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

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<v Speaker 1>on the SDAG Network, brought to you by Oglethorpe University,

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience and soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore.

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<v Speaker 1>All the soccer news you need to know for Monday,

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<v Speaker 1>February twenty fourth. I guess it's a construction or lawn

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<v Speaker 1>work Monday. As right as I'm getting ready to start

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<v Speaker 1>talking to you guys on the Espresso, it starts outside,

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<v Speaker 1>so bear with me. I will try not to get

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<v Speaker 1>too distracted by all the noise out the window. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the weekend in Major League Soccer, and we'll

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<v Speaker 1>start here in Atlanta. A wild night for Atlanta United

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturday Night three, two win, two goals from Latte

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<v Speaker 1>Lot in his debut, a banger from Edwin Mosquerra that

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<v Speaker 1>ends up being the game winner. Montreal it proved to

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<v Speaker 1>be a very difficult opponent, especially in the second half

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<v Speaker 1>when they made a couple of changes at halftime. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought they looked so much better in the second forty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Pierce down the left, Bryce Duke coming in made

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<v Speaker 1>them a lot more difficult for Atlanta to deal with.

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta had a good start, needed more out of it

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<v Speaker 1>to really take control of the game. By not doing that,

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<v Speaker 1>they left the door open for Montreal to grow into it,

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<v Speaker 1>and they did. One goal from a set piece. Another

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<v Speaker 1>goal from Montreal is a good one, and Atlanta gets

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<v Speaker 1>the win, but they also get I think, some important

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<v Speaker 1>lessons in things that they need to do better. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think if you listen to the full time report

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<v Speaker 1>on ninety two nine in the game, you heard a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the audio from Ronnie Diila, you heard the

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<v Speaker 1>conversations from other players as well. Mattais click, this was good.

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<v Speaker 1>This needs to be better, and that's the next step

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<v Speaker 1>for this team is to not just get wins, but

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<v Speaker 1>to control games a little bit better, to dominate games,

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to breathe a little more comfortably at

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<v Speaker 1>times the sixty five thousand plus at Mercedes Benz Stadium

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<v Speaker 1>or not breathing comfortably, and they were very loud, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in the big moments of the game. Really happy to

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<v Speaker 1>see all of this for game one, and look, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a good foundation to build for future matches, which the

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<v Speaker 1>next one is on the road Saturday afternoon in Charlotte.

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<v Speaker 1>A very interesting game after Charlotte was able to get

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<v Speaker 1>a point in Seattle late on Saturday night own goal

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<v Speaker 1>helping Charlotte again. But Charlotte WI feel pretty good about

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<v Speaker 1>that result. They did not play Wilfred Zaha, he was

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<v Speaker 1>left back and Charlotte, his wife is expecting Atlanta will

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<v Speaker 1>feel pretty good about their result and it sets up

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<v Speaker 1>for a really interesting game Saturday afternoon at Bank of

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<v Speaker 1>America Stadium. Other news from around MLS San Diego, they

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<v Speaker 1>became the story of the weekend their win over the

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<v Speaker 1>LA Galaxy and it was a dominant win. Danish designated

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<v Speaker 1>player Under Dryer with two goals in this one could

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<v Speaker 1>have had a hat trick. Chucky Lozano could have had

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<v Speaker 1>a goal. It's pretty dominant over the LA Galaxy. Tyler Heaps,

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<v Speaker 1>who is the general manager slash Sporting director, thirty three

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<v Speaker 1>years old, the youngest one in Major League Soccer. He

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<v Speaker 1>talked to Scott French of Soccer America in their essay

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<v Speaker 1>Confidential series and he said that the five year plan

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<v Speaker 1>for San Diego years one to three is establishing themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to make sure the business model is working.

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<v Speaker 1>Four to five is the transition phase where the first

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<v Speaker 1>wave of players from the right to Dream Academy will

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<v Speaker 1>be integrated into the first team, and then after that,

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<v Speaker 1>Heaps said, it probably flips completely on its head, where

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<v Speaker 1>ideally we become the youngest team in the league. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>watch the evolution of San Diego over time. There were

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of questions I had them as well about

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<v Speaker 1>how good they could be in year one. Mikey Veris

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<v Speaker 1>and his crew really really good in Game one in

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles over the Galaxy with a two zero win,

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most impressive performances of the weekend. San

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<v Speaker 1>Jose had one of the most impressive performances of the weekend,

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<v Speaker 1>four nil over RSL. Bruce Arena pointed out after the

