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<v Speaker 1>So, Tyler, do you know, since you are younger and

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<v Speaker 1>far more hip than I am, have you heard have

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<v Speaker 1>you ever heard of Spreen?

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot say I've heard of Spreen.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, because he's an alleged influencer and has like seven

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<v Speaker 1>million followers on YouTube and started a match in Argentina,

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<v Speaker 1>and now the Argentine Justice Department is raising questions and

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<v Speaker 1>the people's eyebrow about having an influencer with no soccer

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<v Speaker 1>experience starting a match as a as a promotional opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>in Argentina. So yeah, Spreen started.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, if the club wanted to play, who cares well?

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe maybe the folks that are tied to the juice boxes.

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<v Speaker 1>And that was why I brought it up, because they

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<v Speaker 1>were a large dog at home. They were a minus

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<v Speaker 1>five ninety six, the draw was a plus two to

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<v Speaker 1>eighty one in the composite and the match ended up

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<v Speaker 1>as a one to one draw.

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<v Speaker 3>So you got wink wink, nudge nudge. Had you do?

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<v Speaker 1>How'd you do against the team at the top of

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<v Speaker 1>the table, and you, as the home massive dogs started Spreen,

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<v Speaker 1>a YouTube influencer and played him for fifty seconds before

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<v Speaker 1>you burned a window and you burned a sub I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how many sub windows you have in Argentina,

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<v Speaker 1>but it was just it was odd to begin with.

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<v Speaker 1>And now when the Argentine Justice Department's kind of sitting

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<v Speaker 1>there going bruh or fam I don't know if it

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<v Speaker 1>was a singular or a plural request, but now we

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<v Speaker 1>have the Argentine Justice Department raising the people's eyebrow over

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<v Speaker 1>starting spreen.

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<v Speaker 3>If you were a dipper TiVo riestro, so that was

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<v Speaker 3>opening kickoff this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the people who are in charge of dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>the monies uh huh absolutely had something to say because

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<v Speaker 2>why in the world does the government need to get

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<v Speaker 2>involved in our quaint, little, not quaint little soccer game.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I've heard of speed, I've never heard of Spreen.

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<v Speaker 2>I almost said Spleen.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, that's what's that for me?

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<v Speaker 1>When I first heard about dude, I'm like, that sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a body part than an old guy would sprain. So,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, yeah, sprain, I've heard of Spleen, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of note.

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<v Speaker 2>To be fair, and this is not a knock him

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<v Speaker 2>on the young man at all. I didn't know who

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<v Speaker 2>in the world the influencer was that hit the Golden

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<v Speaker 2>Spike earlier this year in Atlanta.

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<v Speaker 3>You ain't looking at me for that, if.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Hey, apparently he's doing quite well. I wish

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<v Speaker 2>he would toss some of those those subscribers our way YouTube,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just look some of them, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>see more than others. I don't know who that guy

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<v Speaker 2>was in, nor do I know who Spleen Spring Spring

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<v Speaker 2>scene is.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, uh huh uh huh yeah, so I'm hit. No, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I shoot, I have I have not been hip for

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<v Speaker 1>quite some time. Uh but no, that was opening kickoff

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<v Speaker 1>this morning. It was either that or Undertaker modeling the

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<v Speaker 1>third jersey for Genoa.

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<v Speaker 3>That is now.

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<v Speaker 2>That was that was out of left field.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, and I will say this, I'll give Genoa credit,

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<v Speaker 1>uh A for the marketing budget and b jersey's pretty sweet,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give I'll give him credit for that. Traditionally, for me,

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<v Speaker 1>anything in the darker colors where I can mask spilling

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<v Speaker 1>something that's always a good thing for me. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>the the Undertaker modeling Jennaa's third jersey. Rita Aura apparently

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<v Speaker 1>did it last year and so now they have Undertaker

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<v Speaker 1>doing it this year. So it was I was torn

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<v Speaker 1>as to what opening kickoff was going to be. It

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<v Speaker 1>was either going to be Undertaker or Argentina, and I

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<v Speaker 1>went with Spreen and Argentina.

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<v Speaker 2>You had options this morning, for sure. A lot of

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<v Speaker 2>stuff happening over the past twenty four hours.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you ain't kidding, brother, all right?

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<v Speaker 1>So in chat, yes, MLS Monday, How was your MLS Monday?

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<v Speaker 3>After knocking off Messi and friends? How was that? For

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<v Speaker 3>those that have not had the chance to catch the replay?

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<v Speaker 2>I had to spend Sunday with very very minimal speaking

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<v Speaker 2>because I had no voice. I don't know if you've

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<v Speaker 2>seen me lose in my mind along with everybody else

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of that match, and I'll watch along,

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<v Speaker 2>but I yeah, I had I had very minimal voice

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<v Speaker 2>activity on Sunday. So Monday came around, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole point of that thing's supposed to be an

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<v Speaker 2>MLS Monday show, not just an Atlanta United show. But

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the biggest story really in soccer this past

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<v Speaker 2>weekend was was what Atlanta did to Messi. And we

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<v Speaker 2>had Steve Cangelosi who called the game on which was great,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, got some insight from him about the

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<v Speaker 2>game and the series and then also about you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the other matches that are going on, and look, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got that ha ha ha ha kind of mentality about it.

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<v Speaker 2>You got you know, everybody's just kind of reveling in

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<v Speaker 2>the moment, which is really really fun to see everybody's excited.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I think kind of the consensus by the

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<v Speaker 2>end of it was, you know, yes, like Miami is

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<v Speaker 2>out cool. I don't care. I really don't care. As

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<v Speaker 2>an Atlanta fan, I can I can revel in the

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<v Speaker 2>moment and be so happy that it was Atlanta that

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<v Speaker 2>did it. But there are there are still some genuinely

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<v Speaker 2>good fun storylines and games like if you're neutral, Atlanta

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<v Speaker 2>Orlando is a must watch, the Hudson River Darby's a

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<v Speaker 2>must watch, Like you've got some really good games coming up,

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<v Speaker 2>and just because they don't have a guy named Leno

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<v Speaker 2>Messi and it doesn't mean they're not worth watching.

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<v Speaker 1>So and in the West, if Chawk happens, then you

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<v Speaker 1>set up with El Traffico for a possible Western Conference final.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, there's there's lots of cool things happening. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you if you were on the Messy bandwagon and you

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<v Speaker 2>just happened to still be here after the better team

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<v Speaker 2>knocked him out of the tournament. Go watch these other games,

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<v Speaker 2>because I promise you they'll be much more entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, And the the idea, and this is a part

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<v Speaker 1>of the conversation that I've been having involving Messian friends specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>is that when you are built the way that you're built,

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<v Speaker 1>and you are The analogy that I came up with

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<v Speaker 1>was the Loyal and merrymount offense from college basketball, where

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<v Speaker 1>literally it's like, if you have the ball in your

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<v Speaker 1>hands any more than five seconds, you're taking entirely too

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<v Speaker 1>long before you put up a shot.

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<v Speaker 3>Yea. And it is it was so.

