WEBVTT 1 00:00:26.280 --> 00:00:29.359 Hi, it's a Friday. You know what that means. I 2 00:00:29.440 --> 00:00:30.519 used to hope you do by now. 3 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:43.600 Hmmm, come on, man, go for a dude. 4 00:00:43.479 --> 00:00:45.079 It's Friday. 5 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:59.119 Fayy, no, Lie, it is Friday, John, hear you there, 6 00:00:59.119 --> 00:01:00.000 and we're stacked today. 7 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:03.840 This is gonna be a fun one. We're gonna give 8 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.840 you the promos here in a sec. Jamie Watson's gonna 9 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.519 join us. We'll talk Club World Cup and Major League Soccer. 10 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:11.239 Get you to the bottom of the hour, see if 11 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.519 our friends from Beyond Goals Mintoring are not traveling the 12 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:15.439 planet and doing soccer for good, and see if we 13 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:18.079 can catch up with either mister Garza or mister Parkhurst. 14 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:22.359 Ten o'clock we get another debut visit, Chris Whittingham from 15 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:25.799 Apple TV and MLS. He will be joining us for 16 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:29.640 the first time ever, and we'll try and do everything 17 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:31.200 and be on our best behavior, make sure that he 18 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:34.079 does not run off into the sunset and sit there 19 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:36.400 with arms failing and go what have I gotten myself into? 20 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:38.799 And then we met have a special guest coming up 21 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:42.560 at ten thirty, so like after ten thirty, we're anticipating 22 00:01:42.599 --> 00:01:46.040 perhaps being joined by a fourth individual. So it's gonna 23 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.359 be Jamie Watson, hopefully our friends from Beyond Goals, Mintoring, 24 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.760 Chris Whittingham and a special guest and an unnamed anticipated 25 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.439 special guest star coming up at ten thirty. So that's 26 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.280 the rundown. Obviously, we got to get through Major League Soccer, 27 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:00.920 get to get through all your your juice boxes, go 28 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:02.879 through all the news of the morning, and we got 29 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.000 to be out by like eleven ten because at Laney 30 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:10.599 Unity two is hosting their press conference their MD minus 31 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.400 two with head coach Steve Cook and Ryan Carmichael, and 32 00:02:13.439 --> 00:02:15.199 we got to dump out for that so we can 33 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:18.599 be ready for the game. Remember Crew two and Laney 34 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:22.039 United two on Sunday is going to be on ninety 35 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.599 two nine in the game in the Odyssey app we're 36 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.080 gonna have special pregame on the SDH network seven o'clock. 37 00:02:27.479 --> 00:02:30.199 Then we'll dump out by about seven to twenty seven 38 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.159 twenty five ish on ninety two nine in the game. 39 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:36.599 It'll be Maddie and Jason. They're gonna kick things off 40 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:39.719 there ninety two nine in the game like seven twenty five, 41 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:41.919 kick seven thirty three, and then we'll have a bit 42 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:43.960 of a post game after that. So kind of a 43 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.759 hybrid on Sunday looking at everything that's gonna be attached 44 00:02:47.840 --> 00:02:51.400 to everything in MLS Next Pro. It's the one time 45 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:53.479 of the year where ninety two nine does an MLS 46 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:55.240 Next Pro match. Maddy and Jason will have that for 47 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:58.840 you coming up on Sunday night. All right, officially a 48 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:02.800 no Dilly, no Dally zone, because you know what that means. 49 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:05.599 It's time for us to rock and roll. And uh, 50 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.120 last time that Jamie was with us, he was out 51 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:11.039 on the Lanai. You know, we're trying to hear like 52 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:14.639 trains and things and birds dive bombing him and things 53 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.120 like that. And so now he is, he is indoors, 54 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:20.520 he is in a calmer environ morning. 55 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:24.199 Sir, Don, Good morning man. 56 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.439 How are you you tell me you're you're the one 57 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:29.639 that's been calling action at the Club World Cup and 58 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:32.560 learning pronouncers and all this kind of stuff for a 59 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.039 tournament that had like ninety eight matches every day that 60 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:37.199 you get to hang out with. 61 00:03:37.800 --> 00:03:40.360 Man, I'll tell you what. First off, I'm very upset. 62 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.199 I'm not outside right now taking this morning call with 63 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.840 my cup of coffee here because my lovely neighbor, he's 64 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:50.919 a wonderful chef. His name's Brian Baxter. He decides to 65 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:54.360 start mowing five minutes city outside and I was like, 66 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:57.560 you know what, Brian, fair enough, keep it, keep it moving. 67 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.439 We'll go inside. So we'll take this one indoors today. 68 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:02.520 So it's like where at Mercedes Been Stadium, had to 69 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.319 close the roof, had to come inside, get rid of 70 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:07.360 the elements, and we're in here chatting with you, John. 71 00:04:07.439 --> 00:04:09.879 But what an action packed show you've got today. Man, 72 00:04:09.919 --> 00:04:14.039 I cannot wait. And Chris woodiam great, great friend of mine. 73 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:17.360 The special guest you've got is a big one. Can't 74 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.240 believe you pulled that one off. So I'm very excited 75 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:21.839 about that. And yeah, either guards are a park here. 76 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:23.360 You can't go wrong with either one of those guys. 77 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:25.279 Yeah, I know. Yeah, it's always fun to catch up 78 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:27.720 with them at nine point thirty for when they're not 79 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:29.879 traveling the planet and we get to do a beyond 80 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:31.720 Goals menering and find out what's going on with them 81 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.920 with the Friday free kick and everything. I wanted to ask. 82 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.560 I wanted to kind of pull back the curtain a 83 00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:41.000 little bit when it came to your preparation and everything 84 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:44.319 for the Club World Cup. Because it literally was churn 85 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.399 and go and churn and go and churn and go. 86 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.920 How much of a challenge was it for you to 87 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.639 learn what you could learn about all these clubs in 88 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.800 the Club World Cup and dance as fast as you 89 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:58.319 could and calling all these matches? 90 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:01.600 Man, I'd say, first of all, what a bucket list 91 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.240 dream come true. This past month was getting to cover 92 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:10.000 matches for just zoning for T and T. It was incredible. 93 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:13.000 So got a chance to spend some time in Atlanta 94 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:15.439 for these matches and call the games, which was great 95 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:20.360 because the Zone had people on site excuse me, calling 96 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:24.199 some games for different countries that to Zone would have 97 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.120 the production for. And then we had the US Domestic 98 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.800 Zone broadcast, which was incredible, And so we went to 99 00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:36.040 the wonderful, beautiful studios in Atlanta and we were able 100 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:38.040 to do some games. It was great being in Nashville. 101 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:39.759 I was only four hours away, so it was awesome. 102 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.120 So got a chance to have my family there for 103 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:44.519 a little bit of time. But everything was absolutely first 104 00:05:44.519 --> 00:05:50.560 class to a degree that I didn't know existed in broadcasting, 105 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:52.439 with how they took care of us and looked after 106 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:58.240 us and the big unsung heroes to this entire project 107 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:01.360 were the countless people that working behind the scenes to 108 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.480 make it all happen. We were ultimately the end product 109 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:07.800 the broadcasters, but you know, Sean Brown was the one 110 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:09.680 that really put us all together, helped put the team 111 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.800 along with and that was there. They were producing, art 112 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:14.959 was doing the studio. They'd turned the whole inside the 113 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:19.720 NBA studio into the daily FIFA Club World Cup show. 114 00:06:19.879 --> 00:06:23.319 It was incredible. But we had some incredible help with 115 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:28.439 getting our information each and every day for the matches. 116 00:06:29.360 --> 00:06:31.279 We have a great company they work with True Media, 117 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:35.800 Steam Swailowski and Paul Carr. Each day would would fill 118 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:38.879 your inbox with all the information you could possibly want 119 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:41.319 on these teams. So I can't wait to dive more 120 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:43.720 into it with you of how we would figure it 121 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.600 all out, because each and every day, if it weren't 122 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:48.839 for the news and notes that were delivered in the 123 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:51.480 backgrounds of us, it would have been impossible to be 124 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:53.439 able to cover this. So it really did take a village, 125 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:55.360 and this was the coolest village to be a part of. 126 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.560 How many different teams did you call? Do you remember 127 00:06:58.560 --> 00:06:59.439 off the top of your head. 128 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.800 So I was fortunate I did sixteen games total, but 129 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:06.040 we'll have to do some some math here on it. 130 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:07.959 Because I was able to do all three of the 131 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.560 Seattle Sounders games, which is really really cool because I 132 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:16.639 knew as this was being the domestic broadcast, every MLS 133 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.439 fan was going to be watching Seattle Sounders, right, So 134 00:07:19.480 --> 00:07:21.319 it was it was really a personally like a cool 135 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.000 moment for me because MLS is the league that I 136 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:29.120 love and the biggest stage in global club football. Seattle 137 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.600 is a part of it. And I got to call 138 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:32.519 a couple of other games which was really really cool, 139 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:40.000 and some big ones PSG. Athletico Madrid and you know, yeah, Bodafogo. 140 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:42.560 There were some teams in there that John I had 141 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.319 I had imposter syndrome. I'm like, what am I doing 142 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:50.639 calling this? Man? It's incredible. And then so total teams. 143 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:56.360 So you got yeah, so we can run through it here. 144 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:58.920 I'll tell you right now. We'll go through it together 145 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:02.319 here as I've got my incredibly handy fop mob app 146 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:06.920 which I was married to during this. Yeah, so as 147 00:08:06.959 --> 00:08:09.319 we as we look at it. I did ended up 148 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:12.480 doing from Group A covered Palmetish in the knockout stage. 149 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:15.279 All the four teams from Group B. So there's five 150 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:20.079 Pshgvo to Foka, Athletico Madrid, Seattle Sounders, Group C, Benfica, Bayron, Munich. 151 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:23.519 There's seven. I did Boca and I did Auckland. There's another. 152 00:08:23.560 --> 00:08:29.439 There's nine Flamengo ten, Chelsea eleven. That was it from 153 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:37.519 Group D into Milan twelve, Monterey thirteen, River Plate fourteen, 154 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.559 Uraba Red Diamonds fifteen. Now we get to Group F 155 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:45.440 Dortmund sixteen Fluminence they got them in the knockout. Seventeen 156 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:49.840 I think so Mamlodi Sundowns. Mamlodi Sundowns from South Africa. 157 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:53.159 They were incredibly fun. They just threw tactics right out 158 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:53.559 the window. 159 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:55.559 They just like they'll take the over and we'll just 160 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:56.600 rock YEP. 161 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:04.399 There's eighteen right there, Juventus nineteen, Alayin from UAE. There's twenty. 162 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.639 We'd ad Casablanca from Roqua twenty one, Rama did twenty two, 163 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.559 Saltzburg twenty three. So I think twenty three of the 164 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.799 thirty two teams. I think, I don't know, need to 165 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:15.159 borrow your fingers and to jobs. 166 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:17.039 But that's not solid. Because I was doing the math 167 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:18.080 with you. I got twenty three. 168 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.919 Did we go twenty three brilliant, and I think that's all. 169 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:26.000 Let's go. We had North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, 170 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.399 and Australia. So I had every continent but Antarctica team from. 171 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:32.080 So I gotta work on that, man. 172 00:09:32.480 --> 00:09:35.559 Brother. When I'd tell you, I would wake up some 173 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.320 days and I would go, Okay, I've got my notes, 174 00:09:38.360 --> 00:09:40.039 but let me make sure I grab one which team 175 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.159 from which continent is playing who? And then we tell 176 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.519 you how fun it was learning pronunciations. Oh man, I'll 177 00:09:46.519 --> 00:09:49.879 tell you you know how this goes. Sometimes you get 178 00:09:49.879 --> 00:09:52.759 some names and they give you a pronunciation guide, but 179 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:55.639 sometimes it can be a little bit differently said in 180 00:09:55.720 --> 00:09:59.720 different dialects and whatnot. So myself for the competation, I 181 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:04.240 works great ones. Cal Williams from Apple TV, Tony Husband 182 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.200 as well Andy Bishop, who does a lot of stuff 183 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:10.440 with Sky's European based in Chris Sharples as well. Those 184 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:12.279 are my four that I got a chance. 185 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:16.320 To work with. Cal bring in the the the lip, Mike, Yeah, 186 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:17.240 can I can? 187 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:20.320 I show? Let me see, I think I might I do. 188 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:21.720 I'm going to I'm gonna do the worst thing you 189 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.440 can do is I'm gonna go off camera to find 190 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:27.039 this real quick, fantastic, Actually have a lip mic here. 191 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:30.519 Oh yeah about this. So back in the day, are 192 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:35.080 the guy who hired us, who's responsible for putting Tony Husband, myself, 193 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:38.919 Lorie Lindsay the first season, yeah together. His name is 194 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:40.759 Brad Baker and he was a big fan of the 195 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:45.080 lip mics. So I actually have a lip mic right here. 196 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.879 So this is what you'll see some people use. That's 197 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:49.919 fantastic and it's really good. 198 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:50.279 And like. 199 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:55.080 In European stadiums where they're outdoors, they're sometimes in the 200 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:57.600 actual gantry and then the stands, and so you use 201 00:10:57.639 --> 00:11:00.360 this because it keeps obviously the close proximity of this. 202 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.720 But man, so this is the Cal Williams special. He's 203 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.279 always doing this and he has this cool system actually 204 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:09.159 because normally when you're you know, when you're chatting, a 205 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.440 lot of a lot of people have microphones and head 206 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.159 headsets like what you have. That's more common in broadcasting, 207 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:17.399 isn't it, John, And so when you're when you're talking 208 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:18.799 to get your hands freen A lot of times you 209 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:20.559 can kind of hand motion right, you can like point 210 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.600 you all right, like you go next, or I'll go 211 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:26.080 But you know, Cal Wood has a system where he's talking, 212 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:28.679 he's talking, and then he'll go like exaggerated, like put 213 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:32.399 his microphone down. It's it's so funny the little nuances 214 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.720 of broadcasting that everybody has. 215 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:36.039 He talks in all caps, man. 216 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.919 With the literation, and and he's wonderful. He's he's incredible. 217 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:41.960 But you know, Tony Husband and I I was my 218 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:44.279 partner for for three years in Nashville. He was so 219 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.919 good man. There was there was just so many quality 220 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.960 broadcasting people, both on camera and behind the camera doing this, 221 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:55.559 and it's like it felt like broadcasting sports camp heaven 222 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:57.720 because every day you just walk into the bullpen and 223 00:11:57.759 --> 00:12:01.679 be like, oh, there's Andre's Cantur, who's next to Luis 224 00:12:01.720 --> 00:12:04.200 Garcia who was on the desk that day with Juan 225 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.519 Pablo and hell and you know, oh yeah, Devontor Bergertov 226 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.360 would walk in along the way and Alex Scott was 227 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:13.600 hosting Katie with them. Was incredible at hosting Laurene of Bars. 228 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:15.039 I mean, it was like a who's who every day. 229 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.480 Moe Adams was incredible, Brian Dunseeth so man, it was 230 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:20.679 it was so fun and we just had a great 231 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:23.279 time and I could be more grateful to get to 232 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:25.440 experience it all and get to kind of recap with you. 233 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:27.440 It's not even done yet. We still have the final 234 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:28.080 on Sunday, but. 235 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:32.559 Right, yeah, well experience. I wanted to ask, is PSG 236 00:12:32.799 --> 00:12:35.200 like the PSG is the ish right now? I mean, 237 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:38.440 they they are insane when it comes to talent and 238 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:39.759 what they're able to do out there. 239 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:42.720 John, There's there's no there's no holes in their game. 240 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.279 You want to try to defend them one way, PSG 241 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:47.919 will hurt you together. You want to go in high press, 242 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:50.120 They're good enough to play around. If you want to 243 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.039 try to sit back in well, they're patient and they'll 244 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:55.039 wait and they'll pass around. Miami saw that into Miami, 245 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.279 saw that at Mercedes Benz Stadium'm sure a lot of 246 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:59.240 your listeners would have been there because that was one 247 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:01.679 of the premier matches, you know, to be able to 248 00:13:01.720 --> 00:13:04.120 see in to Miami in the knockout stage, Messy versus 249 00:13:04.159 --> 00:13:09.240 PSG again. But ma'am, I think if Chelsea can keep 250 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:12.279 this close and keep it respectable, you know, I think 251 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:14.440 that the uglier. I said this the other day when 252 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:16.679 I was getting a chance to do a show with 253 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:20.360 Serious X. Sam said the day before we were pregame, 254 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.039 or the day of we were previewing it in the 255 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.799 morning and it was you know, if Real Madrid can 256 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:26.519 make it an ugly game, they have a better chance. 257 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:28.799 But it's like, right now, with PSG, I'd equate it 258 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.720 to going into the ring with Mike Tyson in his 259 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:33.399 prime and standing there and just trying to throw punches 260 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.679 with them. You can't do that. It's not going to 261 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:37.960 go well for you. You've got to make it as 262 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:42.919 ugly as possible and if you if you do, I 263 00:13:42.960 --> 00:13:46.600 guess you'd give yourself the best chance. But ma'am, I 264 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:48.320 think it could be PSG, and I think it could 265 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.679 be PSG comfortably on Sunday. 266 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:52.600 I mean you look at what they're able to do, 267 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:55.320 and everybody's sitting there going, yeah, well PSG this, and 268 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.039 they talk about the opponent, well PSG this, PSG that, 269 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:00.960 and then it's like, well Messi and friends lose by four. 270 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:04.039 But remember you've got you know, waxed in the Champions 271 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:07.919 League final, and so everybody's sitting there going oh mlss 272 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:10.639 MLS that. It's like, no, fam, you remember what happened 273 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:13.519 in the Champions League final. This has turned into the norm. 274 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:16.960 They are a machine. And I saw a story where 275 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:21.879 apparently Luis en Rique was interviewing for the Chelsea gig 276 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.360 when it was open before they gave it to Pochettino, 277 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:29.440 and he comes in with this fantastic presentation of what 278 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:31.679 you know Luis en Rique does, and he breaks everything 279 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:35.440 down to its finest little part and they were like, no, thanks, 280 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.799 we're not interested, and they went with Pochettino. I'm I 281 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.559 want to see how this goes with Luis and Rique 282 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:42.360 on the weekend. 