WEBVTT 1 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:26.440 Hello, and we'll go to this episode of Hammering Down. 2 00:00:26.559 --> 00:00:28.960 I'm my host, Cal Hodges. I'm hoping you're having a 3 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.479 great day. I want to go ahead quickly apologize if 4 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:37.079 my mic doesn't sound amazing. My microphone in the middle 5 00:00:37.119 --> 00:00:39.640 of the last episode just completely died on me. So 6 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:42.439 I went back to an old microphone that doesn't sound 7 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:44.960 as good and it's a little spotty, so if it 8 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.880 loses connection, it sounds like it's the all the audio 9 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.079 is coming through my computer, uh speaker, uh computer microphone. 10 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.799 It's because it is. Hopefully I won't do that, Hopefully 11 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:57.640 it'll survive, and hopefully you don't notice too big of 12 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.880 a difference. So in this episode, we're gonna do our 13 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.560 first half as we're gonna talk about the stadium. We're 14 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.480 gonna talk about Protective Stadium. We're gonna have the conversation, 15 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:11.959 and then we're gonna go to a film study. If 16 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:16.200 you're a YouTube watcher, the first half of this is 17 00:01:16.239 --> 00:01:19.159 going to be the stadium, and then there's gonna be 18 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:22.879 a second video with this same intro that is going 19 00:01:22.959 --> 00:01:25.359 to be the film study. So they will be two 20 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:28.879 completely separate videos. And then if you're podcast this is 21 00:01:28.920 --> 00:01:32.799 all one thing. So again, if you are watching the 22 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:38.519 film study, this is the same intro as the stadium intro, 23 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.439 so that's going to say the same. So without furdu, 24 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.719 let's go ahead and get into this episode, and we're 25 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:51.760 gonna start off with the stadium. I've noticed, especially after 26 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.760 playing Rhode Island FC, that a lot of people did 27 00:01:55.840 --> 00:02:01.200 not appreciate the fact that the the biggest attendances for 28 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.319 Rhode Island came against Birmingham with a lot of our 29 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.879 former players. And then Legion are still sitting in Protective 30 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:11.479 and there was a really interesting moment after Charleston where 31 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:15.240 the Welsh Fireman took over the stadium a little bit 32 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:19.199 versus Charleston. The atmosphere was awesome, and I think a 33 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.520 lot of people kind of got a taste of what 34 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.759 a fantastic atmosphere was like and it happened in Protective 35 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:28.840 and I'm just going to tell you this, there was 36 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:32.240 nothing that the Fireman did any different that Legion fans 37 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.560 can't already do. I think the issue with a lot 38 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:39.319 of what is wrong with Protective in terms of atmosphere 39 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:43.159 is that everybody wants an atmosphere, but not maning. People 40 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:48.400 want to create it okay. So you know you had 41 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:52.960 the Welsh doing like the big clap right that, there's 42 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:58.000 no reason why the grandstand can't do that. Already, the 43 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:04.879 Magisley Brigade does like the hammer down hammer down, and 44 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:08.879 like half the crowd does it. There's no reason why 45 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.960 the whole crowd can't do it every single time. I 46 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:16.280 don't think there was anything that the Welsh did besides 47 00:03:16.599 --> 00:03:21.400 doing it that's different than the regular fans. All it 48 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:25.520 takes is the regular fans doing it. So instead of 49 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:28.560 just being a passenger, you know, let's all get on 50 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.080 this train and drive it together pretty much. But you know, 51 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:35.360 if you would rather be more of the I'm here 52 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:37.360 to watch the game, I'm not here to sing, that's 53 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:40.719 totally fine and that's totally fair. And a lot of 54 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:44.400 people have talked about missing the old atmospheres at BBBA. 55 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.319 People who've went to some of the matches at Donemo 56 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.039 Valley down at the Valley, you would know that the 57 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:54.759 atmospheres are pretty fun. If you've been out to Montavallo. Yes, 58 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:59.599 even the album of soccer matches Birmingham Southern right, those 59 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:02.439 matches have been fun. The atmospheres have been fun because 60 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:05.759 it's a smaller stadium, everybody's close together and it feels 61 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:10.680 more lively. So how do we get there? And I 62 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:12.919 know everybody's going to say, build a studium, build a stadium, 63 00:04:12.960 --> 00:04:17.879 Build a stadium, build a stadium, Okay, and there is 64 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:24.240 There's only so much you can do, right because if 65 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:28.519 the club was just interested in building aue stadium, they 66 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:31.600 would go out to Chelsea, they would go way out 67 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:36.040 into Leeds or somewhere else in those counties and say 68 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:39.480 we're building a little cheap stadium. They can do that, 69 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:43.279 but they want to build it in Birmingham. And the 70 00:04:43.319 --> 00:04:47.600 issue with Birmingham is that's really expensive and the places 71 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:53.199 that people are quote unquote willing to go is rather small. Right, 72 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.639 And when we talk about because I have a list 73 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:58.079 of all the stadiums in Birmingham that are pre built, 74 00:04:58.120 --> 00:04:59.800 so I'm not going to go through all the locations 75 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:04.839 that Legion could buy because there's going to be conversations already. 76 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:07.480 No matter what, there's going to be a sub section 77 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.800 of the fan base that is not going to be happy. Right. 78 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:15.720 If we go back to BBVA, well, the field sucks again, 79 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.160 there's no drainage and if it sprinkles then we can't 80 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:22.199 play a game that doesn't happen in protective y'all remember 81 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.160 how bad it was. We want to look back rose tinted, 82 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:27.680 but yes, even I look back at the FC Tulsa 83 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.639 game that restarted at like eleven thirty at night, kind 84 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.639 of fondly. But it was like me and two hundred 85 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.839 people at the game. Most people, when they saw rain 86 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:38.680 was on the radar, didn't even show up to the 87 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.680 matches because they knew that it was going to get 88 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:46.160 rained out. That's the way it was. In fact, we 89 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:51.160 played against Memphis nine to one at Legion Field because 90 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:56.800 the pitch at BBVA looked like a sandpit. It was 91 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:01.360 closer to beach volleyball than soccer. Yes, that's just the 92 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:05.279 truth of the matter. So when it comes to this 93 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:08.360 field looks like crap and it's completely unplayable and it's 94 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:11.199 borderline dangerous for players, there's gonna be a subsection of 95 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:14.120 fans who don't want to support that. When we look 96 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:18.079 at places like possibly buying land at Birmingham Southern, some 97 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.480 people will say I would never go over there because 98 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:25.199 I'm afraid for my safety, asking me a subsection of 99 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:28.519 fans if I were to mention building the stadium at 100 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.639 the training facility down at the Valley. I would never 101 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:33.959 drive all the way out to Shelby County to watch 102 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:38.399 the matches. This is Birmingham's club. That's a subsection of fans. 103 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:44.680 So in order to appease everybody, you won't. You can't. 104 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:47.879 And so I want to just kind of walk you 105 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:53.600 through what's already built. And my criteria is it has 106 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:57.519 to be a stadium that you can play soccer in 107 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:02.360 and that you can can have food trucks that can 108 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:07.519 show up and they can sell alcohol. Those are my criteria. 