a minute. 1982 01:47:18.000 --> 01:47:19.279 So we'll try not to have that happen. 1983 01:47:19.720 --> 01:47:21.039 Did he catch though? 1984 01:47:21.600 --> 01:47:22.800 It did not catch on fire? 1985 01:47:22.880 --> 01:47:24.840 But I'm also in the cult now and I'm a 1986 01:47:24.840 --> 01:47:27.880 little disappointed that it overheated and dropped me from the line. 1987 01:47:27.880 --> 01:47:30.119 But that's what happens when you're talking about big crowds 1988 01:47:30.479 --> 01:47:31.319 and all these things. 1989 01:47:31.359 --> 01:47:32.840 So look, you gotta handle it. 1990 01:47:32.960 --> 01:47:35.199 You got you gotta deal with it and manage putting 1991 01:47:35.199 --> 01:47:37.960 on a show with getting results and following the game plan. 1992 01:47:38.399 --> 01:47:40.079 We'll see if Charlotte can deal. 1993 01:47:39.920 --> 01:47:43.960 With that, because I think the discussion for them was 1994 01:47:44.039 --> 01:47:47.159 really similar to what it was here in Atlanta. After 1995 01:47:47.840 --> 01:47:50.239 what's a good result? You know, you go to Seattle 1996 01:47:50.239 --> 01:47:52.119 and you get a point. That's a really good result. 1997 01:47:52.520 --> 01:47:54.800 But there was a lot of disappointment in the way 1998 01:47:54.840 --> 01:47:57.479 the team played on the whole Atlanta night. He gets 1999 01:47:57.479 --> 01:48:00.920 a win at home, good result, A lot of disappointment 2000 01:48:00.960 --> 01:48:03.319 about how that second half went. So it's two teams 2001 01:48:03.359 --> 01:48:07.000 that are gonna want to not just get the result, 2002 01:48:07.720 --> 01:48:11.319 but to play better. And I'm curious which way of 2003 01:48:11.399 --> 01:48:12.319 playing wins out. 2004 01:48:13.359 --> 01:48:15.239 Jared, what else is on your mind with Jason before 2005 01:48:15.239 --> 01:48:16.680 we get out of here, before he gets out of 2006 01:48:16.680 --> 01:48:17.159 here first? 2007 01:48:17.640 --> 01:48:25.159 Yeah, I guess in looking at at what went wrong 2008 01:48:25.279 --> 01:48:28.760 for them in that Seattle game and looking at the 2009 01:48:28.760 --> 01:48:33.119 way this team is constructed, how much does that game 2010 01:48:33.159 --> 01:48:36.680 getting stretched out in the speed become a potential problem 2011 01:48:36.720 --> 01:48:39.199 for a team in Charlotte who. 2012 01:48:39.560 --> 01:48:42.399 Let's be honest, it might not might not sit on 2013 01:48:42.439 --> 01:48:44.760 the ball as much as other teams that were you 2014 01:48:44.840 --> 01:48:45.520 might see. 2015 01:48:46.600 --> 01:48:48.920 Yeah, I'm really curious to see how Charlotte plays this 2016 01:48:49.119 --> 01:48:51.439 because I think if they play too high of a 2017 01:48:51.520 --> 01:48:55.079 line defensively, they're gonna get shredded. And we've seen that 2018 01:48:55.159 --> 01:48:58.760 before in this matchup, and Atlanta's faster than they've been before. 2019 01:48:58.880 --> 01:49:02.680 So you think back to Caleb Wiley's big day in Charlotte, 2020 01:49:03.039 --> 01:49:06.840 You've gotta be aware of that if you are Charlotte FC. 2021 01:49:07.159 --> 01:49:10.920 So does that mean Dean Smith concedes because possession a 2022 01:49:10.920 --> 01:49:12.880 little bit more? Does that mean that he sits a 2023 01:49:12.880 --> 01:49:14.960 little bit deeper and looks to play on the counter, 2024 01:49:15.640 --> 01:49:19.680 as they've had success at Mercedes Benz Stadium. I would 2025 01:49:19.800 --> 01:49:22.119 think that would make sense, but then you're back to 2026 01:49:22.159 --> 01:49:27.199 that whole conversation about the obligation to entertain. I'm very 2027 01:49:27.239 --> 01:49:30.319 curious to see how Dean Smith approaches it. If Tim 2028 01:49:30.399 --> 01:49:34.479 reams at left back, that can create a little bit 2029 01:49:34.479 --> 01:49:37.760 of a green light situation for Atlanta to run at him. 2030 01:49:38.079 --> 01:49:40.600 But you're talking about Matt Edwards having the confidence to. 2031 01:49:40.520 --> 01:49:42.760 Do it, and he's gonna need to get high up 2032 01:49:42.800 --> 01:49:44.960 the field because we know al Maroon's gonna cut inside. 2033 01:49:45.479 --> 01:49:47.319 So you need to get a little more width in 2034 01:49:47.399 --> 01:49:47.800 this game. 2035 01:49:47.800 --> 01:49:51.039 If you're Atlanta to take advantage off Charlotte, sits back deeper. 2036 01:49:51.319 --> 01:49:53.680 If Charlotte plays a high line, look for the ball 2037 01:49:53.680 --> 01:49:56.439 over the top, look for the through ball all day long. 2038 01:49:56.720 --> 01:49:59.199 Make them drop and then you can play. 2039 01:49:59.439 --> 01:50:02.720 It might be one of those games, Jared, where Charlotte 2040 01:50:02.760 --> 01:50:06.079 is a little conservative early on, you try to play 2041 01:50:06.079 --> 01:50:10.079 over the top and you force them further back. Miranschuk 2042 01:50:10.199 --> 01:50:12.600 might not touch the ball often for the first ten 2043 01:50:12.600 --> 01:50:15.920 to fifteen to twenty minutes, but once you force them back, 2044 01:50:16.680 --> 01:50:18.720 then he's gonna have a lot of space to play, 2045 01:50:19.239 --> 01:50:22.720 and I think that's a cycle that we'll see Atlanta 2046 01:50:22.800 --> 01:50:27.920 do a good bit this season where you just scare 2047 01:50:27.960 --> 01:50:30.079 the Bejesus out of the opponent with that ball over 2048 01:50:30.199 --> 01:50:33.399 the top and latte a lot speed and then they 2049 01:50:33.520 --> 01:50:36.600 drop and then you can play to Miranschuk with a 2050 01:50:36.760 --> 01:50:38.479 lot of space around him. 2051 01:50:39.279 --> 01:50:41.239 All right, one more question before you get out here 2052 01:50:41.239 --> 01:50:43.279 comes from Ricky. How do the center backs properly defend 2053 01:50:43.279 --> 01:50:43.760 ou Jamunk. 2054 01:50:46.039 --> 01:50:49.319 You're not gonna shut him down entirely, it's just impossible. 