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Speaker 2: Felt, Good Ignorant everybody Sounders Weekly, Jackson Felts here for
Speaker 2: the next hour. Thanks for joining us, talking all things
Speaker 2: Seattle Sounders FC soccer for the next hour here on
Speaker 2: ninety three point three KJR FM. Jackson Felt's here to
Speaker 2: talk about and react to a couple different results. On
Speaker 2: the good side, Sounders had maybe their best game of
Speaker 2: the year in a four to one win over Saint
Speaker 2: Louis last Saturday. On the bad side, Tacoma Defiance fell
Speaker 2: three to two in the US Open Cup Round of
Speaker 2: thirty two to the Portland Timbers last night down at Starfire.
Speaker 3: Plus.
Speaker 2: Of course, we'll take a trip around to MLS with
Speaker 2: Ari Lillionwall and we'll look ahead of the sounders next
Speaker 2: match against the Houston Dynamo with Jesus Oscevedo Junior. He
Speaker 2: writes about the Houston Dynamo for the Bayou City and
Speaker 2: down there in Texas, because the Sounders will be facing
Speaker 2: Houston Dynamo coming up this Saturday five o'clock premat Show
Speaker 2: five point thirty kickoff right here on ninety three point
Speaker 2: three KJR FM. We'll talk about that later on tonight,
Speaker 2: but we are going to take here the first twenty
Speaker 2: minutes of the show before Aria comes on and really
Speaker 2: dive into these couple recent games. We'll also gonna hear
Speaker 2: from Christian roll Don, hopefully we have time for that.
Speaker 2: I want to start with the vegetables, as I always do,
Speaker 2: and then we'll get into the dessert. The dessert being
Speaker 2: the great four to one win for the Sounders, and
Speaker 2: you know, I do want to spend the first couple
Speaker 2: minutes talking about what I think is one of the
Speaker 2: primary things on the mind is Sounder fans at this
Speaker 2: moment here on Wednesday, May seventh, And that is what
Speaker 2: happened last night in the Open Cup down at Starfire
Speaker 2: Stadium between Defiant and the Timbers. So obviously what we
Speaker 2: saw was Defiant Scott loaded up with a couple first
Speaker 2: team players Georgia Manongu, Redbaker, Whiting, Kalani Cozer Rienzi and
Speaker 2: Portland started a mixed squad, some guys a lot of
Speaker 2: T two on the bench, and then mostly and a
Speaker 2: large part of main first team players in their starting
Speaker 2: lineup on Miller Crappo among many others. So what we
Speaker 2: saw was Defiance hold their own and honestly, I'm gonna
Speaker 2: there's gonna be a lot that I'm gonna say here,
Speaker 2: and Defiance were the better team, point blank, end a story.
Speaker 2: They were the better team yesterday. They were leading two
Speaker 2: to one going into the eightieth minute. They got screwed
Speaker 2: by referees. We'll get into that, but listen, they were
Speaker 2: the better team. Outstanding performances. Georgia Manongu was tremendous getting
Speaker 2: around that corner and being able to put crosses in.
Speaker 2: Osase scores you comes on in the second half and
Speaker 2: scores as well. That's a really impressive player down playing
Speaker 2: with the coma. I imagine at some point we may
Speaker 2: see him with the first team. But Osase who gets
Speaker 2: his debut again Saint Louis. He scores and starts for Tacoma.
Speaker 2: Brunell Steiner Brunell had a good game for Tacoma as well,
Speaker 2: but overall, just I think a very good performance. Hawkins
Speaker 2: was good in the back. The fullbacks wing backs I
Speaker 2: should say read Baker, White and Kilani, both of them
Speaker 2: were good. Tacoma was the better team. We got the
Speaker 2: two second half goals. Portland got their first goal on
Speaker 2: a horrendous officiating decision, which we'll get into that whole
Speaker 2: subject in a minute. And you know, honestly, they got
Speaker 2: their last couple, probably maybe warranted penalty there at the end,
Speaker 2: and a very good goal I should say, to equalize
Speaker 2: the match as well. But we're looking at a Tacoma
Speaker 2: team that should have absolutely been leading probably three to one.
Speaker 2: They probably should have been maybe even argued up three
Speaker 2: nothing considering the legitimacy of the first penalty in the
Speaker 2: first half to the Portland Timbers. So it's very, very
Speaker 2: frustrating because Tacoma, I think we're the better team. Now
Speaker 2: let's talk about officiating shally, because it's funny you go
Speaker 2: back the last few weeks and you look at the
Speaker 2: overall officiating jobs. I mean, a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 2: on this show, I was, you know, just absolutely ranting
Speaker 2: about the job done in the Colorado Rapids game by
Speaker 2: Alexis da Silva. And that wasn't a game that I
Speaker 2: think the Sounders necessarily deserved to win. It finished one
Speaker 2: point one, but that was a game that was so
Speaker 2: heavily influenced by the fact that Alexis da Silva was
Speaker 2: he wasn't doing a very good job I think officiating
Speaker 2: that game, ultimately, I think it's for both sides. It's
Speaker 2: really you know, Sounders should have been a man up,
Speaker 2: but overall, Colorado, overall, I think deserved their goal. It
Speaker 2: was a good goal by Mihailovich, and at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, I think they were a very good team.
Speaker 2: They outplayed the Sounders in a lot of areas. So
Speaker 2: did you deserve the point? I think for Colorado, But again,
Speaker 2: Seattle should have been playing a man up. Then you
Speaker 2: look over the weekend Saint Louis and the job done
Speaker 2: by Lorenzo Hernandez first half, I thought, listen, it's a
Speaker 2: soft penalty on Jemargomez on Jade there that gets the
Speaker 2: penalty kick for Saint Louis. But I think the credit
Speaker 2: to Lorenzo Hernandez. He understands that was a soft penalty
Speaker 2: on Yamar the foul in the box. So I'm gonna
Speaker 2: watch things a little bit more closely there and see
Speaker 2: if a makeup call might be warranted. And very very
Speaker 2: shortly after it was where Paul Rothrock is lightly taken
Speaker 2: down in the box, he goes down a bit easily.
Speaker 2: But you know what soft penalty for soft penalty evens
Speaker 2: out won one game, it's the second half where Lorenzo
Speaker 2: Hernandez just decided to, I don't know, call a different
Speaker 2: game or you just be a different ref There was
Speaker 2: obviously in the seventy second minute, Seattle was leading two
Speaker 2: to one, and there was a massive goal that happened
Speaker 2: where I believe Obed Vargas has a shot on target
Speaker 2: and it's gonna go in the back of the net
Speaker 2: and the outstretched arm of a defender. It hits directly
Speaker 2: to the outstretched arm, and I want a key on
Speaker 2: that word outstretched. Clearly. You can go back and see
Speaker 2: the replay. It's been posted a bunch of places after
Speaker 2: the game. Referee Hernandez says that is it was in
Speaker 2: a natural position and it hit the thigh or hip first.
