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<v Speaker 1>And it is time to go to the busiest man

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<v Speaker 1>in the Northeast and find out what's going on in

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of Major League Soccer and catch up with

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<v Speaker 1>our buddy, Dylan Butler from emlisoccer dot com. Dylan, Alexander

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<v Speaker 1>esach is a requested commodity inside the Newcastle and roster.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean he's uh, folks want him? Are there?

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<v Speaker 2>Are there? Are there many better strikers in the EPL

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<v Speaker 2>right now? I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm I'm right there with you.

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<v Speaker 1>But uh, I didn't know if the if where your

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<v Speaker 1>defcon level was about something in the January window, about

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<v Speaker 1>losing him to say an Arsenal or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it all depends on where Newcastle are on

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<v Speaker 2>the table, I think at the time, right like Esak,

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<v Speaker 2>others Anthony Gordon late, they all want to play European football,

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<v Speaker 2>right like it's everybody does. So if you're positioned yourself

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<v Speaker 2>in the right way to Europe, even if it's on

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<v Speaker 2>a top four, you know, like get to that second tier,

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<v Speaker 2>I think you can keep some of these guys and

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<v Speaker 2>if not, I think you lose them. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>just the unfortunate reality of you know, of a of

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<v Speaker 2>a team trying to push their way into that elite

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<v Speaker 2>level and you know, battling teams are already there.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, you know obviously Champions League, Europa League, all

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<v Speaker 1>those kinds of things going on.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>What as the resident Newcastle fan that comes outbound that

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<v Speaker 1>is uh comes and visits every once in a while,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your thought about where things are with Eddie

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<v Speaker 1>Howe and what do you what? What are you staring

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<v Speaker 1>at right now with your beloved Newcastle.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like we're always staring at uncertainty in some

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<v Speaker 2>way or another. So you know there's that, But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>coming off a quality that he went on the weekends

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<v Speaker 2>that was that was great. Yeah, I mean just have

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<v Speaker 2>to I mean I think an advantage Newcastle have I

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<v Speaker 2>I think I don't. I don't know if the top

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<v Speaker 2>four is necessarily reality this year, but I think they

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<v Speaker 2>can't push themselves in Europe And a big reason why

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<v Speaker 2>is because they don't have Europe this year, right, so

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<v Speaker 2>like they could be rested. They're not going to Prague

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<v Speaker 2>on a Wednesday and and then and then having to

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<v Speaker 2>go down to Liverpool or something, so they you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they'll and that was the issue I think was it

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<v Speaker 2>last year, two years ago? Last year, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we beat PSG and and all of a sudden it's like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the world is that our is our oyster

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<v Speaker 2>and and then just injuries we weren't. It wasn't there

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't depth. We couldn't get players because of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all the realities that that are out the fair spending

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<v Speaker 2>and then and then yeah, and then you fall down

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<v Speaker 2>the table as a result, so they won't have that

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<v Speaker 2>crutch if you will, which is ironic. So now I'm

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<v Speaker 2>talking about needing to get back to Europe to keep

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<v Speaker 2>their guys.

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<v Speaker 3>But mh, a guy.

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<v Speaker 2>There's kind of the ying and the yang of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, Yeah, you are a win because of the current

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<v Speaker 1>jam and the standings. Basically you are a win with

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<v Speaker 1>goal difference basically out of sixth So I mean you're

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<v Speaker 1>eleventh right now at fifteen points even on goal difference

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<v Speaker 1>ten ten score ten allowed you win one. You're at

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen points and you're in that gaggle that's four five, six,

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<v Speaker 1>But then that's goal difference.

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<v Speaker 3>That'll get the part that's also.

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<v Speaker 2>You asked about Eddie, how I love them like I

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<v Speaker 2>wish i'd love them this day, right, But I think

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<v Speaker 2>there's that reality as well, like where our Newcastle come

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<v Speaker 2>the January window, like in the table, right are they fourteenth?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's a reality of ownership probably looking to

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<v Speaker 2>make a change then, right are they fifth?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>He keeps his job. I think it's you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunate kind of reality of the of the of that

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<v Speaker 2>business in that league.

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<v Speaker 3>No doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>We've talked a lot nour number one about Atlanta United

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<v Speaker 1>and Messi and friends as they get ready for match

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<v Speaker 1>day three.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, can I make a point real quick

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<v Speaker 2>about that, so.

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<v Speaker 3>You most certainly can, sir.

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<v Speaker 2>I was in the midst. I don't even know what

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<v Speaker 2>number it was at the time, but I was in

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<v Speaker 2>the midst of twelve high school soccer games in a

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<v Speaker 2>nine day.

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<v Speaker 1>Span, correct, because you told me it was eight and

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<v Speaker 1>five at one point, And so now that he ended up.