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<v Speaker 1>win that RSL rotated RSL heavy legs after playing in

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<v Speaker 1>concer CAF in the midweek. Bruce Arena took advantage of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Though they set up in a three four to two

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<v Speaker 1>one the wing backs one of those Christian Espinoza, the

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<v Speaker 1>other Jamar Ricketts. They were able to pin RSL's fullbacks

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<v Speaker 1>back and just dominate that space with fresh legs. Espinoza

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<v Speaker 1>was brilliant. Three assists on the day, five chances created

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<v Speaker 1>really good performance for the Quakes over RSL. Can they

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<v Speaker 1>continue it. We'll be watching Philadelphia. Can they continue a

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<v Speaker 1>very good performance on the road over Orlando, who was

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<v Speaker 1>not all that great. Orlando got caught in possession a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times, gave up some bad goals. Philly with

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<v Speaker 1>four didn't see that coming. Good win for the Union.

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<v Speaker 1>Columbus Chicago is one of the more interesting games and

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<v Speaker 1>one that I'm gonna sit down with and study little

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<v Speaker 1>bit more. Atlanta, We'll see both of these teams twice.

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago started out really well, Brian Gutiedez with two goals,

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<v Speaker 1>really nice connections on the left side with Jonathan Bamba

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<v Speaker 1>and Andrew Gutman. Columbus made adjustments and that's what you

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<v Speaker 1>would expect from Wilfred Nanci, and you started to see

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<v Speaker 1>the game turn their way. Steven Morera, a player that

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<v Speaker 1>I've talked about a lot over the past few years

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<v Speaker 1>with NANSI started as a right back. Now he's a

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<v Speaker 1>right sided center back. He can play a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>different positions for Columbus depending on what they need him.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting forward and we've seen this before, really tilted the

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<v Speaker 1>game towards Columbus. His forays into the attacking third really

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<v Speaker 1>started to make Chicago not be able to get forward

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<v Speaker 1>down their left, but also then started to create opportunities.

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<v Speaker 1>Diego Rossi, he got a header. He's the player who's

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<v Speaker 1>really going to have to carry the offensive side of

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<v Speaker 1>this for Columbus right now. They come back a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of times. They get the win over Chicago. Five goals

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<v Speaker 1>in the first half of that one, a very entertaining

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<v Speaker 1>opening forty five. Let's move over to the She Believes

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<v Speaker 1>Cup the US women's national team. They won again. Japan

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<v Speaker 1>won again, which sets up a really good game on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 1>US has to win to win the She Believes Cup.

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<v Speaker 1>Japan have the better gold differential. They beat Australia for

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<v Speaker 1>one in Game one, and yesterday they beat Colombia for

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<v Speaker 1>nil with a couple of goals very very early in

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<v Speaker 1>that one. The US won yesterday two to one over Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>Ema Hayes fifteen to oh and two. Since taking over

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<v Speaker 1>the US women's national team, eleven changes from the group

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<v Speaker 1>that beat Australia and the group that beat Colombia. In

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<v Speaker 1>Game one. Lynn Biandolo, who previously will know es Lynn Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>She scored the opening goal in the first minute yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>Michelle Cooper scored the second Australia scored in the eightieth minute,

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<v Speaker 1>made it a very interesting finish. Youngest US women's national

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<v Speaker 1>team starting eleven since March of two thousand and one.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what you're seeing with the She Believes Cup with

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<v Speaker 1>m Hayes, and now they've got a game. It's going

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<v Speaker 1>to mean a little something, which is what they need

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday. If they want to win She Believes Cup,

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<v Speaker 1>they have to beat Japan on Wednesday in San Diego

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<v Speaker 1>at snap Dragon Stadium. Sportico had a report over the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend about college soccer, not something Sporticode is normally going

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<v Speaker 1>to dig too deep into, but this was about something

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<v Speaker 1>that had been murmured around soccer in the United States

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<v Speaker 1>here for a little bit. The US Soccer Federation has

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<v Speaker 1>talked with the Big Ten, has talked with the ACC

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<v Speaker 1>about launching a pilot program to establish a year round

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<v Speaker 1>college soccer Division program league. I don't really know. There

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<v Speaker 1>was a group of thirty two schools that we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to do a trial run that would have been a

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<v Speaker 1>year round model. It would have included the Big Ten,

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<v Speaker 1>it would have included the ACC, it would have included

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<v Speaker 1>West Virginia, Oregon State, San Diego State, South Carolina, Kentucky

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<v Speaker 1>UCF for those schools currently playing in the Sun Belt,

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<v Speaker 1>along with Georgia State and Georgia Southern. That was supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to take place this upcoming school year. It's not so

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<v Speaker 1>now there's a lot of conversations about what could happen

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<v Speaker 1>in the long run. J. T. Batson US Soccer CEO,

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<v Speaker 1>Secretary of General. He's in his third year with the Federation.