Speaker 2: It didn't hit the hip or thigh, and also the
Speaker 2: arm was not in a natural position. So I would
Speaker 2: just say to Lorenzo Hernandez, do you think that you
Speaker 2: can just make something up or just say anything and
Speaker 2: get away with it now? Do you think that that's
Speaker 2: just something that referees can do without any penalty or
Speaker 2: any thing coming back to you, because Lorenzo Hernandez, you
Speaker 2: can't just make something up. We're gonna catch it and
Speaker 2: we're going to call you on it. And I'm calling
Speaker 2: you on it right here that that's almost said something
Speaker 2: that's crap. It's crap because it didn't happen. The arm
Speaker 2: was not in a natural position. It should have been
Speaker 2: a penalty and Seattle should have had that goal there
Speaker 2: in the seventy what second minute, So ultimately that turns
Speaker 2: into a bad refereeing performance, and then we had to
Speaker 2: coma defiance against the Timbers last night. The referee for
Speaker 2: that game was Servando Rico, and Servando Rico decided to
Speaker 2: give the game to the Portland Timbers point blank. I'm
Speaker 2: saying it. He gave the game to the Portland Timbers. First,
Speaker 2: he doesn't award the Coma de fiance a penalty kick
Speaker 2: late in the second half they're leading two to one,
Speaker 2: and it's one of the most blatant penalties I've ever seen,
Speaker 2: where I forget who is the attacker coming down and
Speaker 2: it might have been No Saze coming down the middle,
Speaker 2: uh and just taken out by a defender in the
Speaker 2: box and what Servando Rico says is, oh, he got
Speaker 2: all ball. He got all ball very clearly he did not,
Speaker 2: and that should have been a penalty. So you do that,
Speaker 2: and that's setting up precedent. And we talk about, you know,
Speaker 2: consistency with officiating. Andrew Thomas, the goalkeeper, talked about it
Speaker 2: last night. All we want is consistency. So if you're
Speaker 2: gonna be calling things, you know, loose in the box,
Speaker 2: and you're gonna be calling things not so tight, the
Speaker 2: opposite of the Saint Louis game, then you wouldn't then
Speaker 2: call the penalty for the Portland Timbers in the ninety
Speaker 2: second minute. But he does. He calls ondly, is calling
Speaker 2: things extremely tightly. On the other side, gives the penalty
Speaker 2: to Portland. They score, they lead three to two, they
Speaker 2: win three two. You gave the game to the Portland Timbers,
Speaker 2: Servando Rico. Shame on you. Shame on you, Servando Rico,
Speaker 2: for having such a horrible influence. I wrote it on
Speaker 2: social media and I'll say it here again. It is
Speaker 2: the worst officiating performance I've ever seen, and not only
Speaker 2: for those two We're talking about other decisions throughout the game.
Speaker 2: The penalty in the first half where Andrew Thomas is
Speaker 2: clearly knocked down by a Portland I believe it's Zuparich
Speaker 2: was knocked him down there in the box on the corner,
Speaker 2: no call, and as Andrew Thomas is on the ground,
Speaker 2: Portland kicks it in and it's just it's an abysmal
Speaker 2: no call any way you slice or dice or look
Speaker 2: at it. Andrew Thomas was knocked down by a Portland
Speaker 2: player and they didn't call that. So that that's three.
Speaker 2: And there's so many more decisions regarding who possesses the ball,
Speaker 2: fouls yellow car late in the game on Peter Kingston
Speaker 2: which made absolutely no sense. The referee performance by Servando
Speaker 2: Rico was abysmal and it was embarrassing to the sport.
Speaker 2: It was embarrassing to all referees who officiate the sport
Speaker 2: I think around the world, and Servondo Rico should be
Speaker 2: ashamed of himself for having such a horrific effect on
Speaker 2: that game.
Speaker 3: That's it.
Speaker 2: I don't want to talk too much more about that
Speaker 2: other than the fact that the Coma Defiance got absolutely
Speaker 2: screwed last night by the referee Servando Rico, and it's
Speaker 2: a just disappointing fact that over the last few weeks,
Speaker 2: we as fans of the Sounders and Defiance, have seen
Speaker 2: continued performances, poor performances by referees, getting in the way
Speaker 2: of what could have been a win in Colorado, getting
Speaker 2: in the way of what could have been an even
Speaker 2: bigger blow win over Saint Louis, and getting in the
Speaker 2: way of what could have been an incredible upset for
Speaker 2: Tacoma Defiance over Portland. So I'm disgusted by the refereeing
Speaker 2: performances that we've seen over the last few weeks, but
Speaker 2: none more so than Servando Rico last night. And all
Speaker 2: Sounder fans and all Defiance fans should be just up
Speaker 2: in arms, and I'm just I'm so fed up with it.
Speaker 2: And last night Tacoma should have had the upset, should
Speaker 2: have been a magical night at Starfire, and he took
Speaker 2: that away from us. So all right, I really I
Speaker 2: don't want to spend the rest of the time lamenting
Speaker 2: the referee revenge, lamenting that whole situation. I want to
Speaker 2: move forward and put a smile on our faces, because
Speaker 2: for the most part, for Sounder fans, it was a
Speaker 2: very good week. The Saint Louis win, We talked about it.
Speaker 3: It was so good.
Speaker 2: It could have been and should have been an even
Speaker 2: bigger win, but it was such an awesome victory over
Speaker 2: Saint Louis. Obviously knew who's scoring is fantastic, Stephen Fry
Speaker 2: making his four hundredth all competition appearance. You also had,
Speaker 2: of course Albert Rusnack scoring, You had Obed Vargas and
Speaker 2: it was just this absolute, you know, cavalcade of great plays.
Speaker 2: Danny Mazowski scoring his fourth goal in four games, joining
Speaker 2: Freddie Montero, Obavima Martins and Jordan Morris as the only
Speaker 2: players in club history to score in four straight matches.
Speaker 2: Ryan Kent when he came on the field, Holy smokes.
Speaker 2: I can't wait to talk to Ari about Ryan Kent
Speaker 2: because he was electric coming on.
Speaker 4: He might have been the man in the match, and
Speaker 4: he only came onto the field in the fifty seventh minutes.
Speaker 4: And then on top of all that, after the win,
Speaker 4: we can celebrate Brian Schmitzer. He's now tied for tenth
Speaker 4: all time in Major League Soccer history among head coaches
Speaker 4: with one hundred and thirty wins. That's great for Brian,
Speaker 4: it's great for all those players, Alex Droldon returns to
Speaker 4: the starting lineup in the four two three one formation.
Speaker 3: He was great.
Speaker 2: That was such an amazing game, probably best game of
Speaker 2: the season for the Sounders against Saint Louis. It just
Speaker 2: could have been five nothing if you want to say,
Speaker 2: the soft penalties in five to one.