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<v Speaker 2>In twelve and nine, I also added in a football game,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was I ended up being thirteen broadcast in

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<v Speaker 2>nine days. Wow, but twelve soccer progusts. So whatever number

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<v Speaker 2>I was at at the time, I was leaving that

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<v Speaker 2>game Saturday night, and you know, jump in jump in

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<v Speaker 2>my nice uh uh Grand Cherokee, and and and had

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<v Speaker 2>the heated seats going a little bit chilly, got the

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<v Speaker 2>heated steering wheel going. And then I popped on serious.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh and my boys or or on the on the broadcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Loved it. I heard the Atlanta radio broadcast of that

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<v Speaker 2>massive way.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The sad thing is I had I received a call,

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<v Speaker 2>so I missed. I missed the final.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it interrupt Oh no.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, uh, but I did here. I did hear

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<v Speaker 2>the first Atlanta goal and uh, it was great to

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<v Speaker 2>hear here. Uh hear those guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, Mike, Mike and Jason. Uh, Mike invoking Larry munt

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<v Speaker 1>uh look, invoking Larry Munson, the legendary voice of the

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<v Speaker 1>University of Georgia with his first with his first goal.

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<v Speaker 3>Call.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, since it was the anniversary of Georgia, Florida, where

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<v Speaker 1>Mike was. You know, this place is worse than bonkers

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<v Speaker 1>from the Oh yeah, yeah, the run Lindsay, the run

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsay call from Georgia, Florida from nineteen eighty.

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<v Speaker 2>See, it's funny.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know that. I didn't know there was a

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<v Speaker 2>background today. I just thought he was. It was funny

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<v Speaker 2>because I could even I could tell you exactly I was.

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<v Speaker 2>I was pulling into Starbucks as like a drive through,

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<v Speaker 2>and I heard the call and I was laughing, but

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know the background to it. That's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeahs legendary play by play voice to the University of

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<v Speaker 1>George Larry Munson when Buck blow to Lindsay Scott nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>eighty on Georgia, Florida today that game winning score monson

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<v Speaker 1>goes and this place is worse than bonkers, and so

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<v Speaker 1>that that was an homage to Georgia, Florida.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it.

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<v Speaker 1>The the historian Mike Conty created a hell of a

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<v Speaker 1>moment on the Derek Williams goal and then the skip

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<v Speaker 1>carry esque sid slid call with score score score score

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<v Speaker 1>four scores and the ninety seconds to go instead of

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<v Speaker 1>seven years. But yeah, so Mike and Jason had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of gyms.

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<v Speaker 3>I will say this full disclosure.

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta United on their two hundred and eighty character app

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<v Speaker 1>has a booth camp and they have that call as

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<v Speaker 1>released on their two hundred and eighty character app, and

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<v Speaker 1>I will and I will recommend watching it more than

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<v Speaker 1>once because there's a lot going on. They have the

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<v Speaker 1>MLS video above and it's the double stack, the.

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<v Speaker 3>High low split screen.

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<v Speaker 1>Up high is Apple TV's video, and then down low

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<v Speaker 1>it's Mike and Jason. Watch it once to see Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>then watch it again to look at Jason, because Jason

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<v Speaker 1>sees things in three dimensions better than anybody that I know,

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<v Speaker 1>and a lot of folks out there in the industry today.

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<v Speaker 1>And so as the play is the developing, and they

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<v Speaker 1>do that rapid fire bing bing bing bing, and you

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<v Speaker 1>see shanday and the.

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<v Speaker 3>World opens up.

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<v Speaker 1>You see Jason start to stand as it gets to

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<v Speaker 1>Shonda Silva and I'm literally zuppruderring.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, when does he stand.

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<v Speaker 2>As opposed to?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So literally, Jason sees the play develop and he's

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<v Speaker 1>anticipating what's going on with Shandy, so he's up and

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<v Speaker 1>Mike calls it as Shande puts it in. Jason saw

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<v Speaker 1>it coming, so watch it. Landy United on their two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and eighty character app for Mike and his reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>And then he sits during games.

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<v Speaker 3>Who doesn't Mike? I know, I know, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't sit because I'm I'm too busy wandering back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth and being all that. But yeah, Mike sits,

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<v Speaker 1>Jason sits because they have the monitors right there with them,

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<v Speaker 1>the TV monitors, and so they can use those ash

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<v Speaker 1>and so yeah, so watch it more than once because

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<v Speaker 1>you see Mike's reaction in the front and then you

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<v Speaker 1>see Jason developing reaction in the back. So it is

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<v Speaker 1>it's like twenty two seconds, but still you watch it

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<v Speaker 1>more than once and get all those different aspects of it.