109 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:10.600 They have to be able to do those things. Why 110 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:14.720 because some people will not show up to a match 111 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.680 if they can't buy beer or if they can't tell 112 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:22.560 gate beforehand. You know it's true, they're'll be like this 113 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:25.079 is so minor league, this is so Mickey Mouse. I 114 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:29.279 can't buy a beer at the game. People won't show 115 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:32.000 up for that. So it has to be you have 116 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:34.439 to be able to play soccer there. It has to 117 00:07:34.480 --> 00:07:38.920 be at least already somewhat established, and you need to 118 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:42.120 be able to buy alcohol and then buy food, whether 119 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.920 it be from food trucks or already built concessions. So 120 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:50.360 with all that, we obviously have protective stadium, and in 121 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.600 all reality they're going to be looking at staying a 122 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:58.439 protective long term until an actual feasible stadium option in 123 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:04.000 Birmingham pops up. That's the truth of the matter. Doesn't suck, 124 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:08.279 sure because it's the b JCC. But I also want 125 00:08:08.319 --> 00:08:11.160 to remind you that if Legion build their own stadium 126 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:17.399 and don't raise the funds primarily themselves, the b JCC 127 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:22.199 will still run Legion FC Stadium. If the city puts 128 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:27.360 in primary like the majority of the money into the stadium, 129 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:30.480 the b JCC will own it. So you're just gonna 130 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:34.200 be dealing with protective but smaller, which some people would 131 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.759 be okay with, but some people wouldn't. Again, no one's 132 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:41.600 gonna be happy. So I have made a little slide 133 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.720 show so if you're a visual person, it's all here 134 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:50.559 the Bank BNC Field, BBVA Field. The capacity is five 135 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:54.519 thousand so it is right on the line for the 136 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:59.399 second division Professional league standards. Hey, it's a great size, 137 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.440 it's an awesome location. I think everybody would agree that 138 00:09:02.440 --> 00:09:04.840 the location was awesome and we have fun memories of 139 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.240 the place. The cons and the reason buying will probably 140 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:13.360 never happen. It did not end on good terms with UAB, 141 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:18.240 It just did not. And the chances of Legion just 142 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:24.759 buying the stadium out entirely is very slim to none. 143 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:31.039 The only group of people in the history of mankind 144 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:35.919 that has ever loved the land more than expansion era 145 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:41.120 of the United States government with manifest destiny is the 146 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:44.200 UAB Board of Trustees when they see a patch of 147 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:50.039 grass in the city of Birmingham, right like, the UAB 148 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:55.200 will never sell the land unless Legion come out with 149 00:09:55.279 --> 00:09:59.279 an insane bid, which at that point they might as 150 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:04.480 well build their own. Samee. The inconsistent pitch conditions that 151 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:09.080 we unless they completely change everything and let Legion completely 152 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:13.080 run everything, the pitch conditions are going to be bad. 153 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:17.080 You have the men's team for UAB, you have the 154 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:20.559 women's team from UAB, and then you'll have Legion also 155 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:25.960 playing there. It's going to destroy the field and we're 156 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.960 going to be back where we first started. I think 157 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.320 I saw somewhere that was originally a seven or eight 158 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:35.720 year lease that Legion broke to get out of this 159 00:10:35.840 --> 00:10:42.799 thing and right, and it was because the field conditions 160 00:10:42.799 --> 00:10:46.080 were that bad. Also, people don't really remember this. It 161 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.240 was kind of far from the pitch. If you decide 162 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:51.799 to sit close to the field at Protective Stadium, you 163 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:56.399 are less than ten yards from the game at all times. 164 00:10:57.039 --> 00:11:00.559 If you decide to sit in the general emission side 165 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:06.080 of the stadium, you had the field and then like 166 00:11:06.159 --> 00:11:10.440 the touch line, you had a full like three to 167 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:14.639 four yards before the ad boards, and then about ten 168 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:18.759 five to eight yards from the ad boards to the 169 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.240 fence where they had people sitting, and then there was 170 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:24.879 an entire sidewalk. So if you were in the very 171 00:11:24.919 --> 00:11:27.679 front row of the general emission you were about twenty 172 00:11:27.759 --> 00:11:31.919 five to thirty yards away from the action. That's pretty far. 173 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:33.639 And I know some people say, well, when you're at 174 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:37.600 the very top of Protective Statium, that's even farther away. Yes, 175 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:41.080 but you chose to sit there. They'll say, well, yeah, 176 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:43.759 I chose to sit there because of the shade. There's 177 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:48.440 no shade at BBVA none, there's zero. If you're lucky 178 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:51.759 enough to sit in the five foot overhang that's on 179 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:56.120 the rich people's seats. Cool, I'm proud of you, But 180 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:00.759 there was none. Right, so your father away from the pitch, 181 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:03.960 and it will not fit the current First Division Professional 182 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:08.879 League standards, which currently require fifteen thousand seeds stadium. I 183 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:12.279 do think that's going to change, I really do. But 184 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:16.360 five thousand is not enough. Could they expand this up 185 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:20.159 to roughly around eight ten thousand. I could see that, 186 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:23.240 I really could, and maybe that would get you closer, 187 00:12:23.279 --> 00:12:27.120 But that would involve Legion putting in even more money 188 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.320 to a stadium that they're not going to own. So 189 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:34.399 would it be nice to go back and have close 190 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:39.200 and have like that nice sentiment atmosphere. Yes, but there's 191 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:42.759 a lot of reasons why I BBVA just wouldn't work. 192 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.639 So what about Region's field and the stadium size is 193 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:52.360 great eighty five hundred. The location is awesome, but like 194 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:56.440 right by Railroad Park, you have good people brewing across 195 00:12:56.519 --> 00:13:01.720 the streets and it's a great location. It's a baseball field. 196 00:13:02.279 --> 00:13:05.600 With baseball field comes in consistent pitch conditions, You're going 197 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.879 to be really far away from the pitch like at 198 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:11.759 all times there is other than what would be the 199 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.600 right field wall, which it's going to be a very 200 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:21.559 intimate atmosphere. And it doesn't fit the first Division Professional 201 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.200 League standards because it's eighty five hundred people and it's 202 00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:26.360 a baseball field that I mentioned is the baseball field 203 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:30.200 that said if you're desperate to get out of protective 204 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:33.320 setting um and you say we'll take anything. I don't 205 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:39.879 think Region's field's a bad idea. The whole putting turf 206 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:43.000 on the infield. It can cause injuries, it can cause issues, 207 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:46.799 it looks bad, and it causes inconsistent play. That's all 208 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:51.759 really bad. That's not great. But if you are on 209 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:57.080 the boat of anything but protective, I actually think Regions 210 00:13:57.120 --> 00:14:01.799 Field wouldn't be a bad idea. Rick wid Field Okay, 211 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:06.879 so just a little bit smaller than Regions. It's a 212 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:11.080 great size and it's a historic landmark. And before you say, 213 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:14.279 while will we ever do that? Actually, the Cosmos which 214 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:18.120 are coming back as New Jersey USL, they're coming back 215 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:21.559 to play at a historic baseball field, and you know, 216 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:26.679 I believe it's Miles uses Rickwood as their field. So 217 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:30.159 it does have consistent use and it would be a 218 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:32.679 nice tie into the community. I think that it would 219 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:38.120 be really fun to see Rickwood be used constantly. And 220 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:43.440 if Birmingham Legion FC want to be Birmingham's club, making 221 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:48.720 Rickwood Field the field, I think it would be really cool. However, 222 00:14:48.919 --> 00:14:53.480 it's a baseball field. It's still a baseball field. Some 223 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:56.759 people wouldn't like the location. They would say I would 224 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.720 never drive out there just to get shot for a 225 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:05.720 minor league soccer game. I you know, while I don't 226 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.799 agree with the location thing or the minor league soccer thing, 227 00:15:11.600 --> 00:15:13.320 people are going to say that, there's gonna be a 228 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:17.440 lot of people who would say that, So you would 229 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:21.080 probably have smaller attendances for these matches despite it being 230 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:26.399 such an incredible location. It's also a baseball field and 231 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:30.159 it's not modern, Like it's been modernized, but it's not modern. 