Speaker 3: But you know, it's just.
Speaker 2: You have to celebrate it and be happy about the win.
Speaker 2: But also right now, I'm just conflicted with all of
Speaker 2: these emotions after what happened last night down there at Starfire. Okay,
Speaker 2: let's stick with the Sounders. After the game in the
Speaker 2: locker room, had the chance to catch up with Christian
Speaker 2: roll do on. We had a really fun conversation where
Speaker 2: we keyed on all of the big performances I just mentioned,
Speaker 2: from knew Who to Mazowski to Ryan Kent to everything
Speaker 2: else that's going so great Obed Vargas as well, who
Speaker 2: walked by during our conversation. Such a fun conversation here,
Speaker 2: lots of happy faces here in the locker room after
Speaker 2: the Sounders four to one win over Saint Louis.
Speaker 3: Here was my conversation with Christian rolled on what's the.
Speaker 2: Reaction of the teammates and including yourself on the field
Speaker 2: after Knew who puts his second career goal in the
Speaker 2: back of the net.
Speaker 5: Well, we are stop for him. Clearly he was over
Speaker 5: the moon with his celebration, and you know, he thought
Speaker 5: he scored the goal to win, to seal the World Cup.
Speaker 5: So it's hilarious. I knew who works so hard to
Speaker 5: to defend for us, and so for him to see
Speaker 5: the back of the net, we're so happy for him.
Speaker 2: So we do the post him show with Kellen Rowe
Speaker 2: up in the booth, and Kellen was kind of hard
Speaker 2: on his celebration. You feel like, I want more dancing,
Speaker 2: I want more smiles, I want more so so he
Speaker 2: was he was a little more critical of the celebration.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, I mean it wasn't the greatest celebration, but
Speaker 5: his emotion was there, right, and so that that's what
Speaker 5: I was what I was referring to. You know, he
Speaker 5: can always improve uh in in dancing and celebrating and
Speaker 5: but he's he theatrical and and that goal was definitely theatrical.
Speaker 2: We got oh bed walking by right here and and
Speaker 2: and he was voted man of the match for the game.
Speaker 2: And from the goal to the work that next to
Speaker 2: you in the defense of midfield. How have you seen
Speaker 2: this kid grow?
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, he covers so much ground for us. He
Speaker 5: gets into the attack and and also helps me defend
Speaker 5: as well, And so he provides so much for our team,
Speaker 5: both physically and on the ball. His composure and his
Speaker 5: ability to get in the box and get shots off
Speaker 5: it has been crucial. Last couple of games. We're asking
Speaker 5: him to play a little bit higher up the field,
Speaker 5: and I think he's thrived in that role. And I
Speaker 5: think it's a result of us scoring more goals.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: I hope he continues to grow, and I think because
Speaker 5: the good head on his shoulders, he definitely will.
Speaker 2: All right, So for you guys now, as a team,
Speaker 2: we're looking at a four game on beaten streak, three wins.
Speaker 2: You got that drawn Colorado. I imagine in the locker
Speaker 2: room right here, things are you guys must be going
Speaker 2: pretty good right now.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think our confidence is high. You know, every
Speaker 5: game is different, but I think when we shine a
Speaker 5: little bit more, is when when we're able to have
Speaker 5: a little bit of a lead, right when we score
Speaker 5: the first goal or we finally break through, I think
Speaker 5: it creates a whole lot more space for us, we
Speaker 5: see a lot more. We play through the middle a
Speaker 5: whole lot more, and I think that's when we're at
Speaker 5: our best, and so can we be the aggressor from
Speaker 5: the get go, And I think that's been a the
Speaker 5: reason why we've been a little bit more and more
Speaker 5: successful these last couple of games.
Speaker 2: Here with Christian roll Don and you talk about kind of,
Speaker 2: you know, the ability to go up and then the
Speaker 2: way you play. I mean, watching Ryan Ken that last
Speaker 2: thirty three plus minutes, I mean, he seems like he's
Speaker 2: quite the difference for maker roality. What does he do
Speaker 2: on the field that you see that you can play
Speaker 2: off of that that looks at least from our angle,
Speaker 2: so attractive and so good.
Speaker 5: Yeah, well, he's both really athletic and quick and can
Speaker 5: find a pass as well. I think his his passing
Speaker 5: is a bit underrated. I think people respect to speed
Speaker 5: a whole lot, and so passing lanes open up and now.
Speaker 5: But I think already found a good partner. He looks
Speaker 5: like he and and Ryan are you know, connecting really well.
Speaker 5: And so you know, when you combine speed and and
Speaker 5: and the ability to pass the ball, it becomes a
Speaker 5: different maker in the Finals in the final thirty.
Speaker 2: Day Mazoski four goals in four games. Like, what can
Speaker 2: you say about what he's doing up front? Just he's
Speaker 2: finding a way to put a ball in the back
Speaker 2: of the net.
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's opportunistic. You know, he's a player that I
Speaker 5: think doesn't get enough credit for his abilities. I think
Speaker 5: he's sneaky fast, sneaky athletics, sneaky good touch, dribbles pretty well,
Speaker 5: and then he has a knack for goal, you know,
Speaker 5: and and I think that's something you can't teach. And so,
Speaker 5: you know, Denny I think has always shown well, but
Speaker 5: now I think he's kind of filling into the role
Speaker 5: that that we're asking him to do. And he's been
Speaker 5: exceptional and and and has a good mentality going into games.
Speaker 2: He saw Houston just about a month and a half ago,
Speaker 2: going down there, team that you guys on the playoffs
Speaker 2: a couple of times. Obviously, you know, normally I wouldn't
Speaker 2: ask that, you know, what do you see from a
Speaker 2: team coming up? But you guys have seen him so
Speaker 2: much recently. What are your thoughts on Houston coming up?
Speaker 5: I think it's gonna be a tough game. You know,
Speaker 5: Houston's a team that play used to the middle. They're
Speaker 5: very composed on the ball. They they you know, defend
Speaker 5: well as well. I think they struggle in the attack
Speaker 5: a little bit. But when you're at home, you know,
Speaker 5: you you benefit from that. It seems like the ball
Speaker 5: bounces your way a little bit more. And so we
Speaker 5: need to go over there with a good attitude and
Speaker 5: make sure our mentality is right on the road and
Speaker 5: then being able to be composed and keep the ball,
Speaker 5: but then have that that right mentality, like I mentioned
Speaker 5: the intensity part, because on the road, that's what it's
Speaker 5: all about.
Speaker 2: By the way, first time we've caught up, I think
Speaker 2: first time we caught up this year. How's how's dad life?
Speaker 5: By the way, me is doing great, She's she's now
Speaker 5: in almost ten months and she's standing up already, and
Speaker 5: it's it's a real treat.
Speaker 2: At what point do you put the soccer ball in
Speaker 2: front of them?