2055 01:50:49.520 --> 01:50:49.680 Uh. 2056 01:50:50.359 --> 01:50:54.800 You want to find the balance of having help without 2057 01:50:54.880 --> 01:50:58.800 taking away help from other talented players. I mean, Carowin, Vargas, 2058 01:50:59.039 --> 01:51:01.920 Lee Labada, pet Biel. You don't want them in one 2059 01:51:02.000 --> 01:51:04.159 v one situations. Wilfrid Za when he comes on, you 2060 01:51:04.159 --> 01:51:07.640 don't want him in one v one situations. So you 2061 01:51:07.680 --> 01:51:12.319 want to have that balancing act between as Gregorson talked 2062 01:51:12.319 --> 01:51:15.239 about this week, kind of bracketing him, and that might 2063 01:51:15.279 --> 01:51:17.479 be Sleep dropping back a little bit to be in 2064 01:51:17.560 --> 01:51:21.920 front of Ajimon on long ball situations, for example, and 2065 01:51:22.000 --> 01:51:24.079 having somebody behind him. But you don't want the two 2066 01:51:24.079 --> 01:51:26.520 center backs to be in that spot too. Often because 2067 01:51:26.560 --> 01:51:29.239 then you don't have cover, and you got to make 2068 01:51:29.279 --> 01:51:32.039 sure you have cover. We've seen that Lee Labada have 2069 01:51:32.079 --> 01:51:33.279 big days against Atlanta. 2070 01:51:33.319 --> 01:51:34.439 You don't want to get him going. 2071 01:51:34.880 --> 01:51:37.199 Zaha's gonna play, I would assume. I just don't know 2072 01:51:37.239 --> 01:51:39.439 how much you know. Can he start and give you 2073 01:51:39.520 --> 01:51:41.279 forty five? Does it come off the bench and give 2074 01:51:41.279 --> 01:51:44.520 you more like thirty? When he comes in, you're gonna 2075 01:51:44.560 --> 01:51:46.640 have to be aware of that. And he's going to 2076 01:51:46.840 --> 01:51:50.840 run at people all day. So you can't get so 2077 01:51:50.960 --> 01:51:55.039 focused on Ajimon that you do it at the expense 2078 01:51:55.199 --> 01:51:59.479 of being disciplined and responsible defensively. 2079 01:51:59.520 --> 01:52:00.000 It's not Eavey. 2080 01:52:00.800 --> 01:52:02.960 I think maybe the more important thing is you think 2081 01:52:03.000 --> 01:52:06.079 a lot about how you deny service and you don't 2082 01:52:06.119 --> 01:52:08.079 let the ball get played into Ajimon. 2083 01:52:08.920 --> 01:52:10.520 And that's gonna be through the pressure. 2084 01:52:10.920 --> 01:52:13.840 You know, if you're gonna have moments where you step 2085 01:52:13.920 --> 01:52:18.119 up and press and are committed, the entire group has 2086 01:52:18.199 --> 01:52:20.960 to be committed. You can't be fifty to fifty in 2087 01:52:21.039 --> 01:52:23.319 the kind of pressure that Atlanta United wants to use. 2088 01:52:23.399 --> 01:52:25.439 Defensively, You've got. 2089 01:52:25.279 --> 01:52:28.960 To all go and knowing that ball could get played 2090 01:52:29.000 --> 01:52:31.439 over the top and you're gonna be running and chasing 2091 01:52:31.680 --> 01:52:33.000 Gregorson can run and chase. 2092 01:52:33.000 --> 01:52:35.279 He's got the ability, he's got the pace to do it. 2093 01:52:35.760 --> 01:52:39.920 But you've got to be fully committed to whatever that 2094 01:52:40.079 --> 01:52:44.159 individual sequence of play is. And you can't get too 2095 01:52:44.279 --> 01:52:48.359 hung up on Ajimon and lose Abata and lose bl 2096 01:52:48.399 --> 01:52:51.720 who I really like, Pep bl and lose Zaha when 2097 01:52:51.720 --> 01:52:54.479 he's on the field. You can't let them get one 2098 01:52:54.560 --> 01:52:57.560 v one situations to try to deal so much with Ajimon. 2099 01:52:58.000 --> 01:52:59.479 All right, I know you've got to get out of here. 2100 01:52:59.479 --> 01:53:02.960 Travel playing plans in Charlotte and broadcast plans tomorrow. 2101 01:53:03.359 --> 01:53:05.560 Travel plans will be making the trip up to Charlotte 2102 01:53:05.640 --> 01:53:09.359 on the very long flight from Atlanta to Charlotte. That'll 2103 01:53:09.399 --> 01:53:13.119 be coming up in a little bit this afternoon tomorrow. 2104 01:53:13.239 --> 01:53:15.720 Pregame coverage we'll start at one o'clock on ninety two 2105 01:53:15.800 --> 01:53:19.359 nine the game and the Audissey app a, Gordon Nick 2106 01:53:19.399 --> 01:53:23.439 Aleefy on the pregame show. Mike Conti and myself will 2107 01:53:23.479 --> 01:53:27.399 be in Charlotte. We'll catch up with Garth loggerway around 2108 01:53:27.560 --> 01:53:31.279 one thirty ish a little bit before that. Kick off 2109 01:53:31.319 --> 01:53:35.000 isn't until two twenty five. Thanks to our friends at 2110 01:53:35.079 --> 01:53:38.199 Fox we'll have the call, we'll have the postgame show, 2111 01:53:38.279 --> 01:53:40.279 Nick and Abe, we'll be back in the studio. 2112 01:53:40.880 --> 01:53:43.039 We'll have audio from Charlotte. 2113 01:53:42.680 --> 01:53:46.000 From myself and from Madison Cruz, and then. 2114 01:53:45.920 --> 01:53:47.880 We'll be all making our way back to Atlanta. Make 2115 01:53:47.880 --> 01:53:49.520 sure you're following soccer down here as well. 2116 01:53:49.560 --> 01:53:53.960 We'll have photos from Sophia Coopertino and lots of commentary 2117 01:53:54.159 --> 01:53:54.920 from the crew. 2118 01:53:55.680 --> 01:53:57.640 As always, it's great to hear from you, my friend. 2119 01:53:57.720 --> 01:53:59.800 Just be safe and have a great call, be listening 2120 01:53:59.800 --> 01:54:01.640 why and all the things will catch up with you soon. 2121 01:54:02.079 --> 01:54:05.640 Audio to everybody there goes d os for Jason. 2122 01:54:05.720 --> 01:54:08.920 So Jason catches the the the incredibly long flight from 2123 01:54:08.920 --> 01:54:10.319 Atlanta to Charlotte. 2124 01:54:10.439 --> 01:54:13.600 And uh, hey, that's a hole man, it is that 2125 01:54:13.680 --> 01:54:17.039 is true. I will admit this about Douglas International. 2126 01:54:18.000 --> 01:54:22.720 It is one of the first airports that I saw 2127 01:54:23.119 --> 01:54:26.920 in all of my travel in my history where there 2128 01:54:27.000 --> 01:54:34.319 were stores that sold intimate items in an airport, and 2129 01:54:34.359 --> 01:54:35.119 that was at Douglas. 2130 01:54:35.159 --> 01:54:36.319 That was the first place I saw. 2131 01:54:36.399 --> 01:54:38.319 Yeah, And I was like, okay, this is an odd 2132 01:54:38.600 --> 01:54:40.800 this is odd stuff to sell in an airport. 