Speaker 1: The welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso
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Speaker 1: This is all the soccer news you need to know
Speaker 1: for Tuesday, February eleventh. The United States U seventeen national
Speaker 1: team beat the US Virgin Islands last night, opening game
Speaker 1: of qualifying for the November U seventeen World Cup in Qatar.
Speaker 1: It was not a difficult test for the United States.
Speaker 1: They ended up winning twenty to to nil. That score
Speaker 1: line that tally twenty two goals, the most ever for
Speaker 1: a US national team men or women at any level
Speaker 1: in a World Cup qualifier. The previous record was a
Speaker 1: twenty nil win over Granada at the women's U seventeen
Speaker 1: Championship in twenty twenty two Chase Adams. He scored seven
Speaker 1: goals in the first half, three in the second half.
Speaker 1: Ten goals in total more than tripled the record for
Speaker 1: a goal scoring tally by an American player in U
Speaker 1: seventeen men's qualifying. Four players had a hat trick in
Speaker 1: the past Giorna, the last one in twenty nineteen. Adams
Speaker 1: is sixteen years old. He scored ten goals in twenty
Speaker 1: two games during the Columbus Crew two's MLS Next Pro
Speaker 1: semi final run last year. In twenty twenty two, as
Speaker 1: a freshman, he had twenty two goals in nineteen assists
Speaker 1: for Naperville Central High School in Illinois. Maybe Chicago should
Speaker 1: have had him as a homegrown. He ends up in
Speaker 1: Columbus with Crew two and now he's on everybody's radar
Speaker 1: after putting up ten in a World Cup qualifier. Gonzalo
Speaker 1: Sigadras is the manager of this team. They play Saint
Speaker 1: Kitts Andivis on a Winday, Cuba on Saturday. The winner
Speaker 1: of the group qualifies for the expanded twenty twenty five
Speaker 1: U seventeen World Cup. Seven qualifying or eight qualifying groups
Speaker 1: in total, seven other ones. I think the US should
Speaker 1: be okay. Two more games to go. Moves around MLS
Speaker 1: Colorado Rapids. They acquired Ted Kudpietro officially from DC United.
Speaker 1: It's another one of the new cash for player deals
Speaker 1: one point one two five million, up to an additional
Speaker 1: two hundred and seventy five thousand based on performance. Future
Speaker 1: sell on percentage stays with DC. This is a really
Speaker 1: nice move, and I think this is another side of
Speaker 1: this kind of ability to make these moves in Major
Speaker 1: League Soccer. And look, Colorado has been a team that
Speaker 1: has done a really good job of adding players that
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, didn't fit in at their other MLS clubs,
Speaker 1: whether they just weren't quite a fit tactically, whether they
Speaker 1: had you know, sort of pass their I don't know.
Speaker 1: They thought they were going to make a move to
Speaker 1: Europe and be an asset there, so the team decided
Speaker 1: to move them to Colorado and pick up assets, but
Speaker 1: maybe not as much as they thought they were going
Speaker 1: to get whatever reason. Colorado is a team to watch
Speaker 1: in the way that they do this. And we can
Speaker 1: yell about spending and how every team should be spending
Speaker 1: all the money they possibly have, and we can try
Speaker 1: to spend other people's money all we want, but Colorado's
Speaker 1: showing that there is another way. They've got to find
Speaker 1: some success with it. But I do like the group
Speaker 1: that they've put together, and I think they're a team
Speaker 1: to potentially watch. In twenty twenty five, San Diego, they
Speaker 1: have signed Willie Kumado from the Danish First Division. He's
Speaker 1: right back. He's on a two year deal, options for
Speaker 1: twenty twenty seven and twenty eight. Tom Bogert. He's reporting
Speaker 1: that Joseph Patzill is going to be out for over
Speaker 1: a month an injury to his quadriceps. That hurts the
Speaker 1: La Galaxy, who are already dealing with a lot of
Speaker 1: injuries and also dealing with departures, and also dealing with
Speaker 1: reportedly trying to explain to Marco Royce how salary caps
Speaker 1: work and why the Galaxy have had to move on
Speaker 1: from so many different players. It's a little confusing if
Speaker 1: you're not used to it. But yes, it's going to
Speaker 1: be a challenge for the La Galaxy. We will see
Speaker 1: how they handle it. Luciano Acosta, it's been a challenge
Speaker 1: for a lot of teams involved in Luciano Acosta. Right now,
Speaker 1: he has no trade clause. According to Laurel Faller of
Speaker 1: the Queen City Press, he's going to have to approve
Speaker 1: of a move within MLS. I guess he could still
Speaker 1: go to Brazil if somebody wanted to come in for
Speaker 1: him there, but we haven't heard of any rumors. Dallas
Speaker 1: and San Jose are the two clubs that are interested
Speaker 1: in getting Acosta. According to multiple reports, the reason why
Speaker 1: this is complicated is Evander leaving Portland. Everyone's assumed he
Speaker 1: was going to go to Cincinnati. Everyone assumed this when
Speaker 1: Acosta was going to go to Estudiantes and Foster Gillette
Speaker 1: was going to cut a check. Well, I guess he hasn't.