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<v Speaker 1>Heavily stilted toward the offense that when you have the

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<v Speaker 1>defense structured the way that you do, then you have

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<v Speaker 1>injuries attached to that defense, then Tata Martine and the

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<v Speaker 1>staff have to and Jorge Teeler they have to be

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<v Speaker 1>imaginative and trying to figure out, Okay, how are we

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<v Speaker 1>going to fill these holes and how are we going

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<v Speaker 1>to try and and you know, cover up all of

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<v Speaker 1>the cracks and the foundation of our defense. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>also the difference in a one off and a best

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<v Speaker 1>of three, because you can analyze what's going on with

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<v Speaker 1>what happened in match number one, the injuries, the Sergei

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<v Speaker 1>bousquetes where he's not available in two busquets ends up,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, being a sub in Matt number three after no,

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't available, but no, he practiced on the side

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<v Speaker 1>and everything's fine. He's just questionable subterfusion and a decider.

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<v Speaker 1>Who ever thought of something like that when it came

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<v Speaker 1>to player health and identification.

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<v Speaker 3>But it's the difference in a bunch of things.

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<v Speaker 1>Where you find out where I think it's what twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five percent of the cap space for Messian friends is

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<v Speaker 1>toward like a handful of dudes towards the Gulf Stream galacticos,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you've got to figure out how you're going

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<v Speaker 1>to fill those absences, and then figure out defense and

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<v Speaker 1>then best of three. So there's a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 1>in play here involving a top seed that if you

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<v Speaker 1>can find a way to be clinical, then you things

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<v Speaker 1>go your way.

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<v Speaker 3>Am I making any sense this early in the morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, Look, I got coffee, so it's helping.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, it's all.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all coming in loud and clear. I promise what

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<v Speaker 2>you're saying is I'll translate for those that thank you

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't you know, I got it. It was it was loud

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<v Speaker 2>and clear to me.

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<v Speaker 3>The stream of consciousness that's here.

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<v Speaker 2>Translation is maybe don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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<v Speaker 2>You should have a well rounded team. And it's not

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<v Speaker 2>like it was a secret at this point in the

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<v Speaker 2>season that Miami's defense sucked. They you can get in

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<v Speaker 2>behind them, you can you can beat them on counters,

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<v Speaker 2>you can do things to exploit them. We know, and

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<v Speaker 2>we said it last week on here on this show,

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<v Speaker 2>on my show Everything. You get into a game with

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<v Speaker 2>Miami and at some point it's going to start becoming

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<v Speaker 2>a shootout. You just have to score more goals than them,

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<v Speaker 2>because they're going to score. It's gonna happen to go

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<v Speaker 2>and you just got to attack their defense. And then

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<v Speaker 2>for their defense, their defense was so bad.

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<v Speaker 3>How bad was it that in.

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<v Speaker 2>Like the seventy fifth minute, one guy decided to just

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<v Speaker 2>stop playing the game. He just gave up and laid

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<v Speaker 2>down in the middle of the pitch. And then the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of them decided, oh, remember all the fundamentals that

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<v Speaker 2>we learned from the time we're six years old to

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<v Speaker 2>like play, to the whistle. It all went out the window.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how bad that defense was. And Pedro Amador said, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, it was really funny if you if you

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<v Speaker 2>go back and watch Pedro omedor he I'm on our

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<v Speaker 2>watch along. I'm like, oh my god, they're giving him

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<v Speaker 2>so much time to pick out a shot, Like how

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<v Speaker 2>dumb are you? This guy has been a sniper and

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<v Speaker 2>he nailed it again. He he he lines up this

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<v Speaker 2>shot and because of all the craziness right, like nobody

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<v Speaker 2>knows like is he gonna blow the whistle? Like because

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<v Speaker 2>Ivery listens down, Pedro takes the takes the cross and

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<v Speaker 2>then because of the confusion, he just kind of turns

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<v Speaker 2>around and like walks off and it almost looks like

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<v Speaker 2>he called it like Steph Curry or like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>James Bond, and there's an explosion in the background. He's

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<v Speaker 2>just walking away from the explosion, surely because nobody knew

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<v Speaker 2>what was going on exactly. And then Slish so happy

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<v Speaker 2>for that man, especially after what he went through.

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<v Speaker 1>He had to go charging inside the eighteen and the

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<v Speaker 1>trampoline that he got on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, oh man, beautiful that was.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think that and I'll give Lanta United social

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<v Speaker 1>media team credit for this. They started calling him Hawkeye,

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<v Speaker 1>meaning amador. Yeah, and I think that that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>stick YEP.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to get him to use the meme of Hawkeye.

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<v Speaker 2>I just need them to just pace his face over Hawkeye,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, with the bow taken out, taking out the

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<v Speaker 2>guys and the Avengers.

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<v Speaker 3>But and that was you had playoff.

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<v Speaker 1>You had playoff Jamal who almost had a hat trick

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<v Speaker 1>in six minutes after the slam dunk that hit the

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<v Speaker 1>post that he was second to in the fifteenth, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the two goals in nineteenth and the twenty first,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you had the proposed equalizer but he was

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<v Speaker 1>offside and Ronald had played that particular element of it

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<v Speaker 3>But yeah, it was just I was. I was in

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, you were probably in the same seat.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I was in thirty two, seat seven, So I

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<v Speaker 3>At least you had something to, you know, to rest

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, as I'm sitting there and it's like, Okay, how

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<v Speaker 1>writing on my tablet at the half yep, But it

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<v Speaker 1>was it was a bunch of it was. It was

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<v Speaker 2>That's what happened when I was down there. It was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of weird, like at opening a before opening whistle,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, there are empty seats in this stadium

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<v Speaker 2>and then this is messy and it's a playoff game,

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<v Speaker 2>like what are we doing? And then they filled in

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<v Speaker 2>pretty pretty shortly thereafter. But I was I was a

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<v Speaker 1>But you had a lot of folks who in the

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<v Speaker 1>second half down to one as they well, first off,

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<v Speaker 1>when you had the goal called off side that was

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<v Speaker 1>the equalizer in the first half. Uh, they didn't want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear it. But it's like you look at it

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<v Speaker 1>and you go no, dude was like a full head

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<v Speaker 1>and shoulders off side behind Ronald at the point of impact.

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<v Speaker 1>Then in the second half, as things got more desperate

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<v Speaker 1>and desperate and desperate, uh, when you had I guess

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<v Speaker 1>how do we phrase this?

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<v Speaker 3>The the aggressiveness of inter Miami on the field where

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<v Speaker 3>they did I think whistle.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was a whistle optional second half at

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<v Speaker 1>points when it when it came to calling foul, whistle optional, yes.

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<v Speaker 1>And the one moment that sticks with me as they're

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<v Speaker 1>chasing after that equalizer is the the late combination where

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was Redondo cleared out Jay Fortune yep,

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<v Speaker 1>literally just forearms, shiver to the back. Jay goes down

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just kind of like nah. And then Messi,

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<v Speaker 1>who never dives, yep. Basically it was a softy and

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<v Speaker 1>he just kind of was like and then oh, whistle

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<v Speaker 1>bang set piece. You know, yeah, you can get all

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<v Speaker 1>the black helicopters out you want. When it came to

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<v Speaker 1>that second half and Messi and friends chasing after that

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<v Speaker 1>equalizer because.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing was called, and I mean nothing was called.

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<v Speaker 2>I had people in comments and they were like, it's

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<v Speaker 2>so ridiculous. The referees have been in everybody else's pocket

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<v Speaker 2>all season, and I'm like, are you, like, are you trolling?