2133 01:54:41.439 --> 01:54:42.640 And they all. 2134 01:54:42.560 --> 01:54:44.479 Brought to you back and brought to you by American 2135 01:54:44.520 --> 01:54:47.119 airlines because A is a hub up there, and like, 2136 01:54:47.199 --> 01:54:51.359 if you want to fly out of Charlotte usually. 2137 01:54:50.960 --> 01:54:54.399 Yeah, you fly in either AA or uh you know, 2138 01:54:54.640 --> 01:54:59.319 uh freaking US are a Time and United. But yeah, 2139 01:54:59.319 --> 01:55:00.720 it isn't a American hub. 2140 01:55:01.239 --> 01:55:03.359 But yeah, you tell the children about Value Jet. 2141 01:55:03.720 --> 01:55:08.039 Yes, oh my god, Uh so that was a yeah, 2142 01:55:08.159 --> 01:55:12.399 that too, granof all of those. But yeah, and Douglas 2143 01:55:12.520 --> 01:55:14.960 International is not a metropolitan airport. 2144 01:55:15.079 --> 01:55:15.720 It is it is. 2145 01:55:16.039 --> 01:55:17.880 It is in the forest. I mean, it's like when 2146 01:55:17.920 --> 01:55:21.159 you're when you're flying into Charlotte, you see downtown Charlotte 2147 01:55:21.199 --> 01:55:22.800 and you're like, oh, there's a lot of green space 2148 01:55:22.840 --> 01:55:27.600 between downtown and the airport. So yeah, there's it is 2149 01:55:27.680 --> 01:55:31.840 not it is not right in the international area of 2150 01:55:31.880 --> 01:55:36.039 the downtown area or close to functioning businesses there. But yeah, 2151 01:55:36.079 --> 01:55:38.760 first place I ever saw intimates for sale inside of 2152 01:55:38.800 --> 01:55:43.319 an airport was in Charlotte. Uh do not, So I 2153 01:55:43.319 --> 01:55:46.199 don't know. Uh, let's see Hid to Ricky, Hi to David, 2154 01:55:46.960 --> 01:55:50.439 and Hi to Alex Hid Jordan. Jordan is going to 2155 01:55:50.479 --> 01:55:52.720 be heading up there. Jordan's also got his predictions, bitch 2156 01:55:52.760 --> 01:55:58.000 for not just this match, but the Sunday matches as well, Jared, 2157 01:55:58.159 --> 01:55:59.920 what else is on your mind? 2158 01:56:00.039 --> 01:56:03.039 Mind? Are you irish? Goodbye at some point? 2159 01:56:03.720 --> 01:56:06.720 Probably? Okay, that's just kind of the way the nature 2160 01:56:06.720 --> 01:56:10.239 of the universe is and all that jazz. Yeah, I 2161 01:56:10.239 --> 01:56:15.479 guess the rest of it is, you know, fun weekend. Again, 2162 01:56:15.960 --> 01:56:21.000 My concert reminder is to still remember that we don't 2163 01:56:21.079 --> 01:56:25.000 know what teams are necessarily gonna look like because of 2164 01:56:26.319 --> 01:56:30.640 the the Internet, the hemispheric extravaganza that it is. Yeah, 2165 01:56:30.640 --> 01:56:33.920 you know, so don't don't read these early season games, 2166 01:56:34.000 --> 01:56:38.159 especially for teams that are playing in the Hemispheric Extravaganza 2167 01:56:39.239 --> 01:56:42.800 twenty two far into the results. Yes, it's gonna be okay, 2168 01:56:42.920 --> 01:56:44.000 and it's a long season. 2169 01:56:44.359 --> 01:56:48.000 Yes, so the the the randomness of what happens, just 2170 01:56:48.039 --> 01:56:50.640 because it happens in a small sample size does not 2171 01:56:50.800 --> 01:56:53.720 mean that it is going to be a continued sample 2172 01:56:54.239 --> 01:56:55.880 and then anticipation of. 2173 01:56:55.960 --> 01:57:00.239 Results for the twenty twenty five season. So uh, it's 2174 01:57:00.239 --> 01:57:00.520 gonna be. 2175 01:57:01.880 --> 01:57:05.000 Yes, get your fantasy lineups in, get your fantasy pick, 2176 01:57:05.039 --> 01:57:07.520 your fantasy pick, your fantasy pick, your fantasy get that too, 2177 01:57:07.920 --> 01:57:09.159 and I might have to look at it and a 2178 01:57:09.319 --> 01:57:11.359 just and see if there's anything. Yes, and Ricky with 2179 01:57:11.439 --> 01:57:14.640 the PSA and Jared with the PSA about fantasy lineups 2180 01:57:14.640 --> 01:57:18.520 as well, So uh yes, yes, yes, yeah, Ropes they are. 2181 01:57:19.439 --> 01:57:21.680 Nick is a part of the rotation this year. Ropes 2182 01:57:21.760 --> 01:57:24.159 is like they're letting Nick on the radio. They absolutely are, 2183 01:57:24.760 --> 01:57:29.359 And that's part of the rotation for nine game and 2184 01:57:29.640 --> 01:57:31.640 the Odyssey app this year is that it's going to 2185 01:57:31.640 --> 01:57:34.880 be a cast of thousands and it's gonna be Jared 2186 01:57:34.920 --> 01:57:38.079 when he can, Nick when he can, Maddie on road games, 2187 01:57:38.680 --> 01:57:41.119 and me and the home games as many of those 2188 01:57:41.159 --> 01:57:44.000 as humanly possible. So now it's gonna be fun this year, 2189 01:57:44.039 --> 01:57:46.199 and Abe's gonna Abes's head's gonna have to be on 2190 01:57:46.239 --> 01:57:49.760 a swivel trying to figure out, okay, who's who's with 2191 01:57:49.840 --> 01:57:53.439 me this week and then have to dance with all that. 2192 01:57:53.479 --> 01:57:56.199 But no, it's been it's been fun so far, and 2193 01:57:56.319 --> 01:57:59.800 thankful for everyone that was involved in that process to 2194 01:58:00.680 --> 01:58:04.560 unleash the hounds, as it were, and unleash the fury. 2195 01:58:04.640 --> 01:58:07.079 So we're all in your ears when it comes to 2196 01:58:07.079 --> 01:58:09.199 pre and post this year. So very very cool stuff 2197 01:58:09.199 --> 01:58:11.680 on that in that regard. But yeah, they are letting 2198 01:58:11.760 --> 01:58:15.520 Nick on the radio, so very very cool stuff there. 