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<v Speaker 1>Welcome in. It's time for another soccer down here, one

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<v Speaker 1>v one on the SDH network. I'm Jason Longshore and today,

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<v Speaker 1>alongside Madison Cruz, we had the chance to sit down

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<v Speaker 1>and speak to new Atlanta United center back in Ami Kai,

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<v Speaker 1>the Albanian international. We've seen him on the field a

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<v Speaker 1>few times now for Atlanta United, and I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was pretty evident very quickly what kind of a presence

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<v Speaker 1>he could have in this group. He came onto the

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<v Speaker 1>field as a substitute and in his first couple of

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<v Speaker 1>minutes wearing the Atlanta United kit, he was organizing. He

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<v Speaker 1>was making sure that people had their marks. Love to

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<v Speaker 1>see that sort of thing, and I hope you'll love

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<v Speaker 1>to hear this conversation with in a I felt like

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<v Speaker 1>afterwards I had a better sense of not just who

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<v Speaker 1>he was as a soccer player, but who he is

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<v Speaker 1>as a person. Hopefully you'll feel that as well. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>our conversation with Nam Cockey.

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<v Speaker 2>First thing for me, just for you, like when did

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<v Speaker 2>it all start? You know, when did you find the game?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>I was like I think when I went to a professional,

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<v Speaker 4>professional professional like for kids playing for kids was like

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<v Speaker 4>twelve thirteen years old.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not too early, you know.

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<v Speaker 4>It was like my father, my family, you know, was

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit hard for them because they was working,

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<v Speaker 4>so it was not so easy to drive me to

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<v Speaker 4>the academy. I was in Rhodes is an island in

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<v Speaker 4>Greece when I started, and yeah, then I moved on

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<v Speaker 4>to one more academy that was like cooperated with a

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<v Speaker 4>big team in Greece, Olymbihaicos, but was in the island.

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<v Speaker 4>And then yeah, at sixteen, I went to my first

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<v Speaker 4>club that was a professional club, Plandel, because it's a

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<v Speaker 4>first division club in Greece. I left my family at

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<v Speaker 4>this age, and then I became professional in this club

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<v Speaker 4>and then I move on to palk to Portugal and

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<v Speaker 4>now I'm here.

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<v Speaker 2>I think, just you mentioned your family, what did it

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<v Speaker 2>mean to you to have that support from them as

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<v Speaker 2>well when you started so young and then going to

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<v Speaker 2>your first special club when you were sixteen as well.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I always respect them even more about this because,

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<v Speaker 4>like I said, one more time, they sacrificed many things

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<v Speaker 4>for me and my sister, Like they left the country

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<v Speaker 4>for financial reason, they went to another country that it's

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<v Speaker 4>not easy obviously, and then to my party know, they

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<v Speaker 4>try to help me also sacrifice one more time to

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<v Speaker 4>try to move on with the cars and all of

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<v Speaker 4>these things, the stuff that I need. And even when

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<v Speaker 4>I was sixteen, you know, it's not easy decision for

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<v Speaker 4>a partent, So say to the kid, Okay, now you

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<v Speaker 4>go in another place that's far from them.

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<v Speaker 3>But they trust me.

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<v Speaker 4>I trust them, and that's important and I'm really happy

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<v Speaker 4>for what they did for me.

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<v Speaker 1>You know when you were a kid, was there a moment,

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<v Speaker 1>a player, a coach that you remember that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>made you feel like, this is what I want to

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<v Speaker 1>do for the rest of my life.

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<v Speaker 3>There was two.

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<v Speaker 4>One of them was when when I went in this academy,

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<v Speaker 4>I told you that was a coach that teach me

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<v Speaker 4>things like also he tried to help me even training

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<v Speaker 4>with another team with then I was like thirteen years

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<v Speaker 4>old and I was training with the with the team

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<v Speaker 4>like with men. Not in my age, you know, there

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<v Speaker 4>was men. So that was really good for me. They

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<v Speaker 4>improved me a lot. And the second one and maybe

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<v Speaker 4>the most important, was the first coach I had in

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<v Speaker 4>the academy when the team might become professional in Panetardkos.