283 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:44.879 I wonder if the people in that room that voted no, 284 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:48.720 they saw a job today, you know, but no, I 285 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:51.159 tell you it's an incredible team man, And I think 286 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:53.960 it was funded. Ballet has proven he should win a 287 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:57.159 Ballador this year. It's been incredible. But there were just 288 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:00.840 so many different ways. Jean Nevison the midfield's credible talent. 289 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.879 Man uh Kavicha kavart Scalia, that's the name. I got 290 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:08.480 to learn how to say, tell you what, man. When 291 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:10.480 you're it's one thing. When you're watching it and you 292 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:12.279 hear a couple of people different say it, it's it's 293 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.200 all well and good. But when I had when I 294 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:16.279 had to try to say some of these names like that. 295 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:18.320 That was one of the ones that I was going 296 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:20.879 to bed the night before being like, all right, said 297 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.360 my said my prayers, called the wife and kids, and 298 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.320 then I was like, okay, Kavar Scalia. It was like 299 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.000 I was counting sheep, trying to make sure I could 300 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:33.159 say this name wrong, you know, and broadcasting nightmares right there. 301 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.000 But it was yeah. 302 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:35.960 But I will tell you this something cool that I 303 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:38.480 think it is is a cool fact to talk about. 304 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:42.080 I had people from Major League Soccer, you know, scouts 305 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:46.679 and people in front office texting me throughout this this competition. 306 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:51.000 I think I truly believe you were gonna end up 307 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.720 seeing some players from this tournament end up in Major 308 00:15:53.799 --> 00:15:56.639 League Soccer sooner rather than later. Because it was an 309 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:01.879 interesting viewpoint of getting some of these teams. And I 310 00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:03.759 won't say for which teams, which games and whatnot, but 311 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.519 there was definitely some of the games that were not 312 00:16:05.559 --> 00:16:07.840 necessarily the marquee. Once you know, the big ones, you're 313 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:10.679 not gonna you're not going to see somebody go from 314 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:13.200 one of the top teams in Europe right now that's 315 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.639 in their prime to you know, they gonna leave Madrid 316 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:17.320 to come that you're not scouting those games, but some 317 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:19.840 of the other teams from some of the other continents 318 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:23.120 in other countries. I would be shocked if you didn't 319 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:25.720 see some players make the leap to Major League Soccer 320 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:29.200 from some of those teams after the exposure that some 321 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:31.240 of these other leagues got, which was one of the 322 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:33.440 cool aspects of the FIFA club woke up. 323 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:37.679 Yeah. One of the folks that Jason had earmarked was 324 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.879 Diosa from a mont Today. 325 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.320 Inredible. I did two of their games and the one 326 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:47.919 that he scored the banger from the distance against Red Diamonds. 327 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:50.440 But John Day, it was crazy. It was this goal, 328 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:53.080 so it may be one of the goals of the tournament. 329 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.480 Nelson Diosa don't even have to pull up my notes 330 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.720 number six for Monterey's defensive midfield, big size, strong, powerful, 331 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:02.399 But John this gold a tournament. He scored a match 332 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:07.519 Day three Canada for it. He faked a shot from 333 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.319 right inside of the midfield line at the circle and 334 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:14.519 he got the forward to like to jump. He was 335 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.920 so convincing, and then he moved in about ten to 336 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:20.039 fifteen steps forward and he shot and he bangs us 337 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:23.240 in anything that just moves and swerves different directions. And 338 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:25.319 I was on the call with Andy Bishop for that 339 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:28.799 one and we both looked at each other like he 340 00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:31.400 faked a shot and the guy respected the shot so much. 341 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:34.000 He was just from midfield and then he stepped inside 342 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.319 and scored this banger. But yeah, that's a great shot 343 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:39.799 right there. A player like that, he was incredible. He's 344 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:42.519 the name Nelson Diosa that I would not be shocked 345 00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:44.880 if people in Major League Soccer were trying to ask, mantery, 346 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:46.440 how much do you want for this guy? He was 347 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.680 so so good. 348 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:52.599 Yeah, he right now is being courted by Sporting in Portugal. 349 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.319 And our buddy Neo Taurus from Goal TV, who calls 350 00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:59.039 the Portuguese league, was giving us the rundown of all that, 351 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:01.920 and I mentioned Diosa, and I also mentioned Mehi coming 352 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.920 from Famalikao to Atlanta United as a whole, as a 353 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:08.119 part of this whole dynamic, and Diosa is attracting a 354 00:18:08.160 --> 00:18:11.359 figure that's like ten million right now, transfer marked Hedham 355 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:13.400 at like eight to nine, and so Sporting was looking 356 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:16.160 at like ten from on today, we were tempted to 357 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.759 lock the doors and Mercedes Benz Stadium when monterday was 358 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:23.960 playing to assure ourselves that Diosa could not leave. He's 359 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:26.519 not good, not allowed to leave there, and not afraid 360 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:29.039 to shoot from twenty like you like you had in 361 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:31.559 your match, but just in general, he had three shots 362 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:33.559 from twenty outside the eighteen and he didn't blame. He 363 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:35.240 didn't think twice about it. He was ready to go. 364 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:38.000 He was in the last match against Doorman they lost 365 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:41.000 two to one to get knocked out of the quarterfinals. 366 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:46.240 He just kept smashing the ball. Everybody at that level 367 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.279 can shoot a ball, John Nelson, Diosa can kick it 368 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:50.319 differently than others. 369 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.480 Man. 370 00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:54.200 He absolutely hammers it. And it's it's funny said about 371 00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:57.880 locking the doors at Mercedes Benz. I'm looking at the 372 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:01.000 comments coming in, and one of them from your loyal 373 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.440 listeners here saying the look up some of the players 374 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:05.599 eyes looking at the bins when they first came in, 375 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:09.519 they were blown away. That's how good Mercedes Benz Stadium is. 376 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.400 Some world class players just playing some of the excuse me, 377 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:15.319 the biggest stadiums. They walk inside a Mercedes Benz stadium 378 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:18.119 and they're like, oh, so this is what a billion 379 00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.400 and a half dollars looks like. 380 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.200 Huh. 381 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:21.279 It's jaw joppy. 382 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.440 Man. 383 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:26.359 It's absolutely stunning, and it was so cool to see 384 00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:29.319 how many big games Mercedes Benz Stadium got in and 385 00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:32.359 some of the big big matchups. And then of course 386 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:35.240 you think Messi scoring that free kick or an iconic moment, 387 00:19:35.559 --> 00:19:40.119 you know, just just ridiculous. Come on, man, come on man. 388 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:43.480 The guy delivers on the biggest stage to win against Porto, 389 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:46.680 love them hate him because of where the proximity is 390 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.759 in the rivalry. I get it, but come on, man, 391 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:52.559 what a moment when Messi steps up in Andre's canturs 392 00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:55.839 on the call. Oh my goodness, I'd. 393 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:58.160 Been like a twelve second hold. Literally, we were sitting 394 00:19:58.160 --> 00:20:00.759 there when Andres is on a call. We sit there 395 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:04.599 and we literally look at our stopwatches on a goal call, 396 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:08.440 and I time out the hold note. I mean, he's 397 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:11.240 punching a twelve second hold note on a goal call. 398 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:14.920 It's incredible, man. And I remember just walking into the 399 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:17.839 bullet in there at the studios and at TNT and 400 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:20.319 just wanting to shake his hand and just like I 401 00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:22.720 was like, Andre, you have been the soundtrack to so 402 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.440 many great moments of my soccer fandom, Like thank you, 403 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:28.440 you know, and he looked like you heard that a 404 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:30.640 million times over, So it wasn't anything new to him, 405 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.640 but it was. It was really really cool to see 406 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:34.720 and he was fantastic. He was as good as you 407 00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:37.000 could imagine meeting him, you know, it was it was 408 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:38.720 such a surreal experience the whole time. 409 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.640 In the twenty three teams that you called, we mentioned 410 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:45.359 Diosa from on today. Who else stood out to you 411 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.400 that might sit there and have folks knocking on the 412 00:20:47.440 --> 00:20:50.519 door of say Mamalodi Sundowns or a Red Diamonds or something. 413 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:53.359 Yeah, there were some really good players, like on the Sundowns. 414 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:55.640 Lucas Roberto was really good from the Sundowns. He was 415 00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:58.880 number ten, smaller stature, smaller framed player, but he was 416 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:01.880 he was really really good. I really enjoyed watching him. 417 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.160 I'm trying to think, I'm trying to go through now 418 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:06.559 some of the teams. You know, it's interesting because every 419 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:09.640 team has a different need and different price point right 420 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:12.119 of who you want to spend, and so you know, 421 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:14.359 I'm trying to think of some of the smaller teams 422 00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:15.559 that we watched, Like. 423 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:20.599 Jamie Watson is constructing his eleven from from teams that 424 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:23.279 are not that are off the beaten track. 425 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.759 You know, it's so interesting, right because like, what is 426 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.680 what is a team? Like we died Casablanca pay right. 427 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.839 They have this forward Goja Lava, who has scored hundreds 428 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:36.079 and hundreds of goals for his club, Like you know, 429 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:38.759 he's a he's older, he's like he's thirty three. But 430 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:41.720 the guy's just he only scores goals. It's it's insane, right, 431 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.200 But what are these teams pay? I don't I don't 432 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:46.480 know some of the business structures of it, which is 433 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:48.960 really difficult to kind of tell. But you know, some 434 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:51.000 names of Papa, like Kaku who used to play for 435 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.400 the New York Red Bulls. He was there, so it 436 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:55.720 was kind of cool seeing the MLS connections throughout. Mikael 437 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:57.920 who used to play for Houston. You know, he's for 438 00:21:58.039 --> 00:22:01.839 Palmettish as well, so as Kundo Torres. You know, I 439 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:05.039 think there were some really good players. And I'm going 440 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:08.319 to skate around the question a little bit because the 441 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:11.160 reason I will say this is there were a lot 442 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:15.000 of people that I really enjoy working with on the 443 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:17.119 scouting side of Major League Soccer that was reaching out 444 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:20.359 and I did give them some specific names but out 445 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:22.440 of sort of respect to that, I don't want to 446 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:25.839 say which ones, but I think you said this John 447 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:30.440 and Nelson Dials. I was almost worried that he would 448 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:32.279 have been on too high of the pay structure and 449 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:35.160 transfer fee command, so I didn't say his name on purpose. 450 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:37.799 But he was probably the one player that if I 451 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:42.119 could really pinpoint on the higher side, that probably has 452 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:46.799 the realistic, you know, top end major League soccer price tag. 453 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:48.759 I think that he might be a player like that, 454 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:51.880 but it's just tough. I don't know what teams would 455 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.799 be willing to spend. So I just gave. Each time 456 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.240 I would get a text, I would say, here's a 457 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.319 good name, here's a good player, and I would move 458 00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:58.319 moving on from there. 459 00:22:58.359 --> 00:23:00.839 You know, absolutely who do you have this weekend in 460 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.599 Major League Soccer? 461 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:04.160 So this weekend I'll get a chance to jump over 462 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:06.839 to FS one and I've got an exciting game Nashville 463 00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:12.839 versus Miami. Oh so tasty one, absolutely tasty matchup. So 464 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:15.359 I'll get a get a break from from Apple TV 465 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.119 this week. Great collaborative effort because I was on the 466 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.920 game Austin versus New England, but there were some scheduling 467 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:24.359 changes around. So I got switched over to do the 468 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:27.160 Nashville versus Miami game on FS one, So we're looking 469 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.000 forward to that one. 470 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:34.240 All right, so take the over obviously, always Nashville seemed. 471 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:39.079 BJ Callahan seems to have unlocked Sam Surridge right now, 472 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:43.480 Surrige and some dude named Messy. You got a studio audience. 473 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:46.519 Huh, it's a it's a lovely four year old daughter 474 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:49.720 that that wants to come over here and have my attention, 475 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:51.880 and she's so hard to say no too. So little 476 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.559 missus Graylan is over here as well. 477 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.599 Well, you're gonna put Graylan on camera? Are you just 478 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:57.920 gonna sit there and not introduce us or what? Well? 479 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:01.119 Grayland's now watching Pepa Pit so you can compete with 480 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:02.359 Pepper pick apologize. 481 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.559 I'll tell you what. 482 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:07.559 PJ Allen and and BJ was great, by the way. 483 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.079 We got a chance to be there with with BJ 484 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:13.000 in the studio. He came in and did a wonderful job. 485 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:15.440 By the way, very few coaches can come in and 486 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.160 they can do a good job of being able to 487 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:19.920 switch over. Oh she's she. I think she might want 488 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:22.880 to say hello now, GRAYLND do you want to say hi? No? 489 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:24.440 You don't want to say hi, okay, but here we go. 490 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.160 We got this. This is the dad life, you know 491 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:29.119 that we've got going here. We're breaking down soccer at 492 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:31.160 a high level and also making sure our four year 493 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:33.079 old doesn't yell at us because I'm a girl dad 494 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:35.839 and she's amazing. She's the best. She's got me wrapped 495 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:40.960 around her. I think bj Allien did an amazing job, 496 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:42.799 by the way, in the studio, he was so good. 497 00:24:42.839 --> 00:24:44.759 They put him on the big board and and he 498 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:48.319 was breaking things down. You could see how his mind 499 00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:50.519 just operates differently as as a coach, and it was 500 00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.920 I absolutely stole a lot of things that he said, 501 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:54.720 and the immediately went and said it on the broadcast. 502 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:58.359 But he was great. I think that he's There is 503 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:04.000 a complete about the way Nashville, as see plays. There's 504 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:07.519 two different players that can hurt you. Because Nashville fans 505 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:10.240 will know this. The Nashville one point zero era was 506 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:13.039 all about Honey and Atlanta fans will know this because 507 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:15.400 Honey saved his some of his best performances for Lanti 508 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.400 United fans along the way. But you knew if you 509 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:20.759 could stop Hanny, you could stop Nashville. Now you also 510 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:25.359 have Sam Surge that's contributing. You've got Hanny that's contributing. 511 00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:28.799 You've got some really hard working players in the middle 512 00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:33.160 of the park that continue to run into press and 513 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:36.039 to repress. And that's where in remind me have broken 514 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:41.160 down their their struggles is the repress. Okay, yes, ma'am, 515 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:43.160 there's breaking down the repress. Oh, I think she's gonna 516 00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.640 make it zuccher. 517 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.440 Great? 518 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:48.240 Or do you want to say hi? Say hi to 519 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:49.039 Daddy's friends? 520 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.599 There you go, there we go. 521 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.720 There's mister John and all of his friends. Can you 522 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.720 get Daddy two minutes and we'll be able to come 523 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:58.759 in and play with you. I'll help you, okay, I 524 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:02.759 love you bad. Life never stops here. Thanks for letting 525 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.960 her crash the party. 526 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.559 It's always good studio arts. 527 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:08.680 The love of my life there. But I think, what 528 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.000 what what you know? Just to wrap that thought up, 529 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:13.079 that's what Nashville have done so well as they've been 530 00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:15.599 complete in the fact that they are very, very difficult 531 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:20.400 to break down. I don't know, I'll get it. Go 532 00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:23.480 serious here. She's so cute it's hard to say. It's 533 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:25.319 hard to say no to her. See see how I'm 534 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.880 up and by the way, she's making me give her 535 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.359 a PEZ. 536 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.759 Nothing wrong with Pez. 537 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:34.319 At nine thirty am Eastern time, A thirty where I 538 00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:38.799 am put it's summertime, baby, and you get you. 539 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:41.519 Got to give out PEZ. But remind me at the 540 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:43.920 back there's talk about Rodrigo to Paul. You've got all 541 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:46.480 the firepower right now. It's like, okay, we're just gonna 542 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:49.559 outscore folks, and you know you could have a match 543 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:51.720 that could be dealing with the overall a weekend. 