Speaker 1: He didn't, and maybe he hasn't cut any other checks.
Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on with Foster Jellette these days.
Speaker 1: He might have gone missing. But Evander leaving Portland, now
Speaker 1: that's held up in all this. Everybody's saying, we want
Speaker 1: to get a resolution here soon. But if Lucco has
Speaker 1: a no trade clause, then this might be even more
Speaker 1: complicated than anyone has assumed. So just buckle up, Cincinnati
Speaker 1: and Portland and maybe San Jose and maybe Dallas and
Speaker 1: who knows who else. There's also rumor swirling about LAFC
Speaker 1: winger Christian Olivera Tom Bogert reporting that LAFC have rejected
Speaker 1: opening bids from Grameo for him. Reports in the Brazilian
Speaker 1: press say that Gremeo is going to get him. Stay
Speaker 1: tuned USL Championship side MIAMIFC. The MIAMIFC. Sorry apologies to MIAMIFC.
Speaker 1: The are the MIAMIFC. They have signed former US men's
Speaker 1: national team and DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid Chloe Kelly.
Speaker 1: Remember this was a deadline day bit of drama where
Speaker 1: she was kind of frozen out at Manchester City ended
Speaker 1: up moving to Arsenal on the deadline day. She has
Speaker 1: been dropped by Serena Wiegman for the latest English women's
Speaker 1: national team squad for upcoming Nations League matches against Portugal
Speaker 1: and Spain. Twenty seven years old, she scored the match
Speaker 1: winner in the Euro twenty twenty two victory for England.
Speaker 1: She's going to be left out of this. She's only
Speaker 1: played one hundred and seventeen minutes of football since the
Speaker 1: last fixtures last year or in November, so not a
Speaker 1: whole lot of playing time and she's been left out
Speaker 1: of this national team squad. Fiorentina and Italy striker Moysycine
Speaker 1: published online racist abuse received in the aftermath of Fiorentina's
Speaker 1: loss to Enter on Monday. He posted screenshots of insulting messages,
Speaker 1: pictures and names of the racist users who were sending
Speaker 1: him these messages. Fiorentina have announced they would take action
Speaker 1: and report to local authorities those targeting Moysycane with racist messages.
Speaker 1: Other clubs have expressed support to Moysycane and Fiorentina in this.
Speaker 1: Like I've said all of every time, this has come
Speaker 1: up here recently and it will continue too, because it's
Speaker 1: just kind of the world where we're living in. Right.
Speaker 1: If these people are Fiorentina supporters, well no they're not.
Speaker 1: They're liars. They're not because they're not supporting a player
Speaker 1: in the team. If they are season ticket holders, they
Speaker 1: should not be anymore. The club should revoke their tickets.
Speaker 1: The club should ban these people from attending games, and yeah,
Speaker 1: messages have to be sent. They should not be allowed.
Speaker 1: And don't give me the argument about well they'll find
Speaker 1: another way. Make them find another way. Absolutely, make them
Speaker 1: find another way. Make them through them through hoops, make
Speaker 1: them where disguises going into the stadium, Make them have
Speaker 1: to work for it. If they're going to do it,
Speaker 1: don't just give up because they can find another way.
Speaker 1: Make them find that other way. This is ridiculous. This
Speaker 1: is going to continue, sadly, but you have to make
Speaker 1: an example of this. And I hope Fiorentina will if
Speaker 1: these are so called Fiorentina supporters who are doing this.
Speaker 1: All right, let's get into Champions League, the knockout playoff
Speaker 1: for the first time. We're into this mode. Four games today,
Speaker 1: four games tomorrow. The big one today is Manchester City
Speaker 1: and Real Madrid. This is being called the modern Classico
Speaker 1: because they seem to play each other all the time now.