232 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.440 So a lot of things that people have grown to 233 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:39.080 enjoy about places like protective with it that's very modern, 234 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:42.279 and like there's places to go with ac and all 235 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:44.039 that kind of stuff, you're not going to get that here. 236 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:47.360 But if you're looking to be very Birmingham, it is 237 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:51.080 very Birmingham, and it doesn't fit the first division professional 238 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:54.720 league standards and there's no way to really expand it 239 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:59.759 to fit it. It's just not going to happen. It's 240 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.960 just when I had to stay a baseball field as 241 00:16:01.960 --> 00:16:06.320 it should, it should stay a baseball field. There's no 242 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:10.559 buying the land and making it our own outlaying. This 243 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:12.919 is way too historic of a spot to do that, 244 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:15.639 so I would be very against that in general. But 245 00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:18.440 if this was a temporary solution for Legion to build 246 00:16:18.440 --> 00:16:21.519 their own stadium, I think it would be actually really 247 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:30.679 cool Legion Field. It's like Protective but worse. It's not 248 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:35.000 the b JCC. It's the historical landmark Legion Legion f 249 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.000 C at Legion Field. Wow. And if it's the first 250 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:43.679 division professional league standards, a huge, huge stadium, the location 251 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:46.440 isn't great. Again, some people would be like, I'll if 252 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:51.360 I go out to Legion Field, I'll die. Okay, it's 253 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:58.399 it's not modern. It's been kind of modernized because of 254 00:16:58.840 --> 00:17:03.960 the like World Games and stuff, but also like it's 255 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:06.799 Legion Field and I put turf on here. But actually 256 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.920 it's very similar turf to what we have at Protective, 257 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:12.119 which honestly a lot of players, including away players, seem 258 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:15.599 to really like. Apparently it plays very similar to grass. 259 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:19.920 It plays faster, but it's not very hard. If grass 260 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.599 doesn't like it, the ball doesn't bounce higher. There's not 261 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:27.039 a lot of risk of injuries like there comes with 262 00:17:27.039 --> 00:17:30.759 with old astro turf, so in terms of turf, it's 263 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:35.720 actually very good stuff, but also like it's Legion Field 264 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:40.000 General crew Lock and I think that's how you pronounce it. 265 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:45.640 This was Birmingham Southern's old stadium. Obviously Birmingham Southern no more. 266 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:49.519 So if Legion were to buy this, it's probably fairly 267 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.759 affordable if they wanted to go in on it and 268 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:59.359 make this the home of Legion FC. It is very small, 269 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:03.759 so it's about sixteen hundred people can play can fit there, 270 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:07.680 which does not even fit the USL Championship standards. The 271 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:10.079 location again, some people would say, I'm not going out 272 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:13.440 to Birmingham Southern. I'll die. You're going to lose fans 273 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:16.880 from that, you just will. I do think it'd be 274 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.119 a nice location. I think there's a lot of stuff 275 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:21.160 that you can do. I think you can build on 276 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:23.559 the track. The track's not going to be used anymore, 277 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:27.960 and if you wanted to use this particular location to 278 00:18:28.119 --> 00:18:31.319 build up to being the home of Birmingham Legion, I 279 00:18:31.319 --> 00:18:34.240 think it'd be awesome because it is at Birmingham Southern 280 00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:38.119 and that's a staple of the city and at least 281 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:42.920 something would stay Birmingham there. And I do think that this, 282 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:48.720 like the sports complex, would be affordable. Again, you would 283 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:51.400 have to build it up pretty massively just to fit 284 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:55.920 USL Championship standards, not even thinking about First Division. Same 285 00:18:55.960 --> 00:19:00.000 thing goes from a go far field at a I say, 286 00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:05.559 Barrelson Soccer Park I believe, which has one set of stands. 287 00:19:05.839 --> 00:19:08.240 Everything else is just kind of general seating. It's about 288 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:12.079 one thousand probably affordable. It's grass, It's actually decent grass. 289 00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:15.400 Legion played Tormenta there a few years ago in one 290 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:17.880 of the worst matches I've ever seen in my life. 291 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:22.079 You would have to build it massively. You would have 292 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:25.240 to add in over four thousand seats just to be 293 00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:30.079 USSEL Championship compliant. And again same thing with the other place. 294 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:35.200 Locations not amazing depending on who you are, But I 295 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:37.920 think you can build something special here. This is very 296 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:43.200 similar to what BBVA looked like before Legion. This field 297 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:47.480 is very similar to what BBVA was And so if 298 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.759 Legion wanted to have a footprint and build it up, 299 00:19:51.920 --> 00:19:55.240 they've already done it before. They've used this footprint, before, 300 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:58.440 they've done this, they've used it this blueprint, not footprint, 301 00:19:58.480 --> 00:20:02.319 they've used this blueprint before. Small area, small, kind of 302 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:06.079 stadium and build it up to fit the requirements. They 303 00:20:06.119 --> 00:20:11.119 have done this. This would be honestly my prime candidate 304 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:16.559 if they wanted to buy something pre established and build 305 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.160 it up. But again there's gonna be people who would 306 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:23.480 refuse to go to matches because of the location. Lost 307 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:27.359 in Field seventy five. Actually it's a decent place to 308 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.599 watch matches. If you've ever been out to an FC 309 00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:32.160 Birmingham match, it's actually a pretty fun place to go. 310 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:38.880 The stands built into the hill is classic. It's very Birmingham. 311 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:42.240 It's very affordable to rent. It is a very affordable 312 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:46.640 place to rent. It's AstroTurf. In fact, I believe it's 313 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:50.920 the old astro turf that was originally at Legion Field 314 00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:57.119 before the Olympics. So like it's old AstroTurf. It's rough. 315 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:02.240 The locker rooms are awful. The facilities are not great 316 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:07.920 for fans. Bathrooms are not ideal. Uh. You can bring 317 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:12.720 up all the food trucks you'd ever want here, that's great. 318 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:18.319 It has decent spots to set up cameras. It's not amazing, 319 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:21.759 but you can do it. In fact, FC Birmingham sets 320 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:25.119 up live streams every single week from here. It's possible. 321 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:30.359 It doesn't fit the first division professional league standards, but 322 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.240 if you're looking for a stop gap before Legion FC 323 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.799 is built, like Legion FC Stadium is built, and you're 324 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:41.839 looking for somewhere that's affordable, this is it. It gives 325 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:47.119 me very Keyworth vibes in terms of it's gritty, it's 326 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:51.240 kind of nasty, but if you're willing to deal with it, 327 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:54.759 I think Lost and Field would not be awful. Honestly 328 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:59.119 you it's again affordable, and it's honestly not bad for fans. 329 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:01.680 I think God actually be a decent location for fans 330 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:06.599 to go to. So it's an option the Hoover met 331 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:10.359 Some people would love the location, so peop would hate it, 332 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:12.839 but I think that location is a plus. It's a 333 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:17.480 great size. It's just under eleven thousand at ten thy 334 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.240 eight hundred, and hey, the parking lot is great for 335 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:25.680 tailgating the cons. It's a baseball field kind of because 336 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:29.160 sometimes it's a football field for Hoover, which means when 337 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:33.039 the Hoover Bucks are playing, their Legion can't play there. 