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<v Speaker 2>Or like, are you actually believe that seriously?

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<v Speaker 3>They were saying that on the watch along No.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, this was on This was after the fact,

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<v Speaker 2>after it was all said and done, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't, I don't know that that's even like kind

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<v Speaker 2>of believable by anybody. I don't. I don't think anybody

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<v Speaker 2>actually thinks that you're being serious right now. The fact

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<v Speaker 2>that you can go and and do what you did

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<v Speaker 2>to Brad and I and I heard I heard Jason

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<v Speaker 2>freak out about it in the NonStop Access video. He I,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm surprised he didn't come up swinging, and it looked

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<v Speaker 2>like he wanted to. It looked like he wanted to.

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<v Speaker 2>He came up, and it's it's not just one right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I understand what Messi's trying to do. He's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to get the ball, he's trying to restart it quickly. Whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>It's that's fine. The fact that Campana comes up and

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<v Speaker 2>just absolutely levels him and it and and it was funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I even said this on the watch a line. I

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<v Speaker 2>was like, somebody's gotta take the clip of him like

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<v Speaker 2>falling continue into the net into a gift because it

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<v Speaker 2>was pretty funny, but Compana, how you get away with

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<v Speaker 2>that with no card at all? Like that should tell

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<v Speaker 2>you all you need to know about the way that this,

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<v Speaker 2>this entire match was reffed whatever. And then Suarez has

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<v Speaker 2>to come in and get his because Brad had had

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<v Speaker 2>bowed up at him a couple of times already and

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<v Speaker 2>they had been yapping off whatever. And I said that moment,

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<v Speaker 2>I literally said it out lasted why. I said, Brad

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<v Speaker 2>is not going to let that go. But I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>realize that the whole team wasn't gonna lie. I was

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<v Speaker 2>hoping the whole team wasn't gonna let it go. I

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<v Speaker 2>was hoping that, you know that you're gonna see some

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<v Speaker 2>retribution in some way, shape or form. And it came

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<v Speaker 2>with the goal I think. I mean, go back to

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<v Speaker 2>game one, right, And I mentioned it when I was there.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw, you know, when Stean Gregerson went down MESSI

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately ended up playing the ball out. Yeah, And it

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<v Speaker 2>was cool, you know, it was It was a very

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<v Speaker 2>sportsman like thing to do. At that point. You had

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<v Speaker 2>two teams at Ad been playing a soccer game, but

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<v Speaker 2>after what you did to Brad in the goal, you're

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<v Speaker 2>not as an Atlanta player, You're not obligated to stop

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<v Speaker 2>that play. You don't have to, And after what you

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<v Speaker 2>just did to my goalkeeper, I'm not stopping. I don't care.

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<v Speaker 2>And you ultimately ended up with basically a training ground

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<v Speaker 2>set piece with one of the best left foots in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Sorry MESSI to a guy that does not

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<v Speaker 2>like to lose, and he found like a different level

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<v Speaker 2>of up to put the ball on the back of

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<v Speaker 2>the net. And I almost wish that they had gloated

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit more. I wish they had ran up

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<v Speaker 2>to Suarez and got in his face and Compana and

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<v Speaker 2>got in his face.

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<v Speaker 1>Too much time on the clock. You can't do that

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<v Speaker 1>knowing what the situation was. Yeah, if you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get a whistle, then you can't blow up in somebody's

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<v Speaker 1>grill knowing full well that they're gonna want to push.

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<v Speaker 1>And because there was that one scrum just outside the eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say where h Jay was a part

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<v Speaker 1>of it, and it ended up it started out as

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<v Speaker 1>a three on one. Then you you end up with

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of Atlanta United players getting in there is

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<v Speaker 1>like a three on three, then it goes to five

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<v Speaker 1>on three. You get that big mess right out there,

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty three or twenty four yards out as Miami

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<v Speaker 1>was chasing after that equalizer too. And so you're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>guys that are standing up for each other, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know that you can't. You can't bow up because if

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<v Speaker 1>the whistle, if you're in a whistle optional portion of

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<v Speaker 1>the match, then you don't know when that whistle optional

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<v Speaker 1>is going to become whistle activated. Yeah, and so you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't take that. You can't take that chance. And

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<v Speaker 1>the way to do it at the end to sit

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<v Speaker 1>there and point up and go scoreboard. You know that literally,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you end up doing. Oh and by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>were you talking about this moment across by way to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the back.

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<v Speaker 2>Past head our score? It's the little guy.

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<v Speaker 4>D Brad Kazan got thrown into his own goal. Yes

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<v Speaker 4>he did. Now we'll believable after the goal the goal

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<v Speaker 4>will count by messy. Well, there'll be a red card

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<v Speaker 4>in that because Brad was trying to get the ball

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<v Speaker 4>and he was thrown into his neck. There'd better be a.

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<v Speaker 1>Red card because Brad Kazan got he rode into his goal.

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<v Speaker 3>And if that happened the other way, Atlanta would be

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<v Speaker 3>playing with Ted.

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<v Speaker 4>He's going chest to chess with Lucas filings falling, now

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<v Speaker 4>going four head to forehead into Brandt, who's hand. This

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<v Speaker 4>will do nothing to negate the goal. But should there

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<v Speaker 4>be a red card in that for vieland conduct. It's

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<v Speaker 4>Messi's first goal the playoffs. It's a well placed header

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<v Speaker 4>to equalize it too, but Brandt should be furious.

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<v Speaker 1>Messi runs into Brad trying to get the ball.

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<v Speaker 3>That's not it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the second one from Campana who's just sup pratkas

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<v Speaker 1>Hanne into the buck of the goal and he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>get away with it because he's.

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<v Speaker 4>Wearing a pink shirt.

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<v Speaker 2>He won't even get a yellow card.

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<v Speaker 1>Unbelievable that moment, that moment, that was it.

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<v Speaker 2>And good for Jason for calling on like it is

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<v Speaker 2>because it was absolute garbage referrering I mean pro and

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<v Speaker 2>I get it, like that's what you're dealing with. I

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<v Speaker 2>hate to be the guy that sits here and talks about,

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<v Speaker 2>oh my god, referees in Miami like it. It's so frustrating,

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't care whether it's intentional or it's like

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<v Speaker 2>some kind of unconscious bias. I don't I don't care you.

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<v Speaker 2>He's exactly right. I had that gone the other way,

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<v Speaker 2>had it been any other team in this league, it

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<v Speaker 2>would have been an instant red card, at least a

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<v Speaker 2>yellow and a very stern talking to the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>you do that and then you walk away blows my

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<v Speaker 2>freaking mind. It just pathetic, pathetic.

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<v Speaker 3>I figured it did more than blow your freaking mind.

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<v Speaker 3>At the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know, And I say, father, I know that

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<v Speaker 1>you were trying to curb him.

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<v Speaker 2>And and at the time on a live watch on

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<v Speaker 2>people are staying we're on, They're like freaking out in

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<v Speaker 2>the in the you know, best way possible. My family

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<v Speaker 2>is literally just off camera watching the game as well,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, oh my god, I need to I

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<v Speaker 2>need to just keep it together, got to keep it together.

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<v Speaker 2>So irritating.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh huh.