544 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:53.440 And I'll tell you what, man, I'm so interested to 545 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:56.240 get your thoughts on Rodrigo de Paul because there's gonna 546 00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:58.839 have to be some some roster dancing that's gonna have 547 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:00.920 to happen. Right How are you going to be able 548 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:04.200 to fit an extra, you know, player in there, Dosney 549 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:05.720 a player. They're gonna have to switch up some of 550 00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:07.240 your roster build if you. 551 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:11.920 Want to or where do you do this? We were 552 00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:16.279 walking through it yesterday. Last number that we looked at 553 00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:19.680 in AM was that Messi and friends had a little 554 00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:22.079 over three million left in AM and this was like 555 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:24.559 late February, I think was when the numbers were released 556 00:27:24.559 --> 00:27:28.880 by the PA with the three dps that you have. 557 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:32.440 Do you sign him as an AM player pro rated 558 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:36.799 for half a season and then do you sit there 559 00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:39.799 and go, Okay, you're AM this year, and then we'll 560 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:42.559 try to DP you or go high AM next year, 561 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:45.680 and then buy down Jordi Alba, buy down Bousquettes, figure 562 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:47.599 out what you want to do. Because your three dps 563 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:49.880 all have contracts that are ending at the end of 564 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:52.960 this season. So I'm guessing he's a pro rated AM 565 00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:56.599 this year. Luis Suarez goes home to run the club 566 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:59.799 and that gets your your AM slot there, and so 567 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:02.279 you sign it to a Soarezi and kind of a deal, 568 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:05.240 and so he's probably a high AM or maybe a 569 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:07.759 DP and you buy down Jordia Alba or something like. 570 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.279 That, which could very well happen. I think that's genius, 571 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:14.200 a good way to do that. I think that when 572 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:17.920 you you've broken that so so well. I also wonder 573 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:22.160 is there a world in which guys like Bousquets I 574 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:24.240 don't I want to be respectful of other people's money 575 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:27.119 and stuff like that. You would assume at the level 576 00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:31.160 that he's played at, he's probably set financially and couldn't 577 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:33.079 spend it all even if he tried. I wonder if 578 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:35.440 at the end of the season, he also says, I 579 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:37.400 want this to get better, so I will drop my 580 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:40.799 salary requests down and almost, you know you don't you say, 581 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:44.240 like the hometown discount right? Well, now it's it's almost like, 582 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:48.519 is it the you know them trying to think of 583 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.200 a clever name? 584 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.400 Here? 585 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:51.640 Is it the world beater discount? 586 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:51.759 Here? 587 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:53.480 Where we could get a world beater to bring. 588 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.640 The golf stream galacticos buy down. 589 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:58.400 There, we go put a patent on it, put it, 590 00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.559 put a TM next to it, because you nailed it. No, 591 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.480 it's something like that. I mean, I just I just 592 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:05.839 wonder if there's an element to that of somebody says 593 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:08.000 one of them says, okay, fine, I've made my money. 594 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.519 I've got one more year left. I want to play 595 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.559 at a high level with other high, high level players. 596 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.960 That's what I want to do. So it'll be interesting 597 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.680 to see if or does MLS come in and do 598 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:18.480 they alter some of the rules and change it and 599 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:22.240 go four dps right, And I wouldn't be shocked, and 600 00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:24.640 I wouldn't you know, You've got World Cup winners that 601 00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:26.759 want to come over now at thirty one years old 602 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:29.039 and clubs that are willing to pay reportedly up to 603 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.039 twenty million dollars. 604 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.359 Are you going to. 605 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:32.880 Stand in the way if you're Major League Soccer, are 606 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:34.240 you going to say, yeah, let's try to make that 607 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:36.440 happen as well too. So I don't know, it's going 608 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:38.440 to be interesting to see, but I don't think that 609 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:41.599 MLS should shy away from the idea of figuring out 610 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.359 roster constructions that bring over players world class players in 611 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:50.279 their prime. Ish thirty one is not you're full on prime, 612 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:54.160 but you're still he's starting for Athletico Madrid, right, So 613 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:58.079 let's let's not sugarcoat here. This is a top you know, 614 00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:01.079 twenty team in the world, five team in the world. 615 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:04.000 And so you say, okay, this is you know, a 616 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:06.319 player that can start there if a club wants to acquire, 617 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.480 and we need to figure out a way to not 618 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:09.079 stand in the way of it with our rules. 619 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:11.480 Yeah, And so I think that you opened up another 620 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:13.920 door with that fourth DP. Go spend time with Graylan, 621 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:16.599 have a fantastic call this weekend with Messy and friends 622 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:19.359 in Nashville. And uh, obviously you know you got the 623 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:21.279 garage door opener. You know you can crash it anytime. 624 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.000 It's always great. You know. 625 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.559 You know, I'm a big fan of the show, and 626 00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.279 I'm gonna go go play down him and take my 627 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:27.079 soccer hat off now and go go put my dad 628 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:29.519 hat on, and whatever she wants me to do, I'll 629 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:31.160 be doing that in just a couple of seconds while 630 00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:37.079 watching your show Peze. Just by the way, Relentless is 631 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:40.720 just crush the whole PEZ dispensed. Wow, unbelievable. All right, 632 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.319 we're gonna sign off here. 633 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:49.039 Good Jamie, Mike Raylan gos bye. All right, so they're out. Uh, 634 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.960 Jamie's gonna go be a dad. Grayland crushed an entire 635 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:58.599 case of PEZ in like three minutes, eight thirty in 636 00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:03.839 the morning local time, and a daughter is crushing PEZ. 637 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:08.559 That is a fantastic dietary choice on a Friday morning. 638 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.519 Jamie Watson, it's always great to catch up with him. 639 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.279 We got to talk to his neighbor though about mowing 640 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:17.160 the lawn because you know, it's like, dude, can't you 641 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:20.160 see that Jamie's trying to do TV. He's trying to 642 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:23.160 do TV and he's trying to get stuff squared away. 643 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.759 So Jamie's gonna go be a dad, and it's always 644 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.240 great to have Jamie Watson come down and see what's 645 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:33.359 going on with him. So Chris Whittingham set to join 646 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:35.240 his Top of the Hour and we'll break everything down 647 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.519 major League soccer. We'll find out a little bit about Chris, 648 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:40.480 considering it's his first time on the show, and I 649 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.079 wanted to kind of peel back the curtain a little 650 00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:44.599 bit because Chris has called a lot of different leagues 651 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:48.000 and so my lead off with Chris is going to be, Okay, 652 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:51.720 how many leagues have you called this year? How many 653 00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:55.480 leagues have you called? Do you remember them all? So 654 00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.559 we'll get into that discussion with Chris, talk about major 655 00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.440 League soccer, all the things. Great to catch up with Jamie. Obviously, 656 00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:03.200 like I said, Jamie's got FS one this weekend where 657 00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:07.000 he gets messy in Friends and Nashville, and so we'll 658 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.880 catch up with that. Obviously, we've got a couple of 659 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:11.440 things to talk about with Atlanta United. We'll go here 660 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:25.279 with one of them. And obviously it's it has been 661 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:28.680 in social media for quite some time and if you 662 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:31.880 were to follow this particular individual on his social media, 663 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:35.960 you would know that he's wearing the gear. He's posing 664 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:40.240 in rooms with sofas and things, flexing, muscles and so on. 665 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:43.240 It is official Atlanta United his loan Edwin Musquette to 666 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:46.240 me Andario So the Columbian First Division through the end 667 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:49.440 of next year. So it is a year long loan 668 00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:53.680 for Edwin Musquetta with an option for a permanent transfer. 669 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:56.200 So fast, Eddie is going to be spending the next 670 00:32:56.400 --> 00:33:06.359 calendar year on loan two millionaios and so for contract. 671 00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:10.519 And we'll go ahead and go through contract numbers and 672 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.799 contracts and things like that, and so we'll double check 673 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:20.480 Edwin Mosquetta's status. Plus we will double check his salary 674 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:26.480 figure according to our friends at the MLSPA and with 675 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:29.960 ed Win. Let me see if we can find him 676 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:33.119 really quickly or did they already punch him out? Wow 677 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:37.480 that might have been. That was fast, okay, let's see 678 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:42.960 so Margaret value uh toga she Ronald Derek Jamal Tristan 679 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:48.200 William Baugh. Wow they already did. Wow, that was fast. Okay. 680 00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:53.839 So Edwin Musqueta it's no longer a rumor market value 681 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:58.799 of four hundred thousand euro but they had him rumored 682 00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:05.640 to Atletico naci Ana and so Edwin under contract with 683 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:11.039 Atlanta United and I thought, yes, now what they wasted 684 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:14.239 no time with this? Okay, so transfer marked officially has 685 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:18.920 him flipped. Okay, so joined, yet they have him joining yesterday. 686 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:22.800 Actually so joining yesterday transfer marked and it is a 687 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:25.920 basically it's a year long loan until the June thirtieth 688 00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:29.719 to twenty six option to buy. Current market value listed 689 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:33.719 at four hundred thousand euro according to our friends at 690 00:34:34.039 --> 00:34:38.760 transfer Marked and so from the MLSPA. When it comes 691 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:41.840 to the salary guide in resources which you really should 692 00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:47.719 have bookmarked, I don't, but I should from a salary perspective, 693 00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:53.880 it was Edwin was making four hundred and twenty five 694 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:58.440 thousand base four sixty two guaranteed compensation. So that is 695 00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:03.559 that was the rundown of Edwin Mousqueta. The thing about 696 00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:07.800 think about Edwin, Edwin needs reps, and I think that 697 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:11.119 he needs to be in a place where he can 698 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.239 get constant playing time. He wasn't getting that with Atlanta United. 699 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:19.400 You saw with Edwin that you know, the speed is 700 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:23.760 there and the imagination is there, as evidenced by the 701 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:27.000 one goloasso at Mercedes Been Stadium. That sticks into my head. 702 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:30.119 But he needed, he needed regular reps and it was 703 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:32.199 a chance for Atlanta United to send him to a 704 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:34.840 place where he gets regular reps once again option on 705 00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:37.480 a permanent transfer. So it is a loan for a 706 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:40.639 year and a twelve month loan short of the ten 707 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:43.039 days or the eleven days that we're here in July 708 00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:46.280 and twenty five. So Edwin Mosquette alone to me in Arios. 709 00:35:46.320 --> 00:35:49.480 He had been posing on social media wearing their gear 710 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:52.760 last couple of days. And so Edwin is down there 711 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:57.679 now and he's got to work as the first touch 712 00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:59.239 needs to be worked one a little bit. But the 713 00:35:59.239 --> 00:36:01.760 speed is there, talent is there, the imagination is there. 714 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.639 He just needed a place to have regular reps and 715 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:06.920 so he gets that at Meg Andario's and he will 716 00:36:06.920 --> 00:36:09.440 be down there on loan with an option for a 717 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:13.679 permanent transfer. Now, the other stuff that we need to 718 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:18.840 get into, obviously with Atlanda United, outside of on the 719 00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:24.480 field is the off the field. And yesterday we found 720 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:29.800 out that Garth Loggerway is now in a cancer bout 721 00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:34.039 and it is an indefinite leave of absence. This came 722 00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:36.920 out a little after a little before two o'clock yesterday afternoon. 723 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.000 And I know that you guys have been mentioning it 724 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:42.639 in the twitch pitch this morning, right now, the way 725 00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:44.960 that it is, the way that it was released by 726 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.639 it Land United indefinite leave of absence after recently being 727 00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:50.920 diagnosed with cancer has begun treatment. No timetable for his return. 728 00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:55.719 Prognosis of a complete recovery is encouraging. In the interim, 729 00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:59.960 Chief Soccer Officer Chris Henderson, Chief Business Officer Skate Knopsinger, 730 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:02.920 Senior VP of Strategy, Demetrius if Stoth. YOUU continue to 731 00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:05.719 lead the day to day ops and will provide regular 732 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:09.000 reports to Garth and to Rich McKay, CEO of AMBS 733 00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:12.519 during the absence. You've got a statement from Arthur Blank. 734 00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:18.480 A statement from Rich Garth's quotation in the release. I've 735 00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:21.400 made the difficult decision to step back from Atlanta United 736 00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:23.480 to tackle my cancer treatment head on. I'd like to 737 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:26.000 express my profound gratitude to Arthur Blank for not only 738 00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:28.119 his support, but by doing everything in his power to 739 00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.880 make this process as painless as possible for me and 740 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:33.760 my family. I could not possibly work for a better 741 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:37.960 organization than AMBS. Atlanta United has a high performing leadership 742 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.880 team in place on the business and soccer sides of 743 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.920 the club. Chris Skate and Demetrios are experienced and talented leaders, 744 00:37:42.960 --> 00:37:44.880 and I have full confidence in their abilities to lead 745 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.199 our club in my absence. In the meantime, I'm looking 746 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:49.440 forward to seeing our fans again sun at Mercedes Been Stadium. 747 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:57.880 I shall return. End quote. And with that, obviously, you 748 00:37:57.920 --> 00:38:02.079 want Garth to focus on getting back to fighting this, 749 00:38:02.239 --> 00:38:08.119 and you want this. I'm gonna phrase it this way. 750 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:14.119 Anytime anyone is and I'm gonna break the fourth wall 751 00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:20.000 here for a little bit. I hate cancer and I 752 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.079 know I'm not alone in that lost my dad to 753 00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:29.280 cancer and it was just over fifteen years ago. And 754 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:35.239 anytime I hear that anyone is fighting a cancer battle, 755 00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:40.480 you want them to have the resources available. You want 756 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:42.599 them to fight, you want them to focus. You want 757 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:46.159 to make sure that this ass of a beast that 758 00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:48.519 is known as cancer. And I probably could earn the 759 00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:53.920 explicit rating discussing cancer in and of itself. I hate it. 760 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:56.159 I hate what it does to people. I hate what 761 00:38:56.199 --> 00:39:01.679 it does to families, to relationships and to the lives 762 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:12.440 that you're trying to construct. I'm hoping that actually, let 763 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:18.480 me rephrase, I hope Garth kicks its ass, and I 764 00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:23.440 have no qualm about that. Whatsoever. I want Garth, I 765 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:25.840 want the Loggerways, I want ABC, I want it Lanta 766 00:39:25.920 --> 00:39:28.440 United to kick cancer's ass from one end of the 767 00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:36.039 field to the other. And in Garth's statement, you saw that, 768 00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:39.039 you heard that. You know, he is blessed to work 769 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:43.559 for a place like a MBS and we are blessed 770 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:47.880 here in this market to have someone who cares for 771 00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:54.039 individuals as much as Arthur Blank does. So whatever it 772 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:57.360 takes for Garth and the Loggerways and Atlanta United to 773 00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:02.599 kick cancer's ass, go do it. Because I hate cancer 774 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:05.880 with every fiber of my being and probably every fiber 775 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:09.920 of my family's being on top of my own. So 776 00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:17.440 we've got Skate, We've got Chris, We've got d You've 777 00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:20.440 got Hobby on the analytics side. You've got a lot 778 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:24.519 of talented people. They'll work on the business side, and 779 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:27.920 they'll continue doing what they do on the business side 780 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:36.679 of things. And I hope that Garth realizes. And it 781 00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:39.599 was on social media yesterday a lot yesterday afternoon and 782 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:46.000 last night, the support that Garth has from all of 783 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:51.199 us seventeens media, what have you? You know, whatever you know 784 00:40:51.360 --> 00:40:55.119 envelope or pronoun you want to apply that to. I 785 00:40:55.159 --> 00:41:00.199 hope that the logger ways feel it every day, the 786 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.960 support that they have from people they know and people 787 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:08.440 they don't about kicking cancer's ass. We probably should print 788 00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:11.480 up a T shirt kick Cancer's ass today and every day. 789 00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.960 So that's the latest with Garth. That came out yesterday 790 00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:18.599 about two o'clock yesterday afternoon. So Garth is now undergoing 791 00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:22.760 Garth is undergoing transfer cancer treatments and we don't have 792 00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:26.800 a Yeah, an Abby, that's absolutely true with Darren fighting 793 00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:30.920 it too. Darren fighting it over at Newcastle, Garth fighting 794 00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:36.440 it here. It does, Abby says, between Garth and Darren 795 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:39.039 Eil's good friends both having a cancer diagnosis sucks. Ye, 796 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:45.519 it does. So fight it, kick its ass and we'll 797 00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:48.000 see you when we see you. Come out, you know, 798 00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:52.360 come out and see games casually, trusting those around you 799 00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:57.239 and know that we're here for you in whatever aspect 800 00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:59.800 you You want to apply that sentence in that sentence 801 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:04.400 rusure kick cancer's ass today and every day. That's your 802 00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:09.760 T shirt. Damn that pisses me off, But anyway that 803 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:11.519 had to be you know, we had to talk about 804 00:42:11.559 --> 00:42:15.199 that considering what happened yesterday with the announcement with Garth 805 00:42:15.239 --> 00:42:18.639 and so lengthy statement from Atlanta United came out yesterday 806 00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:22.639 afternoon and laying that out. So I'm going to keep 807 00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:25.960 an eye on that too. Once again. Chris Whittingham set 808 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:27.400 to join us top of the hour, tell you what, 809 00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:31.800 let's go through juice boxes and everything in Major League Soccer. 