338 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:34.960 And I don't know how much work it would take 339 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:39.319 to tear all the Hoover high stuff down and put 340 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:41.119 it back up, and I know they kind of do 341 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:44.200 that would protective already, but is that something we want 342 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:46.839 to deal with for it to be a baseball field. 343 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:50.960 It doesn't fit the first division Professional league standards, although 344 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:53.799 it probably is close enough. I think that it will 345 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:56.720 get a waiver and you'll be homeless for every single 346 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:02.160 SEC tournament. So already two full weeks, two to three 347 00:23:02.160 --> 00:23:04.079 weeks that legion would not be able to play at home. 348 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:07.160 And honestly, the best time to play there, which is 349 00:23:07.279 --> 00:23:10.680 beginning of spring and people are just getting out of 350 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:13.640 school or you know all that kind of sacificaning spring 351 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:15.720 like the middle of May, so I people are getting 352 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.079 ready to get out of school. It's not too hot yet, 353 00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:22.119 it's not miserable. You know. It is what it is, 354 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:25.200 the Hoover meant. And here's the last one, Albert J. 355 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:30.279 Sloan Alumni Stadium, which is Miles Stadium. I kind of 356 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.240 like this option. I gotta be honest with you. It's 357 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:38.039 a great stadium size with eighty five hundred. There's no 358 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:42.119 renovations needed for soccer. They already have the lines already 359 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:44.319 on the field, and you would sit there and say, ah, 360 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:48.400 football lines. I hate football lines. If you're looking for 361 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:56.079 a stop gap location, it's not a bad idea. It's 362 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:00.599 a small stadium that you don't have to renovate. You 363 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.640 can bring in food trucks if they will let if 364 00:24:03.640 --> 00:24:05.960 they'll allow you. There's so much space to bring in 365 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:09.160 the food trucks there as far as I know. You 366 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:14.119 can buy alcohol at these games. And the things that 367 00:24:14.119 --> 00:24:18.559 would kill people turf football lines location. People would one 368 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:22.720 go out to Fairfield to go to matches, fine, and 369 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:25.359 you'll be homeless for every Miles home football game, but 370 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:29.160 you're al ay homeless for every UAB football game. If 371 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:34.079 you're looking for a stop gap, I kind of like 372 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:39.480 Albert J. Sloan Alumni Stadium. It Again, it's turf, you 373 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:42.440 don't have to pay for upkeep. It's a great size 374 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:46.359 for eighty five hundred a sellout game. Again, it's gonna 375 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:49.000 be one of the better attendances in the league. It's 376 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:52.759 going to be a little bit better for fans. And 377 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:57.200 there's no renovations needed. It's already done. You can just 378 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:02.599 show up and play. If I'm Legion and I am 379 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:06.440 looking at places to go, places that maybe I would 380 00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:11.079 like to use, I think Miles College their saving would 381 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:15.279 be great. I think that for a year, Lawson could 382 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:21.279 be okay, but not great. I think one of the 383 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:25.400 Birmingham Southern stadiums would be an awesome fit if they 384 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:28.799 want to buy and build. If this is going to 385 00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:33.400 be the home of Legion FC forever, I think the 386 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:37.319 two you are, the two Birmingham Southern stadiums would be amazing, 387 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:42.200 and then the rest are kind of what they are. 388 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:47.960 So if you're looking to buy, I think go far 389 00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:52.920 Field which is the Birmingham Southern Soccer Stadium, or General 390 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:57.359 krue Lock, which would be the old Football Stadium. Or 391 00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:59.359 if you're looking I think those would be the places 392 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:03.319 to look at, already made places that are in Birmingham, 393 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:06.400 or if you're looking for a stop gap, Albert J. 394 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:11.079 Sloan alumni which is again Miles College. It's not a 395 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:15.680 bad idea. I think there's a lot of issues that 396 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:19.240 come with building a stadium. Obviously, if it was easy, 397 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:23.680 they would have already done it. A couple things that 398 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:27.559 I always want to remind people of. If the city 399 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:32.960 of Birmingham or even Jefferson County pay a primary amount 400 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:38.680 for Legion FC stadium, the b JCC would run it. 401 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:43.839 If Birmingham or Jefferson County pay for primary amounts of 402 00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:50.119 the stadium, the BJCC would run it that. Yeah, so 403 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:56.519 there is that if it was affordable to build in Birmingham, 404 00:26:56.519 --> 00:27:00.599 it would be done already, just simple as that. So 405 00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:05.240 if you want the stadium built by let's call it 406 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:08.680 twenty twenty seven, give them a full year to build 407 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:12.680 a stadium. It's probably not going to be in Birmingham, 408 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:15.279 I hate to say it, And that's going to lose 409 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:18.200 fans depending on where you put it. If you put 410 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:21.720 it not over the mountain, which is where a lot 411 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:26.720 of the most influential fans are, those fans aren't going 412 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:30.319 to come anymore. If you put it over the mountain, 413 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:35.000 it's not going to be quote unquote in Birmingham anymore. 414 00:27:35.079 --> 00:27:36.920 And you're going to lose a lot of fans from that. 415 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:40.480 Because this is Birmingham Legion, not Mountain Brook Legion or 416 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.799 Vestavia Hills Legion or whatever you want to call it legion. 417 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:47.480 It's not Shelby County Legion FC. It's not Saint Clair 418 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:52.079 Legion FC. It's not Coleman County FC. Thank God, that 419 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:54.920 was an unnecessary shot at Coleman County. You can tell that. 420 00:27:55.240 --> 00:28:02.359 I'm a Walker guy, but you know, those are things 421 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:05.839 to consider. Legion FC are in a rock and a heart, 422 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.960 that's in a rock and a hard place. It's just 423 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:13.160 the truth. And everybody's going to clamor for BBVA, but 424 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:16.200 it has issues. They're not gonna UAB is not going 425 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:19.039 to sell it. They're just not. And if they did 426 00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:21.599 sell it, Legion might as well build their own stadium 427 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:23.960 because it's probably going to take this similar cost if 428 00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:28.079 we're being completely honest. So that's kind of my thoughts 429 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:30.279 on the stadium. I wanted to just kind of fully 430 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.240 flesh that out of possible locations for Legion to go. 431 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:38.039 That's not protective and I saw it. Just let you 432 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:41.079 guys know all that stuff. So if you are someone 433 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:44.160 who watched the first this first episode that's on the stadiums, 434 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.279 check out my film study that is going to be 435 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.839 coming out right now. It's going to be on the 436 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:51.720 YouTube channel. If you're a podcast player, let's go ahead 437 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:56.799 and get into it, all right, So let's talk about 438 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:59.720 the Rhode Island FC match. It ends up in a 439 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.119 one one draw, both goals scored in the first half. 440 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.559 And I will say this, I don't know if Legion 441 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:10.960 earned three points in this match. I think the second 442 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:16.440 half was pretty dominant Legion, while the first half was well, 443 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:19.640 I wouldn't even say dominant Rhode Island. It was just 444 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:25.519 kind of abysmal Legion. The midfield performance was rough. That said, 445 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:31.079 I thought that Turnbull and Tower Passer were out standing 446 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:37.079 in this match, absolutely outstanding in this match. I thought 447 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:41.799 Domas had a solid match as well. And the thing 448 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:46.599 is is that what they needed from domis which is 449 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:50.279 kind of like that drop in dB connector. He's not 450 00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:53.240 really that kind of player. He can, but he's not 451 00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:56.720 that kind of player. But with the midfield issues that 452 00:29:56.839 --> 00:30:02.000 Legion were having in this match, was not the solution. 