Speaker 5: Oh, I've been doing that. Yeah. I want her to
Speaker 5: to be able to play any sport, but you know,
Speaker 5: if it's soccer, you know, I would love that coach.
Speaker 2: Christian there, okay, the unity if to start teaching the
Speaker 2: tactics at I don't know what what won two years old,
Speaker 2: the years old.
Speaker 5: Yeah, the wideboard will be coming out soon.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Hey, Budy, thanks so much.
Speaker 5: Yeah, appreciate it.
Speaker 2: That's Christian Rolldon in the locker room after the Sounders
Speaker 2: four to one win over Saint Louis. We'll get a
Speaker 2: break here in Sounders Weekly and we'll continue talking about
Speaker 2: that win. Arilillionwall, Major League Soccer dot Com and the
Speaker 2: podcast Lobbing Scorches. He'll join us next to continue celebrating
Speaker 2: Seattle's win and take a trip around Major League Soccer.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Sounders Weekly, everybody. Jackson feltz here. Good
Speaker 2: to have you with us here on this Wednesday night
Speaker 2: to cover Sounders and Defiance there and that first segment.
Speaker 2: He was good seeing our next guest out there at
Speaker 2: Starfires Stadium yesterday for the Defiance Portland game. Ari Lillionwall
Speaker 2: from Major League Soccer dot Com and the podcast Lobbing Scorchers.
Speaker 2: Are good to talk to you after talking to you yesterday.
Speaker 7: How you doing, Buddy, I'm doing great, Jackson, looking forward
Speaker 7: to talking about this Sounders game with you.
Speaker 2: This was a good one, oh baby, Yeah, we get
Speaker 2: to really enjoy this. What I said on Fox thirteen,
Speaker 2: I was on their Washington Sports Wrap TV show a
Speaker 2: couple of nights ago. What I said on there was
Speaker 2: it might be the best game of the season. I know,
Speaker 2: we've had a three to nothing shutout, and you know,
Speaker 2: you could debate that this should have been a shutout.
Speaker 2: You could could debate that this could have been easily
Speaker 2: a five to nothing game. Buy or sell best game
Speaker 2: of the season for the Sounders that at four to
Speaker 2: one win over Saint Louis.
Speaker 7: Oh, I think I'm easily buying that as best game
Speaker 7: of the season. And frankly, I thought this was the
Speaker 7: best attacking performance that the team has put up in
Speaker 7: the last couple of years. I mean, I know the
Speaker 7: underlying numbers, their performance numbers were just off the charts.
Speaker 7: I mean, they put up over four expected goals in
Speaker 7: this game, which I think was comfortably out by the
Speaker 7: eyes tests. So yeah, no, it was. It was electric.
Speaker 7: I think it was the best game of the season.
Speaker 7: And there's just a lot of encouraging things that you
Speaker 7: can take away from this game even beyond Ryan Kent,
Speaker 7: which I think is the most obvious.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I think that is the most obvious, and
Speaker 2: we can just jump right into that topic because he
Speaker 2: comes on in the fifty seventh minute, and four minutes
Speaker 2: after coming on the field, we score a goal and
Speaker 2: he assists it. He is pretty special, dude, And I
Speaker 2: think the only question left is it do you have to.
Speaker 3: Put him on?
Speaker 2: You know, I know you want to reward Paul Rothrock,
Speaker 2: and Rothrock's doing fine, But at this point do you
Speaker 2: have to start Ryan Kens at left wing?
Speaker 7: I mean, I do think there's still in a situation
Speaker 7: as it stands right now where they're ramping his fitness
Speaker 7: totally up, So I think at least for the next
Speaker 7: couple weeks, you don't really have to make that decision yet.
Speaker 7: You know, whether they start him weekend week out, I'm
Speaker 7: not as concerned about. But I mean, the guy clearly
Speaker 7: has to be getting a lot of minutes because I
Speaker 7: think the most intriguing thing about that performance for me
Speaker 7: Jackson was just how much he seemed to be a
Speaker 7: force multiplier, how much better he made every single other
Speaker 7: player on the field.
Speaker 3: He knew who we're.
Speaker 7: Combining really well. I mean, when was the last time
Speaker 7: you seen knew who play that well in attack? And
Speaker 7: the way he was combining with Obed was excellent. They
Speaker 7: have really good chemistry. I thought Rusnak looked more effective
Speaker 7: as well with Ryan Kent playing out wide beside him.
Speaker 7: So yeah, really nothing but rave reviews for how he played,
Speaker 7: and it's going to be exciting to see what impact
Speaker 7: he can make going forward as he gets more minutes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, and I'm when he becomes ninety minutes fit,
Speaker 2: that'll be the question. But if he's still ramping up
Speaker 2: right now and you know he's getting thirty three plus stoppage,
Speaker 2: you know, does that turn into forty five? And is
Speaker 2: that forty five the first forty five or the second
Speaker 2: forty five? That's give me interesting for Brian Schmitzer. This week,
Speaker 2: Ario Lilliene was our guest mlis soccer dot com. He
Speaker 2: also post hosts the podcast Lobbing Scorches. They go live
Speaker 2: on Monday mornings and Thursday night. Check out Lobbing Scorches
Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcasts, including the iHeart Radio app.
Speaker 2: Before we move on from Sounder Saint Louis, I know
Speaker 2: I talked to you about the officiating disaster down in
Speaker 2: Colorado last week the previous week. Excuse me, but last
Speaker 2: week we had another one. I get the you know,
Speaker 2: it's a soft penalty on Yamar, and you know we're
Speaker 2: gonna call it, and then we kind of call the
Speaker 2: soft one on Rothrock on the other end. But then
Speaker 2: the handball no call in the second half. He explained
Speaker 2: it away and Sounderhart had this on their blue Sky page.
Speaker 2: How the referee said that it hit the thigh and
Speaker 2: came up and hit the arm in a natural position,
Speaker 2: which just screams to me, Ari that referees now have
Speaker 2: the authority to say whatever they want and not get
Speaker 2: checked for anything that's real or not real. I mean,
Speaker 2: I don't know, man, I don't know what the guy
Speaker 2: was doing in the second half, And it's just another
Speaker 2: week where I'm asking you and I'm talking about a
Speaker 2: referee who just doesn't look like he knows what he's
Speaker 2: doing out there.
Speaker 3: I think that was the worst call I've ever seen.
Speaker 7: Yessin, Like, at the risk of exaggerating or being hyperbolic,
Speaker 7: I think that was actually the worst call I've ever seen.
Speaker 7: There were so many things wrong with how that sequence
Speaker 7: was handled. It was It was incredible. It was unbelievable
Speaker 7: how every single facet of the process was wrong, starting
Speaker 7: with how long it took for them to stop play
Speaker 7: on the.
Speaker 3: Field, and then he goes.
Speaker 7: Over and looks at it for forty five minutes, when
Speaker 7: you really could have that needs to take less than
Speaker 7: thirty seconds, thirty seconds at the absolute maximum to look
Speaker 7: at that call. It couldn't be more clear and obvious.