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<v Speaker 2>My goal calls are generally me just screaming out the

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<v Speaker 2>guy's name who scored. That's like I don't I don't

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<v Speaker 2>do necessarily, I guess an homage to anybody, but it's

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<v Speaker 2>more just like you know, filled me just screaming at

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<v Speaker 2>the guy's name.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and for me, it when when I call Matches

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<v Speaker 1>I and people have circled me over to Dave Johnson

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<v Speaker 1>with DC United, where I go and it's in Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I go, It's in you know, one of those and

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<v Speaker 1>then I lay out and then I'll go back and

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<v Speaker 1>either recap it myself or you know, if it's a

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<v Speaker 1>two person booth, I'll have color go back through it all.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, for me is an in or and

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<v Speaker 1>it's in something like that. It's more of a Dave

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson d C United kind of a call is opposed

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<v Speaker 1>to a name, because then that also if if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>as blind as a bat and I'm wearing my progressive lenses,

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<v Speaker 1>just go ahead and say they're buy vocals, mister optometrist,

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<v Speaker 1>and get it over with.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, I can buy some.

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<v Speaker 1>Time and sit there and figure out who's scored if

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see it initially.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean that's the that's my other Like I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say something like, you know, I think I might have

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<v Speaker 2>said it's in the NAT or it's a goal or whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>just if I don't see the guy for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh So, now what do you think about said series

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<v Speaker 1>of one v nine in the Eastern Conference, now that

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<v Speaker 1>we are at a match day three? Yeah, going back

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<v Speaker 1>to the erector set.

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<v Speaker 2>For sure, the East is wild and uh full rest,

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<v Speaker 2>full confidence, no pressure? Why not us?

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<v Speaker 3>Right? Like?

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<v Speaker 2>Why not? Why not?

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<v Speaker 3>Atlanta f e a baby? That's the rallying crod.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I won't tell you what the rallying crowd the

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<v Speaker 2>Mets was, but but you guys know it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, that's yeah, yea, that is true.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, no why not right like and and and

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<v Speaker 2>people forget or if they don't if they remember, they

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<v Speaker 2>don't they discount it because it's like a different season.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's not forget the regular season success as well. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's had more success against Miami than Atlanta. So I

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<v Speaker 2>with confidence, play with some swagger, like, you know, not

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<v Speaker 2>be too concerned that they lose they were supposed to lose,

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<v Speaker 2>and the shock the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're staring over you know, you're Ali's you know,

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<v Speaker 1>hovering over Sunny liston at that point, and considering that

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>In the East, in and of itself, Uh, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot they're going into a match day three. You've

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<v Speaker 1>y c Uh. I think that third one might end

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<v Speaker 1>up getting played at Red Bull Arena. I think if

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, it is it is chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>It is chaos in the East, sir, where three of

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<v Speaker 1>the one that's not is the shocker. Of the bunch

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<v Speaker 1>because my bracket's now officially busted for sure, and you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Who, you know who's like sort of sitting there on

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<v Speaker 2>the other side of it, like being like, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>keep only chaos, keep on the chaos. La.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, man is like bring it, it's all good.

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<v Speaker 2>Like we've hosted MLS Cup before. It's great out.

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<v Speaker 3>Here, come on out.

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<v Speaker 2>You won't have weather concerns.

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<v Speaker 1>Nope, but I mean Columbus out by Red Bulls and

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<v Speaker 1>the other three match Day three. No, I did not

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<v Speaker 1>see it coming, Like I said, my brains in the toilet,

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<v Speaker 2>sort of like the new g's coming in, Like is

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<v Speaker 2>it the greatest playoff upset ever? Like I don't even

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<v Speaker 2>think it's the greatest playoff up set in Red Bulls history.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I was there.

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<v Speaker 2>The year they made their run to the Cup and

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<v Speaker 2>they played the Crew and they beat a Houston Dynamo

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<v Speaker 2>team that I believe had just won back to back

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<v Speaker 2>John Wallniak had the thriller dance after just scoring scoring

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<v Speaker 2>a decisive goal there, so you know, and that was

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<v Speaker 2>that was when it was a little bit MLS weird,

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<v Speaker 2>right where like the Red Bulls were on the western

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<v Speaker 2>side of the bracket, so they had to beat Houston

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<v Speaker 2>beat salt Lake. I think Salt Lake was a one off.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the Houston was a was a was an

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<v Speaker 2>aggregate giant stadium first leg, Robertson Stadium the second leg,

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<v Speaker 2>then at Salt Lake and then they're, uh, They're in

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<v Speaker 2>the Cup and they they hope they hoisted like a

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<v Speaker 2>little tea cup of a Western Conference championship in Sandy, Utah.