453 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:05.000 I think there's a world where and I believe it 454 00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:09.279 was Sacramento where they brought an Enzo to come up 455 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:11.759 top and he was kind of coming in and being 456 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:17.000 that connecting guy, which I could see working in this match. Honestly, 457 00:30:17.880 --> 00:30:21.079 I think that it could have been a solution, but 458 00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:22.839 you also don't want to take off Dominics, who just 459 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:26.319 scored and I think that he was a great great fit. 460 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.599 Trey Ho came in in the second half and I 461 00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.839 think it really livened things up. I think you saw 462 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:34.880 what Trey Ho does bring to this team, but just 463 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:41.519 in general, the midfield was just sloppy, just not connecting passes. 464 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:45.000 The midfield press from Rhode Island was just absolutely eating 465 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:48.799 this Birmingham team alive. The second half was a very 466 00:30:49.440 --> 00:30:52.839 a slightly different story vary is a bit of an exaggeration, 467 00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:56.759 but with this, I wasn't able to go full deep 468 00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:01.400 dive into film like I normally do because CBS is 469 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:06.519 very protective of their film and so I can't quite 470 00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:12.079 grab snippets from CBS like I could ESPN. So because 471 00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:16.920 of that, I'm kind of beholden to what is publicly available. 472 00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:20.119 So there's a lot of moments that I wasn't able 473 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.279 to get videos of, and I'm sorry about that. So 474 00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:25.640 I'm just kind of at the mercy of what the 475 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:29.599 league has available. So with that, let's go ahead and 476 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:33.079 into this film study. And we're starting pretty early on 477 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:35.039 into this match, and I think it really just kind 478 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:38.880 of shows the sloppiness of what we've seen in this match. 479 00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.880 And this does kind of this is a fan, what 480 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.720 could be the moment, but this ball comes to him 481 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:46.160 and he tries to play it out to last, So 482 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:48.960 but he just doesn't quite get enough on it, and 483 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:51.799 obviously Famil Kavita ends up leaving this match with a 484 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:55.319 hamstring injury. We haven't heard much update on that, but 485 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.720 it didn't look great in the moment. But it leads 486 00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:01.759 to a turnover where the back line in the midfield 487 00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:05.000 is not ready. So normally you would have Lasso kind 488 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:06.759 of filling in this space at the top of the 489 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:12.119 D and it's just not there right because this turnover 490 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:16.880 left everybody out to dry a little bit. So with 491 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:21.720 what I believe is that, I believe that's going to 492 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:26.960 be Chicago Suarez kind of filling up that spot on 493 00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:30.440 the D. He's having to just kind of fill in space, 494 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:33.920 doesn't quite pass it down, doesn't quite close it down, 495 00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:37.279 but the luckily the shot goes wide to the post. 496 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:39.599 This is the kind of issue we were Legion were 497 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:47.599 suffering from all game long. Mistimed pass, easy counterattack and 498 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:50.359 it's a shot on goal because there's no one to 499 00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:52.400 break it up in the midfield because the midfield's out 500 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.960 of position because of the bad pass. Here we see 501 00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:03.839 the brilliance of what Briggs has been doing, and we 502 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:08.880 talked a lot with the indie kind of film study 503 00:33:09.319 --> 00:33:12.599 where Legion are trying to get these long diagonal balls 504 00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:15.920 into the half space, go over the top long diagonal balls. 505 00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:19.279 And I also mentioned that if the Legion are going 506 00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:22.000 to have Delgatto a net, they are only going to 507 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.160 go as far as Delgado is going to let them 508 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:26.920 go in terms of distribution. And I want you to 509 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:30.799 check this out. Del Gatto takes a touch. It's a 510 00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:34.279 great pass back by Fanwell, I know, yeah, it's a 511 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.000 pass back k or whatever. It's a nice passed back 512 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:40.240 by Delgatto. He takes his touch and he knows where 513 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:43.640 he's going. He knows good and well that somebody on 514 00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:46.200 the right hand side, a wing back or a winger 515 00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.039 is making a run into the half space. So check 516 00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:51.359 this out. The ball goes along and here's where I 517 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:54.400 want to slow it down. Now, I saw a little 518 00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:58.400 bit of confusion on why the back line was slow 519 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:01.279 to react. I want you to look right above the 520 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:04.960 center circle and you have two things. Yeah, right under 521 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:09.760 the score bug is Stephen Payne. Stephen payin Stephen Payne, 522 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:12.880 That's not who it is. Steven Turnbull. Stephen Payne plays 523 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:18.599 for Westchester from Birmingham. Stephen Turnbull is right underneath the 524 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:22.719 score bug, and then there's Tyler Passer, and Tyler Passer 525 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:27.480 makes this run just a little bit sooner than Turnbull, 526 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:32.480 which kind of pulls the back line back. But they 527 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:35.880 also know that Pastor is offside, so when this ball 528 00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:40.679 goes over the top, they don't know that Turnbull is 529 00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:43.599 on the right hand side making this run as well, 530 00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:46.000 which is why they were just a little bit slow 531 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:48.199 to react. And look at how good of a ball 532 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:51.800 this is. And this is all created, yes, because Pastor 533 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:56.360 was offside, But if you've ever if you're a young 534 00:34:56.480 --> 00:34:58.480 player listening to this, if you are someone who's in 535 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:02.199 high school, middle school in the academy area, when coaches 536 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:05.360 tell you make the run, even if the ball doesn't 537 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:08.960 come to you, you're creating space. This is exactly what 538 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:12.760 they talk about. Check this out. Yes, Pasture's offside, but 539 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:15.519 he made the run. It pulled the defense back. They 540 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:20.400 know that he is offside, and without realizing that Turnbull 541 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:22.960 was making the run because they were so caught up 542 00:35:23.719 --> 00:35:29.719 on Pasture, it left all the space right where they 543 00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:33.400 were standing. He is able to outpace a defender and 544 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:37.280 get a touch out wide where he could have taken 545 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:41.320 a shot but he has options. He knows that he 546 00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:45.559 has Damas making this run and it is a really 547 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:49.079 nice chip in where all Damas has to do is 548 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:53.280 headed away. And this was a fantastic ball by Turnbull. 549 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:56.000 There was a nice bit of physicality from him which 550 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:58.360 we wouldn't be to see earlier this year because again 551 00:35:58.440 --> 00:36:01.840 he was super ill and lost a lot of weight. 