810 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:34.760 Let you know what the numbers are. Chrystill join us. 811 00:42:34.960 --> 00:42:37.039 It'll be his first time, like I said, hopefully he 812 00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:39.679 won't go running off into the running off into the night, 813 00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:42.480 hands failing in the air after the segment's over. And 814 00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:45.079 then we are planning a special guest coming up at 815 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:47.440 ten thirty, so we'll see. We'll see what happens with 816 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:49.519 special guest. And like I said, we've got to be 817 00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:52.119 out a little after eleven five because we've got to 818 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:54.119 get ready for the twos and Columbus Crew two coming 819 00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:55.880 up this weekend at ninety two nine in the game 820 00:42:56.440 --> 00:43:00.159 and the Odyssey app okay, excuse me, juice boxes this 821 00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:04.599 weekend involving all of the action in Major League Soccer. 822 00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:06.239 We will also let me I will give you the 823 00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:10.119 juice boxes for the Club World Cup Final at the 824 00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:12.360 meto lands. Now that I'm thinking about it, let me 825 00:43:12.440 --> 00:43:15.239 go down and drop that number. So Club World Cup 826 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:20.960 Final it is on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. PSG's 827 00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:23.440 a minus one sixty four. Chelsea's a plus four fifteen. 828 00:43:23.519 --> 00:43:25.599 Ninety minute draws a plus three twenty six. So there 829 00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:28.360 you go. I think the safest play in the world 830 00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:31.280 is to go with PSG. Nod your head, move on, 831 00:43:31.360 --> 00:43:34.159 tip your cap to Luis Enrique and that's a show, 832 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:38.960 all right. So the seven forties on Saturday night and 833 00:43:39.280 --> 00:43:41.760 it will be oh wow, it'll be another one of 834 00:43:41.800 --> 00:43:46.599 those where it is two four, six, eight ten. You'll 835 00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:50.559 have another ten box in the goo hour over at 836 00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:54.360 MLS three sixty. Here's what's going on, Charlotte and NYC. 837 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:58.079 Charlotte favored of the plus one oh four against NYC, 838 00:43:58.159 --> 00:44:00.880 who's a plus two twenty five. Your ninety minute draws 839 00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:04.159 a plus two seventy eight. Dean Smith, apparently the head 840 00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:07.320 coach Charlotte FC, did not want Patrick Agyemong to go. 841 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:11.880 The salary demands were rather large by his agent, according 842 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:18.239 to Dean Smith, and Dean Smith decided to let everybody know, 843 00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:25.000 or let everybody think anyway, that in his mind, the 844 00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:31.360 EFL Championship is right there, even with the folks in 845 00:44:31.440 --> 00:44:37.639 Major League Soccer. Dean Smith on contract negotiations with Patrick, 846 00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:39.519 if it came down the money, it's always money. Back 847 00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:41.280 in January, thought the club made a fair offer. His 848 00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:44.519 representatives had a totally different idea that was way out, 849 00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:47.960 way out of the ballpark for this club. Feels that 850 00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.199 Pat's move is more of a push from his reps 851 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:53.440 than Patrick Godgemong. He adds that Dean Smith feels like 852 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:58.320 the Championship isn't much different than Major League soccer. Tim 853 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:01.400 Reemans back from international duty, Wilson back from suspension, so 854 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:05.960 in Dean Smith's mind. Dean Smith adds, he feels like 855 00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:08.960 the EFL Championship isn't much different than Major League Soccer. 856 00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:16.639 I would wholeheartedly disagree with him, because you don't have 857 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:24.519 half of the clubs in Major League Soccer trying to 858 00:45:24.800 --> 00:45:30.480 stay above water and paying more than ninety five percent 859 00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:37.039 of your economics to your salaries. Thirteen of the twenty 860 00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:40.599 four teams that were in the EFL Championship last time 861 00:45:40.639 --> 00:45:43.840 I looked at at least ninety five percent of their 862 00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:48.719 budgets going to salaries if not more. Look, you had 863 00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:50.639 teams that were like at one hundred and thirty percent 864 00:45:51.880 --> 00:45:55.880 of their economics being paid to salaries. That's not how 865 00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:59.239 it works here in Major League Soccer. And the fact 866 00:45:59.280 --> 00:46:04.039 that Dean Smith feels he wants to deny an opportunity. Look, 867 00:46:04.079 --> 00:46:10.119 if Patrick Augiemong isn't getting minutes in a system where 868 00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.159 he is allowed to flourish, why wouldn't he look for 869 00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:17.440 another place? Why wouldn't he? And the fact that Darby 870 00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:20.639 wants to pay roughly was at seven point two for 871 00:46:20.760 --> 00:46:25.400 Patrick Ajimong. That's seven point two more million dollars that 872 00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:28.880 Charlotte gets to spend on other folks. But to compare 873 00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:33.440 the EFL Championship to Major League Soccer, that is a 874 00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:39.480 big gap in logic and I would disagree. So you 875 00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:44.159 got that. Good on you, Dean Smith. Hell Is reel 876 00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:47.119 is also at seven point forty. That's Cincinnati favored at 877 00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:49.760 a plus one seventeen, cruise a plus one ninety seven 878 00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:54.519 draws a plus two eighty one. Intrigued at that one, uh, 879 00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:56.960 I'm looking at the draw to plus two eighty one 880 00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:59.880 Purple team in Montreal, Purple team of minus two fifty 881 00:47:00.039 --> 00:47:02.239 set your fantasy teams appropriately if you did not set 882 00:47:02.280 --> 00:47:05.199 your team up for a double week cf. MONTREALI plus 883 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:07.519 five ninety six and the composite courtesy of our friends 884 00:47:07.519 --> 00:47:11.840 at Odds Portal draws A plus three eighty six. Philadelphia 885 00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:15.079 minus one twenty two hosting Red Bulls, who are a 886 00:47:15.119 --> 00:47:17.480 plus three to fifteen. Your draws A plus two seventy 887 00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:22.719 Toronto and Atlanta Toronto a plus one forty one draws 888 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:24.599 a plus two to fifty two Atlanta United a plus 889 00:47:24.639 --> 00:47:26.800 one seventy seven. We'll get Chris Whittingham's thoughts on it 890 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:30.119 in the Atlanta United season coming up in a bit. Jamie, 891 00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:34.199 as he said, he's calling Messian Friends and Nashville and 892 00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:36.519 Messi and Friends of minus one eleven draws a plus 893 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:40.039 three hundred Nashvilles a plus two fifty two. Take the over, 894 00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:43.239 find the over, Take the over. Let's look for the 895 00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:45.400 over here for a second. Because of the back line 896 00:47:45.840 --> 00:47:49.679 of Messi and Friends going up against the scoring that 897 00:47:49.760 --> 00:47:52.159 Nashville seems to be putting up under bj Callahan, three 898 00:47:52.199 --> 00:47:54.400 and a half is a plus one twenty two. I'd 899 00:47:54.400 --> 00:47:58.320 take that four and a half a plus two eighty 900 00:47:58.360 --> 00:48:01.239 five and a half a plus five sixty three, So 901 00:48:01.840 --> 00:48:03.880 I like the three and a half obviously to get 902 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:08.280 things started. But if you're really into totals, that's where 903 00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:12.079 I would go with that one eight thirty eight forty 904 00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:15.920 Austin without Brandon Vasquez for the rest of the rest 905 00:48:15.960 --> 00:48:18.719 of the season, minus one zero four at home against 906 00:48:18.719 --> 00:48:21.440 the Revs. Revs are a plus two sixty one at 907 00:48:21.519 --> 00:48:23.599 Q two in your draws A plus two sixty eight. 908 00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:28.119 Chicago hosting San Diego. San Diego is a road favorite, 909 00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:31.000 slight the road favorite of the plus one forty six draws. 910 00:48:31.000 --> 00:48:33.480 A plus two to eighty. Chicago is a plus one 911 00:48:33.599 --> 00:48:38.239 fifty four loons in San Jose minus one ten for 912 00:48:38.320 --> 00:48:41.360 the home side. San Jose's a plus two to fifty two, 913 00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:44.639 and your draws basically a plus three hundred eight forty 914 00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:47.480 sporting in Seattle sporting a plus two hundred. That number 915 00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:50.480 has gone up in the last twenty four hours. Seattle 916 00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:53.280 a plus twenty eighteen. Your draws a plus two seventy 917 00:48:53.320 --> 00:48:58.119 three nine forty stars. Colorado hosting Vancouver, Colorado A plus 918 00:48:58.159 --> 00:49:01.920 one sixty Vancouver favored slightly on the road of the 919 00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:04.920 plus one fifty six in the composite draws a plus 920 00:49:04.960 --> 00:49:08.840 two to fifty four RSL at home even money plus 921 00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:11.320 one hundred, Houston visiting at A plus two to fifty 922 00:49:11.360 --> 00:49:15.400 draws A plus two sixty three LAFC minus two fifty 923 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:19.400 FC Dallas on the road of plus five eighty seven 924 00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:22.480 in the composite draws A plus four hundred LAG hosting 925 00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:27.760 DC United with out their former head coach Troy Lasain, 926 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:32.239 who was dismissed yesterday after technically after their late night 927 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:34.039 Open Cup loss where you had a two nail legue 928 00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:38.079 and you lose five to two. LAG Hosting DC United 929 00:49:38.199 --> 00:49:40.960 lag minus one sixty seven, d C north of plus 930 00:49:40.960 --> 00:49:45.239 four hundred draws A plus three twenty six and SNS 931 00:49:45.400 --> 00:49:50.519 Sunday Night Soccer seven ten All Caps hosting Portland in 932 00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:55.360 Saint Louis, plus one twenty for Saint Louis City SC 933 00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:58.880 draws a plus two seventy eight. Portland is a plus 934 00:49:58.880 --> 00:50:04.840 one ninety eight. So Cap Charlotte favored Cincinnati, Favored Orlando 935 00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:08.559 on the minus side, big favorite Philadelphia on the minus side. 936 00:50:08.559 --> 00:50:12.199 Favored against Red Bulls Toronto plus one forty one favorite 937 00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:14.719 against Atlanta. Messi and Friends on the minus side. Favored 938 00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:17.800 against Nashville, Austin on the minus side, favored against New England, 939 00:50:18.599 --> 00:50:23.599 San Diego favored on the road at Chicago. Slight Minnesota 940 00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:28.320 minus side favored against San Jose. Seattle on the plus side, 941 00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:34.320 favored at Sporting Colorado, Vancouver pretty much throwing a blanket 942 00:50:34.360 --> 00:50:37.119 over the whole thing. Vancouver slightly favored in the composite 943 00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:41.320 over Colorado RSL even money plus one hundred, favored at 944 00:50:41.320 --> 00:50:44.599 home against Houston, LAFC big favorite against Dallas at home. 945 00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:48.199 LAG big favorite at home against DC United. Obviously the 946 00:50:48.280 --> 00:50:50.760 juice box purveyors looking and sitting there thinking that there's 947 00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:54.639 not going to be any new coach bump involved at DC. 948 00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:58.760 And then Saint Louis City favored at home against Portland 949 00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:05.079 on Sunday night. So that's how it looks Abby posting 950 00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:08.239 in the Twitch Pitch Mega Tifo this weekend. Also going 951 00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:10.480 to do a banner for Garth and all her fighting cancer. 952 00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:14.000 Help is needed, anyone can come and help. No photos 953 00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:16.440 where stuff you don't mind getting pain on. And she 954 00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:19.800 has also posted the link to the sign up Genius link, 955 00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:24.079 so don't take any pictures, but go help out. They're 956 00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:28.320 doing two separate tefos one to show support for Garth 957 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:32.519 and one for the beginning of three matches in eleven 958 00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:35.880 days as Chicago comes to town middle of next week. 959 00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:39.280 There is a bit of a surprise that we will 960 00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:43.960 let you in on early next week involving the Chicago 961 00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:47.639 Atlanta match. It's a cool surprise. It's SDH based, somewhat 962 00:51:48.079 --> 00:51:50.960 SDH adjacent. But next week we'll let you in on 963 00:51:51.000 --> 00:51:55.920 that story coming up. Michael not looking forward to the 964 00:51:55.960 --> 00:51:58.960 match this weekend. Let's say, let's see you who's here 965 00:51:58.960 --> 00:52:03.199 this morning, so we can say everybody, Morning Alex, Morning Abby, 966 00:52:03.400 --> 00:52:12.639 Morning David, and let's see morning Michael, Kefzi, Morning Kefzi, 967 00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:18.320 and let's see morning Ricky with the news on Mousqueta, 968 00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:23.800 and morning Sharif who is back. And let's see. So 969 00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:28.519 there is Ricky, there is Michael, there is Abby, and 970 00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:30.679 once again the sign up genius, which I'm leaving up 971 00:52:30.679 --> 00:52:33.360 for a minute, morning ropes. So that's the rundown for 972 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:35.960 everybody here that is keeping an eye on things in 973 00:52:35.960 --> 00:52:40.280 the twitch pitch, looking forward to, looking forward to, looking 974 00:52:40.320 --> 00:52:43.119 forward to the visit for Chris Whittingham coming up here 975 00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:45.639 in a couple of minutes. The Cosmos returning in name 976 00:52:46.039 --> 00:52:48.920 League One. They're playing in Jersey. They're playing at Hinchcliffe 977 00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:52.519 Stadium in Patterson, New Jersey. Stadium's got about eight thousand 978 00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:55.920 seats coming twenty twenty six. Here's how they laid it out. 979 00:52:55.960 --> 00:52:59.679 Past President Cosmos. I feel like you need finger pistols 980 00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:07.159 or something like that, Past Present Cosmos. So it's interesting there. 981 00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:10.679 There's some transfer news that we'll get into toward the 982 00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:14.400 tail end of the show. Morgan Gibbs White is now 983 00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:16.920 and is he or isn't he? Nottingham Forest is mad 984 00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:21.280 about how things were handled. Brentford is getting Jordan Henderson 985 00:53:21.280 --> 00:53:26.000 apparently from IAX on a free So you've got a 986 00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:28.920 lot of moving and shaking going on. Remember, thirteen days 987 00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:32.920 before the trance, the secondary transfer window opens up for 988 00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:36.239 Major League Soccer. You can talk about all the things 989 00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:41.119 you want inbound, and nothing can happen officially and be 990 00:53:41.199 --> 00:53:44.880 officially official until the twenty fourth, and then that's about 991 00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:48.119 a month worth of activity, and so you can talk 992 00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:50.079 about all the things you want. Now, we'll talk about 993 00:53:50.119 --> 00:53:52.320 all the things we want inbound coming up here, you know, 994 00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:54.679 for the next thirteen days or so, but the twenty fourth. 995 00:53:55.159 --> 00:53:59.920 Starting the twenty fourth, it could be very very entry 996 00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:05.840 sting when it comes to folks. So, uh, let me 997 00:54:05.840 --> 00:54:08.840 see if I can spell. I always have a problem 998 00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:12.119 spelling Chris's name because it's like there's a no, that, 999 00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:18.760 there's a there's agent a y, and it's like ancient dum. 1000 00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:25.519 I'm all over the place with it. I really am. Uh. 1001 00:54:25.920 --> 00:54:28.639 I believe all of the all of the things. That's 1002 00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:30.519 where we are. See, you try and sit there and 1003 00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:33.039 you spell something and you're trying to be nice about it, 1004 00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:35.760 and you always screw it up. So that's that's the 1005 00:54:35.800 --> 00:54:38.199 way it is. No, it's like, no, it's like cutting paste. 1006 00:54:38.239 --> 00:54:40.480 I just want cutting paste. I'm not asking for much 1007 00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:47.800 twenty first century problems. Time for a debut. It's our 1008 00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:50.039 number two. I may fill a buster for another forty 1009 00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:52.960 five seconds just so it's right at ten o'clock. No, 1010 00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:56.159 I'm not gonna do that. Uh. Like I said the 1011 00:54:56.280 --> 00:54:58.079 first time, that Chris Whittingham is here with us on 1012 00:54:58.119 --> 00:55:01.599 the show, and we're gonna talk because if we talked 1013 00:55:01.639 --> 00:55:03.440 about other things, it might be a little off the rails, 1014 00:55:03.519 --> 00:55:05.639 but you know, with the show talks about everything off 1015 00:55:05.679 --> 00:55:09.519 the rails anyway, So we welcome Chris Whittingham to the show. 1016 00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:11.519 Good morning, sir, Welcome to the Morning Show and the 1017 00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:14.239 Chaos and the Hour of Chaos, specifically as we call 1018 00:55:14.280 --> 00:55:15.800 it here on Fridays. 1019 00:55:15.639 --> 00:55:16.719 This is the Hour of Chaos. 1020 00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:17.000 Wow. 1021 00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:18.719 So I guess I have a lot to live up to. 1022 00:55:18.800 --> 00:55:20.760 Then I'll try and bring the chaos. 1023 00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:23.400 Ah. Well, you know, we try to pace ourselves a 1024 00:55:23.440 --> 00:55:27.719 little bit here. First off, thanks for doing this, especially 1025 00:55:27.800 --> 00:55:30.719 as you're getting ready for match week and everything like that. 1026 00:55:30.800 --> 00:55:34.039 I know that your schedule is probably what how many 1027 00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:36.760 different calendars do you have when it comes to figuring 1028 00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:38.719 out what version of you has to beware? 1029 00:55:39.280 --> 00:55:42.320 Well, I do have a note in my phone where 1030 00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:45.960 I keep my calendar for CBS and my overall list 1031 00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:47.800 of game. It would probably be easier on a calendar, 1032 00:55:47.840 --> 00:55:49.519 but for some reason, the note on the phone is 1033 00:55:49.519 --> 00:55:52.360 more effective for me. And then usually I do kind 1034 00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:55.400 of the calendar for these sorts of things like the 1035 00:55:55.719 --> 00:55:57.880 radio hits and the coach calls and all that sort 1036 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.400 of thing. So I'd say probably two to keep everything 1037 00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:01.360 in line. 1038 00:56:01.719 --> 00:56:03.639 Okay, because I'm seven hundred and two years old, I 1039 00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:08.760 have four Okay, I have I have the Daily, I 1040 00:56:08.800 --> 00:56:09.480 have the the Oh. 1041 00:56:09.639 --> 00:56:11.639 So this is handwritten, handwritten calendar. 1042 00:56:11.760 --> 00:56:13.719 Well, I have what's one of them I have? I 1043 00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:16.800 have the handwritten calendar done like my old TV days 1044 00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:18.320 where you sit there and you make the line down 1045 00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:20.679 the side and it's like left is who's on and 1046 00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:23.119 right is what else you have to do? Okay, then 1047 00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:24.840 do you remember when we were growing up when we 1048 00:56:24.880 --> 00:56:27.800 would actually go into a thing called a bank, Yes, 1049 00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:31.199 and we would do those kinds of things. I have 1050 00:56:31.320 --> 00:56:34.920 my monthly calendar like that you slide, you know, underneath 1051 00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:36.920 the glass, like the dude that would deny you the 1052 00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:39.559 interest rate on your on your thirty seven dollars and 1053 00:56:39.599 --> 00:56:42.239 twenty eight cents for your savings account when you're thirteen 1054 00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:46.199 years old. You know, I've gotten that to go under glass. Yeah, 1055 00:56:46.239 --> 00:56:50.000 I've got the calendar on the fridge because the boss 1056 00:56:50.079 --> 00:56:53.199 and I have conflicting schedules in the fall m hm, 1057 00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:55.440 and we do it in different colors, so it's like 1058 00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:58.639 on this time, you're gone, this time, Oh we have 1059 00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:01.599 a gap space. We're neither put anything on the calendar. 1060 00:57:01.639 --> 00:57:04.039 So this is where that's where that goes. So yeah, 1061 00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:06.199 there's I have four separate calendars, and the fourth one 1062 00:57:06.199 --> 00:57:08.079 is the Google calendar. That I look at last because 1063 00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:09.079 I don't know how to access it. 1064 00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:10.920 You don't know how to access it. 1065 00:57:11.159 --> 00:57:13.079 I well, like I said, I'm seven hundred and two 1066 00:57:13.119 --> 00:57:16.159 years old, and anything technology is always a challenge. And so 1067 00:57:16.239 --> 00:57:18.119 it's like, you know, Google Calendar, did it make it 1068 00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:20.000 into the Google Calendar? And I'm like, I don't know. 1069 00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:21.599 I just throw my phone down and I'm like, well. 1070 00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:25.559 If it works for you, that seems a little chaotic 1071 00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:27.320 for me in this hour of chaos, that seems like 1072 00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:29.360 it'd be difficult to follow all of that. 1073 00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:31.280 That's why, that's why I end up with just having 1074 00:57:31.320 --> 00:57:33.519 basically the two here in the office and I ignore 1075 00:57:33.559 --> 00:57:37.079 the other two. Yes, when it comes to the different 1076 00:57:37.239 --> 00:57:40.480 versions of you that are out there these days, hmm, 1077 00:57:41.440 --> 00:57:44.880 do you remember how many different how many different leagues 1078 00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:48.079 have you called matches for this year, whether it is 1079 00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:52.239 for Apple or for Paramount or CBS or Choice D 1080 00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:54.159 all the above. Do you remember all the different leagues 1081 00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:56.519 that you have called so far this year this year? 1082 00:57:56.840 --> 00:57:59.159 Yes, In the past it would take me, it would 1083 00:57:59.159 --> 00:58:03.320 take me a while. But this year, yeah, SETIAWEFA Champions League, 1084 00:58:03.719 --> 00:58:09.440 the Conky CAFF Nations League, the NWSL and MLS and 1085 00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.400 I think that's it. 1086 00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:15.400 I think, how do you keep it all straight for 1087 00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:18.280 the for the young and impressionable broadcasters out there that 1088 00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:21.400 actually do watch the show against their better judgment, What 1089 00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:25.119 advice would you give them to make sure that that 1090 00:58:25.239 --> 00:58:28.920 everything doesn't mash and you're not talking about uh, you know, 1091 00:58:28.960 --> 00:58:31.360 you're not talking about Eric Maxim Chupomo Tang when you're 1092 00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:34.039 talking about Como you know one of those, right, Yeah. 1093 00:58:33.920 --> 00:58:36.239 I mean well Eric maximum Moting did used to play 1094 00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:39.679 for Byron Munich, so I guess finding the connections sort 1095 00:58:39.679 --> 00:58:40.039 of helps. 