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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in for another edition of the Morning Espresso on

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<v Speaker 1>the SDACH Network. I'm Jason Longshore and this is brought

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<v Speaker 1>to you by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience

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<v Speaker 1>and soccer powerhouse. Vancouver white Caps. They've become a soccer powerhouse,

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<v Speaker 1>especially the season under Yesper Sohwordnson. They lead Miami to

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<v Speaker 1>nail after the first leg of the CONCA CAF Champions

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<v Speaker 1>Cup semi finals. Goals from Brian White and Sebastian Berhalter

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<v Speaker 1>have given the white Caps that lead going to Fort

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<v Speaker 1>Lauderdale next week. Jasper Shortensen's team, playing in front of

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<v Speaker 1>fifty three, eight and thirty seven at BC Place, put

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<v Speaker 1>on an incredible performance keeping Miami off the board. Crowd

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<v Speaker 1>was rocking the whole time. Brian White gets the goal,

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<v Speaker 1>his tenth and fifteen games for Vancouver in all competitions

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<v Speaker 1>this season. That's your starter right now for the US

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<v Speaker 1>men's national team. Sebastian Burhalter, he set up the first goal,

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<v Speaker 1>he scored the second. That should be a player in

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<v Speaker 1>the US men's national team right now. Incredible work from

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<v Speaker 1>Jasper Sorenson the Vancouver white Caps Miami can't count them out,

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<v Speaker 1>not with all that talent, not in the second leg

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<v Speaker 1>at home, but the white Caps have a great advantage

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<v Speaker 1>going on the road for leg two. Let's talk about

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<v Speaker 1>MLS This weekend. Atlanta will head down to Central Florida

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<v Speaker 1>for a match against Orlando City. Pregame coverage will start

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<v Speaker 1>at six o'clock on ninety two nine the game and

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<v Speaker 1>The Odyssey app a Gordon Madison Cruz from the Colony

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<v Speaker 1>Square Studios, Mike Contia and I will take over in Orlando.

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<v Speaker 1>Kickoff is set for seven twenty five PM, a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit earlier start time. Game is also being broadcast on

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<v Speaker 1>FS one, so a little bit different setup here. Seven

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen for the broadcast, start seven to twenty five

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<v Speaker 1>for the kick. Will we see goals? Atlanta hasn't scored

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<v Speaker 1>in their last two. Orlando hasn't scored in their last three.

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<v Speaker 1>Three straight scoreless draws for Orlando. Pedroc aless has been

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<v Speaker 1>great Atlanta. We've got to see a response. It's been

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<v Speaker 1>the word of the season so far, is response. We

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen it enough in side of matches. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to see it here in a response to a poor

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<v Speaker 1>performance in Philadelphia last week, Will we we will all

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<v Speaker 1>find out together on the radio. Hopefully you can join us. Miami.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming off of the two Nino loss of Vancouver, they're

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<v Speaker 1>still unbeaten in league play. They'll return home to host

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas on Sunday. What do they have left in the tank?

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas very good on the road this season two oho

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<v Speaker 1>and three. They have not lost away from Frisco Texas Vancouver.

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<v Speaker 1>They got to go to Minnesota to face the Loons

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. Minnesota is unbeaten at home so far this season.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder if Vancouver heavily rotates. They've rotated a lot

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<v Speaker 1>this season, so it's not crazy for them to do that,

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<v Speaker 1>but I wonder if they heavily rotate to be as

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<v Speaker 1>fresh as possible for the Conka CAF semi final next week.

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<v Speaker 1>LAFC they host St. Louis in the Sunday night soccer

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<v Speaker 1>match in LA four points in their last two matches

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<v Speaker 1>for the Black and goal Denny Bwanga has scored in

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<v Speaker 1>both of them. Olivia shar Rude has finally scored for LAFC.

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<v Speaker 1>Now Saint Louis haven't won in their last five. They've

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<v Speaker 1>been great defensively this season. They've only conceded six goals,

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<v Speaker 1>but they've only scored five. Does that change in this one?