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<v Speaker 2>Pay back is a tasty.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, payback is a you know what? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>And uh and it was an and it was It

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<v Speaker 1>didn't register to me until Mike said it in that

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<v Speaker 1>particular moment that was Messi's first goal of the series. Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>And that to me was something else that stood out

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<v Speaker 1>because of the defensive game planning that you had from

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<v Speaker 1>Atlanta United, where their clog in the middle, they're making

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<v Speaker 1>sure that that you don't get those runs, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>get the cutback cross, because when the cutback cross did happen,

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<v Speaker 1>you end up with that second goal for Uh, for

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<v Speaker 1>Messi and friends. And then there were other moments where

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<v Speaker 1>they had the shots and they weren't clinical in their finishes.

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<v Speaker 1>You had a couple of slam dunks off of cutback

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<v Speaker 1>crosses that they didn't convert. But the fact that that

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<v Speaker 1>was Messi's first goal in the series, and now.

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<v Speaker 3>There's UH and this is this is rag.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the rags that are talking and the the

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<v Speaker 1>dirt sheets and things like that. Now there was there

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<v Speaker 1>was even a thought floated yesterday in South Florida that

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<v Speaker 1>you bring in Shavy to take over for time Tom Martino.

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<v Speaker 1>Now since they crashed out in the first round of

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not just keep throwing the money you bring.

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<v Speaker 3>You bring in a.

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<v Speaker 1>You're bringing someone dismissed from Barca to take over for

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<v Speaker 1>someone who coached at Barsa. Literally I looked at that

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, oh my god, you've got to be kidding.

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<v Speaker 2>We you know, we had the watch along and it

424
00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:22.200
<v Speaker 2>was it was like a I don't know what you

425
00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:24.839
<v Speaker 2>want to call it, a dual watch along where we

426
00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:29.519
<v Speaker 2>were streaming with the battered Herons down in down in Miami, okay,

427
00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:35.960
<v Speaker 2>And admittedly Danny was outnumbered because watch along Okay, Yeah,

428
00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:38.279
<v Speaker 2>some of his cohorts were actually at the game, and

429
00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:41.519
<v Speaker 2>which is why at the very end, when the final

430
00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:46.720
<v Speaker 2>whistle finally blows, there are four of us surrounding him

431
00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.799
<v Speaker 2>and he's just staring at a screen and kind of

432
00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:52.680
<v Speaker 2>like that reverse twenty eight to three disbelief, you know,

433
00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:57.039
<v Speaker 2>and we're just freaking out. But one of the topics

434
00:21:57.039 --> 00:22:00.160
<v Speaker 2>of that entire watch along was like that, A, there

435
00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:04.680
<v Speaker 2>are a lot of Miami fans who are over Tata

436
00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.720
<v Speaker 2>Martine and they want him gone. And that was before

437
00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:12.119
<v Speaker 2>this game, and so as in Atlanta, you know, fan,

438
00:22:12.240 --> 00:22:15.119
<v Speaker 2>it's hard to kind of look at anybody hating on

439
00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.519
<v Speaker 2>Tata unless he's involved with the Mexican national team and

440
00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:21.000
<v Speaker 2>saying well, he's not a good coach. He had rough

441
00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:22.799
<v Speaker 2>times with the national team. It is what it is.

442
00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:25.039
<v Speaker 2>I don't know that you can put all of this

443
00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:26.960
<v Speaker 2>on him, though, like he has no defense, he has

444
00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.960
<v Speaker 2>a defense. He has a guy that decided to lay

445
00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:32.359
<v Speaker 2>down in the middle of the play in a playoff game. Like, yeah,

446
00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:34.519
<v Speaker 2>we can go like coaching, but like, that's just not

447
00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.440
<v Speaker 2>being a good football player at that moment in time

448
00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:40.119
<v Speaker 2>and doing something really dumb and then your team doing

449
00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:44.119
<v Speaker 2>something really dumb. Those are fundamentals that are taught when

450
00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:47.559
<v Speaker 2>you're way way younger than the moment you start playing

451
00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:52.519
<v Speaker 2>for a professional soccer team like Miami. But yes, I

452
00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:54.680
<v Speaker 2>could see them moving on from Tata and bringing in

453
00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:57.200
<v Speaker 2>a guy like Javi. You know, they're gonna go get

454
00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:00.640
<v Speaker 2>the biggest name possible. Again, that's in the playbook and

455
00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:03.039
<v Speaker 2>that they don't have cap space to deal with, so

456
00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:04.559
<v Speaker 2>they can spend as much money as they want to.

457
00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.119
<v Speaker 1>Yes, then they can bring in whomever they wish when

458
00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:11.880
<v Speaker 1>it comes to trying to do something like that. Yesterday,

459
00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:15.599
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. You may have heard about this individual

460
00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:22.000
<v Speaker 1>named Garth Loggerway and Garth had a had an appearance

461
00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:25.880
<v Speaker 1>on ninety two nine The Game and it was on

462
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<v Speaker 1>their midday show.

463
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<v Speaker 3>And we.

464
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<v Speaker 1>Ran through the quote that Garth had on ninety two

465
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<v Speaker 1>nine The Game. So look for those that might have

466
00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.839
<v Speaker 1>missed yesterday on a either A ninety two nine The

467
00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.880
<v Speaker 1>Game or here on the morning show. Here's here was

468
00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:46.200
<v Speaker 1>what Garth said in the conversation on ninety two nine

469
00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:50.440
<v Speaker 1>The Game quote. You know, he was talking about Rob

470
00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:53.640
<v Speaker 1>and so Robble's a part of the discussion, and that

471
00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:56.519
<v Speaker 1>was something that he's been through in twenty sixteen, where

472
00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:58.119
<v Speaker 1>it was the end of Sigi Schmidt and then you

473
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<v Speaker 1>bring in Brian Schmetzer, and that that was the the

474
00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:04.680
<v Speaker 1>Rob Valentino parallel quote. Look, we were not going to

475
00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.440
<v Speaker 1>win anything with that group, with the personalities in that

476
00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.400
<v Speaker 1>locker room and the mentality that we had, we were

477
00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:12.079
<v Speaker 1>not going to win any titles. And we knew it,

478
00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:14.880
<v Speaker 1>and so we wanted to maximize the resources that we

479
00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:17.160
<v Speaker 1>could take out of that group. And that's when we

480
00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:20.599
<v Speaker 1>moved on from some players dot dot dot. At the

481
00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:22.359
<v Speaker 1>end of the day, we got in we have a chance,

482
00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:24.039
<v Speaker 1>and now we're taking advantage of it with a group

483
00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:26.200
<v Speaker 1>that believes in itself and is much better put together.

484
00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:27.960
<v Speaker 1>And that's a real credit to Rob Valentino and his

485
00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:31.880
<v Speaker 1>staff and the players. Paragraph we had some folks who

486
00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:34.440
<v Speaker 1>weren't committed to being in Atlanta long term. It's as

487
00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.640
<v Speaker 1>simple as that, and they were looking for their next move,

488
00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:38.720
<v Speaker 1>and there's nothing wrong with that. That's part of pro sports.

489
00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.759
<v Speaker 1>There's no emotion behind that. But they didn't want to

490
00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:42.680
<v Speaker 1>be here long term. So we needed to get guys

491
00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.319
<v Speaker 1>here who were committed.

492
00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:47.440
<v Speaker 3>End quote that was.