2199 01:58:16.359 --> 01:58:18.760 Let me see if there's like news and things. I'm 2200 01:58:18.760 --> 01:58:20.520 trying to think if there's anything else that's on the 2201 01:58:20.560 --> 01:58:22.720 board that I might have missed this morning. Heading in 2202 01:58:23.640 --> 01:58:28.560 Brighton apparently has as printed for twenty three twenty four 2203 01:58:28.920 --> 01:58:32.159 a massive profit the neighborhood of is seventy four million pounds. Liverpool, 2204 01:58:32.199 --> 01:58:35.079 on the other side, they recorded a fifty seven million 2205 01:58:35.079 --> 01:58:41.079 pound loss after missing Champions League. So for Brighton a 2206 01:58:41.079 --> 01:58:42.520 lot of it had to do with selling players like 2207 01:58:42.520 --> 01:58:46.399 Moist's Cacedo, And for Liverpool, you invest in all that stuff, 2208 01:58:46.399 --> 01:58:48.960 you don't make Champions League and you get the prices right, 2209 01:58:49.000 --> 01:58:50.880 loser horn when it comes to your bottom line. 2210 01:58:51.039 --> 01:58:54.840 Look, my favorite thing has been someone pointing out that 2211 01:58:57.000 --> 01:59:02.319 that Liverpool very likely to win the Premier League with 2212 01:59:02.600 --> 01:59:07.039 like with like fifteen fewer points than Klopp had when 2213 01:59:07.079 --> 01:59:12.399 he lost it. Yes's watching this like pulling his hair out. 2214 01:59:13.680 --> 01:59:16.920 It's not to take anything away from smooth and what 2215 01:59:17.000 --> 01:59:20.319 he's done, but likes like, yah, we put up ninety 2216 01:59:20.359 --> 01:59:22.439 something points and couldn't win the damn league. He might 2217 01:59:22.479 --> 01:59:23.319 win it with eighty five. 2218 01:59:23.720 --> 01:59:26.039 Yes, and that I mean that shows you where the 2219 01:59:26.079 --> 01:59:28.279 pack is coming. And it's like not the top is 2220 01:59:28.319 --> 01:59:30.079 coming back to the pack as opposed to the other 2221 01:59:30.079 --> 01:59:33.239 way around. Ricky has a question a better invasion SDH 2222 01:59:33.319 --> 01:59:35.159 or WCW. 2223 01:59:36.319 --> 01:59:42.319 Well, we haven't hamstrung the We haven't hamstrung a bunch 2224 01:59:42.319 --> 01:59:45.039 of people in the on on our side of the 2225 01:59:45.079 --> 01:59:52.039 invasion yet uh And man, Vince hamstrung a lot of 2226 01:59:52.039 --> 01:59:55.600 the WW people. Yes, like, go back and look at 2227 01:59:55.600 --> 02:00:00.760 what they like DDP was was so far over it 2228 02:00:00.920 --> 02:00:06.600 wasn't even funny. In w CW. Go look at what 2229 02:00:06.800 --> 02:00:13.960 Vince did with him in WWE like didn't know what 2230 02:00:14.159 --> 02:00:18.800 like Russo screwed up a lot of things WW in 2231 02:00:18.840 --> 02:00:23.640 the Nine Days. Go look at like how they just 2232 02:00:24.079 --> 02:00:27.079 but go look at how w W butchered the deployment 2233 02:00:27.119 --> 02:00:29.800 of a number of the w CW stars. And that 2234 02:00:29.840 --> 02:00:32.600 doesn't and this isn't to say Goldberg, because Goldberg, like 2235 02:00:33.159 --> 02:00:36.960 Bill Bill Goldberg, had like three moves and one of 2236 02:00:37.000 --> 02:00:38.840 them was into that guy's career. 2237 02:00:39.199 --> 02:00:42.560 Mm hmm. And just ask Brett hard about that. 2238 02:00:43.439 --> 02:00:45.439 Brett will tell you. You don't have to ask him. He'll 2239 02:00:45.439 --> 02:00:52.239 tell you I'm prompting. Hell yeah, he'll volunteer that information. Brother, Yeah. 2240 02:00:52.279 --> 02:00:53.800 Man, Like w. 2241 02:00:54.199 --> 02:00:56.920 WW butchered a bunch of those ww guys who could 2242 02:00:56.920 --> 02:00:58.960 have been not to say like you could you would 2243 02:00:59.000 --> 02:01:02.199 have like had them being the best of the best 2244 02:01:02.880 --> 02:01:06.760 and guys carrying the company for fifteen years. But you 2245 02:01:06.840 --> 02:01:10.079 had guys who could have been really valuable pieces for 2246 02:01:10.279 --> 02:01:14.600 w W E they just they just am fested it man. 2247 02:01:15.000 --> 02:01:16.399 Mm hmm. Yeah. 2248 02:01:16.560 --> 02:01:19.760 That that and the uh that in the when E 2249 02:01:19.840 --> 02:01:22.079 c W was bought out and you tried to do 2250 02:01:22.159 --> 02:01:24.039 the the invasion angle with them too. 2251 02:01:24.159 --> 02:01:27.039 So I mean it was it was it was an 2252 02:01:27.079 --> 02:01:29.520 adventure to say the very least. Uh. So, what are 2253 02:01:29.560 --> 02:01:30.800 your plans this weekend, sir? 2254 02:01:32.239 --> 02:01:35.359 I have children's birthday parties for the next two weekends, 2255 02:01:35.359 --> 02:01:38.680 including my own. So there's that. 2256 02:01:39.239 --> 02:01:44.319 M yeah, okay, god speak, God speak challenger. 2257 02:01:44.920 --> 02:01:46.720 Yeah, that's that's so. Actually, I won't be at the 2258 02:01:46.720 --> 02:01:50.479 game next weekend because I will be uh we'll be 2259 02:01:50.520 --> 02:01:52.239 executing my own child's birthday party. 2260 02:01:52.560 --> 02:01:53.000 Yeah. 2261 02:01:53.000 --> 02:01:55.880 Well okay, so so yeah, so how was your child's 2262 02:01:55.920 --> 02:01:57.880 birthday party? How are you How do you feel about 2263 02:01:57.880 --> 02:01:59.640 the execution of your child's birthday party? 2264 02:01:59.680 --> 02:02:04.960 I'm for right, yeah, like, well, next weekend, I'll see 2265 02:02:04.960 --> 02:02:08.880 what happens. Yeah, so that's like my next two weeks 2266 02:02:08.880 --> 02:02:13.319 are my child's birthday, other people's children's birthday, so that 2267 02:02:13.319 --> 02:02:18.000 that's that's pretty and then like soccer when I can, yes, 2268 02:02:18.520 --> 02:02:21.000 that that is my existence right now, man. 2269 02:02:21.000 --> 02:02:25.000 Yeah, so and mine will be once again Monday Tuesday. 2270 02:02:25.640 --> 02:02:29.720 Everything's normal. Then Wednesday, Thursday Friday from the Hotel Room 2271 02:02:29.800 --> 02:02:32.479 in Macon, so that is that is normal. We still 2272 02:02:32.479 --> 02:02:34.399 have some news and some updates to get into. But 2273 02:02:34.439 --> 02:02:38.439 since Jarrett was talking scheduling, it is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 2274 02:02:38.439 --> 02:02:42.199 from the Hotel Room in Macon. Basketball Championships, So I 2275 02:02:42.239 --> 02:02:47.239 won't even be at the Red Bulls and Atlanta United 2276 02:02:47.319 --> 02:02:50.119 match because I will be in Macon for the last 2277 02:02:50.199 --> 02:02:53.159 day of the High School Basketball Championships on GPP, So 2278 02:02:54.239 --> 02:02:58.000 that'll be That'll be all that is paired up with that. 2279 02:02:58.159 --> 02:03:00.720 But no, so morning show will be normal. The only 2280 02:03:00.720 --> 02:03:02.520 thing we're still trying to figure out next week is 2281 02:03:02.560 --> 02:03:04.800 in session and how that might. 