Speaker 7: But then with how long he took to look at it,
Speaker 7: he still missed the call. So really it was just
Speaker 7: he was oh for everything on how that sequence went.
Speaker 7: And you know, we can laugh about it now. It
Speaker 7: didn't matter to Sader scored four goals, they won the game,
Speaker 7: But in the moment it was pretty hard not to
Speaker 7: be frustrated because that is as stone cold a penalty
Speaker 7: kick as it gets. I even think that you could
Speaker 7: argue that that was.
Speaker 3: A dog so red.
Speaker 7: Well, yeah, you having your hand in an unnatural position
Speaker 7: and you block a shot that's going on target from
Speaker 7: inside the box. I don't know if there's a clear
Speaker 7: cut rule on it anymore if someone was telling me
Speaker 7: there wasn't, but it would have been a justifiable dog
Speaker 7: so red if he had given that. So that's how
Speaker 7: badly that call was missed. I'm still mystified by it.
Speaker 7: I don't care.
Speaker 2: They ended up winning the game, but good Lord, sure
Speaker 2: would be nice if one of these days we got
Speaker 2: a good refereeing performance. But we haven't gotten that in
Speaker 2: a while for Sounder fans, So hopefully this week against
Speaker 2: Houston and ari As we kind of look for it
Speaker 2: a little bit. Coming up here in Sounders Weekly, we're
Speaker 2: gonna be talking to Haesus Oscevedo Junior. He writes for
Speaker 2: the Bayou Citi in down there in Houston. We're gonna
Speaker 2: talk some Sounders Dynamo. But before he comes on, he
Speaker 2: shares his insight. We have Houston fresh off of a loss,
Speaker 2: I believe, a fresh off a red card as well,
Speaker 2: and a Houston team that's still kind of finding their way.
Speaker 2: And I imagine Seattle after that thirty plus shot performance
Speaker 2: is looking their chops.
Speaker 7: Yeah, this Dynamo team, I would say they're having a
Speaker 7: middling start to the year. They did get a new
Speaker 7: DP recently, inger I think his name is. I know,
Speaker 7: he looks pretty good. The first couple games he was
Speaker 7: with them, he scored a couple of goals, but it's
Speaker 7: not like they are looking like especially good or dominant
Speaker 7: team this year. But the thing when the same when
Speaker 7: Seattle's traveling away at Houston, it's.
Speaker 3: Just always a tough game, you know.
Speaker 7: The Texas heat always becomes a factor. I don't know,
Speaker 7: maybe we're at the time of year where that mot
Speaker 7: might not be as much a factor as it is.
Speaker 3: And more like Midsummer.
Speaker 7: But it's not an easy place to go and take
Speaker 7: points no matter what quality aside the Dynamo are. So
Speaker 7: it's definitely not a game that I would expect Seattle
Speaker 7: to go in and run over them, although with how
Speaker 7: they looked against Saint Louis, if they play like that again,
Speaker 7: three points is very attainable against this team.
Speaker 2: Ariy Lillian Wall is our guest. He's a writer and
Speaker 2: editor for mlssccer dot com. He also hosts the podcast
Speaker 2: Lobbing Scorchers. You're listening to Sounders Weekly here on Sports
Speaker 2: Radio ninety three point three KJRFM and how are here
Speaker 2: tonight talking all things Sounders Soccer All ri Let's jump
Speaker 2: around here and talk about what's going on around the
Speaker 2: rest of the league. The conca CAFT Champions Cup final
Speaker 2: is set Vancouver Cruz a Zool. We've talked at length
Speaker 2: about Vancouver being the best team in Major League Soccer
Speaker 2: right now. They're getting the results in league, they're getting
Speaker 2: the results in Conca CAFF. They're in the final. Who
Speaker 2: you got between the Mexican side Cruise a Zool and Vancouver.
Speaker 7: I think the white Caps are gonna do it, I
Speaker 7: honestly do. I know that they're not hosting, and I
Speaker 7: know that any matchup against the LEGA and Mechi side
Speaker 7: is going to be a tough one in this tournament,
Speaker 7: but they've already beat two LEGA and Mechi sides that
Speaker 7: I don't think there's that much of a difference in
Speaker 7: quality between the sides. They've already beaten the one that
Speaker 7: they're about to play, and they just seem like they
Speaker 7: have this team of destiny vibe about him. Right now.
Speaker 7: They're playing the best soccer in the league by a
Speaker 7: country mile. But they're also they're coming through in big moments.
Speaker 7: They're rotating and still taking not just results but victories.
Speaker 7: They are on one of the most impressive runs I've
Speaker 7: ever seen by an MLS club. To be honest with you,
Speaker 7: and if they see this out and they win Champions
Speaker 7: Cup this year. I think you could call it the
Speaker 7: single most impressive run that we've ever seen from a.
Speaker 3: Club in MLS.
Speaker 7: I think what they're doing has the potential to be
Speaker 7: that historic, if it's not already.
Speaker 2: The Vancouver white Caps, the team putting it together just
Speaker 2: absolutely so.
Speaker 7: Yeah, like I predicted, I definitely thought that exactly.
Speaker 2: It's it's so massively impressive and what they're doing and
Speaker 2: then playing the best soccer you know, I don't I
Speaker 2: don't have it in front of me, and you can
Speaker 2: just quickly confirm this is no longer the two leg final.
Speaker 2: It's one game and it's at Cruise as correct.
Speaker 7: Yeah, so one offen for the Doule's hosting.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, all right, well that's coming up and we'll
Speaker 2: obviously talk more as the game that's closer, but I
Speaker 2: might be with you that Vancouver is gonna pull it
Speaker 2: off and we'll see how that functioned.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, the team that Vancouver beat Miami feels like after
Speaker 2: their big win this last week, we may start to
Speaker 2: see a Miami revenge tour, saying we may not have
Speaker 2: gotten CCC, but we're gonna go get everybody else.
Speaker 7: You know, you might take that from looking at the result,
Speaker 7: and that might well be true. But I will say
Speaker 7: after that game, there was a footage of Lionel Messi
Speaker 7: walking off the field right after the game, and he
Speaker 7: did not look happy.
Speaker 3: He did not look like a.
Speaker 7: Guy whose team just won. For to one. I think
Speaker 7: it's pretty clear that by the way that that series
Speaker 7: against Vancouver went is eating at him real bad. He
Speaker 7: didn't stay and talk to anyone on the field after
Speaker 7: the game, went straight to the locker room, stonefaced. So
Speaker 7: I'll be keeping it in the tabs on that one,
Speaker 7: because essentially the entire function of the inner in Miami
Speaker 7: organization at this point is designed to specifically keep that
Speaker 7: one guy happy.
Speaker 3: And if he's not.
Speaker 7: Happy, I feel like things could go south in a hurry.