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<v Speaker 4>His name is George Startasis, he's still like before I

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<v Speaker 4>come here in the individual preseason I was doing.

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<v Speaker 3>We work together.

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<v Speaker 4>For me, his unbelievable coach, like also a person you know.

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<v Speaker 4>I can speak with him and he always now tried

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<v Speaker 4>to see my games, you know, even he's late comparing

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<v Speaker 4>to Greece in no time. And that's one of the

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<v Speaker 4>persons that I have in.

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<v Speaker 3>My heart, and I'm really happy that I met him.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, how important is it to have a support

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<v Speaker 2>system like that, especially in the support as well, because

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like, you know, we kind of get lost

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<v Speaker 2>on it sometimes talking about I think the mental side

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<v Speaker 2>of the game and everything. How important is it to

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<v Speaker 2>have someone in that support system for you when you

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<v Speaker 2>are in those moments.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's very important, you know, for me exactly what

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<v Speaker 4>you say. One of the if you see some teams

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<v Speaker 4>that maybe maybe they don't have so much quality or

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<v Speaker 4>like they are not the big names or comparing. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 4>they play two teams and you say this is the

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<v Speaker 4>favorite of the game and the other one no, and

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<v Speaker 4>then the other team is when why is happenings?

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<v Speaker 3>For me? Is the relationship you have in football?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, So that's important that we have to build

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<v Speaker 4>even more here I don't say that is not good.

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<v Speaker 4>Is in a good level, but we can improve it

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<v Speaker 4>even more and more. And that's, you know, make the

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<v Speaker 4>difference because in the end, when your teammates that you

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<v Speaker 4>feel him like a really good close to you, when

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<v Speaker 4>you do a mistake, you would run for him to

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<v Speaker 4>cover him, he would run for you, and that's make

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<v Speaker 4>the big difference. So in football that's a really important

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<v Speaker 4>thing because sometimes you know the things that are around

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<v Speaker 4>the football, the money, the marketing, the pressure like sometimes

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<v Speaker 4>make you come in a dressing room and like, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>I do my job. I have pressure for that, or

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<v Speaker 4>I don't have pressure to depend the player and I

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<v Speaker 4>don't want to create a relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 4>But in the end I had some older players I

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<v Speaker 4>played with and they always say, like, what is staying

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<v Speaker 4>is okay, the money we will not lie to. That

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<v Speaker 4>is the money that stay in the end of the career.

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<v Speaker 4>The trophies you want, and the friends you make from football.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, that's three things, and the thirties the friend

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<v Speaker 4>So it's nice to have this kind of relationship in pool.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you had a lot of those friends at

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<v Speaker 1>family coal and it was probably difficult in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of ways to leave. You know, what was your time

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<v Speaker 1>like in Portugal?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, especially my third year was the best one in

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<v Speaker 4>this term of how was the relationship, but also the

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<v Speaker 4>first two years. I make some good friends there, like teammates,

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<v Speaker 4>but also the physios, other people that was like around me,

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<v Speaker 4>like helping me with things. And yeah, it was not

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<v Speaker 4>easy decision, but in the same time was a decision

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<v Speaker 4>with heart and minded because I was feeling like I

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<v Speaker 4>want to be in a place to be motivated to

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<v Speaker 4>give more, you know, to push me. And I was

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<v Speaker 4>feeling like after three years I achieved what I had

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<v Speaker 4>to achieve and it was time to change. But like

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<v Speaker 4>this relationship stay with me. And even now we are

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<v Speaker 4>talking and we're going to talk in the future too,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, that's important.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ask you. You know you were you

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<v Speaker 2>were a captain in your last club. What were some

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<v Speaker 2>of the biggest lessons you learned while being a captain

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<v Speaker 2>and what were some of the biggest hardships you had

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<v Speaker 2>to go through as captain as well?

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<v Speaker 4>You know, the what I learned and what I try

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<v Speaker 4>to keep with me is like the captain have to

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<v Speaker 4>do two things here daily in the trainings, in the games.