2282 02:03:04.720 --> 02:03:07.319 Have to have Maddie crept my credential for me because 2283 02:03:07.319 --> 02:03:08.159 I still don't have it. 2284 02:03:08.399 --> 02:03:09.960 Yeah, I was sick. 2285 02:03:09.840 --> 02:03:14.960 Last weekend and and then you know, not being there 2286 02:03:15.279 --> 02:03:18.079 next weekend because of the birthday party. I have to 2287 02:03:18.079 --> 02:03:19.079 have somebody crab. 2288 02:03:18.920 --> 02:03:23.000 My credential for me still have it. Yes, absolutely true. 2289 02:03:23.760 --> 02:03:26.479 By the way, the Liverpool lost, they paid Clop and 2290 02:03:26.479 --> 02:03:29.279 his staff nine point six million pounds out the door, 2291 02:03:29.399 --> 02:03:34.319 so almost twenty percent of the fifty seven million pound 2292 02:03:34.399 --> 02:03:39.359 loss was paying Jurgen Clop in the salaries. So all 2293 02:03:39.399 --> 02:03:43.399 of that Will Morning Russo and Donn holding WWE back 2294 02:03:43.439 --> 02:03:45.479 still went crazy. Imagine people knew what they were doing 2295 02:03:45.479 --> 02:03:50.239 instead of watching Yes, uh and uh so Ricky, it 2296 02:03:50.279 --> 02:03:52.119 gets May in June and for us it is June 2297 02:03:52.680 --> 02:03:55.600 and so yeah club World Cup and then it's like 2298 02:03:55.640 --> 02:03:58.800 birthdays and everything. So all of that that that is 2299 02:03:58.840 --> 02:04:01.920 a part of it, all right. So other news and 2300 02:04:02.000 --> 02:04:05.159 things before we get out of here. We mentioned Liverpool 2301 02:04:05.199 --> 02:04:08.239 reporting that fifty seven million pound loss paid Klop and 2302 02:04:08.239 --> 02:04:10.319 his staff nine point six million pounds as a part 2303 02:04:10.359 --> 02:04:13.199 of that deal. Kevin Thelwell, the director of football at Everton, 2304 02:04:13.239 --> 02:04:14.800 is leaving the club as a part of the restructuring 2305 02:04:14.800 --> 02:04:16.880 when his contract expires at the end of the season. 2306 02:04:17.159 --> 02:04:19.560 Freedkin Group are looking to put their own stamp on 2307 02:04:19.600 --> 02:04:22.159 the club. The Premier League is also stepping up their 2308 02:04:22.199 --> 02:04:24.920 war with the players Union. According to The Times in 2309 02:04:24.920 --> 02:04:27.680 Matt Lawton and Martin Ziggler, when you got more than 2310 02:04:27.720 --> 02:04:31.239 one byline, that's never good news. Lawton and Ziggler ready 2311 02:04:31.239 --> 02:04:34.439 to escalate the legal battle with the PFA, so this month, 2312 02:04:34.479 --> 02:04:37.000 the PFA issued a legal threat to the Premier League, 2313 02:04:37.079 --> 02:04:40.039 challenging the proposed introduction of the new financial rules, which 2314 02:04:40.039 --> 02:04:42.079 could include a system that limits how much clubs can 2315 02:04:42.079 --> 02:04:45.239 spend on transfer fees, agent fees and player wages. The union, 2316 02:04:45.680 --> 02:04:49.039 which has the support of United and CITE, accused the 2317 02:04:49.079 --> 02:04:51.479 league of a flagrant breach of an agreement in which 2318 02:04:51.520 --> 02:04:54.920 the PFA must be consulted on matters that impact players 2319 02:04:54.920 --> 02:04:57.479 pay in conditions under a body which has been in 2320 02:04:57.520 --> 02:05:00.359 place for decades called the Professional Football Negotiation at a 2321 02:05:00.399 --> 02:05:05.520 Consultative Committee, the PFNCC. The committee comprises reps of the PFA, 2322 02:05:05.600 --> 02:05:07.399 the FA, and the Premier League in the EFL, but 2323 02:05:07.399 --> 02:05:09.960 at a meeting of the clubs in the Premier League 2324 02:05:10.239 --> 02:05:13.119 last week, Richard Masters said it may now consider leaving 2325 02:05:13.319 --> 02:05:17.439 the PFNCC. It was the body was established to protect players, 2326 02:05:17.520 --> 02:05:20.960 ensuring that substantive changes to player contracts and conditions cannot 2327 02:05:21.000 --> 02:05:24.479 be made unilaterally, giving each organization represented on the committee 2328 02:05:24.479 --> 02:05:29.159 the right of veto. But Masters told the clubs the 2329 02:05:29.199 --> 02:05:31.840 dispute with the PFA may have to be resolved in arbitration, 2330 02:05:31.960 --> 02:05:34.760 with the Premier League challenging the Players Union's rights to veto. 2331 02:05:34.920 --> 02:05:38.039 Masters then said if such a move failed, quitting the 2332 02:05:38.079 --> 02:05:41.079 committee altogether would be an option that they could consider. 2333 02:05:41.720 --> 02:05:45.039 It's also understood that Masters reminded clubs the Premier League 2334 02:05:45.079 --> 02:05:48.239 remains the principal funder of the Players Union, with the 2335 02:05:48.279 --> 02:05:50.279 present five year deal thought to be worth an excess 2336 02:05:50.279 --> 02:05:53.199 of twenty five million pounds a season. So among the 2337 02:05:53.199 --> 02:05:56.760 proposed changes to the rules is the anchoring system, under 2338 02:05:56.800 --> 02:05:58.880 which no Premier League club would be permitted to spend 2339 02:05:58.880 --> 02:06:02.359 more on wages, transfers and agent fees then a multiple 2340 02:06:02.720 --> 02:06:04.760 of the broadcast and prize money earned by the club 2341 02:06:04.800 --> 02:06:07.800 who finished at the bottom of the league. That multipliers 2342 02:06:07.800 --> 02:06:10.600 thought to be five times, and there was a desire 2343 02:06:10.640 --> 02:06:12.800 to run it from next season, only for cities legal 2344 02:06:12.920 --> 02:06:16.079 victory in the sponsorship rules to ruin any chance of 2345 02:06:16.159 --> 02:06:19.000 that they're going to run in shadow. Eighteen clubs voted 2346 02:06:19.039 --> 02:06:22.039 in favor of the trial, the two Manchester clubs voted 2347 02:06:22.279 --> 02:06:26.079 against it, and those clubs and there may be others 2348 02:06:26.159 --> 02:06:28.960 joining them see anchoring as a further means of trying 2349 02:06:29.000 --> 02:06:31.479 to limit spending as well as impacting the players, and 2350 02:06:31.520 --> 02:06:34.680 that once was blocked once before, back in twenty twenty one, 2351 02:06:34.840 --> 02:06:40.640 so that you got involving the Premier League and the 2352 02:06:40.640 --> 02:06:42.479 players' union, So you got to keep an eye on 2353 02:06:42.560 --> 02:06:46.479 that going forward as well. Also other news once again 2354 02:06:46.520 --> 02:06:48.560 will do gossip, bermannu indo, what to watch, where to 2355 02:06:48.600 --> 02:06:50.119 watch it, how to watch it, all those kinds of 2356 02:06:50.159 --> 02:06:54.159 things before we get out of here. A lot of 2357 02:06:54.159 --> 02:06:56.800 folks are now saying, after what happened yesterday watching Lester 2358 02:06:56.880 --> 02:06:59.560 that they're probably going to get relegated, not a surprise, 2359 02:06:59.760 --> 02:07:02.039 that they really don't have a whole lot of a 2360 02:07:02.359 --> 02:07:06.079 whole lot of offense and it's, you know, it's kind 2361 02:07:06.119 --> 02:07:08.920 of a painful watch. Sorry, Nick's Jose Mourinho banned and 2362 02:07:08.960 --> 02:07:11.600 fined thirty five thousand pounds for his comments after the 2363 02:07:11.680 --> 02:07:16.560 Istanbul Darby. Fenerbace manager Jose Mourinho handed a four match 2364 02:07:16.600 --> 02:07:20.600 penalty after what he said in the after the Galatasarai match, 2365 02:07:21.000 --> 02:07:24.680 who accused the Portuguese coach of making racist statements. Mourinho 2366 02:07:24.760 --> 02:07:27.800 had said the Galatasarai bench were quote jumping like monkeys 2367 02:07:27.880 --> 02:07:30.880 end quote following an early challenge, and also said the 2368 02:07:30.920 --> 02:07:34.359 fixture was better for being refereed by Slovenian slavco vincage 2369 02:07:34.640 --> 02:07:38.840 rather than Turkish officials after both clubs requested a foreign appointment. 2370 02:07:39.359 --> 02:07:41.920 Following the accusations of racism. Did he a drog but 2371 02:07:42.039 --> 02:07:44.520 came to the defense of his old coach and his 2372 02:07:44.720 --> 02:07:46.079 dad as he refers to him. 2373 02:07:46.119 --> 02:07:47.159 Mourinho so. 2374 02:07:48.640 --> 02:07:52.399 A Drogba came to his coach's defense. On social media, 2375 02:07:52.880 --> 02:07:57.079 Galatasarai had outlined their intention remember to initiate criminal proceedings 2376 02:07:57.119 --> 02:08:00.439 concerning the racist statements made by Jose. Mourinho claimed he 2377 02:08:00.439 --> 02:08:04.039 made derogatory statements directed toward the Turkish people. Thursday, the 2378 02:08:04.079 --> 02:08:08.079 Turkish Football Fed released decisions taken by their disciplinary board 2379 02:08:08.199 --> 02:08:12.479 imposing sanctions on the boss for two separate, separate disciplinary matters. 2380 02:08:13.039 --> 02:08:16.319 Marinho had the TFF said, come to the referees room 2381 02:08:16.600 --> 02:08:20.479 and directed his derogatory and offensive statements in quotation marks 2382 02:08:20.720 --> 02:08:24.920 toward the fourth official, who was Turkish. The Portuguese coach 2383 02:08:24.960 --> 02:08:29.359 also quote accused Turkish football of chaos and disorder with 2384 02:08:29.479 --> 02:08:33.279 insulting the offensive statements towards both the Turkish football community 2385 02:08:33.279 --> 02:08:37.439 and all Turkish referees end quote period, actions and statements 2386 02:08:37.439 --> 02:08:40.039 that insulted the brand value of football activities taken into 2387 02:08:40.079 --> 02:08:43.079 consideration decision of a two match ban from both the 2388 02:08:43.159 --> 02:08:45.439 dressing room and touchline, as well as a fine of 2389 02:08:45.439 --> 02:08:48.439 one hundred and seventeen thousand Turkish lira or the equivalent 2390 02:08:48.479 --> 02:08:52.000 of twenty five hundred pounds and so the post match 2391 02:08:52.079 --> 02:08:55.760 press conferences the TFF came out with another statement as such, 2392 02:08:55.800 --> 02:08:58.159 a fine of a million and a half Turkish lira 2393 02:08:58.439 --> 02:09:01.680 imposed alongside the other two mansan so not in the 2394 02:09:01.760 --> 02:09:06.720 dugout for Antalia Spor, Samson Sport Buldrum and traps On Spor. Galatasaray, 2395 02:09:06.760 --> 02:09:09.199 who lead Fenerbacchi by six at the top of the 2396 02:09:09.239 --> 02:09:12.000 Super League would add a fifth start to the crest 2397 02:09:12.000 --> 02:09:16.920 if they secure a twenty fifth league title this season. Man, 2398 02:09:17.720 --> 02:09:19.560 there's a lot to that. I'm trying to see if 2399 02:09:19.600 --> 02:09:21.960 there's anything else that I have missed. 2400 02:09:23.680 --> 02:09:24.000 Let's see. 2401 02:09:24.039 --> 02:09:27.159 The European Commission has confirmed the spanishly complaint over Manchester 2402 02:09:27.239 --> 02:09:29.000 City that we talked about in the first half hour 2403 02:09:29.039 --> 02:09:33.720 of the show, and apparently the pressure is increasing on 2404 02:09:33.800 --> 02:09:39.600 rud van Nisselroy after the Lester loss yesterday, let's see 2405 02:09:39.640 --> 02:09:43.640 women's football, European football. We had the drogwak comment. Okay, 2406 02:09:43.680 --> 02:09:45.640 what's to watch? Where to watch it, how to watch it? Gossip, 2407 02:09:45.720 --> 02:09:48.760 rumor and innuendo. Before we get out of here, we'll 2408 02:09:48.800 --> 02:09:52.640 let you know what's going on on your Friday, all right. 2409 02:09:54.319 --> 02:09:58.560 Marcus Rashford apparently is up for a permanent move to Villa, 2410 02:09:59.119 --> 02:10:01.760 prepared to turn the g Ananuary loan into one that's 2411 02:10:01.800 --> 02:10:04.039 reported by the Three Letter Paper. Take the information at 2412 02:10:04.079 --> 02:10:07.479 your own peril. Barsa and Byron also keeping tabs on Rashford. 