1096 00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:40.320 Yeah. 1097 00:58:40.360 --> 00:58:43.280 I mean, look, I think in some ways a big 1098 00:58:43.320 --> 00:58:45.800 part of of everything is just kind of to be 1099 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:48.880 a mile wide and maybe a foot deep. Maybe not 1100 00:58:48.920 --> 00:58:51.000 an in Steve. I do think that in this sport 1101 00:58:51.039 --> 00:58:53.559 it's incredibly hard to kind of be across everything. Part 1102 00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:57.280 of it is the work necessitates it. So I host 1103 00:58:57.320 --> 00:59:00.079 score Line on the Golotso network, which is an evening 1104 00:59:00.119 --> 00:59:02.400 show five to six pm every night, where we kind 1105 00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:04.400 of round out all the highlights, all the news, and 1106 00:59:04.400 --> 00:59:07.400 and in doing that, yeah, get the plug in. But 1107 00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:10.360 I really do think it's kind of instructive because the 1108 00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:13.599 it is kind of from the beginning you're covering everything. 1109 00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:16.800 So you start in segment A with the club Woral Cup, 1110 00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:18.679 and segment B you talk of the women's zeros, and 1111 00:59:18.679 --> 00:59:21.400 segment C you're talking MLS and and segment D you're 1112 00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:23.920 talking about some big story about next European club season, 1113 00:59:23.960 --> 00:59:26.679 and then some news and so it just necessitates it. 1114 00:59:26.760 --> 00:59:29.719 So I'm a big reader. I read as much as 1115 00:59:29.719 --> 00:59:33.119 I can. I do it the two thousand and seven way. 1116 00:59:33.119 --> 00:59:35.800 I have a bunch of RSS feeds that that that 1117 00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:38.679 I pull from, so I try and read as much 1118 00:59:38.679 --> 00:59:41.280 as I possibly can. And and YouTube is actually an 1119 00:59:41.280 --> 00:59:46.320 incredible service for me because look, to be honest, I 1120 00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:50.440 cannot watch every major European game, every major MLS game, 1121 00:59:50.639 --> 00:59:53.199 every major Cluboral Cup game, and so I spend a 1122 00:59:53.239 --> 00:59:55.760 lot of time watching YouTube highlights and and and catching 1123 00:59:55.800 --> 00:59:57.400 up on things to make sure I at least know 1124 00:59:57.440 --> 00:59:59.000 the big things. And then when a really big game 1125 00:59:59.039 --> 01:00:01.679 comes round, or it's on when I'm in the office, 1126 01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:03.199 or it's on when I have free time, then I 1127 01:00:03.199 --> 01:00:05.599 will put the actual full game on. But it really 1128 01:00:05.679 --> 01:00:07.679 is just kind of taking in as much information as 1129 01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:10.920 you possibly can and making sure that there are things 1130 01:00:10.920 --> 01:00:14.320 that you know for certain, right you know who the 1131 01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:16.880 players are a real Madrid and Barcelona on PSG, on 1132 01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:19.639 the absolute big teams you talk about every single week, 1133 01:00:19.679 --> 01:00:21.920 and then the rest you kind of use as preps. 1134 01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:24.320 So I do think that there are certain things you 1135 01:00:24.400 --> 01:00:26.480 kind of have to have as base knowledge that are 1136 01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:29.400 inside your brain, not that you need to recall from 1137 01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:32.679 memory or that you need to take notes on or whatever, 1138 01:00:32.719 --> 01:00:36.599 but actually know. And that's kind of the beginning of 1139 01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:37.039 it for me. 1140 01:00:37.559 --> 01:00:40.559 How many devices do you have fired up at any 1141 01:00:40.800 --> 01:00:43.360 one time when you're trying to keep up with things. 1142 01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:46.920 So it's actually kind of funny. When we're in the 1143 01:00:46.920 --> 01:00:51.639 office at CBS, there's a wall with twelve televisions, and 1144 01:00:51.719 --> 01:00:54.559 so when I'm at that wall sometimes on a Europa 1145 01:00:54.639 --> 01:00:57.679 League Thursday or on a Champions League Wednesday, every single 1146 01:00:57.679 --> 01:00:59.360 one of those screens has a different game in it 1147 01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:01.960 that and then you have, you know, a computer open 1148 01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:03.679 or an iPad op. When I'm at home, it's usually 1149 01:01:03.840 --> 01:01:07.119 kind of TV laptop iPad. Usually when I'm at home 1150 01:01:07.639 --> 01:01:10.360 and I'm discovering I used to be. I'm of the 1151 01:01:10.480 --> 01:01:13.960 NFL Red Zone generation, which is to say that I 1152 01:01:14.000 --> 01:01:16.480 grew up on I was probably seventeen or eighteen years 1153 01:01:16.519 --> 01:01:18.320 old when I watched for the first time, and it 1154 01:01:18.440 --> 01:01:21.840 was like discovering a new world. And so I love 1155 01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:24.880 the NFL red Zone and the whip around style. I 1156 01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:28.400 have come to realize over time that if you need depth, 1157 01:01:29.079 --> 01:01:32.480 it's not as useful as I wish it was, meaning 1158 01:01:32.880 --> 01:01:35.480 like you see the key moments of the game, but 1159 01:01:35.519 --> 01:01:37.519 you don't really get a sense for the game. And 1160 01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:39.760 so I do think that there are times where I 1161 01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:43.519 am sacrificing a little bit more, taking in more tonnage 1162 01:01:43.800 --> 01:01:45.760 in exchange for taking in things at a little bit 1163 01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:48.440 more quality. So if there are four games on, I 1164 01:01:48.559 --> 01:01:50.360 might have two of them on, but I would prefer 1165 01:01:50.400 --> 01:01:52.119 to have one of them on because if I'm really 1166 01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:53.840 going to take in anything about any of the game, 1167 01:01:54.039 --> 01:01:56.000 I need to pay attention to it. So two is 1168 01:01:56.079 --> 01:01:58.079 kind of my maximum. And I even kind of figured out, like, 1169 01:01:58.119 --> 01:02:00.400 all right, if if I have two games on, let's 1170 01:02:00.400 --> 01:02:02.719 say on a Friday at CBS, it's a Bundesiga game 1171 01:02:02.840 --> 01:02:05.159 and the SETIAG game, I'll kind of watch each in 1172 01:02:05.280 --> 01:02:07.880 five minute intervals, So I'll watch five minutes here and 1173 01:02:07.920 --> 01:02:09.400 then five minutes there. In the five minutes, so I'm 1174 01:02:09.440 --> 01:02:11.679 trying to get some sense of the essence of the 1175 01:02:11.679 --> 01:02:14.400 game and not just you know all there is a 1176 01:02:14.400 --> 01:02:16.840 goal scored in the thirty eighth minute. You're actually getting 1177 01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:18.480 an actual, real sense of what's going on. 1178 01:02:18.840 --> 01:02:21.480 And I will ask you for your best Poppy Miller story, 1179 01:02:21.519 --> 01:02:25.000 considering Poppy is one of our plus ones, he's one 1180 01:02:25.039 --> 01:02:28.280 of our ogs here. Yeah, going back to the Charleston 1181 01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:31.760 Battery days, you got it exactly, that's when we started. Next. Oh, 1182 01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:33.880 by the way, next time you see Poppy do this. 1183 01:02:34.440 --> 01:02:36.639 Next time you see Poppy, ask her the next time 1184 01:02:36.679 --> 01:02:40.039 she's going to do a P block. Okay, because that 1185 01:02:40.239 --> 01:02:42.880 was literally we would do a Charleston Battery show and 1186 01:02:42.920 --> 01:02:44.800 it would be you know, a block, B block, C block. 1187 01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:46.920 She would always be the end, she'd be the anchor 1188 01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:48.440 lag and it was always the P block. 1189 01:02:50.239 --> 01:02:53.440 That's brilliant, all right, It'll know that I know a 1190 01:02:53.480 --> 01:02:54.400 bit about her past. 1191 01:02:54.559 --> 01:02:56.880 Yes, So next year, go up and ask her about 1192 01:02:56.880 --> 01:02:58.880 the P block next time you next time you see her, 1193 01:02:58.880 --> 01:03:00.960 we are going to talk to Chris about soccer and 1194 01:03:01.000 --> 01:03:03.119 Major League Soccer. Yes, I know, but considering this is 1195 01:03:03.159 --> 01:03:05.960 his maiden voyage here in Office HD and on the 1196 01:03:06.000 --> 01:03:08.280 Morning Show, I figured we'd try to let everybody know. 1197 01:03:08.320 --> 01:03:12.960 It's like, oh, there's Chris Whittingham, and then there's obviously questions. 1198 01:03:12.960 --> 01:03:15.599 I guess let's do the Since worth the halfway point 1199 01:03:15.599 --> 01:03:17.960 of the season for Major League Soccer, we can do 1200 01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:23.119 the senior superlatives right now. Biggest surprise for you at 1201 01:03:23.119 --> 01:03:25.159 this point of the Major League Soccer season here in 1202 01:03:25.159 --> 01:03:27.199 twenty twenty five would be blank. 1203 01:03:27.000 --> 01:03:31.039 Team or player. Yes, actually it's kind of one and 1204 01:03:31.079 --> 01:03:34.079 the same. I'll go for Nashville SC and Sam Surage 1205 01:03:34.840 --> 01:03:37.440 because I do think that Sam Surridge was brought in 1206 01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:40.000 as such a key piece as the designated player is 1207 01:03:40.000 --> 01:03:42.760 meant to be the final piece for Gary Smith in Nashville, 1208 01:03:42.800 --> 01:03:45.280 and he just was never able to get a striker online. 1209 01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:47.679 I really thought that Surridge was at some point going 1210 01:03:47.679 --> 01:03:49.440 to head back to England, head back to the championship, 1211 01:03:49.440 --> 01:03:51.559 a place that he's more comfortable and more familiar with. 1212 01:03:51.599 --> 01:03:53.360 But he stuck it out with a new coach, and 1213 01:03:53.360 --> 01:03:55.239 all of a sudden he's the Golden Boot leader. And 1214 01:03:55.280 --> 01:03:57.920 he scored two more goals in the Open Cup in midweek, 1215 01:03:58.079 --> 01:04:00.159 and Nashville I think could be well on their way 1216 01:04:00.400 --> 01:04:02.159 to win that trophy. Actually, actually that actually could be 1217 01:04:02.159 --> 01:04:04.719 a really good semi final. Should Philadelphia advance ahead of 1218 01:04:04.760 --> 01:04:06.480 the Red Bulls when they make up that game. But 1219 01:04:06.719 --> 01:04:08.719 Nashville Philly are right now the top two in the East, 1220 01:04:08.719 --> 01:04:11.119 and it would be two of the top three in 1221 01:04:11.119 --> 01:04:13.320 the East. It would be a really good game. So 1222 01:04:13.599 --> 01:04:16.679 having just seen them at Yotis Park, I think that 1223 01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:19.760 Nashville are the surprise of the season, given how good 1224 01:04:19.760 --> 01:04:21.960 they've been and kind of how little expectation we had 1225 01:04:21.960 --> 01:04:26.039 for them. I was going through for preseason predictions and 1226 01:04:26.639 --> 01:04:29.880 because I had Nashville Philly this past weekend, Nashville was 1227 01:04:29.920 --> 01:04:33.000 predicted to finish tenth and Philly was predicted to finish twelfth, 1228 01:04:33.400 --> 01:04:34.880 And so honestly, you could pick one of those two 1229 01:04:34.920 --> 01:04:37.199 teams as the biggest surprises. But I do think that 1230 01:04:37.320 --> 01:04:39.800 Nashville and Sam Surreig as the Golden boot leader in 1231 01:04:39.800 --> 01:04:42.039 a league with Lionel Messi in it is certainly a 1232 01:04:42.039 --> 01:04:42.599 big surprise. 1233 01:04:42.960 --> 01:04:46.159 I've heard of that dude coach of the Year? Is 1234 01:04:46.199 --> 01:04:50.519 it Vus? Is it Carnell? Who is it for you? 1235 01:04:50.519 --> 01:04:53.400 You could also include bj Callahan for that turnaround work 1236 01:04:53.440 --> 01:04:55.840 kind of in the same realm. You can definitely throw 1237 01:04:55.920 --> 01:04:58.920 yesper Sorenson in there, though Vancouver has fallen off in 1238 01:04:58.960 --> 01:05:01.719 the last few weeks. I just think having been around 1239 01:05:02.119 --> 01:05:05.360 into Miami for their expansion build, when I was down 1240 01:05:05.360 --> 01:05:07.519 there in Miami and I was around the team and 1241 01:05:07.519 --> 01:05:09.199 I was the radio announcer in that first year, and 1242 01:05:09.480 --> 01:05:12.000 how difficult everything was, and even they were trying to 1243 01:05:12.000 --> 01:05:15.199 go for big names and landing everything and landing that 1244 01:05:15.239 --> 01:05:18.119 plane and developing a style. And I appreciate that San Diego, 1245 01:05:18.239 --> 01:05:21.239 if anything, has more assets, as it were, to kind 1246 01:05:21.239 --> 01:05:23.960 of go at the Major League soccer season, but to 1247 01:05:24.039 --> 01:05:26.480 put that all together, to have some players that you're 1248 01:05:26.519 --> 01:05:29.199 getting a ton out of college draft picks, even Chris 1249 01:05:29.280 --> 01:05:31.679 McVeagh at center back. I'm going San Diego and Mikey 1250 01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:34.159 Varrus because it's not just that they're good, which is 1251 01:05:34.159 --> 01:05:37.880 hard enough as an expansion team. And I appreciate that 1252 01:05:37.880 --> 01:05:40.199 that Saint Louis were first in the West under Bradley Carnell, 1253 01:05:40.239 --> 01:05:42.079 and that some expansion teams have come int the league 1254 01:05:42.079 --> 01:05:44.519 and done well. I still think though, that to not 1255 01:05:44.599 --> 01:05:46.519 just be that good, but it has such a clear 1256 01:05:46.679 --> 01:05:49.599 sense of who they want to be, their style of play, 1257 01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:52.880 and honestly be one of the best footballing teams in 1258 01:05:52.920 --> 01:05:55.519 the league from day one, when you're kind of throwing 1259 01:05:55.519 --> 01:05:57.719 it all together and figuring out answers and you have 1260 01:05:57.920 --> 01:06:00.719 no prior information on how it's all going to work, 1261 01:06:01.119 --> 01:06:04.440 is incredibly impressive, especially considering I do think that that 1262 01:06:04.480 --> 01:06:07.000 appointment was probably considered to be a bit underwhelming. I 1263 01:06:07.039 --> 01:06:09.519 appreciate he was the under twenty national team coach, but 1264 01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:11.480 I'm not certain he kind of came away from that 1265 01:06:11.519 --> 01:06:13.519 with a huge amount of credit, So it was a 1266 01:06:13.519 --> 01:06:15.480 bit of a risk. Everyone there has been taking risks 1267 01:06:15.480 --> 01:06:17.679 in San Diego, but it's all paid off. And honestly, 1268 01:06:17.719 --> 01:06:20.320 if I lived in southern California, I'd want to go 1269 01:06:20.360 --> 01:06:22.639 to every game because it's it's entertaining, it's fun. Even 1270 01:06:22.679 --> 01:06:24.440 though they lost last weekend in Houston, it's a four 1271 01:06:24.480 --> 01:06:26.960 to three game, it was awesome. So I think the 1272 01:06:27.079 --> 01:06:30.719 how defined they are in their identity is well deserving 1273 01:06:30.719 --> 01:06:32.079 of the credit for me of Coach of the Year. 1274 01:06:32.199 --> 01:06:34.280 And at the same time, you got dudes that aren't 1275 01:06:34.559 --> 01:06:36.880 that are not even household names in their own household 1276 01:06:37.000 --> 01:06:41.760 doing well. Yeah, I get Taverskov Anders Dryer. Unless you 1277 01:06:41.880 --> 01:06:44.800 really know your Orange County sc you may not know 1278 01:06:44.840 --> 01:06:47.280 who Neil and Nilaski is no. I mean you're you're 1279 01:06:47.280 --> 01:06:49.840 piecing all this stuff together and it's like nah, mikey 1280 01:06:49.920 --> 01:06:51.679 Arrius is like not, no, fam I got this. 1281 01:06:52.400 --> 01:06:56.639 And also not even necessarily with Chuki Lozano going crazy, right, 1282 01:06:56.719 --> 01:06:58.800 it's not like he's had in unbelieve or they brought 1283 01:06:58.960 --> 01:07:01.000 you know, I mean he's he's you know, six goal seven, 1284 01:07:01.039 --> 01:07:03.239 This is pretty decent. But it's not like, you know, 1285 01:07:03.320 --> 01:07:05.840 you brought in three big name vps or they signed 1286 01:07:05.880 --> 01:07:08.159 Kevin de Bruyne and Kevin de Brune's bosting. And it's 1287 01:07:08.159 --> 01:07:10.480 with players that are as you say, not household names, 1288 01:07:10.480 --> 01:07:11.559 that are that are getting it done. 1289 01:07:11.960 --> 01:07:14.239 All right, So since we've done the good, we can 1290 01:07:14.280 --> 01:07:15.920 either do the bad or the ugly. And if it's 1291 01:07:15.920 --> 01:07:18.719 the same in the good old GBU, that can apply. 1292 01:07:18.880 --> 01:07:21.280 So the bad for you here at this particular point 1293 01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:22.119 of the season. 1294 01:07:22.360 --> 01:07:24.840 I think you gotta go Atlanta United, And and I 1295 01:07:25.159 --> 01:07:27.360 do appreciate that it's it's not the best time to 1296 01:07:27.360 --> 01:07:29.920 say it, because Garth locker Way certainly sending our best 1297 01:07:29.920 --> 01:07:33.079 to him after yesterday's reveal d had a cancer diagnosis, 1298 01:07:33.199 --> 01:07:35.679 wishing the best to him, but with everything that they've 1299 01:07:35.679 --> 01:07:38.800 spent I predicted them. I think they finished second or 1300 01:07:38.840 --> 01:07:42.039 third in the Eastern Conference, and it just hasn't come off. 1301 01:07:42.199 --> 01:07:44.400 It just hasn't come off. There's something about the combination 1302 01:07:44.480 --> 01:07:47.599 of players about Lati, Lata, al Midan and Midanchuk that 1303 01:07:47.679 --> 01:07:50.880 just isn't working U And even last week they played 1304 01:07:50.920 --> 01:07:52.840 DC United a playout on nil all draw. That wasn't 1305 01:07:52.880 --> 01:07:55.320 a brilliant game there. I think relying too much on 1306 01:07:55.400 --> 01:07:58.320 pieces that aren't delivering for them right now when based 1307 01:07:58.320 --> 01:08:01.360 off of expectations, I don't there's a team that's underperformed 1308 01:08:01.360 --> 01:08:03.920 to that level, and honestly, it would be hard. You'd 1309 01:08:03.960 --> 01:08:05.599 be hard pressed to see them in a playoff spot 1310 01:08:05.599 --> 01:08:08.760 this year. So considering that they're thirteenth in the East, 1311 01:08:08.960 --> 01:08:11.639 they won four out of their twenty games, I just 1312 01:08:11.719 --> 01:08:15.280 can't see anyone else as being the answer to this question. 1313 01:08:15.599 --> 01:08:17.520 And I still kind of think that there's a team 1314 01:08:17.560 --> 01:08:19.840 somewhere in there, but you're getting to the point of 1315 01:08:19.880 --> 01:08:21.880 the season where you're kind of having to write it off. 1316 01:08:22.119 --> 01:08:23.159 What about lag. 1317 01:08:24.159 --> 01:08:26.640 Leg of course, I mean, of course, but at least 1318 01:08:26.640 --> 01:08:30.199 there are mitigating circumstances. The Ricky Pooch injury, the amount 1319 01:08:30.199 --> 01:08:32.600 of injuries they had preseason, the fact that they had 1320 01:08:32.640 --> 01:08:35.079 to lose guys because of the salary cap because it 1321 01:08:35.079 --> 01:08:38.079 was getting expensive for them to keep their team, and 1322 01:08:38.119 --> 01:08:40.960 losing Yeovilich as well, who's proven himself in Kansas City. 1323 01:08:40.880 --> 01:08:43.560 There are a lot of mitigating circumstances there. It still 1324 01:08:43.640 --> 01:08:46.760 is the champion going from, you know, winning everything to 1325 01:08:46.800 --> 01:08:48.279 be playing some of the best soccer in the league. 1326 01:08:48.840 --> 01:08:51.560 Two wins in the whole season, So I definitely agree 1327 01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:53.760 with you, but I think we were kind of expecting, 1328 01:08:53.800 --> 01:08:55.479 with the number of key players that left, for them 1329 01:08:55.520 --> 01:08:57.159 to take at least a little bit of a step back. 1330 01:08:57.279 --> 01:08:58.840 I still thought that'd be a playoff team, and I 1331 01:08:58.840 --> 01:09:00.880 thought pack and Payn's so he could carry the day, 1332 01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:04.920 but they haven't quite so I do think that Galaxy 1333 01:09:04.960 --> 01:09:07.600 are certainly an enormous disappointment, But I still think that 1334 01:09:07.720 --> 01:09:09.840 man Atlanta, and part of that is sort of the 1335 01:09:09.880 --> 01:09:12.079 money spent and you can kind of get lost in 1336 01:09:12.119 --> 01:09:14.840 off season headlines, but Galaxy are certainly up there. But 1337 01:09:14.840 --> 01:09:17.520 for me, Atlanta's that a little bit bigger of a disappointment. 1338 01:09:17.720 --> 01:09:20.079 Chris Whittingham and he is hanging out with us here 1339 01:09:20.119 --> 01:09:22.760 for another couple of minutes, and like I said, hopefully 1340 01:09:22.800 --> 01:09:25.560 he's not going to be like Macaulay Culkin and home alone, 1341 01:09:25.560 --> 01:09:27.800 coming down the stairs and running off into the distance 1342 01:09:27.840 --> 01:09:30.920 after this particular segment is over. By the way, I 1343 01:09:31.319 --> 01:09:33.119 do want to let you know now that you do 1344 01:09:33.319 --> 01:09:36.079 have the garage door opener here to Office HD. You 1345 01:09:36.119 --> 01:09:38.760 can crash at any time if you're bored on a Friday. 1346 01:09:39.560 --> 01:09:42.119 There's ten thirty on a Friday, and beyond when we're 1347 01:09:42.119 --> 01:09:43.960 putting the last half hour of the weekend, you can 1348 01:09:43.960 --> 01:09:46.199 come in, sit there and say I want to get 1349 01:09:46.199 --> 01:09:49.560 this off my chest and turn off your microphone, turn 1350 01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:52.680 off your microwave because apparently your breakfast is ready or something. 1351 01:09:52.720 --> 01:09:54.960 I don't know what it was, my phone ringer, My apologies. 1352 01:09:55.159 --> 01:09:58.319 Yes, du Look we had Jamie Watson on the first 1353 01:09:58.319 --> 01:10:00.920 half hour and he had he had his daughter Grayland 1354 01:10:00.960 --> 01:10:04.439 come in as a studio audience. Look, it is what 1355 01:10:04.479 --> 01:10:04.680 it is. 1356 01:10:05.359 --> 01:10:07.960 You've got kids running around there. It's very difficult to 1357 01:10:08.039 --> 01:10:09.920 keep them out of the room for for enough time 1358 01:10:09.920 --> 01:10:11.640 to do a full radio hit without distraction. 1359 01:10:11.880 --> 01:10:15.760 Well, and get this, she pounded an entire pez sleeve 1360 01:10:15.840 --> 01:10:17.119 at the end of the segment. 1361 01:10:17.279 --> 01:10:21.000 Wow, So I'm actually in Connecticut. The PEZ factory is 1362 01:10:21.039 --> 01:10:21.439 around here. 1363 01:10:21.479 --> 01:10:22.239 I love PZ. 1364 01:10:22.680 --> 01:10:26.159 I love PEZ, so I feel I haven't had one 1365 01:10:26.199 --> 01:10:28.800 in a long time. Have to go around, all right. 1366 01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:31.760 So you've got the PEZ factory, You've got the w 1367 01:10:31.760 --> 01:10:32.760 w E headquarters. 1368 01:10:33.039 --> 01:10:34.640 Yeah, I used to live right down the street. Used 1369 01:10:34.640 --> 01:10:36.359 to be able to walk to the w W headquarters. 1370 01:10:36.760 --> 01:10:38.760 See. Now that's the thing. But I don't know if 1371 01:10:38.760 --> 01:10:41.119 you wanted to paint you know, the DX. 1372 01:10:40.800 --> 01:10:45.720 Logo likes even great if I did. 1373 01:10:47.159 --> 01:10:50.720 Paint a DX logo on your way that do that 1374 01:10:50.760 --> 01:10:52.760 at the CBS studios. Just painting a big old D S. 1375 01:10:53.039 --> 01:10:55.840 I'm sorry, it was just an old address. Who you 1376 01:10:55.840 --> 01:10:56.600 calling this weekend? 1377 01:10:57.319 --> 01:10:59.960 Charlotte again. It'st New York City from Bank of America State. 1378 01:11:00.279 --> 01:11:03.319 Which is a fun one because I have actually never 1379 01:11:03.359 --> 01:11:05.920 been to Charlotte before, despite the fact that I have 1380 01:11:06.000 --> 01:11:09.600 connected through that airport, yeah probably about fifty times. Yes, 1381 01:11:09.680 --> 01:11:11.600 And so the fact that I actually finally get to 1382 01:11:11.600 --> 01:11:13.319 walk out of the airport, I don't even know what 1383 01:11:13.359 --> 01:11:15.239 to do where to go when I when I come 1384 01:11:15.279 --> 01:11:17.199 through there, there's the Chick fil A, there's a lounge 1385 01:11:17.239 --> 01:11:20.640 of there, and the Lego store and the food court 1386 01:11:20.640 --> 01:11:22.920 with the Jersey mics. I'm so familiar with the airport, 1387 01:11:23.399 --> 01:11:25.520 but yes, I've never actually walked out of it, so 1388 01:11:25.560 --> 01:11:27.720 I have no idea what I'm gonna do. Uh, let's see, 1389 01:11:27.760 --> 01:11:29.960 So Doug, Well, the thing is is that when you 1390 01:11:30.000 --> 01:11:33.199 walk out of Douglas, you actually since it's like fifteen 1391 01:11:33.199 --> 01:11:37.279 to twenty, literally you're flying into Douglas and it's like trees. 1392 01:11:37.359 --> 01:11:40.119 You see downtown often the distance and you're, yeah, I 1393 01:11:40.159 --> 01:11:43.039 need to go there, and you're flying. 1394 01:11:42.760 --> 01:11:46.760 Into like Raleigh or something trying to land. I imagine 1395 01:11:46.760 --> 01:11:49.119 that you're staying downtown close to the stadium. There are 1396 01:11:49.159 --> 01:11:53.560 a lot of pretty decent eateries that are around mm hm, 1397 01:11:53.680 --> 01:11:56.000 so I think you'll you'll be in good stead. Just 1398 01:11:56.000 --> 01:11:58.119 just kind of kick the tires on yelp and see 1399 01:11:58.119 --> 01:12:00.159 if there's anything like barbecueis or I don't know what 1400 01:12:00.199 --> 01:12:02.479 your window is for hanging out. Are you like leaving 1401 01:12:02.560 --> 01:12:03.119 later today? 1402 01:12:03.640 --> 01:12:06.000 No, No, I'm actually leaving first thing Saturday morning, so 1403 01:12:06.199 --> 01:12:07.800 it's it's really only a lunch window. 1404 01:12:08.159 --> 01:12:10.920 Okay, So there should be some stuff downtown, so it 1405 01:12:11.000 --> 01:12:13.439 just kick the yelp fires and you should be fair enough, 1406 01:12:13.640 --> 01:12:16.079 all right. So Dean Smith and we talked about this 1407 01:12:16.119 --> 01:12:19.479 before you came on. Dean Smith apparently is comparing the 1408 01:12:19.520 --> 01:12:23.640 EFL Championship to Major League Soccer, saying that they're about 1409 01:12:23.640 --> 01:12:27.239 the same. Considering that big Pat Patrick Godjamong had a 1410 01:12:27.680 --> 01:12:30.279 I think it was a seven million dollar offer from 1411 01:12:30.359 --> 01:12:35.079 Darby County heading to Charlotte. I would play Hollywood Squares 1412 01:12:35.119 --> 01:12:37.640 and go. I disagree circle gets the square with Dean 1413 01:12:37.680 --> 01:12:40.359 Smith and comparing the EFL Championship to Major League Soccer. 1414 01:12:40.720 --> 01:12:43.920 But there so there's some there's some subtexts and things 1415 01:12:43.960 --> 01:12:46.439 going on in Charlotte within MYYC coming to town. What 1416 01:12:46.479 --> 01:12:48.760 do you when you're looking at it from thirty thousand 1417 01:12:48.760 --> 01:12:50.760 feet as you're landing in Douglas, what do you see? 1418 01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:54.159 Well, I do think talking about that particular discussion, I 1419 01:12:54.159 --> 01:12:57.119 do think because we have the EFL at CBS, and 1420 01:12:57.199 --> 01:12:59.680 I do think that it's so interesting when we talk 1421 01:12:59.680 --> 01:13:02.199 about league comparisons, even like, for example, this whole thing 1422 01:13:02.239 --> 01:13:04.760 with the Saudi Pro League compared to a league like MLS. 1423 01:13:05.159 --> 01:13:06.960 I do think that, for example, the best teams in 1424 01:13:07.000 --> 01:13:08.800 the Saudi Pro League are as you sawt the Club 1425 01:13:08.840 --> 01:13:10.880 World Cup. One of them beat Manster City better than 1426 01:13:10.880 --> 01:13:13.560 most MLS teams. But I do think that the worst 1427 01:13:13.560 --> 01:13:17.079 team in that league is significantly worse than the worst 1428 01:13:17.159 --> 01:13:20.720 MLS team, and so I do think that for Charlotte 1429 01:13:20.760 --> 01:13:23.640 and for Dean Smith making that comparison, I think if 1430 01:13:23.640 --> 01:13:28.319 you were going to Sheffield United, if switch one of 1431 01:13:28.319 --> 01:13:30.079 the teams that you would expect to be competing for 1432 01:13:30.159 --> 01:13:33.039 promotion to the Premier League, that is a higher level. 