Speaker 1: H here we go, Here we go. Dave Johnson Law
Speaker 1: with Bruce Murray. This is first eleven your DC Dody Podcast.
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Speaker 1: Coming off a home win over Sporting Kansas City that
Speaker 1: is so important and for Bruce Murray, yes, indeed, let's
Speaker 1: start there. Getting a win at home in front of
Speaker 1: the AUDI field supporters so critical.
Speaker 2: Oh big factor. And we both know how how much
Speaker 2: home wins mean to the staff, to the players, to
Speaker 2: the chicos stand. I mean, the players die when they
Speaker 2: can't close the game. I can't stand the fact that
Speaker 2: they can't close again. And when they do that, I mean,
Speaker 2: it's such a relief and the players are so happy
Speaker 2: and they really really care about the fans. And we
Speaker 2: talked to the players all the time, and it's such
Speaker 2: an important thing to get a home win and.
Speaker 1: Of course, how they were able to do a goalkeeper
Speaker 1: Kim June hung the secture of hands.
Speaker 3: It'll be a right footage service into the box, sent
Speaker 3: in nodding forward there it is for Kim lining in too.
Speaker 3: But he makes the stop. He took quite the punch
Speaker 3: on that one, and he is down, as is a
Speaker 3: Sporting Kansas City player. Body's strewn across the grass here.
Speaker 1: Aaron Horre.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's a great keeper, first of all. I think
Speaker 4: he brings a ton of quality in that position, a
Speaker 4: ton of security for us. And I mean, as we
Speaker 4: all know, keepers aren't all there in the head, so
Speaker 4: I think it was it was really a no brainer
Speaker 4: for him to come out for that ball and put
Speaker 4: his body on the line. And yeah, that's the kind
Speaker 4: of things that we expect from him and we know
Speaker 4: he's capable of. And yeah, I think he's all. Though
Speaker 4: the shutouts haven't haven't begun yet, I think it's gonna
Speaker 4: I think there's a lot of shoutouts in our future,
Speaker 4: and I think he'll be a big reason for that.
Speaker 1: How DC and I getting the go ahead going from
Speaker 1: Jose Kajima and you know, Bruce, we talked to Jose Kajima.
Speaker 1: Just a couple of days before last Saturday's game, you
Speaker 1: had a sense it was coming.
Speaker 2: Oh you talk about detail oriented. He was on the
Speaker 2: in our box making a play and then getting up
Speaker 2: the field. But what he did was they had a
Speaker 2: soft zone going right, and they had five players in
Speaker 2: their own box sporting case. Kajima took a look and
Speaker 2: he ran to a spot that he felt would be
Speaker 2: advantageous for a ball to come in. And sure enough,
Speaker 2: Pegload gets his head up and all he has to
Speaker 2: do is just lead him in. And Kajima, though, has
Speaker 2: a lot to do at that point, right, He's got
Speaker 2: to kind of contort his body and kind of flick
Speaker 2: it backwards over the goalkeeper. But it's one of the
Speaker 2: best goals you're.
Speaker 1: Going to see all season, all right, now, some more
Speaker 1: insight from Troy Lsay on Jose Kajima.
Speaker 5: When I when I look at Jose Kajima, just brings
Speaker 5: a smile on my face, because every time I come
Speaker 5: into the building at six six thirty in the morning,
Speaker 5: you know, I try to get here as early as possible.
Speaker 5: Inevitably he's already here. He's already here, He's already looking
Speaker 5: at his laptop, he's already watching film. I think he
Speaker 5: beats virtually everyone into the building, with the exception of
Speaker 5: my goalkeeper coach and Mation Shostak, who is the head
Speaker 5: of our security. And that's who Jose is. Jose is
Speaker 5: a guy that he's not doing it to be noticed
Speaker 5: by anyone. He's doing it because that's his craft. He
Speaker 5: wants to be as professional as possible, and that's part
Speaker 5: of his routine, and it's coming from a really genuine place.
Speaker 5: And so you know, he studies the game. When he
Speaker 5: makes a late run like that, it's because he studied
Speaker 5: the game. You know. I don't sit here and try
Speaker 5: to take any credit for that. The only credit that
Speaker 5: I would want to take is saying that's a player
Speaker 5: that we should bring into our club because he's a
Speaker 5: player that fits our style. And Ali McKay and Caleb
Speaker 5: Shreeve and Amon Dunlavey were right there with me that
Speaker 5: everyone wanted to bring him here. And what I've heard
Speaker 5: from feedback is that he's just you know, from our fans,
Speaker 5: from just so many different people. He's someone that you
Speaker 5: can't help but notice, and you can't help but support,
Speaker 5: and he energizes you man. He's a multiplayer, not a divider,
Speaker 5: and so I'm really really thankful he's with us and
Speaker 5: there's more to come for him. There's more to come.
Speaker 1: Now and fitting j Peglo makes his debut, he's involved
Speaker 1: in that goal. What did you think of him?
Speaker 2: Oh, Dave, he is such a good player, consistently has
Speaker 2: the ball, runs at people, but then he's got David
Speaker 2: Schenk behind him so he can get inside. He can
Speaker 2: you know, he can do a ton. Peglo is a
Speaker 2: really good player. I mean, we have picked up so
Speaker 2: many good players in the offseason and the fans really
Speaker 2: don't know about these guys.
Speaker 1: Well, and you mentioned David Schnegg again. I explain this
Speaker 1: even more because you are just brimming with enthusiasm about
Speaker 1: both David Schenek and Aaron Herrera and what they're able
Speaker 1: to do to ignite DC United.
Speaker 2: There is no pair in the league that gets up
Speaker 2: the field like David sneg and Aaron Horrera. It reminds
Speaker 2: me of Marcello, the real Madrid fullback, where he just
Speaker 2: took control of the left side of the field, and
Speaker 2: David Schnegg is that player, and so is Aaron Herrera.
Speaker 2: They force our wingers inside, we have overloads in the
Speaker 2: middle of the field. There's nobody in the league that
Speaker 2: does this like those two players. It's incredible.
Speaker 1: See you have Montreal Club Day Montreal. Why should DC
Speaker 1: not be concerned.
Speaker 2: Well, they're really good on the counter attack. They work hard,
Speaker 2: but they also have a players that can beat you
Speaker 2: with the dribble. They break lines with the dribble. They're
Speaker 2: dangerous and there's one of those teams that's sitting in
Speaker 2: the last, you know, last spot in the league. We
Speaker 2: should win this game, but at the same time, they're dangerous,
Speaker 2: so we have to be careful.
Speaker 1: What's the key to stopping at counter attack.
Speaker 2: Is pressure on the ball. You have to pressure on
Speaker 2: the ball, put the when the balls in that end
Speaker 2: of the field, just make sure that you push up
Speaker 2: and everyone defense. And you know, obviously Kim has to
Speaker 2: play high out of his goal, but that's the way
Speaker 2: you have to defend the counter attack. You can't sit
Speaker 2: You've got to be careful. You can't sit back in
Speaker 2: de face. DC United has to press in this game
Speaker 2: if they're going to be successful.
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