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<v Speaker 4>You have to be the example, the example, not only

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<v Speaker 4>performing scoring being the best. You know, that's the that's

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<v Speaker 4>impossible to happen, you know, to be always the best,

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<v Speaker 4>but the example of sacrifice, the example of hard working,

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<v Speaker 4>the example of when something going going wrong, to take

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<v Speaker 4>the responsibility. And that's what I take like a lesson

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<v Speaker 4>from my previous adventure as a captain in my last club.

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<v Speaker 4>But sometimes, you know, let's have some hard things, like

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<v Speaker 4>you have to be tough even with your like we

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<v Speaker 4>say before French teammates in the dressing room, you have

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<v Speaker 4>to say the truth to them. They have to say

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<v Speaker 4>to you the truth, you know, and that sometimes become

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit hard. But I think me personally, I

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<v Speaker 4>prefer when someone say to me something like in my face,

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<v Speaker 4>you know you have to do better, you did it good,

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<v Speaker 4>or I don't know what or you have in this

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<v Speaker 4>situation of out of football, like even in the dressing room,

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't like how you spoke to me, or I

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<v Speaker 4>like what you said to me. And that's an important thing, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Know, hearing that you definitely sound like a rownnie dialog

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<v Speaker 1>kind of player. And what were your conversations with him

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<v Speaker 1>when you were making the decision about coming here. What

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<v Speaker 1>swayed you about wanting to come to Atlanta?

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<v Speaker 3>Many things, you know, many things.

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<v Speaker 4>When I spoke with him, First of all, he explained

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<v Speaker 4>the way of playing. And you know, maybe you say, now, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>the results are not exactly what we want, but I

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<v Speaker 4>see in moments of our play that what we can

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<v Speaker 4>create and what we are creating when we'll arrive in

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<v Speaker 4>the point that will be ninety minute with consistency will

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<v Speaker 4>be something like not many team can face, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>And I think that's the first part.

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<v Speaker 4>And the second part it was what he was thinking

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<v Speaker 4>about me, what can I bring to the club, to

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<v Speaker 4>the team, and uh, what he wanted from from me?

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<v Speaker 4>And that's it's a little bit more personal. I don't

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<v Speaker 4>want to, but yeah, it was really important and I

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<v Speaker 4>understand that also the project is not in three months

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<v Speaker 4>four months, but it's in long term and that's a

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<v Speaker 4>important thing. And uh yeah, maybe now later someone we're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna hear and have some doubts about it, but I

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<v Speaker 4>don't have doubts about it.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanna ask you about, uh, how has you adjustment, Ben,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, coming to Atlanta and coming down here, as well.

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<v Speaker 2>What has it been like for you getting to see

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<v Speaker 2>the sites, getting to see everything, even though it's probably

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<v Speaker 2>been you know, no MOUs time to actually get to

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<v Speaker 2>go around and see Atlanta right now with the season,

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<v Speaker 2>But how's it been like for you?

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<v Speaker 4>Justin I'm impressed, Like you know, when you speak when

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<v Speaker 4>you are in Europe and you speak about usay, you

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<v Speaker 4>think like huge buildings, no green at all, like many people,

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of traffic. Honestly, I really like I see green,

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of natural and that's really nice for me.

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<v Speaker 3>I like it.

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<v Speaker 4>I like sometimes when I have a day or for

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit time enoughternoon go to work with my family,

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<v Speaker 4>and that's the important thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Also when I came here, everyone.

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<v Speaker 4>Say like the traffic is terrible, But honestly, until now

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<v Speaker 4>I don't face it, you know. I also I use

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<v Speaker 4>enough and sometimes it's not sometimes daily it's even worse

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<v Speaker 4>than that. So it's not something too bad, you know.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's true.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't have too much time to see the city.

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<v Speaker 4>But what also impressed me is the people here. And

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<v Speaker 4>I think this is probably in all the usay, but

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<v Speaker 4>here they are very kind, like really kind, and that's

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<v Speaker 4>really nice. You know, I'm impressed of that, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>everything is nice. Now I try to set it, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it's I'm really enjoyed. In the start, I was a

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<v Speaker 4>I really enjoyed.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, you did an interview with Ilani and I

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<v Speaker 2>You talked about nature, like where did that love of

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<v Speaker 2>nature come into play for a lot of this too.