552 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:05.480 He bodies the player and is able to get in 553 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.880 and make a nice pass. But again I just want 554 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:12.599 you to notice again Delgatto looks for that half space 555 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:16.119 run from the winged area. This space is not available 556 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:19.719 if Pasture did not make his run in behind. That 557 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:22.880 space was created by a Pasture. It was filled in 558 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:26.559 by Turnbull, who's able to use his pace to use 559 00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:30.639 his strength to win the ball forward and he's able 560 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:33.119 to put in a nice cross and Domis has the 561 00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:36.679 easiest finish ever. To me, this is just as much 562 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:40.400 a del Gatto's assists, but Turnbull does an amazing job. 563 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:42.679 And what's not shown here is everybody went to celebrate 564 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:47.239 with Turnbull, which was always fun to see. So here 565 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:49.920 we have again where the midfield press and the really 566 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:54.840 aggressive intercepting from Rhode Island comes into play. Rhode Island 567 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.559 intercepts the ball and it's an immediate countertack. This is 568 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:01.079 how Rhode Island was living all night long. And this 569 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:04.280 is where we kind of see the issues of this 570 00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:07.079 Birmingham team kind of pop up. The ball is just 571 00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.679 kind of rotating around and they're kind of in a 572 00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:16.960 set piece now. So, yes, the ball was given away cheaply. 573 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:21.079 Let's not let's not forget this. The ball was given 574 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:24.079 away cheaply. These are the moments that were costing Legion 575 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:27.400 all night long. However, do you want to applaud the 576 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:34.880 defensive structure here, because look, ball was lost. You have 577 00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:37.679 Turnbull over here, we have lasts over here. You can 578 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:40.960 see a Familkvida at the right hand side of your screen, 579 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:45.159 and they were able to get back into position really well. 580 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:48.760 Mensa was able to close down Brito over on this 581 00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:54.039 left hand side. Innzo was able to push out the 582 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:57.199 ball carrier to again this left hand side, and from 583 00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:59.840 here you have five people in the back line, including 584 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:05.320 a holding midfielder in Lasso. Enzo is already cutting down 585 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:08.239 a passing lane and so is Preston over here on 586 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:13.000 the left hand side. When this Legion team is transitioning well, 587 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:17.880 even after a counter attack or after being counterattacked, when 588 00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:22.199 they can transition properly, they cut out any scoring chance 589 00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:25.280 that Rhode Island could possibly have. You did not see 590 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.719 that earlier in this game. But look, this counter attack 591 00:38:27.880 --> 00:38:34.000 stalled out to absolute nothing. And you do see that 592 00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:36.679 there's a ball through, but again, family could be able 593 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:38.159 to shield it out. I want you to see it 594 00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:41.960 in full time. I want you to see just whenever 595 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:46.480 this works, whenever the structure works, it works. Well, just 596 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:49.960 watch it in full time. It's a poor is a 597 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.880 poorer giveaway. But we're already back in our structure. There's 598 00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:56.519 are a five men behind the ball, there's a holding 599 00:38:56.599 --> 00:39:01.000 midfielder above the d and Nowad Island isn't able to 600 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:05.079 outpace Legion and able to make one of those cutting 601 00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:08.559 balls into the box that were really causing Legion issues. 602 00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:10.920 It's the same ball we saw earlier. Now we're going 603 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:13.440 to see it later. How it doesn't work whenever transitions 604 00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:17.199 are slow, but look, nobody's there. Yes, this ball comes through, 605 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:20.199 but nothing comes of it. So let's check out when 606 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:23.360 it doesn't work, and let's talk about why. Here you 607 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:26.800 see pressing the ball is in the Martinez into Martinez 608 00:39:26.800 --> 00:39:29.440 has kind of been depressing midfielder all season long. This 609 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:33.119 is very normal. But whenever Enzo goes up, somebody has 610 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:35.400 to take his place. Now you would think it would 611 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:38.360 be Lasso, which you see Lasso in the middle of 612 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:42.760 the center circle right here, and I'm not. This is 613 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:46.199 all with relative this is hindsight twenty twenty. I get 614 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:50.000 to have revisionist history for me. I think that if 615 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:54.239 I were Lasso, I think that you probably and I'm 616 00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:57.920 gonna have to go back to this. If I am Lasso, 617 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.599 I'm seeing Enzo Press, I'm probably moving to the center, 618 00:40:02.800 --> 00:40:05.440 like the to the center of the dot right, and 619 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:10.280 he does do that eventually. But where you see Enzo 620 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:14.159 leave his space, somebody has to fill in that space, 621 00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:18.199 and that is Thiago Suarez. If you see Tiago Swarez, 622 00:40:18.199 --> 00:40:20.000 he's at the very bottom of the center circle here 623 00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:24.679 on the right hand side, and he is having to 624 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:28.079 leave his center back position and a long ball over 625 00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:31.920 the top again transitions. We just saw a successful transition 626 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:38.079 from Birmingham. This is an unsuccessful transition because somebody kind 627 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:41.679 of left somewhere open that wasn't supposed to be And 628 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:44.880 it's a really nice ball it just kind of skips 629 00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:49.000 up well, and this is where we saw earlier Lasso 630 00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:51.199 was sitting at the front of the edge of the d. 631 00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:54.280 We already have five players behind the ball. Lasso is 632 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:57.199 behind the play. If you look at where the referee is, 633 00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:59.519 he's on the left hand side of the referee. When this, 634 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:04.280 when the transition was smooth and connected Lasta was standing 635 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:06.039 on top of the box, was standing on top of 636 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:11.400 the d instead, Suarez is having to run back because 637 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:13.880 he was filling in the position of Nzo. Inenzo was 638 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:17.320 doing his job as a pressing midfielder. That's fine, but 639 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.800 you see what that causes here. We are able to 640 00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:23.840 see a touch inside with who I believe was If 641 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:27.480 you saw that scored this ball and he was able 642 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:31.119 to get a shot off without any kind of real pressure, 643 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:34.880 you can kind of maybe say aj should have closed 644 00:41:34.920 --> 00:41:38.079 down a little bit harder, but I'm not really willing 645 00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:40.679 to do that. And let's be honest here, it's a 646 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:45.880 nice finish. It's a really nice finish. But let's compare 647 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:50.320 this transition moment right. Let's watch this one at full 648 00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:56.960 speed to where we see again no one is on 649 00:41:57.000 --> 00:42:01.760 the center circle. The transition was slopped and it was 650 00:42:01.800 --> 00:42:04.559 because somebody didn't fill in a spot where they were 651 00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:07.519 supposed to. A long ball beats them. It's a goal. 652 00:42:08.000 --> 00:42:13.360 Compare that to earlier where you see here on this 653 00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:17.840 counter attacking opportunity, it was already cut off. There was 654 00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:22.920 nothing there, nothing available for Rhode Island. See like this 655 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:27.119 is when you see Lasso is already on top of 656 00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:32.559 the d pause. When you have Enzo pushing over to 657 00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:34.599 this right hand side, the left hand side of the 658 00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:37.519 field for Brito, there's nowhere for it to go. That 659 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:41.320 was a good transition and what cost Legion here was 660 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:45.119 a poor transition where everybody was all out of sorts. 661 00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:49.320 Suarez was filling in space like he was supposed to do, 662 00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:54.039 but that cost Legion, and that's what costs Legion this game. 663 00:42:55.440 --> 00:43:00.360 Now here we have an interesting moment where Bring has 664 00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:05.239 mentioned this idea of ruthlessness so many times, and Timothy 665 00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:08.079 Bellen has done a great rite up on this and 666 00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:12.559 so read that on Burningham sports dot Net and it's there. 