2413 02:10:07.800 --> 02:10:12.479 Liverpool have a growing interest in Alexander Isach. Arsenal remained 2414 02:10:12.520 --> 02:10:15.000 keen on a move for him as well. Arsenal may 2415 02:10:15.039 --> 02:10:18.560 have to sell Andro Troussard or Gabriel Martinelli to fund 2416 02:10:18.600 --> 02:10:22.720 a summer rebuild, both players' targets for clubs in the 2417 02:10:22.800 --> 02:10:25.960 league that we neither condone, endorsement or promote. Victor Osimhen 2418 02:10:26.199 --> 02:10:28.439 is keen on a transfer to Manchester United, although they 2419 02:10:28.439 --> 02:10:31.439 will need to overcome a couple of other clubs. Who's 2420 02:10:31.479 --> 02:10:34.760 inn oceman is on lone at Galatasara from Napoli. Manchester 2421 02:10:34.880 --> 02:10:38.439 United prepared to offload Rasmus Hoyland to get Osamhen it's 2422 02:10:38.439 --> 02:10:42.239 from Kaucho Marcato. Chelsea remained keen on the possibility of 2423 02:10:42.279 --> 02:10:45.359 signing Dortmund winger Kareem at A Yemi, who's valued at 2424 02:10:45.359 --> 02:10:49.479 forty five million Europe. Also, Manchester City keen to sign 2425 02:10:49.520 --> 02:10:52.119 a keeper to replace Ederson. They're in talks with Porto 2426 02:10:52.239 --> 02:10:55.319 over a move for Diego Costa. Bayern Munich have with 2427 02:10:55.399 --> 02:10:57.800 drawn their offer of a new contract to Yoshua Kimmick 2428 02:10:58.119 --> 02:11:01.079 after becoming frustrated with his hesitant to extend the deal. 2429 02:11:01.439 --> 02:11:05.359 Barcelona expressed an interest in Rafa Lao. Newcastle pursuing a 2430 02:11:05.399 --> 02:11:08.600 deal to sign Burnley keeper James Trafford. And we mentioned 2431 02:11:08.600 --> 02:11:11.079 the whole idea about the two separate transfer windows, because 2432 02:11:11.119 --> 02:11:14.119 you can't do ninety minutes as a block. You could 2433 02:11:14.159 --> 02:11:16.880 have an exceptional window with the club World Cup and 2434 02:11:16.920 --> 02:11:20.119 you could have a second one that is attached to 2435 02:11:20.199 --> 02:11:23.079 that as well. Now, Soccer America, what to watch, where 2436 02:11:23.119 --> 02:11:24.319 to watch it, how to watch it. We'll let you 2437 02:11:24.319 --> 02:11:27.920 know what's going on and what it can be like 2438 02:11:28.359 --> 02:11:32.600 today because tomorrow it's going to be all MLS all 2439 02:11:32.640 --> 02:11:33.640 the time, I would imagine. 2440 02:11:33.640 --> 02:11:35.560 So here we go and Yeah. 2441 02:11:35.640 --> 02:11:37.960 Ricky says he's found that Rashford has found something really 2442 02:11:37.960 --> 02:11:38.439 good at Villa. 2443 02:11:38.479 --> 02:11:39.399 He should stay all right. 2444 02:11:40.039 --> 02:11:42.239 Being and being an Espanyal have a Lega ONUNT two 2445 02:11:42.319 --> 02:11:44.600 forty five Monico on reems. If you don't have all 2446 02:11:44.640 --> 02:11:48.560 the bens, Taysay Newest tell A CEO for the fans. 2447 02:11:48.880 --> 02:11:52.199 Lega one Lega one Max Pro all the buddy at 2448 02:11:52.239 --> 02:11:55.279 Nino Torresic Gold TV. You can get it at Finates FNTZ, 2449 02:11:55.359 --> 02:11:58.920 dot Co slash Soccer down here. Helps out the show, 2450 02:11:59.319 --> 02:12:02.279 and it help helps out the network, helps out them, 2451 02:12:02.319 --> 02:12:04.800 helps out us, and it really does continue to turn 2452 02:12:04.840 --> 02:12:07.000 you into a true degenerate watching things from all around 2453 02:12:07.039 --> 02:12:07.479 the planet. 2454 02:12:07.680 --> 02:12:08.479 Jason got me hooked. 2455 02:12:08.479 --> 02:12:12.399 I blame him being an espanol a simulcasting ESPN Deporte 2456 02:12:12.399 --> 02:12:15.680 says via the lead Los Palmas at three Fox Deportis 2457 02:12:15.800 --> 02:12:17.720 has the league that we neither can done. Endorse Norm 2458 02:12:17.720 --> 02:12:20.640 promoted to o'clock, Al Nasser is playing it too. Two 2459 02:12:20.640 --> 02:12:23.319 to an Alliga, Mki's at ten o'clock, Mazatlan and CRUs 2460 02:12:23.319 --> 02:12:27.720 Asoul on the plus the Belgian Pro League, including a 2461 02:12:27.720 --> 02:12:30.920 matchup with Charle Ra and Yank It to forty. Villa 2462 02:12:30.960 --> 02:12:32.800 and Cardiff on the FA Cup will go through the 2463 02:12:32.840 --> 02:12:33.960 juice boxes in a second. 2464 02:12:33.960 --> 02:12:34.720 That's at three. 2465 02:12:34.880 --> 02:12:38.239 Bundesliga Stuttgart and Bayern it two twenty Bundesliga b do 2466 02:12:38.600 --> 02:12:41.119 Fortuna dusldor from Gruth to Firth at twelve thirty by 2467 02:12:41.199 --> 02:12:43.600 the leading lost Palmis is at three, Paramount plus has 2468 02:12:43.600 --> 02:12:45.640 Siria Fiorentina and Letcha at two forty five. 2469 02:12:45.680 --> 02:12:48.880 Okay, Now FA Cup odds and things. 2470 02:12:49.960 --> 02:12:52.239 Villa big favorite today against Cardiff at of minus five 2471 02:12:52.319 --> 02:12:54.960 hundred four. Matches Tomorrow two at seven fifteen in the 2472 02:12:55.000 --> 02:12:57.520 morning if you're up that early. Crystal Palace big favorite 2473 02:12:57.520 --> 02:13:01.520 against Millwall. Millwall's basically a plus one thousand. Preston North 2474 02:13:01.600 --> 02:13:03.960 End is a dog at home to Burnley. Burnley's a 2475 02:13:03.960 --> 02:13:06.439 plus one twenty nine. Preston North End theo plus two 2476 02:13:06.520 --> 02:13:09.039 forty three ten o'clock Bournemouth hosting Wolves at a minus 2477 02:13:09.039 --> 02:13:12.439 one thirty three twelve forty five. Manchester City a minus 2478 02:13:12.479 --> 02:13:15.359 sixteen sixty seven in the composite as they host Plymouth 2479 02:13:15.439 --> 02:13:20.079 Argyle on Sunday two. Matches eight forty five. Newcastle favored 2480 02:13:20.079 --> 02:13:22.039 of a plus one fourteen against Brighton at a plus 2481 02:13:22.039 --> 02:13:25.000 two eleven Manchester United at a plus one forty two 2482 02:13:25.359 --> 02:13:28.000 favored against Fulham at a plus one eighty eight. Monday 2483 02:13:28.039 --> 02:13:31.319 Night FA Cup Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Forest is a 2484 02:13:31.359 --> 02:13:34.359 minus one forty one. Ipswich a plus three sixty five 2485 02:13:34.439 --> 02:13:38.800 ninety minute draw is a plus two eighty nine. Catch 2486 02:13:38.800 --> 02:13:43.279 your breath now also on the board, and let's see 2487 02:13:43.279 --> 02:13:48.640 what did we miss? Okay, tricky transfer of veto Roque, 2488 02:13:48.640 --> 02:13:51.479 according to the Athletic, leaving Barsolt for Paul Maris a 2489 02:13:51.560 --> 02:13:53.640 twenty one million pound fee will turn a profit on 2490 02:13:53.640 --> 02:13:57.079 the striker. And figures released by US Soccer revealed that 2491 02:13:57.119 --> 02:13:59.560 the women's national team head coach black Coo and Danofski 2492 02:13:59.640 --> 02:14:03.079 earned a higher summer at a higher salary in his 2493 02:14:03.159 --> 02:14:07.119 last nine months on the job than Greg Burholter. So 2494 02:14:07.239 --> 02:14:09.880 that's out there as well, and that is at the Athletics. 