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<v Speaker 4>I think walking in the nature and all of these

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe because the island I was living is Green Island,

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<v Speaker 4>to like to enjoy the walk in this kind of nature,

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<v Speaker 4>in this kind of thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, I'll give you a recommendation. Coffee spot Chattahoochee River

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<v Speaker 1>Is gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 2>I go there all the time to work on stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, how important is it for your family getting

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<v Speaker 1>settled as well? And I know it's something that we've

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<v Speaker 1>They go out of their way to try to not

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<v Speaker 1>just get you settled, they get everybody that is with

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<v Speaker 1>you settled. However, they kind of settled into Atlanta. How

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<v Speaker 1>are they liking it so far?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, First of all, Louise and Money here from the

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<v Speaker 4>Have a huge thing for them, and you know, they

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<v Speaker 4>do everything for me and I really appreciate it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>like I spent here like from seven until two to thirty,

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<v Speaker 4>it's a little bit hard for her. But okay, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>you know when we move to our apartment and we

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<v Speaker 4>find our like daily routines. They're gonna be better. And

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<v Speaker 4>also later her mother, my mother, my family, her family

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<v Speaker 4>help us more. But they are doing good, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>they also like my wife like it. It's of course,

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<v Speaker 4>I don't want to lie. Sometimes it's hard. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>we are new in the in the city. We don't

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<v Speaker 4>to our house, you know too. But even with Louis,

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<v Speaker 4>like we went many times for Land's dinner.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's nice. It's nice to really good.

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<v Speaker 2>How is becoming a father impacted the way that you

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<v Speaker 2>play the game in those months, whether it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it on the field as well, how's becoming a father

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>You know what I think changed on this situation is

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<v Speaker 3>For me personal maybe this is personal.

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<v Speaker 4>Like for me football was like top of the top,

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<v Speaker 4>everything was around it.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Now it's not that it's not like.

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<v Speaker 4>This still is like this, but you know, in a

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<v Speaker 4>you have in your mind that Okay, I have a son.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a son that you know that's.

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<v Speaker 4>He wants to go to home to play with me,

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<v Speaker 4>his smile to you, so you for everything. That's a

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<v Speaker 4>that when you become a father helpen you know. And

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<v Speaker 4>also like many times when you're entering the pitch, when

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<v Speaker 4>I'm entering the pitch, I feel like, Okay, now I

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<v Speaker 4>play also for my son, like to feel proud for

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<v Speaker 4>his father, not for the performance, but like the guy

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<v Speaker 4>that he entered, excite and give. Everything is good or bad,

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<v Speaker 4>but he gave everything, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's big thank you to NAA for taking the time

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<v Speaker 1>to sit down with us after a pretty intense training

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<v Speaker 1>session in Marietta as Atlanta United gets ready to face

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<v Speaker 1>the Colorado Rapid. It's also big thank you to everybody

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<v Speaker 1>with the Atlanta United communications staff for making an AA available.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll be catching up with more Five Stripes as we

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<v Speaker 1>go the rest of the way, hopefully introducing you to

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<v Speaker 1>some of the new faces that are representing the club,

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<v Speaker 1>both with the first team and with the second team.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a busy weekend for Atlanta United. Soccer on ninety

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<v Speaker 1>two nine the game and the SDCH Network. Saturday night

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<v Speaker 1>eight point thirty is the start for the Five Stripes

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<v Speaker 1>Countdown with Madison Cruz and with nick A Leafy and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe with Jarrett Smith chiming in with Mike Conti and

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<v Speaker 1>myself in Denver, Colorado technically Commerce City as the Colorado

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<v Speaker 1>Rapids will host at Lanta United and then Madison and

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<v Speaker 1>myself and John Nelson will join the fray and we

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<v Speaker 1>will have at Lanta United to soccer for you on

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<v Speaker 1>the SDH Network on Sunday live from Kennesaw. Hopefully you

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<v Speaker 1>seven pm or we'll see you at Fifth Third Stadium.

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