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<v Speaker 2>And then uh and then a few and then a

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<v Speaker 2>week later they were they were taken on Siggi Schmidt

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<v Speaker 2>and uh uh Scilotto and and the Columbus crew and

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<v Speaker 2>and they lost in their only ever tripped out of

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<v Speaker 2>the MLS Cup final.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, that is uh that wow. That that's that's definite

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<v Speaker 1>wayback machine material. When you look at uh the four

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<v Speaker 1>five and in NYC and Cincinnati. I've always thought that uh,

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<v Speaker 1>ropes for a while and they would be one of

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<v Speaker 1>those teams of the higher seeds that could have been

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<v Speaker 1>knocked out not Columbus to me, but I would have

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<v Speaker 1>thought maybe Cincinnati because of their downward trend. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>NYC goes from one nil down to winning match Day

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<v Speaker 1>two three to one. What was the difference was it?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it just something as simple as getting back home

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<v Speaker 1>or what was the difference do you think for NYC

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<v Speaker 1>and match Day two?

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<v Speaker 2>I think there are some tactical tweaks, like they they

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<v Speaker 2>flooded the midfield and made it difficult for Cincinnati. Santhia

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<v Speaker 2>Rodriguez kind of pinched in more centrally, little nuances like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But for sure, listen, it is sometimes it just boils

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<v Speaker 2>down to being homer away, and especially for NYCFC, Like

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<v Speaker 2>they're really good at home whatever home they play in,

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<v Speaker 2>which is a lot of credit to them, right Like

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking that like Atlanta, you know, you always

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<v Speaker 2>know you're at the Benz, right like, and you cultivate

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<v Speaker 2>a great home field there. They've wanted home in three

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<v Speaker 2>different venues around here, which is super impressive. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>now they have to go to Cincinnati and like, not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be easy. You know, I was thinking after Columbus

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<v Speaker 2>lost and with Miami, you know, are they on the ropes?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they're certainly in a pressure packed, winner take

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<v Speaker 2>all game. Now that if I'm Pat noon in Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like, this door just opened up for us. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>like we win this game, you know, we've have confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know they would have Geez in the East

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<v Speaker 2>at least, right Like you would argue, certainly, I Miami loses,

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<v Speaker 2>you would argue that they've then got the best player

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<v Speaker 2>on the field whenever they play with Lucco, Right, So

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<v Speaker 2>best player a team that's made these runs. Obviously there's

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<v Speaker 2>still there's still issues there, but they would, as the

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's with Cincinnati's issues have been at the

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<v Speaker 1>back consistently, and so if you can, you know, if

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<v Speaker 1>you can keep possession and keep Cincinnati pinned in and

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<v Speaker 1>work it past that back line with all the injuries

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<v Speaker 1>and stuff, and how Pat Noonan has had to kind

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<v Speaker 1>of sit there and uh look at the whole cloth

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<v Speaker 1>and the pantry and try to figure out what to

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<v Speaker 1>do with the back. Uh for me, it's it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be an interesting dynamic with that particular matchup. Red Bulls

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<v Speaker 1>get to sit and wait that I don't. It's so

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<v Speaker 1>then when it came to to Red Bulls and Crew?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it more what Red Bulls did or less what

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<v Speaker 1>Crew did?

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<v Speaker 3>I if that makes any.

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<v Speaker 2>Sense, No, it doesn't make sense. And it's I think,

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<v Speaker 2>I think what we all tend to do, right, if

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<v Speaker 2>there's a big upset is our first thought is, well,

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<v Speaker 2>what happened to that team that was a fever?

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<v Speaker 3>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>If Atlanta go down and they and they they advance

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<v Speaker 2>over Miami, what's a what's the national storyline? It's not

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<v Speaker 2>Miami failed, right, It's not that Atlanta won.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this team built for you know, the super club,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, got knocked down. So in this case, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I think it's both. I think it's Columbus.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean how many I wanted to add it up

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<v Speaker 2>before we got on the show. I didn't get a

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<v Speaker 2>chance to. But god, how many matches did they play

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<v Speaker 2>this year? Right?

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<v Speaker 3>Eleven bazillion?

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<v Speaker 2>So many competitions that eventually will will tax you, right,

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<v Speaker 2>especially when you play a team like Red bull where

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<v Speaker 2>it's gonna be prenetic and all over the place. And

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<v Speaker 2>the Red Bulls were in a similar situation to Atlanta,

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<v Speaker 2>but the difference being they got the first win on

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<v Speaker 2>the road, so now they can go to Red Bull

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<v Speaker 2>Arena be confident, and even in a that's so metro

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<v Speaker 2>kind of moment when you can see deep deep in

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<v Speaker 2>second half stoppage time, they still managed to pull it

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<v Speaker 2>out with Carlos Carnell doing you know what he did

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<v Speaker 2>in the shootouts. So but listen, they're a different team

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<v Speaker 2>with Emial Forsburg healthy, Like that's a big deal to

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<v Speaker 2>this team. I didn't again do the stats on that,

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<v Speaker 2>but you look at Red Bull with Forsburg in the

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<v Speaker 2>lineup and without it will be like Miami without MESSI

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<v Speaker 2>was like negligible differences correct, significant with Fordsburg in or

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<v Speaker 2>out of the lineup.