667 00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:18.000 But he mentioned ruthlessness as well, and this is where 668 00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:20.559 you're going to see it. You have pastors standing over 669 00:43:20.599 --> 00:43:23.559 the ball and he puts in a really nice ball 670 00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:27.239 and I think this was planned. So this is really 671 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:29.920 nice set piece design. By the way, you have uh 672 00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:35.840 Aj Patterson who's off lining up offside, but it's just 673 00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:37.800 to kind of create a little bit of havoc and 674 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:43.480 also kind of create a better better positioning for him 675 00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:46.400 because he doesn't quite have the pace of some of 676 00:43:46.400 --> 00:43:49.760 the other players. So when this ball is coming in, 677 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:51.159 he has a little bit of a head start. Look 678 00:43:51.159 --> 00:43:53.719 at this bank, he's on side. He starts off side, 679 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:56.599 he's now on side, and he's able to move forward. 680 00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:58.760 He doesn't have to go that far. He doesn't have 681 00:43:58.800 --> 00:44:02.960 to work that far to get this far, and he 682 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:08.400 heads it to Enzo Martinez. But Enslo slows up his 683 00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:12.280 run and just doesn't He's waiting to read the header 684 00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:17.559 as opposed to trusting the header. Right, He's waiting to 685 00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:21.000 read the header, not trusting the header. Now, maybe Enzo's 686 00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:24.039 doing what they've done in training and that's that's not 687 00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:28.800 what Aj was supposed to do. But Aj puts this 688 00:44:28.920 --> 00:44:33.440 ball right where you think Enzo will be. Instead, Enzo 689 00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:35.960 slows his run to read and by the time that 690 00:44:36.039 --> 00:44:39.880 he recovers, Jackson Lee is able to recover pretty well. 691 00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:45.039 This was a moment of and Timothy kept using ruthlessness 692 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:49.760 because that's the word that Briggs used. I think this 693 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:55.159 is a moment of lack of trust. And that's not 694 00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:58.599 me saying that Zo doesn't trust AJ. That's not what 695 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:00.920 I'm saying. I don't. I'm not saying that Inso thinks 696 00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:04.079 that AJ is a bad player. That's not what I'm saying. 697 00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:07.760 So don't get that twisted. Please. What I am saying, though, 698 00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:10.360 is that look at the where Enzo's run is going. 699 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:14.400 AJ puts it right exactly where. If Inzo just continues 700 00:45:14.440 --> 00:45:20.519 his momentum, it's a goal, man, it's a goal, and 701 00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:24.280 it's really clever set piece design. If this is the 702 00:45:24.320 --> 00:45:27.159 way that this was supposed to be done, if Aj, 703 00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.039 we're assuming AJ did his job correctly. Here, by the way, 704 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:33.039 this is all just assuming that AJ did his job. 705 00:45:36.199 --> 00:45:40.320 That if Inso just continues his run exactly how he was, 706 00:45:40.400 --> 00:45:44.480 it's a goal. It's a tappen. Instead, it's still a 707 00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:49.079 draw versus leading are still drawing. Here's a nice little 708 00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:53.519 moment that I really enjoyed. Uh you see this nice 709 00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:56.280 little flick by Enzo, And again this is not an 710 00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:59.960 enso bad pod. Okay, this is just why you keep 711 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:04.639 an into Marketinez on the pitch. Just look at this, 712 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:08.400 Look at two players on him, pass in and just 713 00:46:08.440 --> 00:46:15.519 to clever flick through and Rinaldo Damas is just offside, 714 00:46:16.760 --> 00:46:20.719 just offside. But you can see what this is supposed 715 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:22.920 to be. You can see what this Legion team can 716 00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:27.360 do if this ball is just chipped a little bit earlier, 717 00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:31.000 if Ronaldo just holds his run just a little bit longer, 718 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:35.920 it's a nice touch and a nice finish. I seriously 719 00:46:36.199 --> 00:46:41.039 I loved this moment and it's one of those things 720 00:46:41.079 --> 00:46:44.960 of Braggs has said it. All the pieces are there 721 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:49.039 and you can see how it works. Again, Into does 722 00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:52.960 a great job of just beating two men on him 723 00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:58.639 and also full credits a Rhode Island here for like 724 00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:05.159 for having a good line. But Ronaldo just misreaddit and 725 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:09.800 he is just offside. It's legitimately a step, but a 726 00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:13.719 step is still offside. But still this is what you're 727 00:47:13.760 --> 00:47:17.360 seeing from this Legion team. He was a really nice 728 00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:19.920 moment that I like. And this was after a Famil 729 00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:23.599 Cavida gets taken off and Jake Ruf comes on and 730 00:47:23.639 --> 00:47:27.320 I think you see why you want Jake Roof on 731 00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:29.840 the pitch and this also comes down to a very 732 00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:33.400 nice ball later if I'm remembering this correctly. So Trey 733 00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:38.239 Hoo gets it. It's a passed back by Mensa, goes 734 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:42.360 over to Aj Patterson to Jake Ruf. Jake Ruf reads 735 00:47:42.400 --> 00:47:45.320 the field. He fakes one way kind of bite to 736 00:47:45.400 --> 00:47:49.920 the fender, and if you look, this is really hard 737 00:47:49.920 --> 00:47:55.960 to tell, but if you look at Jake Ruf's body language, 738 00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:59.440 you can see that he's scanning the field just a 739 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:02.440 little bit and he knows, and we've talked about this, 740 00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:05.760 that long ball, the long diagonal ball over the top. 741 00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:09.360 He knows that's what he's looking for and he sees 742 00:48:09.400 --> 00:48:13.400 it coming on this coming over here right. So if 743 00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:15.920 he plays this ball at Thiago and this is where 744 00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:19.119 you can see it, Jake Ruf is already seeing this 745 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:22.679 ball happen, but he knows he doesn't have the best 746 00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:26.440 chance on it. He then goes out to Aj where 747 00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:29.039 watch Lasso here. Laso is in the center of the circle. 748 00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:34.679 Check this out. Lasto immediately points play the ball. Play 749 00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:40.360 the ball, one touch, bang and it's Tower Pasher on 750 00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:44.800 side and it's a wonderful run. But again, this doesn't 751 00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:50.920 happen without Jake also reading the defense right, AJ's here, 752 00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:54.559 Jake sees it, he sees where he's supposed to be, 753 00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:59.320 He fakes it, sees the run happening. AJ looks his 754 00:48:59.320 --> 00:49:03.320 head up last those pointing. Everybody sees the run. And 755 00:49:03.360 --> 00:49:06.400 this is what we're talking about, these long diagonal balls 756 00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:12.280 into half spaces entire Pastor's there, and let's be honest here, 757 00:49:12.519 --> 00:49:16.480 this is just an amazing save by Jackson Lee. If 758 00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:20.000 I if this is not for Save of the Week, 759 00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:26.079 it it should be. It absolutely freaking should be, because 760 00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:29.960 this is a goal and this is another great team moment. 761 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:36.239 This is another amazing moment by the team where unfortunately 762 00:49:36.320 --> 00:49:40.239 Pastor is just not rewarded. But it's a wonderful long 763 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:44.239 diagonal ball by AJ touch and then just shot and 764 00:49:44.360 --> 00:49:47.920 Jackson Lee barely saves it onto the post and it's 765 00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:51.679 able to be cleared away. But again you're seeing what 766 00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:56.559 this team can be doing. Here was a corner kick 767 00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.960 and I don't remember why I said, Oh, this is 768 00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:03.679 Enzo's like kind of hip chance and I think he 769 00:50:03.760 --> 00:50:09.320 mishits this I do. I don't think this is a shot, 770 00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:12.960 but it kind of works because if it's on target, 771 00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:18.000 it's a problem, but this is really clever and to 772 00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:20.519 me this looks like very clearly what the plan was. 773 00:50:20.519 --> 00:50:23.639 So short corner with trey Ho and I think pasture 774 00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:28.119 and trey Ho gets it and instantly sees Inzo. From 775 00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:31.039 what I'm reading here, I think Enzo's trying to get 776 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:33.480 this to the back post because check this out, there's 777 00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:36.199 no one there. There's a run happening. I think it's 778 00:50:36.320 --> 00:50:40.400 Aj Patterson, but I can't fully tell. There is this 779 00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:44.199 run happening to the back post that if this makes 780 00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:46.639 it to the