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<v Speaker 1>Can their defense keep them in It is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be really the question, And can they steal something? I'm

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<v Speaker 1>thinking no. With the form that LAFC is in right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Evander for Cincinnati, He's going to try to score in

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<v Speaker 1>his fourth straight match. They host Kansas City in one

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<v Speaker 1>of the early games on Saturday. Kansas City did win

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<v Speaker 1>their first road match last week in San Jose. In

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<v Speaker 1>their last twelve attempts, they won a crazy five to

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<v Speaker 1>three game out in California. Tied with Cincinnati. At the

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<v Speaker 1>top of the East is Charlotte. They host New England

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<v Speaker 1>Saturday night. Charlotte's five and zero at home this season.

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<v Speaker 1>They've won eight straight at home dating back to last September.

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<v Speaker 1>Incredibly confident team right now. They should be able to

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<v Speaker 1>keep that confident train rolling on against the Revolution. Columbus

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<v Speaker 1>they host San Jose on Saturday night. San Jose's trying

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<v Speaker 1>to bounce back from conceding five goals at home to

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<v Speaker 1>SKC last weekend. One other thing to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 1>on Andre Blake. If he gets a clean sheet against

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<v Speaker 1>DC United on Saturday, he would become the second fastest

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<v Speaker 1>goalkeeper to reach eighty career shutouts in MLS history, trailing

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<v Speaker 1>only Brad Guzanne, who reached the milestone in his two

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and fifty first career regular season match. Blake would

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<v Speaker 1>be the ninth goalkeeper in league history to get to

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<v Speaker 1>eighty clean sheets. DC's coming in after a really good

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<v Speaker 1>win last week. Philadelphia's coming in after a really good

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<v Speaker 1>win last week should be a fun one on Saturday.

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<v Speaker 1>Other news from around the world, The New World Seven's

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<v Speaker 1>Football Series got your first four entrants. We've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this the Espresso before. IAKS, Bayern, Benfica, and Manchester United

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<v Speaker 1>will participate. The first event is going to be May

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<v Speaker 1>twenty first through the twenty third in Portugal. Games will

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<v Speaker 1>be seven aside, two fifteen minute has on fields half

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<v Speaker 1>the size of a regulation pitch. You guys, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of you have played seven aside, so you kind of

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<v Speaker 1>know what that'll look like. Eight women's teams are going

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<v Speaker 1>to compete in this. You've got four already with IAX, Bayern, Benfica,

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<v Speaker 1>Manchester United. It's not exactly the same as Unrivaled, which

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<v Speaker 1>was a huge success in its first season, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of along those lines in terms of a smaller

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<v Speaker 1>sided version of the game outside of normal league competition.

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<v Speaker 1>I think the difference in this is you have your

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<v Speaker 1>established teams and brands that are participating in this. I

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<v Speaker 1>think there's a lot of potential to it. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be fascinating. Dezone will stream the tournament globally. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very intrigued. I will want to check in on this

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<v Speaker 1>and see how it looks. For more women's teams to

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<v Speaker 1>be announced joining that term, and then there's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be more events all over the world. The Friedkin Group,

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<v Speaker 1>which owns Everton, they've added and new investor Jason Kidd,

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<v Speaker 1>Dallas Mavericks head coach, huge Premier League fan, was previously

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<v Speaker 1>involved in a bid to buy Crystal Palace. He's now

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<v Speaker 1>part of the ownership group at Everton, Liverpool and Byron.

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<v Speaker 1>They can clinch their league titles this weekend, as has

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<v Speaker 1>been expected for a while. Maybe the bigger surprise in

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<v Speaker 1>teams that can clinch a trophy this weekend is Auckland

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<v Speaker 1>f C. They only need a point to win the

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<v Speaker 1>A League regular season title in their first season and

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<v Speaker 1>will be the first New Zealand side to do that

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<v Speaker 1>the league does have a playoff structure, and we have

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<v Speaker 1>seen teams come in in their first year and win

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<v Speaker 1>the regular season, but then they didn't win the grand final.