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<v Speaker 3>Eight, nine, ten, eleven, I'm adding twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you counting the cruise matches we might be here

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<v Speaker 2>for a while. Thirteen we have smart coffee.

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<v Speaker 3>So thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>So forty seven matches total for crew in all competitions.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a lot, and a lot of those were like

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<v Speaker 2>how many you didn't really rotate and maybe five matches?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah right, yeah, Wilford Nanci is the kind of guy

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna sit there and go dance with a girl

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<v Speaker 1>that brung you. And the next question then for me

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<v Speaker 1>is Wilford Nanci, does he max out or does he

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<v Speaker 1>stay because he's pissed and want to to go back

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<v Speaker 1>and chase MLS cup again? I mean because I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean if if John Texter say, and Eagle Holdings,

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<v Speaker 1>they sit there and they look at Leon, and Leon

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<v Speaker 1>is not what John Texter wants them to be. If

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<v Speaker 1>I'm John Texter, one of my first phone calls is

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<v Speaker 1>to Wilford Nanci's agent, Hey, you know you want to

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<v Speaker 1>go home? You want to coach Leon? Name your price?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean Wilford Nanci. For me, I could see him

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<v Speaker 1>maxing out and I could.

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<v Speaker 2>Go honestly to that point, John, I think now is

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<v Speaker 2>the time. Yeah, No, Like he's not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a hotter commodity than now, like if he if he

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<v Speaker 2>if he comes back with the crew. Also, who knows

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<v Speaker 2>if you'll have kuco right, Like, who knows what that

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<v Speaker 2>team will look like. So I think you've got to

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<v Speaker 2>read the tea leaves. If you're NANSI, you know you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're you're the hot commodity right now, like you got

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<v Speaker 2>to cash out.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, and he's super competitive, like he always wants the

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<v Speaker 2>next challenge, So.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely, all right, So twenty twenty four Columbus crew, this

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<v Speaker 1>is courtesy of our friends at spot track. Uh, looking

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<v Speaker 1>at salaries and things. Where was No, it's not the

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<v Speaker 1>rundown that I was looking for the rundown that had

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<v Speaker 1>uh seven our.

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<v Speaker 2>Wars ask you said, They're like, these are not the rundowns.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, these are not the rundowns. Uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>looking at rosters and things. Okay, so twenty five. Fine,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll look at the twenty five roster. Give me the

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<v Speaker 1>damn filter and sort for that. Okay, Uh twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>Uh in a stroke was alone until June. Keegan Hughes

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty five is a club option. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of guaranteed here. Christian Ramirez a club option for twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Yah Yuboa a club option for twenty five.

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<v Speaker 2>They did lock up a lot of their guys during

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<v Speaker 2>the year, for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Camacho's got one more year, Farsi has three more, Kucho

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<v Speaker 1>has twenty five and a club option for twenty six.

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<v Speaker 1>But once again, it's an asset. You are in control

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<v Speaker 1>of the asset here for one more year before a

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<v Speaker 1>club option. So if somebody knocks on your door, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>here's eight figures to the left of the decimal place.

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<v Speaker 1>Does the front office sit there and go, yeah, sure, okay, great,

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<v Speaker 1>uh nagba, let's see. Nagby's got one more year with

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<v Speaker 1>a club option. Christian Ramirez, okay. Rossi has two more

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<v Speaker 1>years and a club option after that. Supplemental Max Arston

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<v Speaker 1>has three more years guaranteed. Azy Jackson a club option

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty five, Russell Roe club option for twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>Shelty a club option for twenty five.

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<v Speaker 3>Zawatski. Zawatski has three more years gear.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's some stuff there. Non actives Amensen, Chamboise, Shaberko

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<v Speaker 1>Habrun all guaranteed, hogging backup Keeper is a club option.

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<v Speaker 1>Herrera's alone. Cole Moroca guarantee, but we see him at

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<v Speaker 1>Crew two. Isaiah Parente is a club option for the

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<v Speaker 1>next two years. Yeah, so all three guarantee, all three

427
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<v Speaker 1>dps for Crew one more guaranteed year before club options

428
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<v Speaker 1>kick in, and Heino Strosa is a loan until June

429
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<v Speaker 1>and then guaranteed. So one more guaranteed year for Kuco, Nagby,

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<v Speaker 1>and Rossi, and then you've got to figure out what

431
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<v Speaker 1>you're looking for. I do not see a Maton, So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm guessing Maton is being he's out after twenty four,

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<v Speaker 1>so he did not appear on this salary list.