1433 01:13:33.279 --> 01:13:36.119 Darby County was in League One two seasons ago, was 1434 01:13:36.119 --> 01:13:39.560 promoted ahead of last season, and last year finished nineteenth 1435 01:13:39.640 --> 01:13:43.119 in the Championship. I think that is a lateral move, 1436 01:13:43.560 --> 01:13:45.760 if not maybe a bit of a step down from 1437 01:13:45.800 --> 01:13:48.479 playing for Charlotte. So I do think that Dean Smith 1438 01:13:48.560 --> 01:13:50.800 has a good point in that respect. It's not just 1439 01:13:50.800 --> 01:13:52.880 about the league, it's about do you have kind of 1440 01:13:52.880 --> 01:13:55.439 that upward mobility. You would have to have a great 1441 01:13:55.479 --> 01:13:57.399 season there to maybe get a move to one of 1442 01:13:57.399 --> 01:13:59.600 those top championship clubs to then maybe get to the 1443 01:13:59.600 --> 01:14:02.000 Premier League. At some point you're kind of several years 1444 01:14:02.000 --> 01:14:04.359 away from being where you want to be in European football, 1445 01:14:04.359 --> 01:14:06.680 and I do think that there is a temptation now 1446 01:14:06.760 --> 01:14:09.800 with as much as we talk about Europe, Europe, Europe, 1447 01:14:09.800 --> 01:14:12.880 eure up Europe for American players to not kind of 1448 01:14:12.880 --> 01:14:15.119 smell the rosen and go well, is there an actual 1449 01:14:15.199 --> 01:14:17.600 path to development or an actual path to where I 1450 01:14:17.640 --> 01:14:20.720 want to get to by going to Darby County as 1451 01:14:20.720 --> 01:14:23.560 opposed to an actual club that can offer that kind 1452 01:14:23.560 --> 01:14:25.039 of on the flip side within the same club, but 1453 01:14:25.119 --> 01:14:27.159 deals in Milanda is being Lenkel with a move to PSV. 1454 01:14:27.680 --> 01:14:29.359 That's different because you're playing at the top of the 1455 01:14:29.439 --> 01:14:31.399 Dutch League. They won the Dutch League last year. They're 1456 01:14:31.399 --> 01:14:33.319 playing in the Champions League, and so if you want 1457 01:14:33.319 --> 01:14:35.239 to move to the Champions League, that's a different thing 1458 01:14:35.520 --> 01:14:38.039 than moving to the team that finished nineteenth in the Championship. 1459 01:14:38.119 --> 01:14:40.680 So I think at that point it is interesting. And 1460 01:14:40.680 --> 01:14:43.159 then with Charlotte and the overall dealing with that in 1461 01:14:43.199 --> 01:14:46.319 the middle of a pretty rough losing streaker or a 1462 01:14:46.359 --> 01:14:49.039 winless run, a run where they have not been good 1463 01:14:49.079 --> 01:14:51.960 for more than a month now, I think that's kind 1464 01:14:51.960 --> 01:14:53.720 of difficult for Dean Smith to sort out. You go 1465 01:14:53.760 --> 01:14:56.039 back to their last game against Orlando, they're tuneil up 1466 01:14:56.239 --> 01:14:58.119 and they're unable to hang on to a lead at home, 1467 01:14:58.720 --> 01:15:00.479 which is a difficult spot to be in. I think 1468 01:15:00.600 --> 01:15:02.319 Orlando are better than Charlotte right now, so you can 1469 01:15:02.399 --> 01:15:04.399 understand why. But Charlote got to figure out how to 1470 01:15:04.399 --> 01:15:06.680 close out results because I had them in Kansas City. 1471 01:15:07.079 --> 01:15:08.520 They were one nill up. 1472 01:15:08.720 --> 01:15:11.000 Into second half stopic Simon lost the game two one, 1473 01:15:11.119 --> 01:15:12.880 So they got to figure out how to ice games away, 1474 01:15:12.880 --> 01:15:14.560 which I wouldn't have thought would have been a problem 1475 01:15:14.640 --> 01:15:17.000 for them considering how good they were defensively last year, 1476 01:15:17.000 --> 01:15:19.119 but it has now become a problem. They're actually one 1477 01:15:19.119 --> 01:15:21.079 of the bottom half teams in the East in terms 1478 01:15:21.119 --> 01:15:23.359 of defending, So I think they got to figure some 1479 01:15:23.439 --> 01:15:25.279 things out and then try and sort out the situation 1480 01:15:25.319 --> 01:15:25.840 with Ajima. 1481 01:15:26.159 --> 01:15:29.680 And when you've had Christian Colleena between the sticks basically 1482 01:15:29.720 --> 01:15:32.800 saving your bacon every single week out whether what your 1483 01:15:32.840 --> 01:15:35.239 back line is looking like, he is turning into a 1484 01:15:35.319 --> 01:15:38.039 mortal human being at times, and so that's something that 1485 01:15:38.079 --> 01:15:39.720 you have to take into the too account of this. 1486 01:15:39.800 --> 01:15:42.680 Also, Yeah, I mean last year, if you go by 1487 01:15:42.720 --> 01:15:45.479 the advance, that's he saved eleven goals. I think it 1488 01:15:45.520 --> 01:15:47.359 was last year, and this year, like you say, he's 1489 01:15:47.439 --> 01:15:50.399 kind of become just more of a normal MLS goalkeeper. 1490 01:15:50.520 --> 01:15:53.119 Been decent, but not been as good as he was 1491 01:15:53.199 --> 01:15:55.600 last season and at one point kind of you know, 1492 01:15:55.600 --> 01:15:59.079 missed two games and David Bingham took over. So yeah, 1493 01:15:59.319 --> 01:16:03.640 when you don't have all world goalkeeping, can you afford 1494 01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:05.279 to kind of sit back in a deep block and 1495 01:16:05.319 --> 01:16:07.920 defend even at home? They have thirty three percent possession 1496 01:16:07.960 --> 01:16:10.439 last week against Orlando. I think that's a figure that 1497 01:16:10.479 --> 01:16:11.880 has to go up. They have to try and control 1498 01:16:11.920 --> 01:16:14.159 games a bit more through midfield and with the ball, 1499 01:16:14.239 --> 01:16:16.119 So I think there's definitely some things for them to 1500 01:16:16.119 --> 01:16:16.800 figure out. 1501 01:16:17.079 --> 01:16:20.159 You realize, of course that your Europe it's going to 1502 01:16:20.199 --> 01:16:22.520 turn into a drop by the way on the show 1503 01:16:22.680 --> 01:16:27.479 when you said Europe to end up being a drop. 1504 01:16:27.279 --> 01:16:31.000 For the really and it is what And it's kind 1505 01:16:31.000 --> 01:16:33.039 of interesting. We just went through a Gold Cup where 1506 01:16:33.159 --> 01:16:36.159 Mauricio Pochtino picked some players that were in MLS head 1507 01:16:36.159 --> 01:16:38.199 of the players that were kind of in that second 1508 01:16:38.199 --> 01:16:40.880 tier of European teams, and those guys in those second 1509 01:16:40.880 --> 01:16:42.760 tier European teams are going wait a second, I thought 1510 01:16:43.000 --> 01:16:44.600 the whole thing was for me to go to Europe 1511 01:16:44.640 --> 01:16:46.119 so that I can get the attention of the national 1512 01:16:46.119 --> 01:16:48.159 team and a new coach is coming and say, well, 1513 01:16:48.680 --> 01:16:50.319 really that big of a step up. I don't think 1514 01:16:50.319 --> 01:16:53.720 it is. So I think it's interesting that that whole 1515 01:16:53.760 --> 01:16:57.000 motivation of everyone must get to Europe now is maybe 1516 01:16:57.039 --> 01:16:59.439 not quite the same thing, because not all European clubs 1517 01:16:59.439 --> 01:17:01.399 are the same. Go to Uventus is a much different 1518 01:17:01.439 --> 01:17:04.640 thing than going to I don't know, go Ahead Eagles 1519 01:17:04.680 --> 01:17:06.359 in the Dutch Air divis or something like that. 1520 01:17:07.600 --> 01:17:09.159 Uh see, now, now you're gonna have me go and 1521 01:17:09.159 --> 01:17:10.720 try and find if I can get gear from go 1522 01:17:10.760 --> 01:17:15.199 Ahead Eagles office. HD. Uh Now, it has been an 1523 01:17:15.239 --> 01:17:18.399 absolute blast having you drop by. I know that you're 1524 01:17:18.600 --> 01:17:20.640 you're you're in your time of trying to get everything 1525 01:17:20.680 --> 01:17:23.199 squared away so you can hop on a flight, flying 1526 01:17:23.239 --> 01:17:26.560 to Douglas, going to downtown, catch a match and all 1527 01:17:26.600 --> 01:17:29.239 those kinds of things. So I cannot thank you enough 1528 01:17:29.239 --> 01:17:29.880 for dropping by. 1529 01:17:30.319 --> 01:17:30.439 Uh. 1530 01:17:30.560 --> 01:17:32.479 Like I said, you've got the garage door opener, So 1531 01:17:32.520 --> 01:17:34.880 you know that on Friday's or shoot, any other day 1532 01:17:34.880 --> 01:17:36.319 of the week you want to come in and parachute it. 1533 01:17:36.359 --> 01:17:41.239 Look Terren's if you ever talk to Tyler, Tyler has 1534 01:17:41.279 --> 01:17:45.840 come in three times in a week because and literally 1535 01:17:45.960 --> 01:17:49.680 we had we had kindra on. Uh, we had kindra 1536 01:17:49.840 --> 01:17:53.600 on and he was in the Cincinnati Airport. He literally 1537 01:17:53.680 --> 01:17:58.000 was at CVG and he got through security, parachuted in, 1538 01:17:58.479 --> 01:18:00.520 gave Kendra some grief for two menu and it's went 1539 01:18:00.560 --> 01:18:01.800 to Soborro and check out. 1540 01:18:03.039 --> 01:18:06.039 Yeah, that sounds like Terren's. We used to work at Sirius. 1541 01:18:06.000 --> 01:18:07.960 I think he still works at Serious x M and 1542 01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:10.720 they had like a like a call in line for 1543 01:18:10.720 --> 01:18:13.399 for fans to call in and give their hot takes 1544 01:18:13.399 --> 01:18:15.680 about games as they were happening. And I think the 1545 01:18:15.720 --> 01:18:17.520 person who use it the most was Terren. So that 1546 01:18:17.520 --> 01:18:19.479 does not surprise me whatsoever. 1547 01:18:20.159 --> 01:18:23.199 So as always, it's great to see. Thanks for coming on. 1548 01:18:23.319 --> 01:18:25.279 Do not be a stranger. You know that the that 1549 01:18:25.319 --> 01:18:27.039 the carpet is out, and so anytime you want to 1550 01:18:27.079 --> 01:18:29.119 come in and chat, just let us know you got 1551 01:18:29.159 --> 01:18:31.199 You've got my deats. I think as the kids say, 1552 01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:33.560 so time you want to drop in, Chris, it's always cool. 1553 01:18:33.600 --> 01:18:35.359 Thanks again for being on Friday. Be safe, have a 1554 01:18:35.399 --> 01:18:36.239 great call Sea soon. 1555 01:18:36.359 --> 01:18:37.760 Yeah, thanks for having John. Appreciate it. 1556 01:18:37.840 --> 01:18:40.880 You got it. There goes Chris Whittingham. Chris Whittingham survived 1557 01:18:40.880 --> 01:18:44.399 his first visit. He survived his first visit. This is 1558 01:18:44.399 --> 01:18:46.960 what we bring in Jared Smith and so Jared's in 1559 01:18:47.000 --> 01:18:48.600 here on a Friday. So, how are things in the 1560 01:18:48.600 --> 01:18:49.600 Mountain time zone, sir? 1561 01:18:50.800 --> 01:18:53.560 They're going well, how are things in the Eastern time 1562 01:18:53.640 --> 01:18:54.119 zone sir? 1563 01:18:54.760 --> 01:18:57.079 Well, I mean, we had the news on Edwin Muschatta 1564 01:18:57.119 --> 01:18:59.119 come out this morning that it is officially a year 1565 01:18:59.159 --> 01:19:00.399 long loan to me in ours. 1566 01:19:00.920 --> 01:19:03.600 It's not mistaken. Twenty twenty six is an option year 1567 01:19:03.640 --> 01:19:10.359 two for Edwin. Yeah, so this is functionally a he's 1568 01:19:10.439 --> 01:19:11.760 loaned out until he's gone. 1569 01:19:12.079 --> 01:19:15.520 Yeah. And so that was the question that Michael had 1570 01:19:15.760 --> 01:19:16.600 in the twitch pitch. 1571 01:19:16.720 --> 01:19:21.399 Basically, if they don't renew, if he's not bought, because 1572 01:19:21.399 --> 01:19:25.119 there's an option to buy, if he's not bought, I 1573 01:19:25.199 --> 01:19:27.279 cannot see a world in which Atlanta is going to 1574 01:19:27.279 --> 01:19:29.159 pick up that option in twenty because it's a club 1575 01:19:29.199 --> 01:19:32.640 option in twenty Yeah. So yeah, this is Edwin is 1576 01:19:33.000 --> 01:19:34.920 functionally gone from the club. 1577 01:19:36.680 --> 01:19:40.760 And I was trying to break down Edwin where Edwin 1578 01:19:41.159 --> 01:19:45.159 needs reps, needs consistent playing time, needs to start, needs 1579 01:19:45.159 --> 01:19:48.119 to continue to develop. He wasn't getting that with it 1580 01:19:48.199 --> 01:19:51.399 Land United. There were some things that you saw from 1581 01:19:51.560 --> 01:19:54.000 Fast Eddie. You got to see the thirty minutes driving 1582 01:19:54.039 --> 01:19:56.439 people crazy, You got to see the imagination at times, 1583 01:19:56.439 --> 01:19:58.560 but he needed he needs a place to have regular 1584 01:19:58.600 --> 01:20:00.680 reps first and. 1585 01:20:00.560 --> 01:20:04.560 Foremost he does. Yeah, he needs to be somewhere where 1586 01:20:04.600 --> 01:20:13.159 he's going to play consistently. So yeah, that's that's kind 1587 01:20:13.199 --> 01:20:15.159 of the most important thing I think for him is 1588 01:20:15.159 --> 01:20:17.840 he needs to play consistently and needs to be somewherehere 1589 01:20:17.840 --> 01:20:20.800 he's comfortable. And it's something you run into a lot 1590 01:20:20.840 --> 01:20:23.800 of times with players is if they're not comfortable, they 1591 01:20:23.800 --> 01:20:26.159 need to be somewhere where they are, Yeah, and if 1592 01:20:26.159 --> 01:20:27.960 that's not going to be here, then you need to 1593 01:20:28.000 --> 01:20:31.319 get him somewhere and look for for all of the 1594 01:20:32.199 --> 01:20:37.079 all of the like gravel Road that has been this 1595 01:20:37.159 --> 01:20:42.520 club for the last number of years, they've done a 1596 01:20:42.520 --> 01:20:45.800 pretty good job of taking care of guys, you know, 1597 01:20:45.920 --> 01:20:48.479 even going back to the Carls Caromona thing in twenty eighteen. 1598 01:20:50.119 --> 01:20:53.640 You know, through different players through the years. If someone's 1599 01:20:53.680 --> 01:20:57.479 got to go for personal reasons, they've done a pretty 1600 01:20:57.520 --> 01:21:00.239 good job of that. Even Edwins everyone was a weird 1601 01:21:00.279 --> 01:21:03.520 one when he was at bah God back in twenty 1602 01:21:03.560 --> 01:21:07.319 twenty two. I think when he was in or twenty 1603 01:21:07.359 --> 01:21:10.399 three when he was in UH defense that he was 1604 01:21:10.439 --> 01:21:16.000 DC and Argentina alone. They canceled alone and Atlanta took 1605 01:21:16.079 --> 01:21:18.640 him back and it created that U twenty two backlog 1606 01:21:18.680 --> 01:21:25.000 were uh uh or Franco Abada got shipped out to Toronto. 1607 01:21:27.720 --> 01:21:29.880 But it was a weird situation then because you can't 1608 01:21:30.239 --> 01:21:37.720 like once the EJA cancels the loan. Yeah, you you 1609 01:21:37.760 --> 01:21:39.880 don't really have room for him, but you kind of 1610 01:21:40.680 --> 01:21:46.479 have to take him back because if you don't, then 1611 01:21:47.000 --> 01:21:49.159 you know, what you're doing by doing that is you're 1612 01:21:49.199 --> 01:21:52.479 maintaining the relationship with them. You're you're not You're trying 1613 01:21:52.520 --> 01:21:57.479 not to, you know, burn down a forest, right, and 1614 01:21:57.520 --> 01:21:59.239 it puts you in a weird spot, but you maintain 1615 01:21:59.479 --> 01:22:02.159 a more essional relationship with them. But you you're also 1616 01:22:02.199 --> 01:22:04.119 trying to take care of guys. You So if it's 1617 01:22:04.119 --> 01:22:06.319 not working for him, you're bringing him back from somewhere 1618 01:22:06.359 --> 01:22:08.359 where it's not working and it might be impacting him 1619 01:22:08.399 --> 01:22:12.199 on a personal level. So now you're he he is. 1620 01:22:12.439 --> 01:22:15.199 I think he's made overtures on social media to wanting 1621 01:22:15.239 --> 01:22:16.560 moves well. 1622 01:22:16.720 --> 01:22:19.640 Granted, yeah, I mean and because he was wearing and 1623 01:22:19.720 --> 01:22:22.920 he was wearing I think Millionarios gear yesterday. 1624 01:22:22.399 --> 01:22:26.520 On social Oh he's been doing this since like uh, 1625 01:22:27.439 --> 01:22:30.600 preseason like he's been. He's been. I think he's been 1626 01:22:30.640 --> 01:22:34.720 ready to move since pre season. And in credit to him, 1627 01:22:34.720 --> 01:22:36.520 like he went out that he scored the opener. He 1628 01:22:36.560 --> 01:22:38.119 was dangerous when he got on the field. He was 1629 01:22:38.119 --> 01:22:40.680 professional about it on the field, I think, and did 1630 01:22:40.680 --> 01:22:44.319 his job. But if he wanted to go, then wish granted. 1631 01:22:44.640 --> 01:22:48.520 Yeah, And then uh, you've got that coming into the 1632 01:22:48.560 --> 01:22:52.439 matchup with Toronto, Toronto's slight favorite at home. They've lost 1633 01:22:52.479 --> 01:22:57.079 four or six in senior Bernardeski gone and now Robin 1634 01:22:57.119 --> 01:23:00.680 Frasier kind of gets to blend the team the way 1635 01:23:00.680 --> 01:23:04.640 that he would like. And you've got two struggling sides 1636 01:23:04.800 --> 01:23:07.640 and we're going to see today practice. I guess at 1637 01:23:07.680 --> 01:23:10.000 the end of practice, if Brad Gazan is going to 1638 01:23:10.039 --> 01:23:11.840 look like Batman the Phantom of the Opera, if it's 1639 01:23:11.880 --> 01:23:13.119 gonna be Jagan Hibberts. 1640 01:23:13.159 --> 01:23:15.760 I think you're gonna I think you would. I think 1641 01:23:15.840 --> 01:23:19.000 you would have to chain Brad to the wall to 1642 01:23:19.039 --> 01:23:23.600 keep him from playing. He is that kind of psychopath 1643 01:23:23.640 --> 01:23:29.960 about it all. He is a gamer. He is very 1644 01:23:29.960 --> 01:23:34.000 old school in this way. I think you would have 1645 01:23:34.039 --> 01:23:36.800 to have, like you have to chain him to the wall. 1646 01:23:36.840 --> 01:23:39.279 Like hunch back and note of doom. Yes, to keep 1647 01:23:39.319 --> 01:23:45.640 him from playing in this game. But that being said, 1648 01:23:47.600 --> 01:23:52.279 this will be an interesting one. This is a John. 1649 01:23:52.319 --> 01:23:56.119 This is for me personally. This is kind of a 1650 01:23:57.720 --> 01:24:00.720 we're checking the nerves right now to see if there's 1651 01:24:00.760 --> 01:24:03.920 any life left where we're seeing if there is any twitch, 1652 01:24:04.960 --> 01:24:09.439 any electricity running through this brain of this season, because 1653 01:24:09.600 --> 01:24:12.359 damn things. 1654 01:24:11.119 --> 01:24:12.960 All that done. 1655 01:24:14.199 --> 01:24:19.000 You've got to point it DC at A that game 1656 01:24:19.239 --> 01:24:23.520 was like room temperature water out of the tap in 1657 01:24:23.600 --> 01:24:28.880 terms of blandness. And David Brad got kicked in the 1658 01:24:28.920 --> 01:24:32.680 face in the DC game. He took if you remember 1659 01:24:32.720 --> 01:24:35.239 in the DC game if you watched it. If not, 1660 01:24:35.399 --> 01:24:42.039 well here's your update. He Luisa Brom caught him across 1661 01:24:42.039 --> 01:24:43.720 the face while Brad went down for a ball and 1662 01:24:43.800 --> 01:24:46.359 Abrom was trying to get it. It was just kind 1663 01:24:46.399 --> 01:24:49.640 of a bad timing situation. But Brad went down for 1664 01:24:49.680 --> 01:24:51.960 a ball, a Brom. 1665 01:24:52.000 --> 01:24:56.880 Kind of kicking in the face. Yeah, so Brad was unfortunate. YEA. 1666 01:24:56.960 --> 01:25:00.079 Luis is going backward trying to defend. Brad is coming 1667 01:25:00.119 --> 01:25:04.720 forward trying to grab the ball and Luis's left knee 1668 01:25:04.840 --> 01:25:08.000 I think as he's going past Brad hits Brad on 1669 01:25:08.039 --> 01:25:10.680 the left side of his face and they diagnosed a 1670 01:25:10.760 --> 01:25:12.560 fractured cheek bone. 1671 01:25:13.479 --> 01:25:17.039 So he had surgery this week. He's going to want 1672 01:25:17.039 --> 01:25:20.079 to play, Like I said, the man, it's very Brad 1673 01:25:20.199 --> 01:25:24.319 is very old school about this, always has been, always 1674 01:25:24.319 --> 01:25:29.479 will be, I think. But he's gonna want to play. 1675 01:25:29.520 --> 01:25:33.760 But yeah, that game was pretty damn tapped against DC. 1676 01:25:36.159 --> 01:25:41.800 If you can like drag a win out of this game, yeah, 1677 01:25:41.960 --> 01:25:44.520 at least shows It doesn't mean that your season is saved, 1678 01:25:44.520 --> 01:25:46.840 because I'm gonna be honest with you, John, I don't 1679 01:25:46.840 --> 01:25:50.880 think it can be saved at this point. It doesn't 1680 01:25:50.920 --> 01:25:53.600 mean like I would love to eat Crow. I'd love 1681 01:25:53.600 --> 01:25:57.760 for them to pull like a twenty, like a twenty 1682 01:25:57.960 --> 01:26:00.760 seventeen twenty eighteen Sounder kind of vibe. 1683 01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:02.039 That'd be great. 1684 01:26:02.479 --> 01:26:03.520 Would would would. 1685 01:26:03.319 --> 01:26:07.720 Enjoy that thoroughly. Yeah, I don't know that they can. 1686 01:26:08.279 --> 01:26:11.399 I don't think they can whole damn seasons on live 1687 01:26:11.399 --> 01:26:13.159 support at this point, and it kind of feels like 1688 01:26:13.199 --> 01:26:16.800 we're just keeping it there to keep it there. But 1689 01:26:16.840 --> 01:26:18.399 if you can pull three points out of this game, 1690 01:26:18.399 --> 01:26:21.239 you at least show me that that maybe a couple 1691 01:26:21.239 --> 01:26:23.600 of key people are still are still out there fighting 1692 01:26:23.600 --> 01:26:29.399 and scrapping. Yep, you'll you draw this game. We're just 1693 01:26:29.479 --> 01:26:32.960 kind of where we are. You'll lose this game, and 1694 01:26:33.920 --> 01:26:37.199 I don't know, man, Like it's I don't know where 1695 01:26:37.199 --> 01:26:41.399 you don't what's whatever's below bedrock? Just depending on how 1696 01:26:41.439 --> 01:26:43.000 the game goes, Like, if you lose it one nothing 1697 01:26:43.000 --> 01:26:45.720 on like a deflection or a weird penalty that sucks 1698 01:26:46.560 --> 01:26:48.800 the most he gets out of hand, then yeah, then 1699 01:26:48.840 --> 01:26:52.239 you have you have found something below bedrock. But until 1700 01:26:52.279 --> 01:26:54.279 they play the game, Yeah, there's no way to know 1701 01:26:54.359 --> 01:26:56.079 for sure, man. Yeah. 1702 01:26:56.159 --> 01:26:59.720 Right now, Atlanta's at eighteen points twenty matches, so fourteen 1703 01:26:59.720 --> 01:27:03.079 match to go eighteen points, ten points out of the 1704 01:27:03.119 --> 01:27:06.479 playing round, and Toronto is a point behind them at 1705 01:27:06.520 --> 01:27:09.760 four eleven and five at twenty matches played fourteen to 1706 01:27:09.800 --> 01:27:13.359 go seventeen points that are attached to Toronto as well. 1707 01:27:14.000 --> 01:27:14.640 Yeah, and. 1708 01:27:16.199 --> 01:27:20.920 Objects and mirror closer than they appear. Look, Galaxy only 1709 01:27:20.960 --> 01:27:24.359 have two wins, but not as far behind you as 1710 01:27:24.359 --> 01:27:28.640 you would be comfortable with right now. Yeah, it's just been. 1711 01:27:28.760 --> 01:27:33.279 It's it's been. It's been a shit year on multiple fronts. 1712 01:27:33.279 --> 01:27:37.720 The Garth loger Way News, Yeah, talked about hitting. Yeah, man, 1713 01:27:37.760 --> 01:27:43.920 that hits harder than just about anything. For those of 1714 01:27:43.960 --> 01:27:48.039 you that haven't interacted with Garth is a very big personality. Yes, 1715 01:27:50.039 --> 01:27:54.239 has never been anything other than very cordial and pleasant 1716 01:27:54.239 --> 01:27:57.800 and fun to talk to. And this always kind of 1717 01:27:57.840 --> 01:28:04.760 gets into the thing where when people start getting antsy 1718 01:28:04.800 --> 01:28:10.039 about sports jobs of wanting wanting people done. Because I 1719 01:28:10.039 --> 01:28:12.720 felt this way about Carlos and Darren and Douw Garth 1720 01:28:12.720 --> 01:28:16.199 as well, I promise you these guys don't want to fail. 1721 01:28:17.520 --> 01:28:20.800 For Garth, this is a This was a taking it 1722 01:28:20.840 --> 01:28:23.159 to the sporting side of it for a minute away 1723 01:28:23.159 --> 01:28:26.840 from the human side. We'll get to that. This was 1724 01:28:26.880 --> 01:28:30.079 a different challenge for Garth. Like he had been that 1725 01:28:30.359 --> 01:28:35.439 technical director before, this was him taking on a spot 1726 01:28:35.520 --> 01:28:39.880 that was a step higher where he had the final 1727 01:28:39.960 --> 01:28:43.119 say on things. And this was going to be a 1728 01:28:43.279 --> 01:28:47.399 very different and more broad chapter in his career as 1729 01:28:47.439 --> 01:28:52.560 an executive. And hopefully that career is not done in 1730 01:28:52.680 --> 01:28:55.600 terms of, like you know, hopefully he's hopefully he is 1731 01:28:55.640 --> 01:28:59.199 able to recover to the point where he's comfortable coming 1732 01:28:59.239 --> 01:29:02.079 back in and doing his job, because I promise he 1733 01:29:02.239 --> 01:29:06.439 was a tense, stressful, draining kind of job, especially at 1734 01:29:06.439 --> 01:29:10.319 a club like Atlanta that has expectations and money and 1735 01:29:10.439 --> 01:29:14.880 desires left right at center right now. I hope Garth 1736 01:29:14.920 --> 01:29:18.399 isn't worrying about that, even though he will, yes, even 1737 01:29:18.399 --> 01:29:20.199 in the pressers like he's going to be getting information 1738 01:29:20.560 --> 01:29:24.359 from Demetrios and Chris and yeah, it's like, you know, 1739 01:29:24.479 --> 01:29:26.079 he's going to get updates. You know, he's gonna be 1740 01:29:26.079 --> 01:29:26.840 asking for updates. 1741 01:29:28.920 --> 01:29:31.319 Yeah, I hope he's going to be that guy's like, so, 1742 01:29:31.359 --> 01:29:33.479 how was it today, Well, you put your phone down, 1743 01:29:33.880 --> 01:29:34.079 you know. 1744 01:29:35.239 --> 01:29:39.000 Yeah. I'm hopeful that he can put his phone down 1745 01:29:39.199 --> 01:29:42.119 enough to just enjoy time with his family and recover 1746 01:29:44.000 --> 01:29:46.760 and just get back to one hundred percent were close 1747 01:29:46.800 --> 01:29:51.000 to it is a damn well camp. Look, this club 1748 01:29:51.079 --> 01:29:54.720 isn't going anywhere in this in the sense of it's 1749 01:29:54.720 --> 01:29:56.000 not like it's going to vanish every night. 1750 01:29:56.199 --> 01:29:57.960 Yeah, so you. 1751 01:29:58.000 --> 01:30:04.279 Know, hopefully Earth can just catch his breath, recover, fight 1752 01:30:04.359 --> 01:30:09.920 through this and we'll all be here when he's in remission. 1753 01:30:10.119 --> 01:30:13.680 So yeah, so that's what that's what we're staring at. 1754 01:30:13.680 --> 01:30:15.760 And we talked about Garth in our number one, talked 1755 01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:18.760 about at Lanty Knight. Chris Whittingham discussed at Landy United coming, 1756 01:30:19.279 --> 01:30:21.640 you know, with him, but he was looking at it 1757 01:30:21.720 --> 01:30:24.359 the halfway point, considering the expectations that he had with it. 1758 01:30:24.479 --> 01:30:26.199 Landy United not alone in his assessments. 1759 01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:33.079 It's the most it is for me, the most disappointing 1760 01:30:33.159 --> 01:30:37.560 performance in the league this season from where expectations were 1761 01:30:38.520 --> 01:30:44.199 to what they are. I I I think it's I 1762 01:30:44.279 --> 01:30:46.560 think it's they are the most disappointing team this year, 1763 01:30:47.439 --> 01:30:53.239 and that some look, someone always has to someone's always 1764 01:30:53.279 --> 01:30:56.399 going to be in the stocks. Yeah, and this year 1765 01:30:56.880 --> 01:31:02.399 it's you, Atlanta, And that sucks doesn't mean it stays 1766 01:31:02.399 --> 01:31:04.680 like that forever. That's why we enjoy good times when 1767 01:31:04.680 --> 01:31:07.439 they happen, because they don't last forever. It's why we 1768 01:31:07.520 --> 01:31:10.520 don't burn everything down when they are bad times. Right, 1769 01:31:10.960 --> 01:31:12.119 Those don't last forever. 1770 01:31:11.960 --> 01:31:16.000 Either, Right. So it's it's navigating it as best you 1771 01:31:16.039 --> 01:31:18.520 can and trying to see where you know where it 1772 01:31:18.560 --> 01:31:23.640 is on a daily basis. Okay, I was somewhat teasing 1773 01:31:24.680 --> 01:31:28.600 a special guest star, and as it turns out, special 1774 01:31:28.640 --> 01:31:32.479 guest star has made it. We have to work on avatars, 1775 01:31:32.760 --> 01:31:35.800 but a special guest star has made it. Jessica Charman 1776 01:31:35.920 --> 01:31:39.319 joins us to wrap up the week. So yess, long 1777 01:31:39.359 --> 01:31:40.079 time they talk. 1778 01:31:40.920 --> 01:31:41.239 Hello. 1779 01:31:41.680 --> 01:31:43.680 I could not let you down today. It has been 1780 01:31:43.760 --> 01:31:46.239 quite the flaking process. 1781 01:31:46.319 --> 01:31:46.560 John. 1782 01:31:46.600 --> 01:31:48.560 If people could see our text chat, it is just 1783 01:31:48.600 --> 01:31:52.319 me saying, hey, I'll do it next week. Hey, I'll 1784 01:31:52.319 --> 01:31:54.760 do it tomorrow. So I'm very glad, you know me. 1785 01:31:54.840 --> 01:31:56.560 I am a woman of my word as much as 1786 01:31:56.600 --> 01:31:59.239 I can be. But life has been a little hectic lately. 1787 01:31:59.279 --> 01:32:01.359 But so glad I can be back with the Ogs. 1788 01:32:01.720 --> 01:32:05.119 Yeah, and this is a tease that we're also going 1789 01:32:05.159 --> 01:32:07.720 to have you early next week as well, but we're 1790 01:32:07.760 --> 01:32:11.960 not divulging that reason until it's officially official. But it'll 1791 01:32:11.960 --> 01:32:13.720 be good to have you on for a couple of 1792 01:32:13.760 --> 01:32:18.039 shows this week and next. I wanted to discuss some things, 1793 01:32:18.159 --> 01:32:22.039 starting off with the Club World Cup and how incredibly 1794 01:32:22.199 --> 01:32:24.560 jealous I am that you have and es pronounced the 1795 01:32:24.640 --> 01:32:26.960 Tunisi jersey and I do not. 1796 01:32:28.000 --> 01:32:29.960 I mean, I don't know if you want what comes 1797 01:32:29.960 --> 01:32:34.840 with having that jersey, John, because I am viral in Tunisia. 