Speaker 7: So I think the final out is probably going to
Speaker 7: be closer to what you're saying. They're going to use
Speaker 7: this as motivation and still be top of the table
Speaker 7: side in the league for the rest of the year.
Speaker 7: There's too much talent on their roster. It's just so loaded,
Speaker 7: even beyond Messi and the Barca boys. But if Messi
Speaker 7: himself isn't happy, that's definitely not good for them.
Speaker 2: No, it's definitely not. But if he turns that into
Speaker 2: you know, sort of what I was saying, the revenge tour,
Speaker 2: then Miami could just go on a roll. So I'll
Speaker 2: be also watching for that and we'll kind of follow them.
Speaker 2: After losing to Vancouver and CCC moving on, are back
Speaker 2: to the West Coast. I said last week, does San
Speaker 2: Diego suddenly suck?
Speaker 6: Now?
Speaker 2: And I asked you that question, and then right as
Speaker 2: I say that, they go out and beat Dallas five nothing.
Speaker 2: So let me just slip it around, Wow, why is
Speaker 2: San Diego suddenly the best team on Earth?
Speaker 7: You know, maybe part of that was playing FC Dallas,
Speaker 7: who I think they're realistically, they're kind of in a
Speaker 7: developmental stage in a first year coach and all that,
Speaker 7: so maybe maybe they benefited from that. But you know,
Speaker 7: even that with that taken into account, dropping five goals
Speaker 7: on anybody that's an accomplishment, and it really it looked
Speaker 7: a lot more like the San Diego team that was
Speaker 7: taken the league by storm early in the year. And
Speaker 7: I think I guess my takeaway is just that they're
Speaker 7: probably gonna have some ebbs and flows as an expansion
Speaker 7: team they might. They're probably not on the level of
Speaker 7: like Atlanta United or LAFC, who really came in and
Speaker 7: tore up the league, but they are a team who
Speaker 7: on their day can score goals with anybody, and I
Speaker 7: think they definitely showed that.
Speaker 3: In this game.
Speaker 2: Hey, Ari, really quick before you go. I wanted to
Speaker 2: fit this in because I don't think we've even talked
Speaker 2: about them this year, and the Sounders are still more
Speaker 2: than a month away from even playing them. I think
Speaker 2: Minnesota second place in the Western Conference. Another win this
Speaker 2: last weekend, I guess I've been sleeping on Minnesota. Has
Speaker 2: the general public been sleeping on Minnesota? And how good
Speaker 2: are the Loons?
Speaker 7: I think the Loons are pretty good. I don't know
Speaker 7: if I would dub them an elite side yet. I
Speaker 7: think you saw that they might have a little way
Speaker 7: to go before they can be dubbed in a least
Speaker 7: side when they played Vancouver at home and got destroyed
Speaker 7: by Vancouver's second team in that game at only on
Speaker 7: s field. So I look at a result like that
Speaker 7: and I'm like, all right, I don't know if you're
Speaker 7: fully upper tier in the league right now, but they're
Speaker 7: definitely a playoff team without a doubt. And I do
Speaker 7: like their coach, Eric Ramsey. They hired him last year
Speaker 7: and I believe from Manchester United where he was an assistant,
Speaker 7: and he's a super young outrage.
Speaker 3: He's like, he's like, he's like thirty two years of
Speaker 3: our age.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, he's our age coming from Manchester United to
Speaker 7: head coach Minnesota United, and he really he seems like
Speaker 7: he knows what he's doing. So I think they got
Speaker 7: a good thing going there, but I do think there
Speaker 7: is a little more ground they need to cover to
Speaker 7: be like a truly upper tier league contender in the league.
Speaker 2: Let me look up Eric Ramsey here if my internet's working,
Speaker 2: and see if how old he is, because that was
Speaker 2: kind of the joke when he was first hired. And
Speaker 2: Eric Ramsey he is now officially thirty three years old,
Speaker 2: So I turned thirty three today, so we're now officially
Speaker 2: the same age. Crazy that he's the head coach of
Speaker 2: Minnesota United in years with of course Manchester you're right
Speaker 2: to United over there in England. Here he is running
Speaker 2: Minnesota pretty darn well. Right now, all right, Ari, that's
Speaker 2: all we have time for. I will see if well
Speaker 2: I saw you yesterday. I won't see you this weekend.
Speaker 2: Sounders are in Houston, so I'll see you in a
Speaker 2: couple weeks and we'll talk to you next Wednesday for
Speaker 2: another edition of Sounders Weekly. Oh actually, shoot, no, we won't.
Speaker 2: Actually this is actually news. Sounders play LAFC midweek next week.
Speaker 2: We're not going to have a Sounders Weekly show. We're
Speaker 2: gonna have an extended post game after the LAFC match
Speaker 2: on Wednesday, So I.
Speaker 3: Won't talk to you for a couple weeks, buddy. So
Speaker 3: until then, sounds good, Happy early birthday.
Speaker 2: Good stuff there from Ari Lillianwall and thank you to
Speaker 2: him as well. We'll get a break here in Sounders Weekly.
Speaker 2: Here we'll come back and wrap up the show here
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Speaker 2: All right, let's dive deep into the Houston Dynamo, who
Speaker 2: the Sounders are facing on the road this Saturday night.
Speaker 2: Heesus ossiveto Junior from the Bayou City, and he covers
Speaker 2: them like nobody else. He will join us next here
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Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody, Sounders Weekly.
Speaker 2: Jackson feltz good to have you with us on this
Speaker 2: Wednesday night thanks to Ari.
Speaker 3: Lillianwall and Christian Roldan so far.
Speaker 2: This evening is now time to take a look ahead
Speaker 2: at what's next for the Sounders and preview in depth
Speaker 2: the match coming up that will be at the Houston
Speaker 2: Dynamo Shell Energy Stadium. We're gonna have the match for
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Speaker 2: when we talk Houston Dynamo. He writes for the Bayou
Speaker 2: City and who covers the Houston Dynamo like nobody else.
Speaker 2: It's our good friend, heyesus osceveto Junior, Hey, Sus, good
Speaker 2: to have you back on the show, my friend.
Speaker 8: How are you, hey, Jackson, I'm doing well. Thank you
Speaker 8: for having me on.
Speaker 6: I don't like talking Shadow Founders still with anybody, but.
Speaker 2: I don't like talk to anybody about the Dynamo. But
Speaker 2: I also, you know, it's funny, hayesus because every single
Speaker 2: time we have you on, we I don't know if
Speaker 2: we start or end the conversations, but we do spend
Speaker 2: a couple of minutes on Houston Cougar's basketball. And the
Speaker 2: joke started for those outside of kind of the inside joke,
Speaker 2: This started in twenty eighteen. I want to say when
Speaker 2: we first had Yon for Sounders Week, and you know,
Speaker 2: it was a March game, or maybe it was the
Speaker 2: end of March. NCAA tournament was coming out, and I
Speaker 2: asked you, well, okay, you're in Houston. Should I pick
Speaker 2: the Cougars to the final four or to the championship?