493
00:24:48.079 --> 00:24:50.119
<v Speaker 1>I mean, Garth has never been one really to pull

494
00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:53.359
<v Speaker 1>punches when it comes to any kind of appearance or

495
00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.839
<v Speaker 1>interview situation. And so you pulled back the curtain a

496
00:24:56.839 --> 00:25:00.640
<v Speaker 1>little bit on this season after the in the opening

497
00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:03.279
<v Speaker 1>round best of three, so we got we got to

498
00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.200
<v Speaker 1>find out what's behind the curtain a little bit when

499
00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.160
<v Speaker 1>it came to this twenty twenty four season.

500
00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:12.759
<v Speaker 2>I think you know, you look at back at the

501
00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:16.160
<v Speaker 2>beginning of the season, which was it seems like forever ago, right,

502
00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:19.839
<v Speaker 2>It seems like it was so long ago. He's literally

503
00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:22.640
<v Speaker 2>saying what I think a lot of fans saw in

504
00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:25.079
<v Speaker 2>some ways with certain players. I mean, we all knew

505
00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:26.759
<v Speaker 2>all Model was on his way out, like we've known

506
00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:28.720
<v Speaker 2>that for a year and a half before he actually left.

507
00:25:29.119 --> 00:25:30.920
<v Speaker 2>It was just a matter of which transfer window is

508
00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:34.839
<v Speaker 2>it gonna be. Yeah, Caleb could have been any time,

509
00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:38.240
<v Speaker 2>but I don't think there was any question that Caleb

510
00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:40.519
<v Speaker 2>was committed to Atlanta United. I mean, he he grew

511
00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:41.920
<v Speaker 2>up here, this is his team.

512
00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:44.480
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, when Chelsea comes at you with eight figures, what

513
00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.200
<v Speaker 1>are you gonna sit there?

514
00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.559
<v Speaker 3>Right?

515
00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:49.559
<v Speaker 2>Like, well, no, right, I'm dude, I'm taking all that money.

516
00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:54.799
<v Speaker 2>Let's go. But and then you have Yacamacus, Right, That's

517
00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.279
<v Speaker 2>that's the big one. That's the one everybody kind of

518
00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.640
<v Speaker 2>points back to. And you know, we we would see

519
00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.920
<v Speaker 2>him and talk to him in the locker room, and

520
00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.839
<v Speaker 2>he had his own way of doing things and his

521
00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:04.920
<v Speaker 2>kind of own way about him. But I think when

522
00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.839
<v Speaker 2>you start coupling in everything that happened around that time, right,

523
00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:13.400
<v Speaker 2>Like we know he wanted more money, fair enough, I

524
00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:17.079
<v Speaker 2>get it, but you couldn't stay healthy. And some players,

525
00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.599
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if this is what happened, but some

526
00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.680
<v Speaker 2>players just cannot accept the fact that they don't have

527
00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.079
<v Speaker 2>much of a leg to stand on, no pun intended. Yes,

528
00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:33.240
<v Speaker 2>when you're injured often and you're still asking for money.

529
00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:36.599
<v Speaker 2>And it's not even like at the time, every minute

530
00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:39.200
<v Speaker 2>he spent on the pitch was as successful as it

531
00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:44.960
<v Speaker 2>was the previous year. So you know, he starts looking

532
00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:48.680
<v Speaker 2>for the extra money. Fair enough, get it, But then

533
00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:51.240
<v Speaker 2>when he leaves. It takes what was it like a

534
00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:53.000
<v Speaker 2>week or week and a half before he finally says

535
00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:55.039
<v Speaker 2>buy to the Atlanta fans. And it's little things like

536
00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.960
<v Speaker 2>that They could mean nothing, but then when you start

537
00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:59.680
<v Speaker 2>putting it all into the picture, it's like, all right, well,

538
00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe there was some some stuff going on

539
00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.039
<v Speaker 2>there that nobody is ever going to really know, right,

540
00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:09.000
<v Speaker 2>Like I've heard things, seeing things that you can't really

541
00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:14.720
<v Speaker 2>go and say definitively like this is pointing to this

542
00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:17.759
<v Speaker 2>particular player, but it kind of feels that way.

543
00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.559
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you end up with a little bit of A

544
00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:21.359
<v Speaker 3>plus B equals see, and then you have a moment

545
00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.920
<v Speaker 3>like this in his first press cost.

546
00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:28.200
<v Speaker 5>Since showed some interest in me, I started following all

547
00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:33.160
<v Speaker 5>the games. I was all the playoffs, quarterfinals, semi finals, finals,

548
00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:36.200
<v Speaker 5>every single game, and I think the level here is higher.

549
00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:40.960
<v Speaker 5>So I was really excited. I wanted to make it

550
00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:44.680
<v Speaker 5>happened and showed me how much they want me, and

551
00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:48.640
<v Speaker 5>that was a crucial factor for me to to make

552
00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:52.640
<v Speaker 5>my decisions. For sure is a team that I think

553
00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:56.680
<v Speaker 5>he is a level higher than MLS for sure, and

554
00:27:57.920 --> 00:28:00.880
<v Speaker 5>is a team that is chasing records, a chase trophies

555
00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.839
<v Speaker 5>and it's it's a winner. They tried to win always,

556
00:28:05.079 --> 00:28:10.240
<v Speaker 5>every single trophy. So for me, I love to work

557
00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:13.039
<v Speaker 5>for these teams, to play for these teams because the

558
00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:16.720
<v Speaker 5>expectations are high. Your motivation has to be always there.

559
00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:23.119
<v Speaker 5>And it's not okay to lose sometimes that's a bad

560
00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:26.680
<v Speaker 5>thing in MLS that it's okay to lose some games,

561
00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:29.079
<v Speaker 5>and I hate it.

562
00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:30.000
<v Speaker 3>It's okay to lose.

563
00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.519
<v Speaker 2>It's okay.

564
00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.559
<v Speaker 3>It's okay to lose in Major League Soccer.

565
00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:36.440
<v Speaker 1>I knew there was a reason that I kept that

566
00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:41.000
<v Speaker 1>in our in my Board morning show. I knew there

567
00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:43.079
<v Speaker 1>was a reason that I kept that. And then what

568
00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:46.920
<v Speaker 1>Garth said popped up yesterday on his segment of ninety

569
00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.480
<v Speaker 1>two ninety game.

570
00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:52.319
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, ah ha, it all came full circle, full circle.