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<v Speaker 1>Batson has been really ambitious in trying to create this

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<v Speaker 1>type of situation for college soccer. It's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>fascinating to see what happens here. I think what the

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<v Speaker 1>US Soccer Federation is doing. And Rusty Oglesby in the article,

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<v Speaker 1>he's the women's head coach at Harden Simmons University, previous

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<v Speaker 1>past president of the United Soccer Coaches previously the NSCAA,

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<v Speaker 1>which you might know. Oglesby said that Batson and Cindy

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<v Speaker 1>Parlow Cone quote, working hand in hand has been the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest change in the landscape and Bret the fresh air

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<v Speaker 1>in United States soccer in the last thirty years. Absolutely agree.

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<v Speaker 1>Oglesby said, the Federation is finely doing what the Federation

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<v Speaker 1>should be doing. Which is worrying about the landscape of

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<v Speaker 1>soccer in the United States, not just the national team,

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<v Speaker 1>so college soccer is part of it. We'll see what

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<v Speaker 1>this looks like. I think the conversation now not rushing

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<v Speaker 1>into something good. The conversation is good. I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to see the women's game join along with this, but

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<v Speaker 1>right now, the two semester model hasn't really gained a

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<v Speaker 1>whole lot of traction on the women's side. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>been on the men's side. The women's side has on

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<v Speaker 1>the NCAA element. They have extended the season by two weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>so instead of twelve weeks, it's fourteen weeks. The men's

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<v Speaker 1>season will stay at twelve weeks. This will take effect

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<v Speaker 1>for the twenty twenty sixth season. Two hundred and twelve

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<v Speaker 1>D one men's programs, three hundred and fifty women's D

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<v Speaker 1>one programs, A lot of opportunity, a lot of players

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<v Speaker 1>come from these programs. US Soccer getting involved and potentially

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<v Speaker 1>overseeing a transformation in college soccer, at least at the

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<v Speaker 1>D one level in the United States. Really fascinating story

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<v Speaker 1>that I think we're going to be talking a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more about. Oh and I'm really curious as we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Oglethorpe University here on the Morning Espresso, what that

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<v Speaker 1>looks like at the D three level, what that looks

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<v Speaker 1>like at the D two level, what that looks like

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<v Speaker 1>in the naia level. Where the trickle downs fall, and

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<v Speaker 1>how all of this is going to go. So many

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<v Speaker 1>people play soccer in college and those people go on

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<v Speaker 1>and become administrators in the game, become fans, become professional

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<v Speaker 1>players more and more at the various levels here in

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<v Speaker 1>this country and abroad. Ton of opportunity. I'm happy to

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<v Speaker 1>see some big picture conversation about making it even better.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't rush into anything, and let's see where it goes.

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<v Speaker 1>Some international updates on the Morning Espresso. As we wrap

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<v Speaker 1>up here on a Monday, Liverpool there went over Manchester

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<v Speaker 1>City pretty much gives them the Premier League title eleven

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<v Speaker 1>point gap over Arsenal, but the Champions League qualification gets

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<v Speaker 1>interesting across the board. The Premier League might get five

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<v Speaker 1>slots depending on country coefficients. Right now, the gap from

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<v Speaker 1>City and fourth to Aston Villa in eight is two points.

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<v Speaker 1>The gap from fourth place City to eleventh place Brentford

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<v Speaker 1>is only seven points. So a lot of teams in

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<v Speaker 1>this race, especially if that fifth spot comes into play.

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<v Speaker 1>Manchester United they are not in that race right now

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<v Speaker 1>and they are trying to stem losses off the field.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some reports that are unconfirmed suggesting that you could

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<v Speaker 1>have announcements today of two hundred redundancies, releases letting people

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<v Speaker 1>go layoffs in a planned meeting with staff. The scouting

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<v Speaker 1>network could face considerable cuts. Manchester United not in good

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<v Speaker 1>shape on the field or off the field at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Rangers not in a good position on the field. Clement,

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<v Speaker 1>about last week. The San Francisco forty nine ers, who

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<v Speaker 1>already control Leeds United. They're bidding for a majority stake