1798 01:32:35.159 --> 01:32:39.319 Viral yeah, yeah, so like the equivalent of BBC Sport, 1799 01:32:39.479 --> 01:32:43.600 Tunisia picked up my post and when I say again, 1800 01:32:43.680 --> 01:32:46.399 like five hundred followers, all of which are like Tunisi 1801 01:32:46.439 --> 01:32:48.960 and middle aged man, no issue with it, Like, absolutely fine, 1802 01:32:48.960 --> 01:32:51.199 it is what it is. I'm glad that they support me. 1803 01:32:51.279 --> 01:32:54.920 But it was quite surreal going on Facebook for you 1804 01:32:55.199 --> 01:32:58.239 and it being me a photo of me with like 1805 01:32:58.399 --> 01:33:00.520 Arabic options. 1806 01:33:00.840 --> 01:33:01.039 Yeah. 1807 01:33:01.119 --> 01:33:03.279 I mean, it wasn't on my bingo. 1808 01:33:03.039 --> 01:33:05.199 List of my club World Cup experience, but it was 1809 01:33:05.319 --> 01:33:10.159 pretty freaking cool. And honestly, those fans, like Flamengo was 1810 01:33:10.279 --> 01:33:13.279 really really cool as well. But the Brazilian teams got 1811 01:33:13.319 --> 01:33:15.760 their love and rightly so, you know. But I think 1812 01:33:15.800 --> 01:33:18.000 if there was one team that maybe didn't get as 1813 01:33:18.079 --> 01:33:21.000 much attention as they deserved, it was the Esperanz fans 1814 01:33:21.039 --> 01:33:24.960 who were incredible. And I mean even the fact that 1815 01:33:25.000 --> 01:33:28.000 we were in Philadelphia with them, and then I think 1816 01:33:28.000 --> 01:33:29.880 it was Nashville. I'm trying to remember that was all 1817 01:33:30.119 --> 01:33:33.399 the place. It was Nashville, right, Okay, good memory, Jess, 1818 01:33:33.640 --> 01:33:35.560 and so like for them to be able to travel 1819 01:33:35.920 --> 01:33:38.600 and the embedded reporter was telling me they had traveled 1820 01:33:38.640 --> 01:33:43.399 some from Tunisia, from Dubai, from France, from Canada, like 1821 01:33:43.560 --> 01:33:46.479 because it's such a worldwide team. I just think for 1822 01:33:46.520 --> 01:33:48.560 people to spend their money to come watch their soccer 1823 01:33:48.600 --> 01:33:50.079 team is a beautiful. 1824 01:33:49.640 --> 01:33:52.920 Thing, no doubt, Jared for Jess talking Club World Cup 1825 01:33:52.960 --> 01:33:53.520 and other stuff. 1826 01:33:53.520 --> 01:33:55.920 Go for it, all right, let's cut to the chase. 1827 01:33:56.159 --> 01:33:57.640 I want to talk about goalkeepers, and I want to 1828 01:33:57.640 --> 01:34:03.479 talk about goalkeepers. Possible people and keepers getting yelled at 1829 01:34:03.479 --> 01:34:05.520 on social media for doing their job even though they 1830 01:34:05.520 --> 01:34:11.359 stretched their bodies out and and put themselves in incredibly 1831 01:34:11.439 --> 01:34:14.239 dangerous spots, and then other people in the GTA union 1832 01:34:14.359 --> 01:34:15.119 calling them out. 1833 01:34:15.479 --> 01:34:18.800 But we're evil, right, We're evil goalkeepers that only have 1834 01:34:18.920 --> 01:34:23.840 the intention of hurting others. This like being a goalkeeper, 1835 01:34:23.880 --> 01:34:26.680 as you know, Jared, is bloody hard, right, Like, it's 1836 01:34:26.760 --> 01:34:27.359 not easy. 1837 01:34:27.479 --> 01:34:28.840 It's a suicidal activity. 1838 01:34:29.039 --> 01:34:32.119 You literally dive in head first and everyone's like, oh, 1839 01:34:32.119 --> 01:34:34.239 they have the advantage, they can use their hands, well 1840 01:34:34.279 --> 01:34:37.640 not really, like okay, in an aerial duel, Okay, a 1841 01:34:37.680 --> 01:34:40.199 goalie has the advantage. But when you're laying yourself flat 1842 01:34:40.239 --> 01:34:43.039 out when someone's running at you full sprint, it's a 1843 01:34:43.119 --> 01:34:44.000 dang accident. 1844 01:34:44.119 --> 01:34:46.800 Like is it horrendous? Yeah? Have I been in this situation? 1845 01:34:46.960 --> 01:34:48.159 I still remember that was a. 1846 01:34:48.119 --> 01:34:50.880 Game I was playing for Watford where I went in 1847 01:34:50.920 --> 01:34:54.239 for a really awkward challenge like that and I got 1848 01:34:54.279 --> 01:34:56.720 the ball my momentum took me through the lady's leg 1849 01:34:57.079 --> 01:34:59.039 and I heard a noise that sounded. 1850 01:34:58.800 --> 01:35:01.000 Like I broke a leg. I don't know what happened. 1851 01:35:01.000 --> 01:35:03.239 They ended up having, like the medical team taken, but 1852 01:35:03.319 --> 01:35:05.800 I was shaken up about it. But it wasn't a 1853 01:35:05.840 --> 01:35:08.560 malicious thing. It's just the nature of the beast. And 1854 01:35:08.600 --> 01:35:10.680 how often is it the goalkeeper on the other end 1855 01:35:10.680 --> 01:35:13.479 of it. I mean, as someone that witnessed peta Check 1856 01:35:13.560 --> 01:35:18.239 getting absolutely steamrolled by Stephen Hunt, these things happen, and 1857 01:35:18.359 --> 01:35:21.359 nine times out of the ten it's the goalkeeper that's 1858 01:35:21.399 --> 01:35:24.159 worth for where But when the goalkeeper gets worth for 1859 01:35:24.239 --> 01:35:27.039 where everyone says it was an accident, or is their momentum, 1860 01:35:27.199 --> 01:35:30.000 or they couldn't stop their running, or they jumped over 1861 01:35:30.039 --> 01:35:32.640 the keeper and they tried. But when it's the goalkeeper 1862 01:35:32.680 --> 01:35:34.560 making the mistake, there's not the same. 1863 01:35:36.520 --> 01:35:37.439 Benefit of the doubt. 1864 01:35:37.479 --> 01:35:39.720 And that's where I think that we need to realize 1865 01:35:39.720 --> 01:35:43.760 that the goalkeepers make mistakes with timings. Absolutely, but at 1866 01:35:43.760 --> 01:35:46.880 the same time you're throwing your face into someone's boots, like, 1867 01:35:46.960 --> 01:35:49.239 are you really the one making the malicious act? 1868 01:35:49.279 --> 01:35:49.920 I don't think so. 1869 01:35:50.520 --> 01:35:53.920 Well, that's the thing. It's like you're in that instance. 1870 01:35:53.960 --> 01:35:59.279 And I feel for don Over because when you watch 1871 01:35:59.319 --> 01:36:01.279 the sole emotions like oh man, that sucks that he 1872 01:36:01.359 --> 01:36:04.640 rolled up his ankle. Also the person whose leg he's 1873 01:36:04.640 --> 01:36:07.399 broke seems cool with it was like, hey man, that's 1874 01:36:07.399 --> 01:36:10.479 this games, maybe that's the sport. But also so often 1875 01:36:10.520 --> 01:36:12.680 when you see those in freeze frame, how close it 1876 01:36:12.720 --> 01:36:14.880 is to a goalkeeper getting kicked in the face, Like 1877 01:36:15.079 --> 01:36:18.439 you're putting your face down there where someone's freeze frame. 1878 01:36:18.479 --> 01:36:20.720 That kills me because everyone wants to like freeze frame 1879 01:36:20.760 --> 01:36:23.960 where they're saying he's laughing or whatever, like do we 1880 01:36:24.039 --> 01:36:26.079 know that? Like I don't think he was laughing. It 1881 01:36:26.159 --> 01:36:28.920 was a weird freeze frame. But this day and age, 1882 01:36:29.000 --> 01:36:31.279 it's like the same with var right. You can freeze 1883 01:36:31.319 --> 01:36:34.319 frame or slow mo anything to get the right conclusion 1884 01:36:34.359 --> 01:36:37.800 that you want. And that's not a football move, you know, 1885 01:36:37.840 --> 01:36:40.880 if football takes place in full speed where people are 1886 01:36:40.880 --> 01:36:44.359 making last ditch moments and if anything, I thought maybe 1887 01:36:44.399 --> 01:36:46.319 the defender had a role in like the way that 1888 01:36:46.359 --> 01:36:48.439 he shielded the ball made it really awkward, But no 1889 01:36:48.479 --> 01:36:49.720 one's blaming the defender. 1890 01:36:49.960 --> 01:36:52.319 You know, it's always the goalie's fault. 1891 01:36:52.640 --> 01:36:56.159 Okay, we did okay, okay, yes, because I also had 1892 01:36:56.159 --> 01:37:00.439 this argument with the US national team in God, was 1893 01:37:00.439 --> 01:37:04.199 it the Costa Rica game where Freeze misplays the ball 1894 01:37:04.880 --> 01:37:09.680 because Tim reen plays him this gopher hunting, Yeah, this 1895 01:37:09.840 --> 01:37:12.960 gopher hunting rocket ball that he has to like he's 1896 01:37:13.039 --> 01:37:15.199 as he's getting closed down where he can't take another 1897 01:37:15.279 --> 01:37:19.520 touch to settle it. And it's like it's Likeez has 1898 01:37:19.520 --> 01:37:22.199 to do better with that. Your or your center back 1899 01:37:22.239 --> 01:37:25.560 could not like fire it into you from twenty feet 1900 01:37:25.600 --> 01:37:26.079 away down. 1901 01:37:26.279 --> 01:37:28.560 Funny because with the modern game, everyone. 1902 01:37:28.279 --> 01:37:32.560 Expects goalkeepers to have the distribution of midfielders. And look, 1903 01:37:32.600 --> 01:37:35.119 a lot of goalkeepers do have really good distribution now. 1904 01:37:35.199 --> 01:37:37.319 Just look at Hannah Hampton in the Euros with that 1905 01:37:37.399 --> 01:37:41.159 pass through for Lauren James's goal. Remarkable passing range for 1906 01:37:41.239 --> 01:37:43.439 goalkeepers now. But the end of the day, you want 1907 01:37:43.479 --> 01:37:45.960 them to be the best shot stoppers, the best decision makers, 1908 01:37:46.279 --> 01:37:49.279 the best vocal goalkeepers, the best one on ones, the 1909 01:37:49.319 --> 01:37:51.600 best you know, dominating their box. But you also want 1910 01:37:51.680 --> 01:37:54.439 them to have better footwork than your midfielder, like chill out, 1911 01:37:54.640 --> 01:37:56.680 like what a goalkeepers meant to be? 1912 01:37:56.760 --> 01:37:57.880 Literally superhuman? 1913 01:37:58.199 --> 01:38:02.560 Like it's at some point we're going to sacrifice, shot stopping, 1914 01:38:02.600 --> 01:38:04.439 and I think we're already seeing it with some goalkeeper 1915 01:38:04.520 --> 01:38:07.880 shot stopping or other key components of a goalkeeper because 1916 01:38:07.920 --> 01:38:11.239 they've got better footwork. And look, I get it, goalkeepers 1917 01:38:11.279 --> 01:38:12.800 need to be an outlet, but at the end of 1918 01:38:12.800 --> 01:38:15.560 the day, not criticize him at the same level for 1919 01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:17.760 their footwork as you can a defender. 1920 01:38:17.840 --> 01:38:18.920 And I loved him. 1921 01:38:18.800 --> 01:38:20.399 Reem for the time he had a Charlotte when I 1922 01:38:20.520 --> 01:38:22.720 was there. But at the end of the day, if 1923 01:38:22.760 --> 01:38:24.920 I'm a goalkeeper, and maybe Matt Freeze needs to be 1924 01:38:24.960 --> 01:38:27.960 more vocal. We've seen him in the it was freezing 1925 01:38:28.000 --> 01:38:33.039 the Atlantic United game right with the the era where 1926 01:38:33.079 --> 01:38:33.520 like it. 1927 01:38:33.439 --> 01:38:35.600 Was shielded back to him or he didn't come get 1928 01:38:35.640 --> 01:38:40.720 it that kind of thing. Yeah, Freeze didn't. He needs 1929 01:38:40.720 --> 01:38:42.119 to be more vocal as a goalkeeper. 1930 01:38:42.119 --> 01:38:45.600 Like for me, if I'm heed off at my defenders, 1931 01:38:45.600 --> 01:38:47.960 I hold them accountable. I don't think Freeze, and we've 1932 01:38:47.960 --> 01:38:49.840 seen it in a couple of moments for country and 1933 01:38:49.920 --> 01:38:53.479 for club gives enough of that. Like I would love 1934 01:38:53.520 --> 01:38:55.680 to just see him like call Tim Reim out even 1935 01:38:55.720 --> 01:38:58.319 though he's a veteran, like because as a goalkeeper, we 1936 01:38:58.319 --> 01:39:01.159 should protect ourselves by being very when someone screwed U 1937 01:39:01.199 --> 01:39:02.960 sober so, Jared. 1938 01:39:02.720 --> 01:39:04.119 Do you want to go ahead and say the word pissed? 1939 01:39:05.600 --> 01:39:07.479 Oh mean, I already got us, I already got us 1940 01:39:07.479 --> 01:39:09.039 the explicit rating this morning. You can get his puss 1941 01:39:09.039 --> 01:39:12.680 as you want to. Doesn't matter, Yeah, because because also 1942 01:39:12.920 --> 01:39:15.520 also you could just repeat everything Brad Guzanne says, because 1943 01:39:15.520 --> 01:39:18.199 Brad Guzane gets an explicit rating eight seconds after heruls 1944 01:39:18.199 --> 01:39:21.520 out of bed. I'm pretty sure yes, because you talk 1945 01:39:21.560 --> 01:39:25.000 about yes, but you talk about like being that vocal 1946 01:39:25.039 --> 01:39:28.960 guy like I will never like lives rent free. In 1947 01:39:28.960 --> 01:39:31.159 my head is the twenty nineteen US Open Cup with 1948 01:39:31.239 --> 01:39:33.840 it Land and Charleston. They played behind closed doors in Kennesaw. 1949 01:39:34.279 --> 01:39:36.720 The only two voices you could hear in that stadium, 1950 01:39:36.760 --> 01:39:41.880 Lauder Clear was Brad yelling and on and on in 1951 01:39:41.920 --> 01:39:45.479 the stand. Leandro Pirez was not playing in the game, 1952 01:39:45.520 --> 01:39:47.079 but he was sitting in the stand and you could 1953 01:39:47.119 --> 01:39:51.159 hear that hoarse voice of his yelling at everyone on 1954 01:39:51.199 --> 01:39:51.680 the field. 1955 01:39:52.239 --> 01:39:55.439 I mentioned in a lifetime that is insane. What a 1956 01:39:55.439 --> 01:39:56.439 throwback that is? 1957 01:39:56.760 --> 01:39:58.640 How he just got his B and C license? 1958 01:39:59.279 --> 01:40:05.479 Wow? Yeah, uh so let me, Jess, let me ask 1959 01:40:05.520 --> 01:40:09.239 you this going back to the Musiala Donor Ruma thing. 1960 01:40:10.239 --> 01:40:17.680 When Manuel Noyer comes out postmatch says what he says, 1961 01:40:18.720 --> 01:40:22.159 basically throwing another keeper under the bus when all you've 1962 01:40:22.159 --> 01:40:24.000 got to do is look at file photos and file 1963 01:40:24.039 --> 01:40:26.520 tape of Manuel Noyer going knees up and elbows up 1964 01:40:26.560 --> 01:40:29.319 and all this kind of stuff. What did you think 1965 01:40:29.399 --> 01:40:34.399 about Noyer and Frankly, the sporting director for Bayern saying 1966 01:40:34.479 --> 01:40:38.159 what they said, throwing Donor Ruma under the bus for 1967 01:40:38.640 --> 01:40:40.800 And I understand, I get the whole team thing and 1968 01:40:41.159 --> 01:40:43.640 trying to be supportive, but they went over the line 1969 01:40:43.720 --> 01:40:45.600 I thought when it came to what they were saying 1970 01:40:45.640 --> 01:40:48.039 post match, blaming don Ruma for the whole thing. 1971 01:40:48.319 --> 01:40:50.439 Yeah, I think you have to be really careful where 1972 01:40:50.439 --> 01:40:51.520 it comes with intention. 1973 01:40:51.600 --> 01:40:51.720 You know. 1974 01:40:51.760 --> 01:40:53.319 It reminded me of do you remember the Rex and 1975 01:40:53.399 --> 01:40:57.439 one when Paul Mullen had his lung collapse. Yeah, Parkey 1976 01:40:57.560 --> 01:41:01.000 came out and was like talking about his character and 1977 01:41:01.079 --> 01:41:02.720 all of that as the goalkeeper, even though it was 1978 01:41:02.760 --> 01:41:04.920 like a young goalkeeper making mistake and that's not really 1979 01:41:04.960 --> 01:41:06.800 the same with the level of experience, level of. 1980 01:41:06.760 --> 01:41:08.039 Pay that these goalkeepers get. 1981 01:41:09.279 --> 01:41:11.399 I think that you have to be so careful when 1982 01:41:11.399 --> 01:41:15.039 you talk about someone's intention and also someone's character, which 1983 01:41:15.079 --> 01:41:17.079 even if you don't directly say it, that's what those 1984 01:41:17.079 --> 01:41:18.520 sorts of comments. 1985 01:41:20.199 --> 01:41:23.960 Kind of talk about, right, They inflect. 1986 01:41:23.600 --> 01:41:28.359 About someone's character, about someone's decision making. I understand protecting 1987 01:41:28.399 --> 01:41:28.920 your teammate. 1988 01:41:28.960 --> 01:41:30.000 You're shocked. It's horrible. 1989 01:41:30.039 --> 01:41:32.479 I mean, it looked disgustingly, to be honest, it was 1990 01:41:32.520 --> 01:41:35.760 a nasty injury to look at. You're emotional, you're maybe 1991 01:41:35.800 --> 01:41:37.840 not thinking, but take a deep breath and be very 1992 01:41:37.880 --> 01:41:42.079 careful because as you've mentioned, like if you're that goalkeeper, 1993 01:41:42.119 --> 01:41:44.199 you feel like rubbish. Anyway you've been a part of that, 1994 01:41:44.359 --> 01:41:46.479 every human being would feel like rubbish. 1995 01:41:46.520 --> 01:41:48.359 To rub it in is pretty crappy. 1996 01:41:48.720 --> 01:41:50.880 And then, as we always talk about, the GK union 1997 01:41:50.960 --> 01:41:53.800 is a really real thing. Like I know it sounds mythical, 1998 01:41:54.319 --> 01:41:58.520 but there's a really special connection between goalkeepers because they 1999 01:41:58.600 --> 01:42:02.600 really do have a unique mindset, a unique loneliness, a 2000 01:42:02.760 --> 01:42:05.960 unique responsibility. I mean, being a goalkeeper is the best 2001 01:42:06.000 --> 01:42:07.920 and the worst thing that happened to me. It's lonely, 2002 01:42:08.000 --> 01:42:11.119 it's difficult, it's emotional. I lost a lot of sleep. 2003 01:42:11.319 --> 01:42:13.920 I mean, you're the enemy half of the time. And 2004 01:42:13.960 --> 01:42:16.640 you're the hero maybe one in a million times. So 2005 01:42:17.760 --> 01:42:20.680 that goalkeeper Union thing is huge, and I think that 2006 01:42:21.279 --> 01:42:23.800 in that moment, you can say I was shocked about 2007 01:42:23.840 --> 01:42:26.159 the tackle, but I understand these things happen in the 2008 01:42:26.159 --> 01:42:28.800 speed of the modern game or something like that. But 2009 01:42:30.279 --> 01:42:32.399 it leaves a poor taste in my mouth yet again, 2010 01:42:32.439 --> 01:42:34.840 because the more you look at it, the more I 2011 01:42:34.960 --> 01:42:38.199 just don't think it's a malicious thing. And Okay, the 2012 01:42:38.239 --> 01:42:41.920 guy's hurt, that sucks, but we can't claim that it's 2013 01:42:42.119 --> 01:42:45.000 malicious without really knowing or being the only person that 2014 01:42:45.079 --> 01:42:46.600 knows that is the goalkeeper involved. 2015 01:42:48.760 --> 01:42:53.560 All right, how many teams did you? And you were 2016 01:42:53.640 --> 01:42:55.800 paired with Danny for the whole time? Right, for a time, 2017 01:42:55.800 --> 01:42:56.119 I was. 2018 01:42:56.039 --> 01:42:59.039 With Danny until Danny got elevated. I got kicked out 2019 01:42:59.039 --> 01:43:01.199 at the end of the group's day. Danny continued on. 2020 01:43:01.399 --> 01:43:03.199 But that's okay, I'm not sort and I'm kidding. 2021 01:43:03.359 --> 01:43:05.439 It's fine. It was my first ever work for the UK. 2022 01:43:05.560 --> 01:43:07.840 I was not expecting a knockout round. When I signed up. 2023 01:43:07.840 --> 01:43:11.720 I knew I was getting six group stage games with UH. 2024 01:43:13.279 --> 01:43:15.640 I had six games with six teams, so it was 2025 01:43:15.720 --> 01:43:18.560 really nice because I saw every team I did twice, 2026 01:43:19.199 --> 01:43:21.239 which was really good. By the end of the tournament 2027 01:43:21.319 --> 01:43:23.680 that you know the teams, because when you have six 2028 01:43:23.760 --> 01:43:26.560 games in twelve days with a whole different bunch of rosters, 2029 01:43:26.600 --> 01:43:30.960 pronunciations teams, it was a lot, but it was amazing 2030 01:43:31.239 --> 01:43:33.920 and I was really proud of myself because I broke 2031 01:43:33.960 --> 01:43:36.399 the stereotype. And some of the English audience might not 2032 01:43:36.399 --> 01:43:39.239 have liked it because they're used to people say Martin, 2033 01:43:40.199 --> 01:43:42.840 what do they say in England Martinez or whatever? 2034 01:43:42.840 --> 01:43:43.800 They say? You know what I mean. 2035 01:43:43.840 --> 01:43:47.119 They can't say the names. But I nailed the pronunciations, 2036 01:43:47.119 --> 01:43:49.039 and the amount of tweets I got like, does this 2037 01:43:49.079 --> 01:43:53.439 girl speak Arabic because she is pronouncing the names correctly? 2038 01:43:53.880 --> 01:43:54.319 Wow? 2039 01:43:54.439 --> 01:43:58.560 Is this lady from Brazil because she's pronouncing their names amazingly. 2040 01:43:58.680 --> 01:43:59.640 Yes, So that was pretty cool. 2041 01:43:59.680 --> 01:44:02.560 I was very proud because anyone that knows English commentators, 2042 01:44:02.760 --> 01:44:06.319 the stereotype is that they butcher pronunciations and anglicize everything. 2043 01:44:06.600 --> 01:44:08.039 I will not be that person. 2044 01:44:08.119 --> 01:44:12.159 Guys, so love it or hate it and repeat how 2045 01:44:12.159 --> 01:44:13.560 it comes out of the player's mouth. 2046 01:44:13.720 --> 01:44:15.479 Yeah, when when their mom, when their mom wants to 2047 01:44:15.520 --> 01:44:17.479 have a conversation with him and bring them in for dinner? 2048 01:44:17.520 --> 01:44:19.119 How did they how do they call their name? That's 2049 01:44:19.119 --> 01:44:20.880 basically the question that I always ask. 2050 01:44:21.279 --> 01:44:23.840 The one that was annoying me, though, is like ads 2051 01:44:24.399 --> 01:44:26.520 is how you say it? But nobody was doing it 2052 01:44:26.600 --> 01:44:27.920 right and that bothered me. 2053 01:44:28.319 --> 01:44:31.399 Well, but you got it right though exactly. 2054 01:44:31.119 --> 01:44:33.359 I sounded like I speak Arabic. So there you go, boys, 2055 01:44:33.960 --> 01:44:34.439 all right? 2056 01:44:34.560 --> 01:44:38.880 So I asked Jamie Watson about this when Jamie was 2057 01:44:38.920 --> 01:44:39.920 on at the beginning of the show. 2058 01:44:40.000 --> 01:44:42.319 Oh, Jamie's worked with me, did you ask you should 2059 01:44:42.319 --> 01:44:43.119 have asked him about me? 2060 01:44:43.600 --> 01:44:44.840 Jamie? Do you know? 2061 01:44:44.960 --> 01:44:46.319 Do you want to know what Jamie did in my 2062 01:44:46.439 --> 01:44:49.640 MLS debut? It was It was not my It was 2063 01:44:49.640 --> 01:44:51.800 my second MLS game. I did my MS debut with 2064 01:44:51.840 --> 01:44:56.479 Devin Cut. My first game with Jamie Watson. A player 2065 01:44:56.520 --> 01:45:01.079 got hit in the man parts and I said the word, well, 2066 01:45:01.119 --> 01:45:03.079 that one was quite pay I'm sure that one was 2067 01:45:03.199 --> 01:45:03.840 very painful. 2068 01:45:04.119 --> 01:45:05.880 Jamie said, yeah, it was. 2069 01:45:05.960 --> 01:45:08.359 We've all been there before, and then took a really 2070 01:45:08.439 --> 01:45:12.039 awkward pause and said, well, not all of us, I suppose, and. 2071 01:45:12.159 --> 01:45:13.000 We could very. 2072 01:45:15.119 --> 01:45:17.439 It was quite the Yes, it was a good moment, 2073 01:45:17.760 --> 01:45:20.680 But the issue was they literally zoomed in on the 2074 01:45:20.760 --> 01:45:25.159 gentleman like rearranging his package. Oh my guys, I know 2075 01:45:25.439 --> 01:45:28.359 we have a male audience predominant. Well no, not in MLS. 2076 01:45:28.399 --> 01:45:30.479 We have a very female audience too. Maybe the females 2077 01:45:30.479 --> 01:45:32.319 would like that, who knows. But when you have a 2078 01:45:32.359 --> 01:45:35.520 female play by play, let's try not to cut to 2079 01:45:35.600 --> 01:45:39.439 the close up of the man rearranging his genitalia, because 2080 01:45:39.439 --> 01:45:39.880 what do you. 2081 01:45:39.840 --> 01:45:40.600 Want me to say? 2082 01:45:42.840 --> 01:45:44.119 Special delivery? Maybe? 2083 01:45:44.760 --> 01:45:46.800 No, John, it was my second game. I had to 2084 01:45:46.800 --> 01:45:47.439 play it safe. 2085 01:45:47.560 --> 01:45:49.000 You know now that I like this. 2086 01:45:49.039 --> 01:45:51.279 Weekend his game number six, I can take a few 2087 01:45:51.279 --> 01:45:52.920 more risks. 2088 01:45:53.159 --> 01:45:55.800 Basically, it's dead air. You have Jamie take it if 2089 01:45:55.800 --> 01:46:00.159 it's match name number two. Uh. We were all looking 2090 01:46:00.279 --> 01:46:05.399 at teams and the players that we were watching from 2091 01:46:05.760 --> 01:46:07.359 the teams that we don't get the chance to watch 2092 01:46:07.399 --> 01:46:09.279 like you got Esperance and a couple of others that 2093 01:46:09.319 --> 01:46:12.560 are not part of our normal viewing habits. Who are 2094 01:46:12.600 --> 01:46:16.680 some of the players that you think folks here on 2095 01:46:16.720 --> 01:46:19.560 this side of the Atlantic should be grabbing from rosters 2096 01:46:19.560 --> 01:46:22.119 on the other side of the Atlantic and bringing them 2097 01:46:22.119 --> 01:46:23.840 in as a part of Major League Soccer. Who are 2098 01:46:23.880 --> 01:46:25.840 some of your standouts from some clubs? 2099 01:46:26.239 --> 01:46:27.199 Well, I know he's. 2100 01:46:27.039 --> 01:46:29.159 Had some controversy, so I'm not even sure if it's 2101 01:46:29.199 --> 01:46:33.239 a possibility. But you said, Balily is incredible, And I 2102 01:46:33.319 --> 01:46:35.960 was so disappointed when he picked up the second yellow 2103 01:46:36.000 --> 01:46:39.760 card for diving, because then he missed the third game 2104 01:46:39.760 --> 01:46:42.479 for Esperance, and I think it would have been a 2105 01:46:42.600 --> 01:46:44.680 really different match for them if he'd have been able 2106 01:46:44.720 --> 01:46:48.800 to play. He's just incredible, electric explosives, so talented, so 2107 01:46:49.159 --> 01:46:53.159 love what he did, really passionate player. Obviously saw him 2108 01:46:53.199 --> 01:46:56.640 score the goal, So you said, Balily fantastic. I do 2109 01:46:56.680 --> 01:46:57.920 think it was kind of hard that he got that 2110 01:46:58.000 --> 01:47:00.680 yellow card. I don't think it was a penalty. For me, 2111 01:47:00.880 --> 01:47:04.600 simulation needs to be like a true dive, not over 2112 01:47:04.680 --> 01:47:05.239 selling it, do. 2113 01:47:05.239 --> 01:47:08.720 You know what I mean? Like, I don't like players 2114 01:47:08.760 --> 01:47:09.640 over selling it. 2115 01:47:09.880 --> 01:47:12.000 But if there's a little bit of contact and you 2116 01:47:12.039 --> 01:47:14.279 feel it and you go down, that's not to me 2117 01:47:14.720 --> 01:47:16.640 what the yellow card is for, do you know what 2118 01:47:16.640 --> 01:47:20.039 I mean? I just don't think you've ruled out the penalty. 2119 01:47:20.239 --> 01:47:21.880 Do you need to give a yellow card there when 2120 01:47:21.920 --> 01:47:24.199 he did feel contact? And again we go back to 2121 01:47:24.239 --> 01:47:27.720 football playing moves. Anyone that's been running full speed and 2122 01:47:27.760 --> 01:47:30.359 gets even a touch, sometimes you do go to ground 2123 01:47:30.399 --> 01:47:31.680 because you're caught off balance. 2124 01:47:31.800 --> 01:47:33.800 So love Baliley. 2125 01:47:34.159 --> 01:47:35.920 I don't think he'll ever come to him less because 2126 01:47:35.920 --> 01:47:38.840 he's playing for Al Hilal, but Salemo Dossre is so 2127 01:47:38.960 --> 01:47:39.640 good as well. 2128 01:47:39.680 --> 01:47:40.399 He I think he. 2129 01:47:40.319 --> 01:47:44.439 Pulled his hammy in the second game. I did so 2130 01:47:44.560 --> 01:47:48.239 he missed the rest of Al Hilao's incredible run, but 2131 01:47:48.279 --> 01:47:52.079 I thought he was absolutely amazing. And then again, never 2132 01:47:52.159 --> 01:47:54.960 gonna go. But you're seeing Bono what a goalkeeper man. 2133 01:47:55.039 --> 01:47:57.720 It was just lovely to watch him play in person. 2134 01:47:57.840 --> 01:48:02.399 Absolutely love that Wallace Yan was pretty good. But he's 2135 01:48:02.399 --> 01:48:05.119 going to go for big money. Honestly, guys, I hate 2136 01:48:05.119 --> 01:48:06.880 to say, if they're playing in club walk up with 2137 01:48:06.920 --> 01:48:09.920 the money that they're getting, it's going to be pretty difficult. 2138 01:48:10.640 --> 01:48:13.159 I liked watching Hugo Lauris play again, and it was 2139 01:48:13.279 --> 01:48:16.760 kind of cool to know that I commentated Juru's last 2140 01:48:16.760 --> 01:48:18.840 game for LAFC, so I guess that was kind of 2141 01:48:18.840 --> 01:48:19.720 a cool moment as well. 2142 01:48:20.039 --> 01:48:22.880 Here you go, Jered, what's on your already has been 2143 01:48:22.920 --> 01:48:27.399 doing this for fifteen years, pulling France out of the 2144 01:48:27.399 --> 01:48:31.359 fire and got blessing for it. But let me ask 2145 01:48:31.399 --> 01:48:35.039 you this then, of the club World Cup teams. How 2146 01:48:35.079 --> 01:48:37.479 do you stop the PSG death star? 2147 01:48:38.960 --> 01:48:42.520 I don't think you do, man, Holy crap, Like they 2148 01:48:42.560 --> 01:48:43.359 are so good. 2149 01:48:43.720 --> 01:48:45.760 It's just been amazing to see. 2150 01:48:45.800 --> 01:48:48.239 And what I love is led by such like a humble, 2151 01:48:48.279 --> 01:48:50.800 grounded coach that just everybody is rooting for. 2152 01:48:52.079 --> 01:48:53.560 I don't know if you stop them, but I. 2153 01:48:53.520 --> 01:48:56.920 Do love that the rhetoric towards MLS has had to 2154 01:48:56.920 --> 01:48:59.800 take a pause based on the fact these statistical comparison 2155 01:49:00.319 --> 01:49:03.840 between Into Miami's performance and Real Madrid's performance is bringing 2156 01:49:03.880 --> 01:49:05.800 me a lot of like, even though I'm not the 2157 01:49:05.800 --> 01:49:07.880 biggest Into Miami fan, right, I think anyone in a 2158 01:49:07.880 --> 01:49:10.640 Major League Soccer that work for a different club understands 2159 01:49:10.640 --> 01:49:12.960 like the difficulties of a team like Into Miami coming 2160 01:49:12.960 --> 01:49:15.399 in and becoming a darling. Right now, I work for 2161 01:49:15.399 --> 01:49:17.640 the league, Obviously, I see it from a slightly different perspective, 2162 01:49:17.720 --> 01:49:21.159 so be careful here, but I think that it's so 2163 01:49:21.399 --> 01:49:23.720 nice to see that MLS slander kind of have to 2164 01:49:23.760 --> 01:49:26.399 take a pause because Into Miami was more resilient and 2165 01:49:26.439 --> 01:49:29.800 put up more of a fight against PSG that I'm 2166 01:49:29.880 --> 01:49:32.840 kind of happy to watch PSG dominate everything and they 2167 01:49:32.920 --> 01:49:35.319 just play exciting fun soccer. 