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<v Speaker 3>So there you go.

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<v Speaker 1>Some questions for crew coming into twenty five, but the

436
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<v Speaker 1>core looks like for the most part that it's still.

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<v Speaker 2>There and the biggest obviously being at the very top

438
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<v Speaker 2>Maton's twelve well in terms of your manager and also

439
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<v Speaker 2>you're you're superstar mm hmm.

440
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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh so you're staring at that with Crewe Western Conference.

442
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<v Speaker 1>I know you mentioned Lag Sittinger going, come on, dial

443
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<v Speaker 1>it up, brother, you just y'all keep going.

444
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<v Speaker 3>We're good.

445
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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

446
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<v Speaker 1>We haven't even gotten into the postseason awards yet, where

447
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<v Speaker 1>Gabriel Peck was named Newcomer the Year over Luis Suarez.

448
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<v Speaker 3>I figured that.

449
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<v Speaker 1>That the conventional wisdom, or the black helicopter theory would

450
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<v Speaker 1>be that Suarez would get Newcomer and Messi would get MVP. Yeah,

451
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<v Speaker 1>but it ended up going to Gabriel Peck la won

452
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<v Speaker 1>and done outscoring Colorado, who didn't have Georgia Mihilovich in

453
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<v Speaker 1>match Day one, lose five nil, lose four to one.

454
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<v Speaker 1>They're out the door. Minnesota advances as a six. Seattle

455
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<v Speaker 1>in the chaos of a four or five with Houston.

456
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<v Speaker 1>They advanced seven to six in that shootout in match

457
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<v Speaker 1>day two, and now LAFC is going to a match

458
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<v Speaker 1>day three because Vanni Sartini, who needs to be protected

459
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<v Speaker 1>and secured at all costs, you know. I mean, he

460
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<v Speaker 1>ain't taken no fools from nobody, but everybody's looking at

461
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<v Speaker 1>LAFC and Vancouver.

462
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<v Speaker 3>Everything else in the West is settled after two.

463
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<v Speaker 2>And listen, I've loved him from the moment that he's

464
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<v Speaker 2>that he joined the league and I and I shouted

465
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<v Speaker 2>from the rooftops that he was so severely underrated. But

466
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<v Speaker 2>I think now finally the MLS world is getting to

467
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<v Speaker 2>experience the greatness of Ryan Gold. So he's the leading

468
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<v Speaker 2>scorer right now in the playoffs. What are the five

469
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<v Speaker 2>and five goals and assist I think, and let's not

470
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<v Speaker 2>even count what he's what he did to kind of

471
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<v Speaker 2>lead even to some of those own goals right as well.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think if you looked at that series and

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<v Speaker 2>you said, all right, well, who's going to be the

474
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<v Speaker 2>player to dictate things? I think conventional wisdom would have

475
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<v Speaker 2>told you Dennis Bowonga would have been the guy. H

476
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<v Speaker 2>But it is not it is it is Ryan Gold,

477
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<v Speaker 2>so they too in uh in Atlanta asque kind of

478
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<v Speaker 2>a way you know, can can go and uh and

479
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<v Speaker 2>be confident and bold and you know, I would love

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<v Speaker 2>to hear Sartini's uh the game speech to the guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, let's I believe that the metaphors will be colorful.

482
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<v Speaker 1>I would imagine, uh, so it would not what it

483
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<v Speaker 1>would it surprised you? I guess how much would it

484
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<v Speaker 1>surprise you if if the if the Caps went into

485
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<v Speaker 1>a match Day three and took care of things in

486
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<v Speaker 1>front of the thirty two fifty two, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it would. Uh, I don't know. I guess

488
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<v Speaker 2>the bigger question is what is well that you know

489
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<v Speaker 2>what I'm gonna answer my own question. I was gonna say,

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<v Speaker 2>the big question is what's the bigger upset? H And

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<v Speaker 2>I actually do think it well, vanc over for l

492
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<v Speaker 2>AFC versus Atlanta against Miami again because of Atlanta's success

493
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<v Speaker 2>over Miami during the course of the season. So yeah,

494
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<v Speaker 2>I mean of the two upset specials, Yeah, it's it's

495
00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:16.799
<v Speaker 2>Vancouver That's would definitely be the bigger one.

496
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<v Speaker 1>Okay, uh, when you look what else what else is

497
00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:23.599
<v Speaker 1>on your radar these days. I mean, you've got some

498
00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:27.200
<v Speaker 1>clubs that are making their their their end of season moves.