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<v Speaker 1>in Rangers and this might open the door for or

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<v Speaker 1>a fresh vision at the club desperately needs at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go over to Spain. Barcelona on top of La

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<v Speaker 1>Liga on gold difference over at Real Madrid. Barsov won

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<v Speaker 1>five in a row, but La MiG Yamal is now

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<v Speaker 1>an injury concern ahead of the Copa Dela or a

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<v Speaker 1>semi final match against Atleti on Tuesday. He showed pictures

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<v Speaker 1>of a bloody foot after taking a lot of fouls

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<v Speaker 1>against Los Palmas on the weekend. See if he plays

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<v Speaker 1>on Tuesday. Speaking of Atletti, they're only one point back,

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<v Speaker 1>one point separating the top three. Let's go to Turkey.

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<v Speaker 1>Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic. He has been appointed for the

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<v Speaker 1>Istanbul darby between Galatasarai and Fenerbaceik. Forty five years old.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been drafted in by the Turkish Federation for the

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<v Speaker 1>game today after a request from both clubs. According to ESPN,

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<v Speaker 1>they did not want a referee from the domestic group

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<v Speaker 1>to referee this game. There's been a lot of talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the state of refereeing in Turkey. Now you have

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<v Speaker 1>someone coming in from another country. I'm sure there will

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<v Speaker 1>still be talk about the refereeing when the game is done.

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<v Speaker 1>Jose Imerinho is involved. Let's go to Brazil. Neymar fans

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<v Speaker 1>were taunting him in the corner. They were playing in

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<v Speaker 1>the Polystout State League against Inter de ly Mara. The

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<v Speaker 1>fans for Inter de la Mara were taunting him. They're

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<v Speaker 1>yelling at him. He's kind of drawing back and forth

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<v Speaker 1>with him. He goes to take a corner, scores an

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<v Speaker 1>Olympico like it's nothing, then shushes him right back. Neymar

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<v Speaker 1>is having some fun and Brazil he's playing very well

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Santos are in very good position in the

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<v Speaker 1>polystou They have qualified for the knockout rounds. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the state league. The national league will start in April. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for our weekly sometimes daily Foster Gillette update.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you do? Uh? Foster not paying the money Valentine

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<v Speaker 1>Gomez who was transferring to Udines from Velez that has

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<v Speaker 1>finally fallen through, reached its India yesterday deadline for the

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<v Speaker 1>Businessman's group Foster Gillette's group to make the deposit of

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<v Speaker 1>eight point five million dollars for Gomez to end up

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<v Speaker 1>going to Udinese. Didn't hit the deadline, so he's going

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<v Speaker 1>back to Vellas. He's been training in a park in Italy.

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<v Speaker 1>Not kidding, no, really, that's been happening also, And that's

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<v Speaker 1>another element of this business group that is strange and

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<v Speaker 1>weird and trying to broker deals in different places. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the biggest one he was trying to broke a deal

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<v Speaker 1>in was becoming an investor at a studiantes working with

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<v Speaker 1>one Sebastian Verown the deal to make this happen. It's

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<v Speaker 1>crumbling because he's not paying anything that he said he

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<v Speaker 1>would go he was going to and now it's reportedly

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<v Speaker 1>on the verge of collapsing entirely. Verro Own. If this does,

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<v Speaker 1>he might leave Argentina for the United States and get

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<v Speaker 1>more involved with the MIAMIFC in the USL Championship. According

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<v Speaker 1>to reports, his son has gone there to play total

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<v Speaker 1>mess for a Studiantes total mess across the board. If

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<v Speaker 1>Foster Gillette shows up to do a deal with you,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to run the other direction. It looks like

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<v Speaker 1>Veron is running the other direction. If that deal doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>get done with Studiantes and there's a deadline, but it

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been said what the deadline is, they're probably past it.

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<v Speaker 1>One more on the boards. Keep this in mind when

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about a club from London in the Premier League,

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<v Speaker 1>Tottenham Hotspur, they have email broadcasters to say they don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to be called Tottenham anymore, so no more just Tottenham.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tottenham hot Spur or Spurs. That's it. We'll see

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<v Speaker 1>how long that takes to really stick. But no more

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<v Speaker 1>just Tottenham. It's Tottenham Hotspur or Spurs. With that being said,

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<v Speaker 1>that'll do it for the morning espresso here on the

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<v Speaker 1>SDH network. I'll be back tomorrow. More soccer news that

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<v Speaker 1>you need to know to get your day started, presented

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<v Speaker 1>by Oglethorpe University