Speaker 1: City are unbeaten at the Etihad this year. They've scored
Speaker 1: at least three goals in each game, but they've been
Speaker 1: eliminated from the knockout stages in the Champions League by
Speaker 1: Real Madrid more often than any other opponent. Madrid, they're
Speaker 1: missing their starting center backs. They don't have any right
Speaker 1: backs available. Reports out of Spain have them moving fair
Speaker 1: line Mindy from left back to right back to Amani
Speaker 1: will start alongside Raul Ascensio. That's going to be your
Speaker 1: center back duo and Froan Garcia at left back. On
Speaker 1: the other side. Manchester City, they get Ederson, their goalkeeper
Speaker 1: back in training on Monday. They get Nico Gonsalez, who
Speaker 1: was subbed out due to a knock in the FA
Speaker 1: Cup win over the weekend. They get Jeremy Doku, they
Speaker 1: get Nathan Ake, they get Mateosnnas back in training on Monday.
Speaker 1: We'll see how much any of those can play. We'll
Speaker 1: see what Madrid's backline that is going to be very makeshift.
Speaker 1: Looks like everyone will be looking at that game. But
Speaker 1: there's three others as well. Juventus PSV. Youve are at
Speaker 1: risk of losing three home games in a single Champions
Speaker 1: League campaign for the first time ever. PSV are on
Speaker 1: a six match unbeaten run. That one will be in
Speaker 1: Turin for the first leg. Sporting Lisbon hosting Perusha Dortmund.
Speaker 1: Sporting have not won in Champions League since Rumin Amrim
Speaker 1: left Dortmund. They've suffered five defeats in their last eight
Speaker 1: games in all competitions, and they have a new manager.
Speaker 1: PSG their favorites in an all French tie versus Breast.
Speaker 1: PSG have won thirty consecutive games against Breast in all competitions.
Speaker 1: Here's one to think about legendary Italian referee Pierre Luigi Colina.
Speaker 1: He believes that the penalty kick rule should be changed,
Speaker 1: not allowing the penalty taker to get on the rebound
Speaker 1: after a goalkeeper save. Now if it comes off the post,
Speaker 1: they can't get on it, but if it comes off
Speaker 1: of the goalkeeper, they can. And how many times do
Speaker 1: we see the goalkeeper make a great save comes back
Speaker 1: to the guy who took the kick, he just puts
Speaker 1: it home. Colina said, I believe there is an excessive
Speaker 1: gap between the opportunities available to the attacker and those
Speaker 1: of the goalkeeper. I one hundred percent agree with him.
Speaker 1: I'd never really thought about this before, but Pierre Luigi Colina,
Speaker 1: I think has a very good suggestion and I would
Speaker 1: like to see this enacted. And I know hashtag GK
Speaker 1: union is all nodding their heads about this, but I've
Speaker 1: never really heard a movement about this. There should be.
Speaker 1: That's a really good rule change. You take the penalty,
Speaker 1: you can't play it next after the goalkeeper or off
Speaker 1: of the post. I'm absolutely good with that rule change,
Speaker 1: if they make it. All right on the SDH network,
Speaker 1: tons of stuff to update you on. Check out the
Speaker 1: Jaden Hibbert one V one on the network from yesterday.
Speaker 1: Madison Cruz and I caught up with him last week
Speaker 1: down in Bradenton about his first proseas and his expectations
Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five you can read a little bit
Speaker 1: about it on Soccer down here dot net as well.
Speaker 1: Two big upcoming events to save the date. Four first
Speaker 1: February twentieth, our first Third Thursday event at the Moxie
Speaker 1: Hotel in Midtown Atlanta, great way to kick off the
Speaker 1: Atlanta United season a couple of days before the opener.
Speaker 1: That's from seven to nine pm. We'll be at the
Speaker 1: Moxie every third Thursday of every month this year. And
Speaker 1: then on Monday, February twenty fourth, our first event of
Speaker 1: the Why Atlanta Is Soccer City USA series that's presented
Speaker 1: by the Rose Library at Emory University. We'll be hosting
Speaker 1: that in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library from
Speaker 1: six thirty to eight pm that night. Our high school
Speaker 1: soccer slate starts tonight in Decatur, North Atlanta. The visitors
Speaker 1: they're traveling across town to face the Bulldogs of Decatur
Speaker 1: High School. Girls game kicks off at six pm, the
Speaker 1: boys kickoff at eight pm. You can listen at soccer
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Speaker 1: The Creek Cup starts tomorrow. We will be covering all
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Speaker 1: Northview High School from Wednesday through Saturday night. It's going
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