571
00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:55.839
<v Speaker 2>You know, we talked about it, we broke it down

572
00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.160
<v Speaker 2>back then, but it definitely and it just goes back

573
00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:02.519
<v Speaker 2>to what I said a minute ago, like you take

574
00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:05.920
<v Speaker 2>all these individual things that have happened and that we've reported,

575
00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.119
<v Speaker 2>all of us have reported, we've seen over the past,

576
00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:09.799
<v Speaker 2>you know, year and a half before he left, and

577
00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.960
<v Speaker 2>then take that, like all these are just a little bits

578
00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.599
<v Speaker 2>and pieces that you can put together and say, like

579
00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:16.279
<v Speaker 2>if they were in a bubble, it'd be like, all right, well,

580
00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:20.200
<v Speaker 2>that was like a stupid thing to say. But then

581
00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:23.960
<v Speaker 2>when you have the conclusion here with Garth Loggerway yesterday,

582
00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.400
<v Speaker 2>and then you go back and look at the entire

583
00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:30.759
<v Speaker 2>tenure of one particular player, there's really one. I mean,

584
00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:33.079
<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying he's the only player that maybe Garth

585
00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:38.240
<v Speaker 2>was talking about, but there was certainly, I think almost

586
00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.519
<v Speaker 2>undeniably one player that he absolutely was talking about, and

587
00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:45.200
<v Speaker 2>that was Yaka Maachas. And he had that kind of

588
00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:47.240
<v Speaker 2>personality that he was going to affect the locker room

589
00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:49.799
<v Speaker 2>for better or worse one way or the other. That's

590
00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:51.880
<v Speaker 2>just how he was, and you hoped it was for

591
00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:55.039
<v Speaker 2>the better. And I think at times it probably was

592
00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:58.359
<v Speaker 2>for the better. I think before he left, especially you

593
00:29:58.400 --> 00:30:00.400
<v Speaker 2>know last season, like there were times where I think

594
00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:03.119
<v Speaker 2>he he was trying to elevate that locker room and

595
00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:06.480
<v Speaker 2>build it in a way that only a guy like

596
00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:09.200
<v Speaker 2>him could, A guy like Joseph Martinez could, you know,

597
00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:13.680
<v Speaker 2>they have that kind of personality. But I get what

598
00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:16.880
<v Speaker 2>Garth is saying, like you want people that are committed

599
00:30:16.920 --> 00:30:19.119
<v Speaker 2>to be in Atlanta. You want and I know Joseph

600
00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:22.359
<v Speaker 2>said it back then, and Joseph still harbors a lot

601
00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:25.160
<v Speaker 2>of love for this city. But you want people who

602
00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:27.559
<v Speaker 2>want to come to Atlanta and it be their Barcelona

603
00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:30.279
<v Speaker 2>or their Madrid or their you know, Man City, whatever,

604
00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:36.960
<v Speaker 2>because they believe in what this team is building. And thankfully,

605
00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:40.599
<v Speaker 2>after this past weekend, Atlanta has another really really big highlight,

606
00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:43.279
<v Speaker 2>real piece to add to any sales pitch that they

607
00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:45.400
<v Speaker 2>want to throw out there. We're the ones that beat

608
00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:48.279
<v Speaker 2>Messi in Miami, and look at the crowd that we

609
00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:51.079
<v Speaker 2>had in the second game. Look at what it meant

610
00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:53.920
<v Speaker 2>to everybody in the fans, Like, there's reasons to want

611
00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:56.839
<v Speaker 2>to come to Atlanta, and you can go out and

612
00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.519
<v Speaker 2>get talent that really really wants.

613
00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:02.920
<v Speaker 3>To be here because ABC always be cruting, always be cruty.

614
00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.559
<v Speaker 3>That's right.

615
00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:07.039
<v Speaker 1>That's that's literally what what you can stare at here

616
00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:10.599
<v Speaker 1>with with a Land United. It was an interesting it

617
00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:14.799
<v Speaker 1>was an interesting paragraph. It's an interesting two paragraphs from

618
00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:19.079
<v Speaker 1>growth loggerway. But yeah, to to Tom Russo's point, he says, uh.

619
00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:23.200
<v Speaker 3>I'd love for somebody to ask him what gave him

620
00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:27.160
<v Speaker 3>that idea that it's okay to lose here. Ridiculous that, yeah,

621
00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:30.079
<v Speaker 3>you know, it's okay to lose.

622
00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:35.519
<v Speaker 2>H I mean, I think that's my my only piece

623
00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:37.680
<v Speaker 2>of that entire press conference that he had, where it

624
00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:41.599
<v Speaker 2>was if anybody at this club ever gave you the

625
00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:46.400
<v Speaker 2>idea that it was okay to lose, they're they're wrong,

626
00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:49.759
<v Speaker 2>first of all. But like I know that, you know,

627
00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:53.559
<v Speaker 2>folks have their opinions about Gonzale Pinto. I covering him

628
00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:55.640
<v Speaker 2>for for three years that he was here, I never

629
00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:57.440
<v Speaker 2>once ever got the vibe that he thought it was

630
00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:02.799
<v Speaker 2>okay to lose. Admittedly, sometimes the team played like it

631
00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.480
<v Speaker 2>was okay to lose. They were so up and down,

632
00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:07.279
<v Speaker 2>you know, that is what it felt like. But I mean,

633
00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:12.359
<v Speaker 2>he would never be okay with losing, and I would

634
00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:17.319
<v Speaker 2>be extremely shocked if you were to ask either Yacamaccas

635
00:32:17.400 --> 00:32:21.119
<v Speaker 2>or Paneda today, did those words ever come out out

636
00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.759
<v Speaker 2>of your mouth Paneda and they said yes, I would

637
00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:28.319
<v Speaker 2>be shocked. I've just there's an implication there coming from something.

638
00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:30.119
<v Speaker 2>I don't know what, but I think at the end

639
00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.640
<v Speaker 2>of the day, Yacamacus is one of those guys that

640
00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:34.319
<v Speaker 2>was going to search out what he thought was more money,

641
00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:39.960
<v Speaker 2>and what he thought was was you know better playing circumstances.

642
00:32:39.400 --> 00:32:44.200
<v Speaker 1>Well, And I mean I will, I will see the

643
00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:47.920
<v Speaker 1>argument that sometimes when you're playing three matches in seven

644
00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:52.599
<v Speaker 1>or eight days, the way that schedule compression is sometimes

645
00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:57.240
<v Speaker 1>you have to manage your elevens and eighteens.

646
00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:59.000
<v Speaker 3>And if you just.

647
00:32:58.960 --> 00:33:02.880
<v Speaker 1>Want to get out of dock with a rotated lineup

648
00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:05.079
<v Speaker 1>and get out of dodge with a point in a

649
00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:09.839
<v Speaker 1>difficult situation, I get that. Yeah, sometimes sometimes you've just

650
00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:12.559
<v Speaker 1>got to sit, you know, sit and take it because

651
00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:15.839
<v Speaker 1>of your your situation when it comes to scheduling. I mean,

652
00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.759
<v Speaker 1>I could see it from that viewpoint if that's what

653
00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:20.079
<v Speaker 1>he was talking I don't think that's what he was

654
00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:24.039
<v Speaker 1>talking about, but I can see that part of an argument,

655
00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.279
<v Speaker 1>if that's where you want.

656
00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.759
<v Speaker 2>To go with it, and that's the only thing that

657
00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:32.319
<v Speaker 2>would make any kind of sense. And and but you

658
00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:35.519
<v Speaker 2>you're you're in a position where, like you said, you

659
00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:38.759
<v Speaker 2>have schedule congestion, you have you know, road trips, you know,

660
00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:40.440
<v Speaker 2>and and if you look back at like what Atlanta

661
00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.400
<v Speaker 2>had to do here in the playoffs or going into

662
00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:45.720
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs, the travel is stupid and and it's all

663
00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:48.240
<v Speaker 2>road games, right, Like, Yeah, at some point you just

664
00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:51.440
<v Speaker 2>kind of have to say, all right, well we're gonna

665
00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:54.400
<v Speaker 2>we're still gonna go try and win like that's never again.