Speaker 2: And this was years back, and you said, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: I'd go for it, and I ended up picking them
Speaker 2: to win the title and they promptly lost early. So
Speaker 2: since then, it's kind of just been this inside joke
Speaker 2: of picking the Cougars to go far and then I
Speaker 2: cursed them. Hey, sus this time I correctly, crazy enough
Speaker 2: predicted that Florida would be Houston. I picked them to
Speaker 2: the title game to lose in the title game. They
Speaker 2: did lose in the title game. But it's how they lost,
Speaker 2: my friend, It's how they lost that final possession.
Speaker 3: What in the living hell was that?
Speaker 6: It was a mistake, But if you have to try.
Speaker 3: It's okay. I understand the tears that are needed in
Speaker 3: this moment.
Speaker 8: The tears up dry there and enough time has passed,
Speaker 8: and I think it was just the brain fark gains
Speaker 8: for lack a better order.
Speaker 6: I don't know if I can say that, but just
Speaker 6: you know.
Speaker 8: A clutch player that you know, without him, you know, Shark,
Speaker 8: without Sharp, we don't even make it to the final.
Speaker 6: He had a tremendous game with Duke.
Speaker 8: You know, he just just one of those moments and
Speaker 8: he just the brain turned off for half a second,
Speaker 8: and you know, and after we all know if he
Speaker 8: pump picks. Yeah, the White up in three possibly wins it,
Speaker 8: you know, so you know, but I'm.
Speaker 6: Glad that he's coming back. And I know we you know,
Speaker 6: you were not texted throughout the game.
Speaker 8: We're kind of getting back into it if you're going
Speaker 8: now they shut up Jackson, you know. But but it's
Speaker 8: all in good. I'm super happy with this team. I mean, look,
Speaker 8: they have a lot of players are jumping ship and
Speaker 8: coming to the Hoaston Cougars. Now that just tells me
Speaker 8: that this team is gonna be loaded. They're probably gonna
Speaker 8: be ranked number one entering the basketball season. So let's
Speaker 8: just hope that they we have another deep playoffs playoff March.
Speaker 2: Man well, hopefully hopefully in twenty twenty six, we get
Speaker 2: a Sounders Houston game once again in March, so you
Speaker 2: can take you can tell me and tell all of
Speaker 2: our listeners to pick them to the title game of
Speaker 2: our brackets, and promptly I will do that, and promptly
Speaker 2: they will.
Speaker 3: Lose in the first round again.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 2: Savado Junior's our guest. He covers all things Houston sports,
Speaker 2: including the Houston Dynamo, down for the Bayouciti and all right,
Speaker 2: moving on, to some soccer heyesus, uh.
Speaker 3: This is a Dynamo team.
Speaker 2: We obviously had the zero zero draw up here in Seattle.
Speaker 2: International duty was a big part of that match as
Speaker 2: we were missing Obed Vargas and knew who McGlenn was
Speaker 2: gone for you guys since then, just from Afar and
Speaker 2: you tell me if I'm right or wrong on this,
Speaker 2: seems like it's kind of been a middling couple of months.
Speaker 3: For you guys.
Speaker 2: What has life been like for the Houston Dynamo since
Speaker 2: we last saw you.
Speaker 8: Inconsistency is the word that comes to mind, you know,
Speaker 8: you you they finally got some of the reinforcements that
Speaker 8: that a lot of the fans and I'm sure a
Speaker 8: lot of the coaches were asking for due to some
Speaker 8: of the interests.
Speaker 6: You know. They got you know, uh Linger. They got
Speaker 6: him in.
Speaker 8: He made an immediate impact two goals and three at
Speaker 8: that that he's played in, which I think is pretty good.
Speaker 8: And you know, uhuh some Donald fans have started singing
Speaker 8: the you know Cranberry song Linger after he scored, so
Speaker 8: there's that.
Speaker 6: But it's been a little inconsistent.
Speaker 8: I mean, they just lost uh this past weekend, but
Speaker 8: entering that game, they were on a four game uh,
Speaker 8: four game unbeaten streak, you know, which is included two
Speaker 8: draws and two wins. So they're starting to write the ship,
Speaker 8: but just ever so slightly, you know.
Speaker 6: They still have a lot more to go.
Speaker 8: I think this game with Seattle is actually a good
Speaker 8: opportunity to see where they where they rank in this
Speaker 8: you know, righting the ship kind of that I'm that
Speaker 8: I'm talking about, you know, good Toadle team.
Speaker 6: He's at home.
Speaker 8: They just had their first one second multi goal game
Speaker 8: up now, two two weeks.
Speaker 6: Ago, you know.
Speaker 8: So so it's been inconsistent, you know, and I think
Speaker 8: that's where that Ben Olsen has used. You know, we've
Speaker 8: been inconsistent, but still uh they have grown their defense,
Speaker 8: and now the offense needs to catch up with right,
Speaker 8: the attack needs to catch up to now where.
Speaker 6: The defense is because this is still a good defensive team.
Speaker 8: Started off slow on the defensive end, but they have slowly,
Speaker 8: you know, ratcheted up. They just signed a bond keeper
Speaker 8: who had them in this experience. He played with LAC
Speaker 8: a couple of years ago. So he's been now starting
Speaker 8: on up I want to say, three four matches in
Speaker 8: so He's brought a little bit more stability to the
Speaker 8: backside to the defense. So so now it's all about
Speaker 8: getting the other side the attack clicking. But as I said,
Speaker 8: with some of these new reinforcements, putting them into the
Speaker 8: into the lineup, and now playing with the lineup, who stays,
Speaker 8: who goes out?
Speaker 6: And you know, so I think these.
Speaker 8: New reinforcements would just make this thing better because now
Speaker 8: you know people that are starting. Now you got to
Speaker 8: look and be like, wow, I'm not starting anymore. Now
Speaker 8: I have to compete even extra harder in practice to
Speaker 8: see if I can get playing time as a starter
Speaker 8: or off the bench. But inconsistency is the word that
Speaker 8: I will say. Uh million is another good one, you know.
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, it's interesting because if you're looking at
Speaker 2: these recent results and just these last few hazos Osivator
Speaker 2: Junior is our guest is the Houston Dynamo for the
Speaker 2: Bayou City and down there in Houston, Texas. And you
Speaker 2: brought up an interesting point of this being kind of
Speaker 2: a good measuring stick to see kind of where the
Speaker 2: Dynamo are at along the rest of the Western Conference.
Speaker 2: Because right now, the Sounders we've established ourselves back in
Speaker 2: the playoff picture.
Speaker 3: We're getting going.
Speaker 2: We had our probably best game of the season according
Speaker 2: to you know, kind of just what I took from
Speaker 2: it this last weekend against Saint Louis. This will be
Speaker 2: a good measuring stick. So as we kind of look
Speaker 2: ahead and preview this specific match at home, know that
Speaker 2: Houston has a good defense, your offense trying to get going.