back post, it is a tap in. 781 00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:51.199 Actually that might be Tiago Suarez, but I think he 782 00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:53.239 gets it just a little bit wrong. But this is 783 00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:56.039 two moments on set pieces that I think it's very 784 00:50:56.119 --> 00:51:01.840 nice design and it was just a slid. I think 785 00:51:02.000 --> 00:51:07.239 this I think a slight, just kind of technique malfunction 786 00:51:07.400 --> 00:51:11.400 from Nzo, But it's a really nice curling ball that 787 00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:14.280 if it's on target, it's a straight up goal. Jackson 788 00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:20.800 Lee completely misreads it, just completely misreads it. But Enzo, 789 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.480 I mean, it's very nice and it's I think it's 790 00:51:24.480 --> 00:51:27.119 supposed to be a pass to the back post, just 791 00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:30.360 slightly gets it wrong. Jackson Lee was way too trusting 792 00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:32.840 that this was going to go in, but are not 793 00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:35.760 going to go in. But again, just a really nice 794 00:51:35.760 --> 00:51:39.679 mode from Enso here's a long ball that kind of 795 00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:41.639 causes Legion just a little bit of issue if I 796 00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:46.440 do remember correctly. Yeah, so touchdown here. And this was 797 00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:49.239 kind of the issue all night long. You have two 798 00:51:49.239 --> 00:51:52.559 players just right on top of each other, just two 799 00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:56.199 players just completely on top of each other. Lasso Mensa 800 00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:58.280 just kind of going for the same ball, their boats 801 00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:01.519 on top of each other. Mensa falls and it's an 802 00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:05.079 immedia counter attacking opportunity. And I thought that Legion did 803 00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:07.480 a very good job in transition. Here again you see 804 00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:10.360 four men back. You see I believe that's Lasso coming 805 00:52:10.440 --> 00:52:14.000 in to fill in his midfield space, and it's a 806 00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:17.519 very nice tackle again by I think that's Aj Patterson, 807 00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:23.360 and it's wonderful stuff. But you see how these mishaps happened. 808 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:25.840 But it was also a very good transition by Legion 809 00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:29.360 in the defense. So they're already kind of back to 810 00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:33.679 not fully fair but sloppy midfield play. It kind of 811 00:52:33.719 --> 00:52:35.800 mints up, but still it's in the midfield midfield play, 812 00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:38.760 and it's a counter attacking opportunity. Legion does a great 813 00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:41.920 job of recovering. It's a very good job by Aj Patterson. 814 00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:46.159 Here's a throw in moment against sloppy They just another 815 00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:50.480 sloppy midfield moment where it's just a cheap turnover to 816 00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:54.280 throw in. Domas not fully able to control it because 817 00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:56.199 of the press from Rhode Island. Rhode Island does a 818 00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:58.800 great job in a press and it's another transition moment 819 00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:03.880 where the ball's not quite picked off of the Rhode 820 00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:08.559 Island player now over to the right hand side and 821 00:53:08.599 --> 00:53:12.559 you're getting across into the back post. Nothing really ends 822 00:53:12.639 --> 00:53:15.440 up becoming of this where it just kind of ends 823 00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:17.880 up being ping pong across the pitch and it's just 824 00:53:17.920 --> 00:53:22.920 a lot of volleyball all over the place. Holstad puts 825 00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:25.960 in a cross and if you saw misses a chance 826 00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:27.760 there at the very end, I've kind of forgot about that. 827 00:53:27.760 --> 00:53:33.320 I believe it if you saw anymore. But in general, 828 00:53:33.760 --> 00:53:36.559 you just kind of see the sloppy play that would 829 00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:38.760 lead to Rhode Island chances. And this is what kept 830 00:53:38.800 --> 00:53:42.960 Rhode Island in this match. Rhode Island did not The 831 00:53:43.039 --> 00:53:46.280 only thing that they really truly earned out of this 832 00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:49.360 match was doing a great job in the midfield. Press 833 00:53:49.920 --> 00:53:52.440 they knew that if you press this midfield, they're going 834 00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:57.559 to have problems. But it's not like they were out 835 00:53:57.599 --> 00:54:01.440 playing Legion. They were just they were just waiting for 836 00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:05.519 Legion mistakes and it's worked for a lot of teams 837 00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:09.760 this year. It just wait for them to screw up again, 838 00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:12.559 throw in kind of a heavy touch. The press has 839 00:54:12.559 --> 00:54:14.679 a great job and again full credits of Rhode Island 840 00:54:14.760 --> 00:54:20.199 for forcing issues. But again you see here just a 841 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:25.079 mistake in the midfield creates a scoring opportunity. I kind 842 00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:27.039 of forgot how this one ended up, but yes, so 843 00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:28.880 like this one just goes to the back post again, 844 00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:32.639 a misplayed header by Turnbull. This one goes to the 845 00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:34.400 back post and it's a lot of ping pong. It's 846 00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:38.400 actually really nice cross in the end by Holstad who 847 00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:40.280 mensa kind of just gets body a little bit, but 848 00:54:40.280 --> 00:54:44.280 it's a nice cross in kick just goes over the bar. 849 00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:50.199 But it was moments like that all game long by 850 00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:53.840 Birmingham in the midfield just being sloppy. Again, Rhode Island 851 00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:59.079 forced the issue, but it was just sloppy. But there 852 00:54:59.159 --> 00:55:02.000 you can also the moments of brilliance. You can see 853 00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:05.360 what's there. You can see lots of clever set pieces on. 854 00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:08.599 You can see what they're trying to do with the 855 00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:11.280 wingers and the wing backs trying to get into these 856 00:55:11.320 --> 00:55:16.440 spaces and those long diagonal balls. It's going to work. 857 00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:22.320 It is going to work. Like I'm willing to stamp 858 00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:26.519 this while because Legion got a result out of this 859 00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:32.639 match because of the tactical changes that Mark Briggs has done, 860 00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:39.679 and even with that, it was a horrible midfield performance. 861 00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:43.920 Just to be completely honest, it was a horrible midfield 862 00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:47.880 performance and even that got to result away from home. 863 00:55:49.760 --> 00:55:52.480 Should you be getting all three points? Yes? Am I 864 00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:56.800 happy about just things not going well? Not getting all 865 00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:59.440 three points from a match that you know kind of 866 00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:02.760 deserved it. Yeah. Pastor had two balls that went off 867 00:56:02.800 --> 00:56:06.159 the post that could have been goals. Jackson Lee had 868 00:56:06.199 --> 00:56:11.440 two fantastic saves. What can you do about that? I 869 00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:15.639 don't know. I think that Legion had earned it, had 870 00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:19.760 earned it through Pasture and Turnbull. I think that those 871 00:56:19.800 --> 00:56:23.440 were created moments. How are amazing? I just for me. 872 00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:28.440 If the midfield doesn't get it right, Legion are going 873 00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:32.960 to have issues getting all three points. But you are 874 00:56:34.840 --> 00:56:38.719 one goalkeeping mistake. When I say mistakes, slightly misreading the 875 00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:42.840 ball by a centimeter from Legion winning that match to one, 876 00:56:44.119 --> 00:56:47.679 you are Tyler Pascher putting the ball just a little 877 00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:51.800 bit closer inside the far post from Legion winning that 878 00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:55.559 match to one. And that's what's with a horrible midfield performance. 879 00:56:57.400 --> 00:57:01.840 When it clicks, this is a good team when it clicks. 880 00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:06.639 This is a top four team in the East. But 881 00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:10.000 everybody has to be on the same page. The midfield 882 00:57:10.000 --> 00:57:13.039 has to make simple passes. The back line has to 883 00:57:13.079 --> 00:57:17.920 transition adequately. We saw it all in this match. You 884 00:57:18.159 --> 00:57:21.159 saw the back line transition positively, so it's not like 885 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:26.360 they're unable. You saw those long diagonal balls that Briggs 886 00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:32.239 once and it worked. But you also saw sloppiness, which 887 00:57:32.280 --> 00:57:34.559 Briggs has talked about since the day he got here. 888 00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:38.039 Was it going to take to fix it buy in 889 00:57:39.599 --> 00:57:41.760 or tear it apart at the end of the season. 890 00:57:42.920 --> 00:57:45.960 But if they can get most of these players bought in, 891 00:57:46.199 --> 00:57:49.320 this is a playoff team. If everybody buys in, I 892 00:57:49.320 --> 00:57:52.760 can guarantee you they are going to be competing for 893 00:57:52.800 --> 00:57:56.920 a home playoff spot. Thank you all so much for watching. 894 00:57:57.119 --> 00:58:00.880 I appreciate you all. Thank you and thank you for 895 00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:04.480 watching this film study, and if you watch the stadium video, 896 00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:07.719 thank you for watching as well. If you're a podcast player, 897 00:58:08.440 --> 00:58:11.320 I really appreciate you so much. To next on, guys, 898 00:58:11.760 --> 00:58:12.519 keep hammering on.