666
00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:57.720
<v Speaker 2>That's where I'm like, he didn't say it, yacamaugas, but whatever, Yeah,

667
00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:59.559
<v Speaker 2>you're still going to go try and win, but you

668
00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:04.599
<v Speaker 2>also have to be here. It does again pragmatic mountain

669
00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:08.920
<v Speaker 2>do I knew? Yeah, yep, and just deal with it

670
00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:12.639
<v Speaker 2>and and try to come out with something. But in

671
00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.679
<v Speaker 2>no way, shape or form should that ever be translated

672
00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.519
<v Speaker 2>as yeah, let's go not win. Yeah, if that was

673
00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:20.679
<v Speaker 2>the idea, like save yourself the freaking Plaine trip and

674
00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:23.679
<v Speaker 2>get some rest and and lose it by default three

675
00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:25.719
<v Speaker 2>and I'll be done with it. Yeah, that's stupid.

676
00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:28.360
<v Speaker 1>Well, we'll we'll send We'll send some young'un's up there.

677
00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.199
<v Speaker 1>You can you can sit tight, and we'll just we'll

678
00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:33.400
<v Speaker 1>send like some academies and you eighteens and sit there.

679
00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:36.519
<v Speaker 1>It'll be a rotator. You want rotated roster, then that's fine,

680
00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:38.639
<v Speaker 1>rotated roster. You stay at home and put your feet

681
00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:40.320
<v Speaker 1>up and get healthy for the game on the weekend.

682
00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:41.039
<v Speaker 2>Exactly.

683
00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.000
<v Speaker 3>It's well, oh uh.

684
00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:48.199
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna tease and support your programming here, what what

685
00:34:48.320 --> 00:34:50.280
<v Speaker 1>other fun stuff? Was it like when you grabbed a

686
00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.519
<v Speaker 1>candy man to to talk about everything going on with

687
00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.239
<v Speaker 1>Major League Soccer?

688
00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:55.320
<v Speaker 3>What was What was the rest of that conversation.

689
00:34:54.960 --> 00:35:01.119
<v Speaker 2>Like, so a lot of it again was just Atlanta Miami.

690
00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.599
<v Speaker 2>He he kind of talked a lot about the storylines,

691
00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:08.320
<v Speaker 2>similar to what I said a minute ago, but he

692
00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.480
<v Speaker 2>talked about how, you know the clip is out there.

693
00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:13.360
<v Speaker 2>I forget his words exactly, but you know there's something

694
00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:17.119
<v Speaker 2>really really special building in Atlanta with kind of this

695
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:19.639
<v Speaker 2>underdog story and it was never supposed to be an

696
00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:22.559
<v Speaker 2>underdog story, right, but Atlanta.

697
00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:25.599
<v Speaker 1>Has a brother except for maybe Brad who can handle

698
00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.119
<v Speaker 1>it with his hands exactly.

699
00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:30.559
<v Speaker 2>But no, we talked a little bit about that, and

700
00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:35.360
<v Speaker 2>we jumped over to the Jim Curtain News, you know,

701
00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:38.519
<v Speaker 2>because he has a lot of history with Philly, and

702
00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:40.679
<v Speaker 2>then of course the Red Bulls and and kind of

703
00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.519
<v Speaker 2>the ins and outs of what's going on up there,

704
00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.280
<v Speaker 2>and that was a really good conversation. Talked about the

705
00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:49.079
<v Speaker 2>upcoming Hudson River derby and kind of what it could

706
00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:53.960
<v Speaker 2>play out like, and then we touched on L A

707
00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:59.000
<v Speaker 2>f C. And Seattle because it's that's intriguing to me,

708
00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:02.800
<v Speaker 2>and I said this to him that that night. Out

709
00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:05.400
<v Speaker 2>of the four that are coming up Galaxy, Minnesota to

710
00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:07.559
<v Speaker 2>me is like the least intriguing understood.

711
00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:09.079
<v Speaker 3>It's a six seat versus the two.

712
00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:12.239
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but then then you have the Atlanta factor of like,

713
00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.719
<v Speaker 2>but Minnesota could could do what Atlanta just did and

714
00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:18.039
<v Speaker 2>and really really upset a lot of people.

715
00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:20.239
<v Speaker 1>Until Yeah, if you get a hot Dane Saint Clair

716
00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:24.880
<v Speaker 1>then frustrate the uh you know, the killer PE's then

717
00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.880
<v Speaker 1>you could have that moment.

718
00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:29.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. So we we we talked about everything and Steve

719
00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:31.519
<v Speaker 2>is great because you know, he he's called so many

720
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:34.480
<v Speaker 2>He's one of those very veteran Apple TV announcers who's

721
00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:37.039
<v Speaker 2>called so many games and so many places too. He's not,

722
00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:39.679
<v Speaker 2>you know, typically stuck necessarily to one team like a

723
00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.800
<v Speaker 2>lot of a lot of them are.

724
00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

725
00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:43.360
<v Speaker 2>So it was just a great chat. It was about

726
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:45.199
<v Speaker 2>an hour with him. I had a lot of fun.

727
00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.440
<v Speaker 2>You know, he's always a good guy.

728
00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:47.039
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

729
00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:50.880
<v Speaker 1>Canjy Man and Danny they they really are a good

730
00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:54.199
<v Speaker 1>pairing that they have there at that Apple TV. Uh,

731
00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:58.079
<v Speaker 1>Jim Curtin and we have the discussion because of of

732
00:36:58.400 --> 00:37:01.400
<v Speaker 1>Rich Ransom, one of our A listers who's from Philly,

733
00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:03.840
<v Speaker 1>and we get to circle back and have the discussion

734
00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:10.119
<v Speaker 1>about Philadelphia a lot. And according to Jonathan tanne Wall,

735
00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:15.199
<v Speaker 1>his conversations with Ernest Tanner, Tanner and Curtain they weren't

736
00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:18.039
<v Speaker 1>seeing on the same page. And I think Jim Curtin

737
00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:23.079
<v Speaker 1>was looking for a salary increase years those kinds of things,

738
00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:25.079
<v Speaker 1>and Tanner was just kind of like, no, fam it's

739
00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:28.400
<v Speaker 1>not going to go. And they had a long discussion about,

740
00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:32.119
<v Speaker 1>you know, signing a contract extension that didn't go anywhere.

741
00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:34.639
<v Speaker 1>And so at the end of the day, you take

742
00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:38.400
<v Speaker 1>your emo librarian that wanders the pitch side there in

743
00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:40.400
<v Speaker 1>Chester and it's just like, Okay, it's the end of

744
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:45.199
<v Speaker 1>an era. I will be intrigued to see where Philadelphia goes,

745
00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:48.000
<v Speaker 1>but my gut tells me that what they're going to

746
00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:52.480
<v Speaker 1>do is meeting their financial situation. I think they're probably

747
00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:56.480
<v Speaker 1>just going to bring Marlon LeBlanc up from Philadelphia Union Too,

748
00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:58.400
<v Speaker 1>who made it to the last game of the year

749
00:37:58.400 --> 00:38:01.719
<v Speaker 1>in MLS Next Pro because he knows the guys, because

750
00:38:01.719 --> 00:38:03.880
<v Speaker 1>he knows the system, he knows all of the young

751
00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:06.840
<v Speaker 1>talent that's there built through the academy. He's familiar with

752
00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:10.199
<v Speaker 1>the academy I'm guessing they just promote LeBlanc and turn

753
00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:12.280
<v Speaker 1>him into the man in charge. That's my gut.