499
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<v Speaker 1>You've got as we kind of wait for things happening

500
00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.480
<v Speaker 1>in December, and news is kind of trickling out, no

501
00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.880
<v Speaker 1>real surprises in a couple of places. But what else

502
00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:38.279
<v Speaker 1>is on your radar as you are juggling the the

503
00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:41.559
<v Speaker 1>activity at varsity media all of the postseason involving both

504
00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:44.960
<v Speaker 1>football and football and with soccer dot Com. What else

505
00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.920
<v Speaker 1>is on your radar that you're keeping an eye on these.

506
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<v Speaker 2>Days for MLS? Well, yes, yes, yeah, I mean it's

507
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<v Speaker 2>it's hard to like. I don't get I don't get

508
00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:04.279
<v Speaker 2>all bogged down in the post season awards, although I

509
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<v Speaker 2>did find it funny that Dean Smith in his post

510
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<v Speaker 2>game presser basically let a giant cat out of the

511
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<v Speaker 2>bag in terms of Goalkeeper of the Year.

512
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<v Speaker 1>Oh well, I mean if Kalna didn't get it, or

513
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<v Speaker 1>was or isn't going to get it, I would have

514
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<v Speaker 1>thought that something would have been funky with the voting,

515
00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.279
<v Speaker 1>because I mean, what nine thousand clean sheets for Kalina

516
00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.039
<v Speaker 1>this year to keep Charlotte in their season?

517
00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.799
<v Speaker 3>For sure?

518
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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, no, I mean it's just it's just, uh,

519
00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:38.200
<v Speaker 2>you know on on these game threes really like you

520
00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.119
<v Speaker 2>and I are both you know, big hockey fans, right

521
00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.279
<v Speaker 2>and and and there's nothing like I don't care who

522
00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:47.920
<v Speaker 2>the teams are. I don't care if I don't I

523
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<v Speaker 2>mean I I don't care if I don't even know

524
00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:52.000
<v Speaker 2>two players in a team. If it's a Game seven

525
00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.880
<v Speaker 2>and the Stanley Cup playoffs, yeah it's must watch. And

526
00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.759
<v Speaker 2>I think the same will be true here, right, Like

527
00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:03.559
<v Speaker 2>these are knockout games and they should be treated differently.

528
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<v Speaker 2>And and you know, I've always been a big aggregate fan.

529
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<v Speaker 2>I think we've had this conversation in times I get

530
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<v Speaker 2>to you know, you can massage certain things and inside

531
00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:20.240
<v Speaker 2>of an aggregate. And but these best of three series

532
00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:24.440
<v Speaker 2>got you, you know, the MLS version of a Game seven,

533
00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:30.039
<v Speaker 2>which again you know, will be must watch TV.

534
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<v Speaker 1>And you end up with two teams in Atlanta United

535
00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:40.279
<v Speaker 1>and Vancouver white Caps that could be could be they

536
00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:42.799
<v Speaker 1>could be that La King's eight seed.

537
00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:48.200
<v Speaker 2>Who hosts that MLS Cup final. I think Vancouver not

538
00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:50.240
<v Speaker 2>because there's a girl Scout convention or something.

539
00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.680
<v Speaker 3>That could very well be the case.

540
00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:55.200
<v Speaker 1>I think that that would be the the element there

541
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<v Speaker 1>in the in the room. But Vancouver is an eight

542
00:29:58.200 --> 00:30:02.319
<v Speaker 1>and Atlanta is a nine. So so in theory it

543
00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:06.359
<v Speaker 1>would be it would be Vancouver unless they'd have to

544
00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:09.720
<v Speaker 1>go outdoors and play it where Pacific FC is out

545
00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:14.400
<v Speaker 1>in the suburbs or something, oh in December. Yeah, so

546
00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:16.680
<v Speaker 1>you'd end up with something like that orange ball and

547
00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:20.680
<v Speaker 1>all these kinds of things. But you know, at parlaying

548
00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:23.599
<v Speaker 1>the hockey analogy, you got a hot keeper or you know,

549
00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.039
<v Speaker 1>you gotta you got a hot goalie as an eight seed,

550
00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:28.480
<v Speaker 1>that was how my Kings ended up winning the Stanley

551
00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:30.079
<v Speaker 1>Cup first time out of the block. So as you

552
00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:32.799
<v Speaker 1>were an eight, you steamrolled everybody because Jonathan Quick was

553
00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.319
<v Speaker 1>the man.

554
00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.960
<v Speaker 2>He's the man now for my guys.

555
00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:39.240
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, so, uh so it's it's it's odd

556
00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:41.599
<v Speaker 1>seeing him in a bunch of different uniforms and things

557
00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:43.400
<v Speaker 1>like that. But that you get a you get a

558
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<v Speaker 1>hot goalie or a hot defense. Is an eight seed

559
00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:48.400
<v Speaker 1>or a nine. You see where we are with match

560
00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.200
<v Speaker 1>day threes? All right, lay it out for us, what's

561
00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.759
<v Speaker 1>your what's your weekend? Like varsity media playoffs, all the sports,

562
00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.599
<v Speaker 1>nineteen teams in four days.