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<v Speaker 1>Can Auckland f Se get that done? We watching I'm

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<v Speaker 1>intrigued by this one. Games this weekend Copa del Rey

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<v Speaker 1>final Barcelona and Real Madrid is going to be at

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<v Speaker 1>four o'clock on Saturdays. Won the super Cup earlier this year.

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<v Speaker 1>They beat Real Madrid five to two in the final

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<v Speaker 1>of that one. They're in charge with a four point

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<v Speaker 1>lead at the top of La Liga over Madrid. Real

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<v Speaker 1>Madrid have lost their last three meetings with Barcelona in

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<v Speaker 1>a competitive competition, so everything pointing towards Barsa. With that

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<v Speaker 1>in mind, Carlo Ancelotti his name keeps coming up about

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<v Speaker 1>other jobs. He's once again the front runner for the

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<v Speaker 1>Brazilian national team job. According to ESPN Brazil. We've been

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<v Speaker 1>talking about this for weeks now. He's the number one candidate.

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<v Speaker 1>The federation is not ruling out Jorge j Zeus as

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<v Speaker 1>a contender either, though formerly at Flamingo, he is now

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<v Speaker 1>at Al Heilal. He has a contract until after the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the FIFA Club World Cup, but he could

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<v Speaker 1>leave early to take Brazil. Brazil wants somebody in place

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<v Speaker 1>for their qualifiers in June. They've got a cushion in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of qualification for the World Cup, but it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a big one. They want somebody in place for those

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<v Speaker 1>June games. They're trying to get Ancelotti or Hey, Jazus

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<v Speaker 1>is the backup plan. FA Cup semi Finals this weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>Crystal Palace and Aston Villa Palace enter the fixture with

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<v Speaker 1>a four game winless run, but they're unbeaten in four

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<v Speaker 1>against Villa. Villa have won five of their last six,

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<v Speaker 1>but they have lost six of their last eight trips

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<v Speaker 1>to Wimbley. I have no idea what those numbers tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>That game sounds very strange because of those streets. Nottingham

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<v Speaker 1>Forest in Manchester City is the other match. The first

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<v Speaker 1>ones on Saturday, City and Forest is on Sunday. City

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<v Speaker 1>are on a six game unbeaten run in the Premier League.

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<v Speaker 1>They've only lost one of their last six league encounters

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<v Speaker 1>against Nottingham Forest, but that loss was last month. So

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<v Speaker 1>we shall see if Nuno Espirito Santo's interesting style that

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about earlier this week, a different way of

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<v Speaker 1>playing low possession but not high pressing football that has

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<v Speaker 1>been working. Can it work against City did last month?

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<v Speaker 1>We'll see if it works again this time around to

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<v Speaker 1>get to an FA Cup final. Also UEFA Women's Champions

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<v Speaker 1>League semi final second legs this weekend. Chelsea trailing Barcelona

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<v Speaker 1>for one going into the second leg in London. Barsa

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<v Speaker 1>are trying to get to their fifth straight final and

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<v Speaker 1>win their third straight title. Leone, who has been to

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<v Speaker 1>a whole bunch of finals. They host Arsenal. They are

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<v Speaker 1>leading to one. They got a late winner in London

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<v Speaker 1>last time out. Looks like it will be Barcelona and Leon,

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<v Speaker 1>which would be an epic final. If you get an

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<v Speaker 1>epic comeback from either Chelsea or Arsenal, that would add

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<v Speaker 1>to the drama for that upcoming final next month. Looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to all of it this weekend, looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>heading down to Orlando with Atlanta United again. Broadcast starts

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<v Speaker 1>at six o'clock on ninety two nine. The game in

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<v Speaker 1>the Audyssey app kickoff is at seven to twenty five,

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<v Speaker 1>Inter and Co Stadium. Thanks for listening and watching and

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<v Speaker 1>reading all of our content this week. It's been a

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