Speaker 2: You imagine you'll try to get out on the front
Speaker 2: foot at home. How do you believe that that the
Speaker 2: measuring stick will end up? Where do you think that
Speaker 2: we're going to be coming at the end of ninety
Speaker 2: minutes on Saturday night saying that Houston measures up to
Speaker 2: Seattle and the rest of the West.
Speaker 6: You know, I think back to the Austin game. You know,
Speaker 6: when Austin came into town.
Speaker 8: I think they were second or third on the West
Speaker 8: at that time, and Houston came in and just essentially
Speaker 8: new to them. You know, they pretty much stopped any
Speaker 8: of their attack and they you know, broke out on
Speaker 8: the offensive, and like I said, that was their second
Speaker 8: multi go game of the season. And you know, having
Speaker 8: say that this laid into Maine or you know, late
Speaker 8: into April and learning.
Speaker 6: To the season. I actually say too it it doesn't
Speaker 6: bote well, but I.
Speaker 8: Think, uh, they they've started to play a little better
Speaker 8: at home, you know. So I know Ben also likes
Speaker 8: to play a little bit more on the front foot
Speaker 8: at home, right you You also mentioned that, So I
Speaker 8: do think that they're gonna come out stronger. But I
Speaker 8: think in this magic be asking me for a prediction,
Speaker 8: I think it's gonna be a two zero Dynamo win.
Speaker 8: I think I wouldn't be surprised to be still through
Speaker 8: I have time, and then in.
Speaker 6: The second half Dynamo kind of let it, let it
Speaker 6: lose a bit more. So, so that's kind of prediction.
Speaker 6: I'll say. I don't know if you're asking me one, but.
Speaker 2: You always give your predictions, and I think that's what
Speaker 2: I love is that you're willing to go out on
Speaker 2: a limit and make those predictions. So if you kind
Speaker 2: of spelled out there how Houston would get that to
Speaker 2: nothing win, let's throw out there that it's a Sounders
Speaker 2: to nothing win. How will Seattle have gotten Houston?
Speaker 3: How?
Speaker 5: Now?
Speaker 3: Where where are the places that the Dynamo can be got?
Speaker 6: Well?
Speaker 8: What I was in the season, you know, and and
Speaker 8: and not so many teams have done this.
Speaker 6: I think the Legacy did a good job of it.
Speaker 9: Is you know, they they they drawed the Dynamo out
Speaker 9: up front, almost like baiting them, you know, like, hey,
Speaker 9: you can stow the ball from us, and then you
Speaker 9: know they come out on the on the counter attack.
Speaker 8: That's one place where Dynamo have been a bid unconsistent
Speaker 8: in the counter attacking defense at times, you.
Speaker 6: Know, especially in the early seasons.
Speaker 8: That have gotten better, but I think that's still a
Speaker 8: part where they still have to kind of jail and
Speaker 8: kind of uh uh tied in that area.
Speaker 9: It's on the counter attack. So if that's happened, that's
Speaker 9: how I'll say Shattle scored. I mean, we know Seattle
Speaker 9: has some fast wingers, so that's definitely a possibility.
Speaker 8: And if Seattle scores first, that we could we we
Speaker 8: could see a high scoring game. I think if Shadle
Speaker 8: score first, because obviously, you know, Houston's gonna have to
Speaker 8: come out and try and get the draw, and you
Speaker 8: know definitely don't want to lose at home.
Speaker 3: So so yeah, well it's interesting.
Speaker 2: You know, we obviously are missing Jordan Morris, so that
Speaker 2: takes off a big piece of the counter attack, I
Speaker 2: think from seattles, and that's some interesting x's and o's
Speaker 2: on on if if Houston wants to kind of get forward,
Speaker 2: play on the front foot, you know, and put numbers
Speaker 2: forward for Ben Olsen, how do the Sounders react to that?
Speaker 2: And can they get out on the break with a
Speaker 2: Danny Mazoski up top as opposed to Jordan Morris on
Speaker 2: the counter. Really good x's and o's asus We'll see
Speaker 2: how this thing breaks down Saturday night. I hope for
Speaker 2: our sake that I'm as happy at the end of
Speaker 2: Saturday as I was at the end of Florida beating
Speaker 2: the Cougars. And again I will I feel your pain,
Speaker 2: my friend, I feel your pain. We had the Seahawks
Speaker 2: in twenty fourteen, so I understand about stupid decisions and
Speaker 2: stupid mistakes at the end of championship games. All right, buddy,
Speaker 2: have a very very good time. I enjoy the game
Speaker 2: there on Saturday night down at Shell Energy Stadium.
Speaker 3: We will talk to you soon, my friend.
Speaker 6: Thank you somebody Jackson And one last bit, just a
Speaker 6: little shade you guys.
Speaker 8: Jeez, they released this graphic about all the you know
Speaker 8: once the last time and and Mbo team made the world.
Speaker 3: You know what, screw you man.
Speaker 2: Come on, look at the Look at the standings of
Speaker 2: the West right now, where the Mariners are atop the
Speaker 2: West right now.
Speaker 3: So just scoreboard my friend's scoreboard.
Speaker 6: Now it's even better because he had and Houston are
Speaker 6: in the same side, you know. So so I like
Speaker 6: I like the Seattle Marinas. I I I always feel mad,
Speaker 6: not mad with that. That the great Seattle Maners team
Speaker 6: where you know Johnson like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we didn't win a championship, we know. Thanks
Speaker 2: appreciate that. Hey, how are how are the trash cans
Speaker 2: coming out there? You still banging trash cans? U?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Uh huh uh huh. All right, buddy, good to
Speaker 3: have you on. We gotta run. Thanks so much for
Speaker 3: the visit tonight.
Speaker 6: Likewise, thanks n take it eat man.
Speaker 5: Hey.
Speaker 3: Suss Oscivato Junior.
Speaker 2: He writes for the Bayou City in down there in Houston, Texas,
Speaker 2: covers the Houston Dynamo, covers all Houston sports, including the
Speaker 2: trash Stros where they have garbage cans, and of course
Speaker 2: the losing Houston Cougar's basketball team. All right, that'll do
Speaker 2: it for our show tonight. Thanks to all of our guests,
Speaker 2: Christian rodn Ari, Lilienwall and Haesu's Osseveto Junior. There one
Speaker 2: more time broadcast details for Saturday. It's gonna be right here.
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Speaker 2: met show of five o'clock kickoff of five point thirty.
Speaker 3: You listen to it right here.
Speaker 2: Also iHeartRadio app just look up ninety three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 2: Also you can watch the match via MLS Season Pass
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Speaker 2: l Ray thirteen sixty and Saturday's match is presented by
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Speaker 3: Have a very good rest of your week, everybody.
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