563
00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:02.799
<v Speaker 2>And thankfully that's a little bit of a break there however,

564
00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:06.160
<v Speaker 2>as power as part of that break. And you'll appreciate

565
00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:10.759
<v Speaker 2>this because you've done a bunch of these. Tonight out

566
00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:14.200
<v Speaker 2>at Mount Saint Michael in the Bronx right there on

567
00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:18.839
<v Speaker 2>Murdoch Avenue off of bay Chester Avenue. Uh, we will

568
00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:25.519
<v Speaker 2>be doing a c HSA A Boys Basketball media day. Oh,

569
00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:30.279
<v Speaker 2>we will be broadcasting from there. So probably not too

570
00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:32.880
<v Speaker 2>dissimilar from that Big ten media day that was just

571
00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:35.119
<v Speaker 2>like on the U I think it was last week

572
00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:40.440
<v Speaker 2>or so. So we have interviews with all thirty one

573
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<v Speaker 2>head coaches.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, wow, are you having more than one on it once?

575
00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:47.960
<v Speaker 3>Or oh?

576
00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:49.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, yeah, we were. We were going over this.

577
00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.240
<v Speaker 2>Originally it was going to be every head coach and

578
00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:56.960
<v Speaker 2>two players and they said, you know, yeah, you could

579
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<v Speaker 2>probably do it within in two hours. I said, so

580
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.920
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna yeah, we're gonna have like, depending on the

581
00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:07.160
<v Speaker 2>numbers of the league, you know, three to four coaches

582
00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:13.759
<v Speaker 2>together on set. So that'll be six o'clock tonight on

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00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:19.960
<v Speaker 2>the Varsity Media YouTube channel. Yeah, doing a little I

584
00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:24.160
<v Speaker 2>just did some doing some work with Hofstra Universities, like

585
00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:28.799
<v Speaker 2>some of the broadcasts, So I did graphics for for

586
00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:33.160
<v Speaker 2>one of their from their brand new UH control room.

587
00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:35.319
<v Speaker 2>Uh So that was fun produce.

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<v Speaker 3>They're no longer the Flying Dutchman, right.

589
00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:39.359
<v Speaker 2>They are the Pride. They have a lot of pride

590
00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:39.799
<v Speaker 2>in themselves.

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00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:42.680
<v Speaker 3>Okay, pride, okay, correct.

592
00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:51.480
<v Speaker 2>And uh I am producing their women's volleyball broadcast on

593
00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:54.839
<v Speaker 2>Saturday afternoon for the MLS festivities.

594
00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:57.200
<v Speaker 1>Okay, and then then you get to go to MS

595
00:32:57.319 --> 00:33:00.440
<v Speaker 1>Soccer dot com and uh SDH will be in Fort

596
00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.599
<v Speaker 1>Lauderdale the erector set for Atlanta United and Messy and friends,

597
00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:05.400
<v Speaker 1>and so we'll be down there for that. Apparently it's

598
00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:09.720
<v Speaker 1>going to be in the eighties in mid November in

599
00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.640
<v Speaker 1>Fort Lauderdale.

600
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<v Speaker 2>I dropped off my daughter at the bus stop today

601
00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:18.799
<v Speaker 2>with the short sleep shirt out. I don't seventy two,

602
00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.480
<v Speaker 2>I think today.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, And the mug says that you are blessed. If

604
00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:25.680
<v Speaker 1>I remember correctly, I am blessed. And so which cup

605
00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.960
<v Speaker 1>of coffee?

606
00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:27.880
<v Speaker 3>Two?

607
00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:29.079
<v Speaker 2>I usually only go too?

608
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<v Speaker 3>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, as always, my friend, it's great to see you

610
00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:35.400
<v Speaker 1>because we know that you are the busy, the busiest

611
00:33:35.440 --> 00:33:37.720
<v Speaker 1>man in the Northeast. And when we can pin you down,

612
00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:39.160
<v Speaker 1>you can come in and catch up with us and

613
00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:41.039
<v Speaker 1>let you know what's let us know what's going on

614
00:33:41.079 --> 00:33:43.319
<v Speaker 1>in your brain when it comes to everything Major League

615
00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:45.480
<v Speaker 1>Soccer and everything else going around in the National Hockey

616
00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.160
<v Speaker 1>League and all that stuff.

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00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.680
<v Speaker 3>It's old. Yeah.

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00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:51.119
<v Speaker 2>For Atlanta fans, enjoy it. It could it could be. It

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00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:54.920
<v Speaker 2>could be another magical moment in your club's history.