754
00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:15.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And that's that's kind of one of the topics

755
00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:18.280
<v Speaker 2>we touched on. Of course, everybody at this point it's

756
00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:20.800
<v Speaker 2>just like Atlanta. Everybody has their own ideas and opinions

757
00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:22.639
<v Speaker 2>of who it should be or could be or whatever.

758
00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:25.800
<v Speaker 2>And one of the points that I brought up and

759
00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:29.079
<v Speaker 2>was talking to Candelosi about was you're kind of in

760
00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:31.159
<v Speaker 2>a tough situation. Now made it easier if you know

761
00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:34.280
<v Speaker 2>everything like Tannemwall was saying, happened with they just weren't

762
00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.760
<v Speaker 2>seeing out of eye and it was kind of time

763
00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:38.119
<v Speaker 2>to end it. But you know, Philly has been that

764
00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:42.760
<v Speaker 2>team that has been so close. It's it's like the

765
00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:44.599
<v Speaker 2>commercial with the dollar bill and the fishing pole, like

766
00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:49.800
<v Speaker 2>you you're so close, almost got it, They just couldn't

767
00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.760
<v Speaker 2>do it. And and so then you take a gamble

768
00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.519
<v Speaker 2>like do you keep the guy that got you that

769
00:38:53.599 --> 00:38:55.639
<v Speaker 2>close and hope that he can just find that extra

770
00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.639
<v Speaker 2>year to get you over the top, especially when playing

771
00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:02.280
<v Speaker 2>a team happen to have Gareth Bell doing Gareth Bell things,

772
00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:06.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, or do you say, all right, we've given

773
00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:09.079
<v Speaker 2>you enough time, like, we just need something new, We

774
00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:10.840
<v Speaker 2>need a new voice, kind of like what Atlanta said

775
00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:15.119
<v Speaker 2>they were looking for, and it's it is very much

776
00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.039
<v Speaker 2>an easier thing to do to bring up a guy

777
00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:19.280
<v Speaker 2>that has been at least in the system for some

778
00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:23.199
<v Speaker 2>amount of time, even if it's temporary, and that's what

779
00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.719
<v Speaker 2>they I think that's what they're gonna do.

780
00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:26.079
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

781
00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:30.239
<v Speaker 1>According to Tom says that rich Ransom said that he

782
00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:33.119
<v Speaker 1>believed their style was directed from above. Curtains capable of

783
00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:36.599
<v Speaker 1>playing differently, but when you're in that four four two diamond,

784
00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:40.119
<v Speaker 1>then you have dudes that do certain things, you know,

785
00:39:40.199 --> 00:39:42.559
<v Speaker 1>Then that's where everything is oriented.

786
00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:45.320
<v Speaker 3>All right, Time to cut the promo. Did I see

787
00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:47.000
<v Speaker 3>that the mug was Mandalorian? Today?

788
00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:50.800
<v Speaker 2>It is indeed Mandalorian. Okay, indeed, I was actually looking

789
00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.360
<v Speaker 2>at Kickoff Coffee's website because I'm like, I'm on here

790
00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:56.880
<v Speaker 2>every Wednesday. Yeah, at some point I need to start

791
00:39:56.880 --> 00:40:02.719
<v Speaker 2>putting y'all's coffee in my I was just thinking about it.

792
00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:04.039
<v Speaker 2>I was like, Kyley, you it has been like what

793
00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.280
<v Speaker 2>six months an now or so? Yeah, you've been I've

794
00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:07.760
<v Speaker 2>had it before.

795
00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:11.280
<v Speaker 1>It's very good this entire season, and you come leaning

796
00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:13.800
<v Speaker 1>into the promo. It's like, oh yeah, it's like I'm

797
00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.559
<v Speaker 1>hearing Nelson talking about this thing.

798
00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:19.320
<v Speaker 2>When y'all first started the promo with it back what

799
00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:20.760
<v Speaker 2>was it, I think a couple of years ago at

800
00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:26.320
<v Speaker 2>this point. Now I got a bag and it's really good.

801
00:40:26.400 --> 00:40:28.880
<v Speaker 2>Genuinely is really good coffee. If anybody has hasn't had

802
00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:31.519
<v Speaker 2>it yet, like go, gets on me. It really is

803
00:40:31.559 --> 00:40:34.400
<v Speaker 2>great coffee. As somebody that drinks coffee every day, I

804
00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:36.000
<v Speaker 2>can tell you it's a very good coffee.

805
00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:37.800
<v Speaker 1>I'll take your word for it as someone who drinks

806
00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:42.360
<v Speaker 1>coffee never. As always, my friend, go and save the

807
00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:44.880
<v Speaker 1>rest of your voice. We actually have a weekend where

808
00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:49.239
<v Speaker 1>we don't have any kind of MLS playoffs whatsoever. Are

809
00:40:49.280 --> 00:40:51.639
<v Speaker 1>you going to Central Florida?

810
00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:52.639
<v Speaker 3>I will be.

811
00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.400
<v Speaker 2>As long as I get credentialed, I will be making

812
00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:59.000
<v Speaker 2>the trip. So I will be back down in Orlando

813
00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:02.519
<v Speaker 2>for the second time this year. And I did not

814
00:41:02.559 --> 00:41:04.599
<v Speaker 2>think it was going to happen. So that's my plan.

815
00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:06.719
<v Speaker 3>That's the plan. As always, my friend.

816
00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:08.599
<v Speaker 1>Great to see you to lead things off here and

817
00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:12.960
<v Speaker 1>our number one on wall passing and Wednesdays, and we'll

818
00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.800
<v Speaker 1>catch up with you soon.

819
00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:16.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, appreciate it, y'all come see us tonight.

820
00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.519
<v Speaker 1>See seven o'clock there, see midweek you have the MLS Monday,

821
00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:22.639
<v Speaker 1>and then you have Stars and Spikes on the midweek.

822
00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:25.239
<v Speaker 3>See we're day side, their night side, they're night outs.

823
00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:27.159
<v Speaker 2>Maybe you get the best of both worlds.

824
00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:29.679
<v Speaker 3>Tommy will have maybe recovered from his hangover by now.

825
00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:32.800
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. We'll see.

826
00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:35.800
<v Speaker 1>I know it's a stretch. And does does Sid's better

827
00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.119
<v Speaker 1>half know what she's getting into?

828
00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:44.400
<v Speaker 2>Yes? Yeah, okay, just allegedly allegedly. Okay, so I.

829
00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.679
<v Speaker 1>Know because Sid did a thing, and we we always

830
00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:49.480
<v Speaker 1>congratulate when you do a thing, absolutely.

831
00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:51.559
<v Speaker 2>And congratulations to the good old Sydney Hunt.

832
00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:53.840
<v Speaker 1>Yes, and adding to the S and S family with

833
00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:56.519
<v Speaker 1>doing a thing and showing shiny rocks and photos.

834
00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:59.000
<v Speaker 3>A right good. We'll see you whenever you want to crash.

835
00:41:59.119 --> 00:41:59.639
<v Speaker 2>Appreciate it.

836
00:41:59.639 --> 00:42:02.639
<v Speaker 3>See, I'll all right, there's Tyler, and Tyler's gonna go

837
00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.760
<v Speaker 3>drink his coffee.