2495 02:14:09.960 --> 02:14:13.840 So I think that takes care of everything for a Friday. 2496 02:14:14.000 --> 02:14:20.159 Remember tonight, tonight tonight whoa it is your activity with 2497 02:14:20.199 --> 02:14:23.560 high school soccer presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente, 2498 02:14:24.199 --> 02:14:27.720 and with the Kaiser Permanente and our high school soccer coverage, 2499 02:14:28.119 --> 02:14:31.560 it is going to be West Fordscyth at Lambert the 2500 02:14:31.600 --> 02:14:34.640 matches at six and eight and I'll have those for 2501 02:14:34.720 --> 02:14:37.800 you on our Mixler channel Soccer down here dot Mixler 2502 02:14:37.840 --> 02:14:39.800 dot com. It'll be good to catch up with those 2503 02:14:39.840 --> 02:14:42.600 two programs once again. Six o'clock for the girls, eight 2504 02:14:42.640 --> 02:14:46.000 o'clock for the boys. Soccer down here dot Mixler dot com, 2505 02:14:47.199 --> 02:14:50.239 and we'll have those two matches for you as a 2506 02:14:50.279 --> 02:14:53.279 part of our high school coverage. Next week, we're going 2507 02:14:53.319 --> 02:14:57.840 to have Harrison and Walton. That one is on Tuesday 2508 02:14:57.960 --> 02:15:00.920 from Raider Valley. We'll have that doubleheader for you, and 2509 02:15:01.159 --> 02:15:04.920 we might have another game as well on the fourth. 2510 02:15:04.920 --> 02:15:06.119 We'll keep an eye out for that one. 2511 02:15:06.119 --> 02:15:10.119 Remember the GA one hundred project is going on I 2512 02:15:10.119 --> 02:15:12.680 think Tuesday in Dalton. We might have a match that's 2513 02:15:12.760 --> 02:15:16.600 tied to that city. Keep your ears out posted for that. 2514 02:15:16.640 --> 02:15:18.600 But Drew Dickinson will be on the call for Harrison 2515 02:15:18.640 --> 02:15:21.880 and Walton on Tuesday with those matchups at Raider Valley, 2516 02:15:21.880 --> 02:15:24.800 assembling that information as we go, So once again, keep 2517 02:15:24.800 --> 02:15:27.039 an eye out. Maybe more than one broadcast going on 2518 02:15:27.880 --> 02:15:30.880 with our high school coverage presented by our friends at 2519 02:15:30.920 --> 02:15:33.920 Kaiser Permanente. Thanks again to West Versai. Thanks again to 2520 02:15:34.000 --> 02:15:37.960 Lambert for having us be there and letting us broadcast 2521 02:15:38.000 --> 02:15:41.920 the matches tonight tomorrow. Remember it is one o'clock pre 2522 02:15:42.000 --> 02:15:43.880 game ninety two nine the game in the Odyssey app. 2523 02:15:44.239 --> 02:15:47.439 It is Abe, it is Nick, and they are going 2524 02:15:47.479 --> 02:15:49.880 to be the lead in for Mike and Jason and 2525 02:15:50.000 --> 02:15:52.359 Madison Cruise will be there as well Sophia Coupertino. You 2526 02:15:52.399 --> 02:15:54.800 saw Maddie and Sophia in the car on their way 2527 02:15:54.840 --> 02:15:58.319 up to Charlotte, and so it will be fun to 2528 02:15:58.359 --> 02:16:01.199 hear what's going on in that particular rivalry. How many 2529 02:16:01.239 --> 02:16:04.199 minutes will Wilford Zaha play, That's the big question. We'll 2530 02:16:04.199 --> 02:16:06.720 see what the answer is there as Atlanta takes on 2531 02:16:06.840 --> 02:16:10.359 Charlotte to twenty five kick. So a bit of an 2532 02:16:10.399 --> 02:16:12.800 elongated pregame show that'll be on ninety two in the 2533 02:16:12.800 --> 02:16:14.960 Game of the Odyssey app post match it will be 2534 02:16:15.079 --> 02:16:18.000 Nick and Abe as well, and then we'll have Abe 2535 02:16:18.039 --> 02:16:20.439 on on Monday morning and everything starts a new So 2536 02:16:21.640 --> 02:16:24.119 thanks to all of you for yet another great week 2537 02:16:24.479 --> 02:16:27.760 of doing everything here on SDCH and hanging out with us, 2538 02:16:27.960 --> 02:16:30.239 all the great conversation, all the great guests. 2539 02:16:29.920 --> 02:16:30.520 That we've had. 2540 02:16:31.000 --> 02:16:37.120 So we've had Abe Bart Tyler will Pologic the play 2541 02:16:37.120 --> 02:16:41.520 by play voice for Charlotte, FC, Nino, Nico and Jason. 2542 02:16:41.879 --> 02:16:43.920 That's been the week, letting you know what's going on 2543 02:16:44.000 --> 02:16:46.920 here around the planet at the SDH network. So since 2544 02:16:46.959 --> 02:16:48.559 it is the end of the week, that means one 2545 02:16:48.639 --> 02:16:51.879 thing and one thing only and mucha plati, all play 2546 02:16:51.920 --> 02:16:55.479 it safe and just be safe. Both hands on the 2547 02:16:55.520 --> 02:16:58.959 wheel and enjoy your weekend. Early kick tomorrow is it 2548 02:16:59.040 --> 02:17:01.719 Land United leads off Charlotte, would you plot to all 2549 02:17:01.760 --> 02:17:03.159 plate safe at the end of the week. 2550 02:17:03.159 --> 02:17:04.079 That means we get to do this. 2551 02:17:05.040 --> 02:17:08.920 The war was ah. 2552 02:17:08.959 --> 02:17:13.239 The keys on the typewriter had sharp points that kept 2553 02:17:13.360 --> 02:17:19.399 sticking into our fingers. The dictating equipment started asking us 2554 02:17:19.520 --> 02:17:25.479 questions and our papers sends. Electric shocks just threw our 2555 02:17:25.559 --> 02:17:29.239 body like a cattle prod out in the warehouse. The 2556 02:17:29.319 --> 02:17:34.559 trucks kept banging into the docks, not even thinking about stopping. 2557 02:17:35.079 --> 02:17:40.120 Our frail bodies were strapped to the chairs, and our 2558 02:17:40.239 --> 02:17:42.200 chairs were chained. 2559 02:17:41.840 --> 02:17:42.799 To the desks. 2560 02:17:43.959 --> 02:17:51.440 Our please for justice were ignored, and the end seemed near. 2561 02:17:53.159 --> 02:18:00.520 But we busted our slave drivers. Little bitty balls we've 2562 02:18:00.680 --> 02:18:05.200 judged higher, breakfatress. The streets are 2563 02:18:06.000 --> 02:18:14.920 Horsby Gods, Yes, Friday, Friday, Frida,