2168 01:49:35.640 --> 01:49:36.960 I don't think anyone's stopping them. 2169 01:49:37.000 --> 01:49:40.239 I think it's going to be a first ever because 2170 01:49:40.239 --> 01:49:41.399 that's technically what it is. 2171 01:49:41.399 --> 01:49:44.119 This is the first ever FIFA Club World Cup. Guys. 2172 01:49:44.119 --> 01:49:46.800 Some of the commentators on TNT are like saying it differently, 2173 01:49:46.840 --> 01:49:49.079 but we were told very specifically by this zone and 2174 01:49:49.119 --> 01:49:51.640 FIFA that this is the first ever edition of the 2175 01:49:51.720 --> 01:49:54.079 FIFA Club World Cup. This is a brand new tournament. 2176 01:49:54.239 --> 01:49:56.840 So the first ever champions of the FIFA Club World Cup. 2177 01:49:56.840 --> 01:49:59.520 It's going to be PSG. Surely I would put twenty 2178 01:49:59.520 --> 01:50:02.520 seven boxes on it, like a full Sam's Club juice box, 2179 01:50:02.960 --> 01:50:03.399 no doubt. 2180 01:50:03.880 --> 01:50:06.720 Sorry, Chelsea, No, I'm right there with you. Uh so, 2181 01:50:06.920 --> 01:50:09.199 do you get a weekend to catch your breath? 2182 01:50:09.960 --> 01:50:13.960 I'm fining to Chicago tonight. Oh wow, I got Chicago 2183 01:50:14.079 --> 01:50:15.600 San Diego tomorrow. Boys. 2184 01:50:15.800 --> 01:50:16.880 Oh cool? 2185 01:50:17.000 --> 01:50:20.359 Yeah, my last season pass eight thirty CM Eastern Jess 2186 01:50:20.359 --> 01:50:21.600 Stup and I enjoy. 2187 01:50:21.800 --> 01:50:23.199 What are you accent? 2188 01:50:24.479 --> 01:50:27.000 Matchup we're gonna have in Chicago at Soldier Field. 2189 01:50:27.760 --> 01:50:31.560 Pick it out, waiting for that, waiting for that from 2190 01:50:31.840 --> 01:50:34.720 from Ian. That's good. So with the study hall with 2191 01:50:34.880 --> 01:50:39.640 Chicago and San Diego. Mikey Verius Coach of the Year 2192 01:50:39.680 --> 01:50:40.960 for you or is it somebody else? 2193 01:50:41.600 --> 01:50:43.279 He is the nicest guy I've spoken to. 2194 01:50:43.359 --> 01:50:45.600 I The one thing I've had to adjust to is 2195 01:50:45.680 --> 01:50:50.159 season pass. It's funny because like in NASL coaching caols, 2196 01:50:50.199 --> 01:50:52.640 I feel super chill because I've been around it long 2197 01:50:52.720 --> 01:50:54.359 enough and people know who I am now. 2198 01:50:54.399 --> 01:50:56.159 And also I do the world feed, so I don't 2199 01:50:56.239 --> 01:50:58.119 lead the call with season pass. 2200 01:50:58.159 --> 01:50:59.720 I have to lead the call, and it's quite I 2201 01:50:59.760 --> 01:51:02.680 don't say intimidating, because I know I belong, but as 2202 01:51:02.720 --> 01:51:04.520 I get used to it, I'm a new face, like 2203 01:51:04.640 --> 01:51:07.840 introducing myself, asking these questions, hoping that the coaches haven't 2204 01:51:07.840 --> 01:51:09.760 been asked these because when you come into a league 2205 01:51:09.800 --> 01:51:12.159 mid season as a voice, it's quite difficult because you 2206 01:51:12.159 --> 01:51:14.680 don't necessarily haven't had the chance to ask the coaches 2207 01:51:14.800 --> 01:51:17.920 questions things like that. So like, I've done three Chicago 2208 01:51:17.960 --> 01:51:19.760 Fire games, so this was this is going to be 2209 01:51:19.840 --> 01:51:22.399 number three. So Greg Burholters probably fed up with me, 2210 01:51:22.439 --> 01:51:24.800 to be honest, he's a gentleman, he's lovely, and. 2211 01:51:24.760 --> 01:51:26.560 Then I'm gonna have to chat with Greg. Hey, I 2212 01:51:26.600 --> 01:51:27.520 can I can hint here. 2213 01:51:27.560 --> 01:51:29.079 I'm not going to say the exact words but I 2214 01:51:29.159 --> 01:51:31.680 might be talking to Greg on Monday or Tuesday next week. 2215 01:51:31.720 --> 01:51:36.399 Read between the lines if you want to winkling nuch now. 2216 01:51:36.520 --> 01:51:39.600 You also don't have to fly anywhere this midweek, so 2217 01:51:39.640 --> 01:51:45.520 that's going to be cool as well. But Mike, he's 2218 01:51:45.600 --> 01:51:47.359 just so lovely. It was so cool the minute I 2219 01:51:47.399 --> 01:51:48.840 popped them, like, oh, I haven't got to. 2220 01:51:48.760 --> 01:51:49.479 Meet you before. 2221 01:51:49.880 --> 01:51:52.920 Oh that's awesome, Yeah, ask away anything. The way he 2222 01:51:52.960 --> 01:51:55.359 talks about the game is fantastic. And the biggest thing 2223 01:51:55.399 --> 01:51:57.079 I took from the coaches CAOL is they want to 2224 01:51:57.079 --> 01:52:00.720 be an and team, not a butt team. They enjoy 2225 01:52:00.800 --> 01:52:03.960 the ball and their pressure is on point, not a 2226 01:52:04.000 --> 01:52:06.760 they're good on the ball, but they can't work in transition. 2227 01:52:06.800 --> 01:52:08.600 They always want to be an and team. 2228 01:52:08.840 --> 01:52:12.760 And I thought, I it seems such a basic concept, 2229 01:52:13.479 --> 01:52:15.840 but I absolutely love that because it's so true. How 2230 01:52:15.920 --> 01:52:18.600 often on a broadcast are we like, well, the goalkeeper 2231 01:52:18.680 --> 01:52:22.119 has great shots stopping, but his footwork sucks, or this 2232 01:52:22.279 --> 01:52:25.560 midfielder is really physical, but he's got the touch of 2233 01:52:25.600 --> 01:52:29.439 a donkey. So I love this kind of ability to 2234 01:52:29.439 --> 01:52:31.159 be able to be an and team, and I want 2235 01:52:31.159 --> 01:52:34.279 to be an and broadcaster right, And so Mikey has 2236 01:52:34.319 --> 01:52:36.720 really inspired me to It's funny. I had this call 2237 01:52:36.800 --> 01:52:39.079 yesterday and now I feel like that's like I'm gonna 2238 01:52:39.119 --> 01:52:42.039 steal his motto from San Diego and just take it 2239 01:52:42.079 --> 01:52:43.600 to my life that I want to be an and 2240 01:52:43.760 --> 01:52:47.560 broadcaster where hey, she's really good at goal calls and 2241 01:52:47.640 --> 01:52:49.760 she understands the flow of the game, or she's really 2242 01:52:49.840 --> 01:52:52.920 really well informed on the team and she's able to 2243 01:52:52.960 --> 01:52:55.199 control the tempo of the match, those kind of things. 2244 01:52:55.239 --> 01:52:58.000 So we need more and people in our lives and 2245 01:52:58.079 --> 01:53:00.520 less butt people. So I think it's like a mic 2246 01:53:00.600 --> 01:53:02.000 drop moment, honestly. 2247 01:53:02.039 --> 01:53:04.119 All right, so we'll make that your mic drop moment. 2248 01:53:04.239 --> 01:53:08.520 So MLS season past just charming one of our ogs, 2249 01:53:08.760 --> 01:53:12.079 always an og gonna be calling Chicago and San Diego, 2250 01:53:12.159 --> 01:53:15.239 where I would probably take the over considering the offensive 2251 01:53:15.279 --> 01:53:16.600 talent on both of these teams. 2252 01:53:16.720 --> 01:53:19.039 I was gonna say, these teams score goals for fun, 2253 01:53:19.159 --> 01:53:23.159 but also deflet in a lot of goals. So on paper, 2254 01:53:24.039 --> 01:53:26.640 Chicago's already been involved in two games where our team 2255 01:53:26.640 --> 01:53:30.600 has scored seven this season, wouldn't put against it. But 2256 01:53:30.720 --> 01:53:33.199 also now that we talk so much about the goalscoring 2257 01:53:33.239 --> 01:53:34.960 prize and the lack of defensive ability. 2258 01:53:35.119 --> 01:53:36.760 It could be Neil Nel who knows. 2259 01:53:37.000 --> 01:53:39.800 Yeah, we jinxed it. So it'll be great to see 2260 01:53:39.800 --> 01:53:42.560 you and he enjoy pick it out on Saturday with 2261 01:53:42.640 --> 01:53:45.760 Chicago and San Diego and then wink week nudge, nudge, 2262 01:53:45.840 --> 01:53:48.079 we'll have you back early next week. How about that, Jess, 2263 01:53:48.520 --> 01:53:49.199 I can't wait. 2264 01:53:49.239 --> 01:53:51.199 Thank you boys for having me as always always an 2265 01:53:51.239 --> 01:53:52.439 og Thank you very much. 2266 01:53:52.600 --> 01:53:57.439 All right, there goes Jess. So Jarrett other matches this 2267 01:53:57.520 --> 01:53:59.600 weekend that you're keeping an eye on. Does anything else 2268 01:53:59.600 --> 01:54:02.439 stick out to you when it comes with all the activity? 2269 01:54:03.119 --> 01:54:06.239 Well, let's see, let's take a look at the schedule. 2270 01:54:06.479 --> 01:54:09.399 Well, you've got I've got to pull up okay. 2271 01:54:09.119 --> 01:54:11.159 Cool if you want to read that for people to find, 2272 01:54:11.439 --> 01:54:12.159 don't do it for me. 2273 01:54:12.680 --> 01:54:14.680 But I mean, you've got You've got hell is Real, 2274 01:54:14.760 --> 01:54:18.239 You've got Philly Red Bulls, You've got Atlanta Toronto messy and. 2275 01:54:18.319 --> 01:54:23.079 Philly Red Bulls. Philly Red Bulls will be fun. I 2276 01:54:23.199 --> 01:54:24.279 forget who it was. 2277 01:54:24.199 --> 01:54:24.720 That wrote it. 2278 01:54:24.760 --> 01:54:26.800 Might have been dull over at MLS who wrote it 2279 01:54:27.640 --> 01:54:30.680 that what Philly thrives on is chaos, and good teams 2280 01:54:30.680 --> 01:54:34.119 don't allow chaos in the door, which is why Philly 2281 01:54:34.319 --> 01:54:37.840 is a really good team, but hey, they're rich whenever 2282 01:54:37.880 --> 01:54:41.159 you pick this up. But the question is, is Ken 2283 01:54:41.199 --> 01:54:45.600 Philly break down teams that are really good that don't 2284 01:54:45.640 --> 01:54:49.520 let chaos in the door. Yeah, that'll be the interesting one. 2285 01:54:49.560 --> 01:54:52.920 I know you said, Uh, Inter Miami and Nashville. Nashville's 2286 01:54:52.920 --> 01:54:55.159 going for five straight wins. Look, Nashville's the hottest team 2287 01:54:55.159 --> 01:54:56.960 in the league right now and is the top is 2288 01:54:57.000 --> 01:54:59.840 at the top of your do not want to play list? 2289 01:55:00.600 --> 01:55:07.720 What BJ Callahan does done is absolutely outstanding work. When 2290 01:55:07.840 --> 01:55:11.479 when when Gary got fired last year, they were very 2291 01:55:11.560 --> 01:55:12.279 much in the woods. 2292 01:55:12.279 --> 01:55:12.840 They got p J. 2293 01:55:13.000 --> 01:55:18.000 Callahan in, it was not pretty for a while, they 2294 01:55:18.039 --> 01:55:22.319 missed the playoffs. He apparently kept them for basically like 2295 01:55:22.359 --> 01:55:26.359 a postseason camp, which Walker Zimmerman attributes to a lot 2296 01:55:26.399 --> 01:55:30.279 of what they've done really well. Uh, you know, mess 2297 01:55:30.319 --> 01:55:33.560 and friends are always going to be fun. But Nashville 2298 01:55:34.439 --> 01:55:38.079 right now is the biggest buzz Saul that you do 2299 01:55:38.199 --> 01:55:40.159 not want to play in this league as far as 2300 01:55:40.199 --> 01:55:40.880 I'm concerned. 2301 01:55:42.319 --> 01:55:45.880 And yeah, and then so there's that one. Jamie's on 2302 01:55:45.920 --> 01:55:48.199 the call for that one. Jess is on the call 2303 01:55:48.359 --> 01:55:53.439 for Chicago and San Diego Austin without Brandon Vasquez for 2304 01:55:53.479 --> 01:55:55.039 the rest of the season is going to be hosting 2305 01:55:55.079 --> 01:55:58.720 New England. They're a slight favorite, so they're a handful 2306 01:55:58.760 --> 01:56:01.840 of you know, hell is reel. Since Dy Columbus and 2307 01:56:02.279 --> 01:56:04.279 DC heading out to LA to take on l a 2308 01:56:04.399 --> 01:56:08.239 G DC decides that they Troy Lay and. 2309 01:56:08.720 --> 01:56:10.199 He did not okay. 2310 01:56:11.479 --> 01:56:13.960 Resources to compete. No, he was not. 2311 01:56:16.880 --> 01:56:21.960 I my brain is My brain is giving Robin Fraser 2312 01:56:22.039 --> 01:56:26.720 vibes for Troy La Sane in the sense that I 2313 01:56:26.800 --> 01:56:31.119 don't know how good of a coach this guy is 2314 01:56:31.640 --> 01:56:35.680 because the resources were not there. Like Robin Fraser's resources 2315 01:56:35.680 --> 01:56:37.439 in Colorado. He had that he had one really good 2316 01:56:37.520 --> 01:56:39.920 year where they finished you know, I think top three 2317 01:56:39.920 --> 01:56:44.720 in the West. It was great or power to him, 2318 01:56:45.920 --> 01:56:53.159 but they didn't continue to spend for him and it 2319 01:56:53.159 --> 01:56:59.840 fell apart. But Troy Lasain did not exactly get a 2320 01:57:00.199 --> 01:57:02.920 resources to work with in BC. And I don't know 2321 01:57:02.960 --> 01:57:05.439 what to make of what Troy La Saying can be 2322 01:57:05.479 --> 01:57:07.319 as a manager in the same sense that like even 2323 01:57:07.399 --> 01:57:09.920 Robin Fraser going to Toronto, I don't know what to 2324 01:57:09.960 --> 01:57:12.439 make of Robin Fraser as a manager. I'm not gond 2325 01:57:12.439 --> 01:57:14.840 because like you can tell me, like, like, Fraser had 2326 01:57:14.880 --> 01:57:17.840 that one good year and since in Colorado and then 2327 01:57:17.960 --> 01:57:20.600 you know, it fell apart and it wasn't good. And like, 2328 01:57:21.239 --> 01:57:24.880 if I'm not gonna judge him strictly off this Toronto season, yeah, 2329 01:57:25.079 --> 01:57:31.840 I'm not, because he has been he's been handed a 2330 01:57:31.840 --> 01:57:34.319 really weird hand and now he's lost to his DPS. 2331 01:57:34.399 --> 01:57:36.279 Now maybe the chemistry and that team picks up. 2332 01:57:36.640 --> 01:57:39.680 I don't know, since since the two players were the 2333 01:57:39.680 --> 01:57:41.560 ones that were one of the two players was linked 2334 01:57:41.600 --> 01:57:44.520 to multiple run ins with multiple coaches. 2335 01:57:45.239 --> 01:57:49.880 Yeah, Like, there's there's levels to this that I can't 2336 01:57:50.039 --> 01:57:51.600 I can't sit here and tell you that Robin Fraser 2337 01:57:51.640 --> 01:57:53.800 is a great coach ords terrible coach. I'm not. It's 2338 01:57:53.800 --> 01:57:55.399 certainly not going to tell you he's a terrible coach 2339 01:57:55.439 --> 01:57:59.399 just because you know, Toronto isn't having a great year 2340 01:57:59.439 --> 01:58:02.399 because like and look, we all say, we literally, John, 2341 01:58:02.520 --> 01:58:03.880 we literally. 2342 01:58:04.199 --> 01:58:05.640 Just watched. 2343 01:58:07.399 --> 01:58:10.960 Chris Armis go to Toronto basically get hired to do 2344 01:58:11.000 --> 01:58:13.479 a job, not have the pieces to do that job, 2345 01:58:14.079 --> 01:58:16.960 and get fired. Yeah, and then go to Colorado and 2346 01:58:17.239 --> 01:58:20.680 Colorado's up and down this year, but they're spending their 2347 01:58:20.680 --> 01:58:23.159 giving resources and they were good last year and they're 2348 01:58:23.520 --> 01:58:25.399 I think they're still trying to find their feet and 2349 01:58:25.439 --> 01:58:30.319 he's still trying to find himself as a manager. But yeah, man, 2350 01:58:30.520 --> 01:58:33.720 like Trolo saying and Robin Fraser, both are guys that 2351 01:58:33.880 --> 01:58:36.079 I can't I'm not going to sit here and damn 2352 01:58:36.119 --> 01:58:38.359 them as managers because what they've been handed. 2353 01:58:40.439 --> 01:58:43.199 So we'll keep an eye on DC heading out to 2354 01:58:43.319 --> 01:58:46.199 Lag Lag is favored chasing after their third win of 2355 01:58:46.199 --> 01:58:48.239 the year. Does DC get the new coach bump from 2356 01:58:48.239 --> 01:58:50.000 someone that they brought in from Europe and they wasted 2357 01:58:50.079 --> 01:58:53.119 virtually no time in naming as their new head coach. 2358 01:58:53.159 --> 01:58:55.800 So we'll see what happens with see what happens with DC, 2359 01:58:56.319 --> 01:58:58.840 see what happens with Toronto and Atlanta, and what's your 2360 01:58:58.840 --> 01:59:00.479 gut tell you about what's gonna happ and a bemo. 2361 01:59:01.520 --> 01:59:04.640 Well, okay, so we have the question of do you 2362 01:59:04.720 --> 01:59:06.720 judge Dila off the season since he came on to 2363 01:59:06.800 --> 01:59:12.399 a broken roster. Oh, buddy, So, first of all, we 2364 01:59:12.439 --> 01:59:15.720 didn't think the roster was broken to begin with. We 2365 01:59:15.720 --> 01:59:20.840 were wrong. We didn't think it was broken at the beginning, 2366 01:59:23.119 --> 01:59:25.560 But you you are going to judge him on some things. 2367 01:59:26.239 --> 01:59:30.560 I'm also to the point personally, and this is a 2368 01:59:30.600 --> 01:59:35.159 me thing, this is not an SDH thing. I'm as 2369 01:59:35.199 --> 01:59:38.000 if not more critical of the players on the roster 2370 01:59:38.479 --> 01:59:42.119 because going back over a calendar year now, I've watched 2371 01:59:42.159 --> 01:59:45.680 guys on this roster not be able to lock in consistently. 2372 01:59:46.439 --> 01:59:49.319 They did it under they did it under Rob Valentino. 2373 01:59:49.359 --> 01:59:51.560 Go back to the Nashville game, which was kind of 2374 01:59:51.600 --> 01:59:54.239 the that was kind of the full crumb of Rob's 2375 01:59:54.319 --> 01:59:57.119 time as his second stint as interim manager. Because go 2376 01:59:57.199 --> 01:59:59.800 back to when Atlanta lost to Nashville at home and 2377 02:00:00.119 --> 02:00:02.680 embarrassed by a Nashville team that had not turned the 2378 02:00:02.680 --> 02:00:05.760 corner yet and got physically dominated and pushed around and 2379 02:00:05.760 --> 02:00:12.560 didn't fight back. I have watched this roster just look 2380 02:00:12.680 --> 02:00:16.479 like they don't have that dog in them. Yeah, And 2381 02:00:17.039 --> 02:00:20.319 because because like here's the thing, it's not always going 2382 02:00:20.359 --> 02:00:23.159 to be roses. You're gonna have to fight through. This 2383 02:00:23.239 --> 02:00:27.359 is to to blend your analogies. I think it was 2384 02:00:27.399 --> 02:00:29.680 John Smoltz once talked about, you know, you only have 2385 02:00:29.840 --> 02:00:37.159 your A plus stuff on the mound, what like three 2386 02:00:37.239 --> 02:00:39.680 or four times a year. The rest of it, you're 2387 02:00:39.840 --> 02:00:45.279 you're grinding it out. You're only gonna have your most teams. 2388 02:00:45.520 --> 02:00:48.279 Most teams are only gonna have their like three four 2389 02:00:48.359 --> 02:00:52.960 five goal a game, beautiful champagne styles a couple times 2390 02:00:53.000 --> 02:00:55.520 a year that it's gonna line up. You're gonna have 2391 02:00:55.560 --> 02:00:57.600 to grind out the rest of them. Right now, this 2392 02:00:57.600 --> 02:01:01.439 this roster does not feel like maybe individuals do feel like. 2393 02:01:01.439 --> 02:01:03.520 I'm not going to speak for all the individuals as 2394 02:01:03.560 --> 02:01:06.199 a collective. This roster does not have that grind mentality 2395 02:01:06.199 --> 02:01:09.479 on them to grind out those tough times, to grind 2396 02:01:09.479 --> 02:01:13.079 out those tough games. So will Dala be judged, Yes, 2397 02:01:13.319 --> 02:01:15.439 because he's the manager of this team, and God bless him, 2398 02:01:15.479 --> 02:01:18.279 he is trying different things. God knows he has run 2399 02:01:18.279 --> 02:01:22.680 out eighty five thousand different combinations, different ideas, different formations, 2400 02:01:22.800 --> 02:01:27.119 different setups, you know, different instructions to try and find 2401 02:01:27.199 --> 02:01:32.479 something that works. But look, everyone most scatters already. 2402 02:01:32.279 --> 02:01:32.720 Out the door. 2403 02:01:33.680 --> 02:01:36.880 I remember it takes two to tango. So before you 2404 02:01:36.920 --> 02:01:39.159 start burning the roster down and understand guys that you 2405 02:01:39.159 --> 02:01:44.199 have to have a place for guys to go. I 2406 02:01:44.239 --> 02:01:48.279 think personally there that will be if if you can 2407 02:01:48.319 --> 02:01:50.800 do it, it will be a very very busy summer. Yes, 2408 02:01:50.880 --> 02:01:52.039 there will be a lot of bloodshed. 2409 02:01:52.239 --> 02:01:52.439 Yep. 2410 02:01:54.560 --> 02:01:57.399 Will Ronnie be judged for it? Yeah, because he's manager. 2411 02:01:57.760 --> 02:01:59.840 Well you think that's fair or not. He is a manager. 2412 02:02:00.079 --> 02:02:04.560 He's going to be judged for it. I will. 2413 02:02:04.560 --> 02:02:05.079 And we'll see. 2414 02:02:05.119 --> 02:02:07.399 We'll see how the how the season ends after the 2415 02:02:07.399 --> 02:02:11.720 summer window. We'll see if if they find you just 2416 02:02:11.760 --> 02:02:13.399 brought in a center back as well. Let's see if 2417 02:02:13.399 --> 02:02:17.399 they find some cajonas about themselves as far as this 2418 02:02:17.520 --> 02:02:20.000 game goes. As I jump off the off ramp to 2419 02:02:20.159 --> 02:02:27.840 John's question, sure, I don't know. It's a team that 2420 02:02:27.960 --> 02:02:32.840 so often looks like they're thinking instead of playing and 2421 02:02:32.880 --> 02:02:35.960 playing scared and I'm I'm sick of watching them play 2422 02:02:35.960 --> 02:02:38.520 scared man like. And when I say play scared, I 2423 02:02:38.560 --> 02:02:42.279 mean like when Atlanta gets into the final third, it's 2424 02:02:42.439 --> 02:02:44.840 it's like they're afraid to drive at someone, and it's 2425 02:02:44.840 --> 02:02:48.439 like they're afraid to take chances. And I it's it's 2426 02:02:48.439 --> 02:02:54.880 for me, John, it's it's exhausting because I'm I am 2427 02:02:54.960 --> 02:02:57.640 expecting this team to be more like what we saw 2428 02:02:57.680 --> 02:03:00.880 in preseason, which was aggressive in the final third, trying 2429 02:03:00.960 --> 02:03:03.760 to make that line splitting pass, playing that more dangerous ball, 2430 02:03:03.760 --> 02:03:05.920 because when you do it your own in the final third. 2431 02:03:05.960 --> 02:03:09.159 That's fine. The the insanity of this team is that 2432 02:03:09.239 --> 02:03:11.319 the risk taking is so often in front of their 2433 02:03:11.359 --> 02:03:14.920 own goal. And you know, whether that's Miguel Almaron, who 2434 02:03:16.079 --> 02:03:19.159 is all over God's creation dropping back everywhere to get 2435 02:03:19.199 --> 02:03:21.560 on the ball and then misplaying passes. Almost gave up 2436 02:03:21.560 --> 02:03:23.399 a goal against DC the same way you gave one 2437 02:03:23.479 --> 02:03:26.000 up against red balls Migual Amaron dropping way back into 2438 02:03:26.000 --> 02:03:28.479 the back right and then playing the ball across the middle. 2439 02:03:28.520 --> 02:03:31.800 That was just ill advised and poor to hit. Like 2440 02:03:31.920 --> 02:03:34.840 that's where you're taking risks. Now, No, take some damn 2441 02:03:34.920 --> 02:03:37.920 risks in the attacking half. Get into the final third 2442 02:03:37.920 --> 02:03:41.439 and take a risk, play a ball over the top, like, 2443 02:03:42.000 --> 02:03:45.880 try and get creative, you know, don't just get it 2444 02:03:45.920 --> 02:03:47.479 out to Brooks. Learn ask him to pump in a 2445 02:03:47.560 --> 02:03:53.479 line cross. Don't just ask Pedromador to hit an early cross. 2446 02:03:54.920 --> 02:03:59.319 Take some chances placing through balls, try and combine, try 2447 02:03:59.359 --> 02:04:02.880 and pick out that pass to break a team over 2448 02:04:03.000 --> 02:04:07.000 your knee. And they have not shown that bravery in 2449 02:04:07.079 --> 02:04:14.720 the attacking half. And I'm flabbergasted. 2450 02:04:13.840 --> 02:04:16.399 By a John You're not the only one I know. 2451 02:04:16.960 --> 02:04:20.359 But that's just particulating how I thought about Ronnie was 2452 02:04:20.359 --> 02:04:26.039 in the two s match. Great. Look, I've long maintained 2453 02:04:26.039 --> 02:04:28.720 at this point, if things are cooked, I'm bringing guys 2454 02:04:28.800 --> 02:04:31.960 up like I'm putting Will Riley out there now that 2455 02:04:32.039 --> 02:04:34.359 Jay's out for the year, especially like I'm putting Will 2456 02:04:34.439 --> 02:04:37.399 Riley out there to fight. If I got to call 2457 02:04:37.399 --> 02:04:39.000 a short term now that I'm down a winger, if 2458 02:04:39.000 --> 02:04:41.039 I got to call a short term a moistista blante 2459 02:04:41.359 --> 02:04:44.039 and I tell him, Hey, I need you to play 2460 02:04:45.479 --> 02:04:49.560 too stupid to be afraid ball and because want will 2461 02:04:49.640 --> 02:04:55.960 drive that you like man is insane, you know, Looke, 2462 02:04:56.079 --> 02:05:00.439 I need, I need more Luke Brendon minutes the I 2463 02:05:00.520 --> 02:05:04.800 need Caman toga sheet mm hmm, like driving at people 2464 02:05:04.880 --> 02:05:07.760 and pressing people and getting stuck in a quarter of 2465 02:05:07.800 --> 02:05:13.319 a second late, because if you're starting eleven, because a 2466 02:05:13.359 --> 02:05:15.199 lot of times what will happen as a manager get 2467 02:05:15.239 --> 02:05:18.119 stuck into the not stuck into but into the idea 2468 02:05:18.159 --> 02:05:20.199 of I'm gonna run my starting eleven out there because 2469 02:05:20.560 --> 02:05:23.760 there's tension on the job right now and we need 2470 02:05:23.800 --> 02:05:26.560 to win, and these guys are giving me. 2471 02:05:26.560 --> 02:05:27.600 A chance to win. Yeah. 2472 02:05:28.800 --> 02:05:32.279 Great, But when you're doing that you're still giving up 2473 02:05:32.319 --> 02:05:35.520 three goals game, you might as well just might as 2474 02:05:35.520 --> 02:05:37.800 well see what the kids can keep. You might as 2475 02:05:37.840 --> 02:05:40.319 well see what it looks like when it's Noah Cobb 2476 02:05:40.520 --> 02:05:42.439 at fran Morales who was your man in the match 2477 02:05:42.720 --> 02:05:46.239 yep last weekend. Might as well see what you got met. 2478 02:05:47.960 --> 02:05:51.359 And on that note, once again remind you the very 2479 02:05:51.439 --> 02:05:55.279 very busy weekend that Landy United Toronto FC. That is 2480 02:05:56.319 --> 02:06:01.359 five stripes countdown with Maddie and Abes six thirty on 2481 02:06:01.439 --> 02:06:03.039 ninety two nine in the game in the Odyssey app 2482 02:06:03.119 --> 02:06:05.800 kick off at seven forty from BEMO and then the 2483 02:06:05.800 --> 02:06:10.920 full time report after then with everybody flying back from Toronto. 2484 02:06:10.960 --> 02:06:14.439 And by the way, unified match at Landy United Toronto FC. 2485 02:06:15.039 --> 02:06:18.960 Their conflicting reports nine thirty ten o'clock in there on 2486 02:06:19.119 --> 02:06:21.520 Saturday mornings, so keep an eye out on your socials. 2487 02:06:22.680 --> 02:06:25.479 Toronto FC is saying ten, Atlanta United saying nine to 2488 02:06:25.560 --> 02:06:29.039 thirty in their releases, so early Saturday morning, keep an 2489 02:06:29.079 --> 02:06:31.000 eye out for that nine thirty ten o'clock somewhere in 2490 02:06:31.000 --> 02:06:34.199 there at Lanty United's unified Toronto FC's unified first match 2491 02:06:34.239 --> 02:06:37.399 for them since twenty nineteen. So I think the Jason 2492 02:06:37.399 --> 02:06:38.720 and the Hoff will have the call on that one 2493 02:06:38.800 --> 02:06:41.920 up at Demo U. Then on Sunday ninety two nine, 2494 02:06:41.960 --> 02:06:44.520 in the game in the Odyssey app, Maddy and Jason 2495 02:06:44.640 --> 02:06:48.079 will have the twos and Columbus Crew two on the network. 2496 02:06:48.640 --> 02:06:52.279 We'll have pregame on SDH about seven o'clock, go for 2497 02:06:52.279 --> 02:06:55.560 about twenty minutes. Then we will yield the balance of 2498 02:06:55.600 --> 02:06:57.520 our time and then about seven to twenty five, Maddy 2499 02:06:57.560 --> 02:06:59.920 and Jason will come in and it'll be Maddie and 2500 02:07:00.079 --> 02:07:01.720 Jason on the call ninety two nine in the game 2501 02:07:01.720 --> 02:07:04.399 for the twos and Crew two. I'll be on for halftime, 2502 02:07:04.439 --> 02:07:06.319 We'll have postgame and we'll let you know what's going 2503 02:07:06.359 --> 02:07:08.399 on with that. So very very busy weekend at ninety 2504 02:07:08.399 --> 02:07:09.720 two nine the game in the Odyssey app for it 2505 02:07:09.800 --> 02:07:12.479 Lanty nighted First Team Unified. You can watch that on 2506 02:07:12.479 --> 02:07:16.319 Socials and on the twos as well on Sunday night 2507 02:07:16.399 --> 02:07:18.680 from the fraction, so you get your get your action 2508 02:07:18.720 --> 02:07:20.800 from the fraction and you can have a mo at 2509 02:07:20.840 --> 02:07:24.840 BEMO on Saturday. So very very full weekend across the board. 2510 02:07:25.760 --> 02:07:28.239 Jared as always my friend. Now it's nine to twelve 2511 02:07:28.359 --> 02:07:31.239 on a Friday morning, thanks for as always dropping by, 2512 02:07:31.680 --> 02:07:35.600 no problem. It is time. Since it is a Friday, 2513 02:07:35.920 --> 02:07:38.960 we have to play. We have to make sure that 2514 02:07:39.000 --> 02:07:42.840 the whistle, the Friday, the Friday Whistle plays in its entirety. 2515 02:07:42.960 --> 02:07:48.079 So for jareded for Jess, for Chris Whittingham, and for 2516 02:07:48.199 --> 02:07:50.600 Jamie Watson, for everybody else here at SDH. It was 2517 02:07:50.640 --> 02:07:52.159 a fun show. It was a full show. We always 2518 02:07:52.199 --> 02:07:54.159 like it when that happens on a Friday. So a 2519 02:07:54.199 --> 02:07:56.640 played safe. Everybody, enjoy your weekend. Be safe. We will 2520 02:07:56.680 --> 02:07:59.880 catch up with you again before you know it. Saturday, Sunday. 2521 02:08:00.079 --> 02:08:03.000 Back here on Monday, and because it is Friday, this 2522 02:08:03.079 --> 02:08:03.640 is where we go. 2523 02:08:04.560 --> 02:08:06.359 The war was. 2524 02:08:08.520 --> 02:08:12.520 The keys on the typewriter had sharp points. 2525 02:08:12.079 --> 02:08:18.039 To keep sticking into our fingers. The dictating equipment started 2526 02:08:18.199 --> 02:08:22.199 asking us questions, and our papers. 2527 02:08:22.119 --> 02:08:25.159 Sent electric shocks just threw our. 2528 02:08:25.079 --> 02:08:28.760 Body like a cattle prod out in the warehouse. The 2529 02:08:28.840 --> 02:08:34.079 trucks kept banging into the docks, not even thinking about stopping. 2530 02:08:34.600 --> 02:08:40.720 Our frail bodies were strapped to the chairs, and our chairs. 2531 02:08:40.560 --> 02:08:48.239 Were chained to the desks. Our please for justice were ignored. 2532 02:08:48.039 --> 02:08:50.960 And the end seemed near. 2533 02:08:52.680 --> 02:09:02.760 But we busted our slave drivers little bitny Balls, Hler Break, Fortress, 2534 02:09:03.159 --> 02:09:17.439 the streets, our Harsty Gods. Yes, Friday, Friday, Friday Day,