Speaker 1: Welcome into another edition of the Morning Espresso on the
Speaker 1: SDH Network, brought to you by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier
Speaker 1: undergraduate learning experience and soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore. Busy,
Speaker 1: busy day for the SDH Network. We'll be at Atlanta
Speaker 1: United training this morning. We'll have a training ground dispatch
Speaker 1: later today. You'll hear from Matt Edwards. You'll hear from
Speaker 1: Ronnie Dila. We have a special interview that you will
Speaker 1: hear later today as well. Madison Cruz and I sat
Speaker 1: down with Ronnie Dila and talked about his coaching journey
Speaker 1: beyond the lookout for that later this afternoon. We've got
Speaker 1: World Cup qualifying Tonight. The Brewhouse Cafe is going to
Speaker 1: be packed. The US men's national team has a friendly.
Speaker 1: Argentina played Columbia tonight. Brazil Carlo Ancelotti his home debut
Speaker 1: this evening. They could actually clinch qualification Venezuela. They have
Speaker 1: a massive game tonight in Uruguay. It's going to be
Speaker 1: a very hectic day on the soccer front. And just
Speaker 1: to add to the chaos, the club World Cup transfer
Speaker 1: deadline is today. There are deals that are in process
Speaker 1: that are not over the line yet. There are deals
Speaker 1: that have fallen apart, there are deals that have magically
Speaker 1: appeared out of thin air. It's what's going on today.
Speaker 1: Let's get caught up on the transfer deadline. Manchester City
Speaker 1: they got the deal done with Wolves for Ryan at Nourri,
Speaker 1: the left back, forty two million dollars, the Algerian national
Speaker 1: team defender. Now they're trying to get two more over
Speaker 1: the line, Ryan Cherkee from Leone, the new Friend international.
Speaker 1: They want him to be available for the Club World Cup,
Speaker 1: and they're trying to get their goalkeeper room solidified a
Speaker 1: little bit more with Chelsea goalkeeper Marcus Pettinelli. Those two
Speaker 1: are not done yet. At Nori is done and he
Speaker 1: will be part of the City squad for the Club
Speaker 1: World Cup. Juventus they have now confirmed that Egor Tudor
Speaker 1: is going to be their manager for next season. He
Speaker 1: is no longer the interim they were waiting. They were looking,
Speaker 1: they were thinking they were processing other people that then
Speaker 1: ended up not becoming available because they stayed with the
Speaker 1: League champions and they decided to just stick with the
Speaker 1: guy who got them into the Champions League for next year.
Speaker 1: So now no interim tag on Egor Tudor as he
Speaker 1: goes into the Club World Cup. Chelsea they were trying
Speaker 1: to get the deal over the line with Milan for
Speaker 1: Mike Magnon ahead of the Club World Cup. They said
Speaker 1: they're not going to up the offer any higher than
Speaker 1: fifteen million euro for a player going into the last
Speaker 1: year of his contract, and they have walked away from
Speaker 1: the table. Reportedly, at this stage there's still time they
Speaker 1: might come back to the table, but right now they
Speaker 1: have walked away from that table and Mike Magnon is
Speaker 1: gonna stay at Milan. Al Hilal they have taken a
Speaker 1: swing for about fifty different players. It seems like I
Speaker 1: think they were gonna try to set up basically like
Speaker 1: a pop up shop in Paris. As they were negotiating
Speaker 1: with people, they thought they were gonna get Taylornandez. Now
Speaker 1: it looks like he's more likely to go to Atletico
Speaker 1: Madrid later in the summer. Al Hilal is trying to
Speaker 1: get in Golo Kante from al Itti had on a
Speaker 1: short term loan for the tournament. According to the Athletic,
Speaker 1: that one has popped up out of thin air this morning,
Speaker 1: but it looks like they're gonna miss out on all
Speaker 1: of their big targets Al Hilal unless they get it
Speaker 1: some of these short term loans maybe over the line
Speaker 1: from players in the Saudi Pro League. At Leti. It
Speaker 1: doesn't look like they're gonna get Johnny Cardoso ahead of
Speaker 1: the tournament either. They have finalized the permanent transfers of
Speaker 1: Clemont Lingle from Barcelona and one Musso from Atalanta, both
Speaker 1: or on loan with the club. Now those have been
Speaker 1: made permanent and Diego Simioni spoke to the media yesterday.
Speaker 1: This is a manager who's extremely ambitious as usual, but
Speaker 1: he is coming to this tournament to win this tournament.
Speaker 1: That is their club's objective, to start the new process
Speaker 1: with this team. He talked about the pain of losing
Speaker 1: out so so narrowly to Real Madrid and the Champions League.
Speaker 1: They're coming to the Club World Cup to win it.
Speaker 1: I think they're a team to watch along with Real Madrid,
Speaker 1: along with Manchester City in this tournament that maybe have
Speaker 1: that chip on their shoulder and something to prove enter.
Speaker 1: They are trying to get a deal done with promising
Speaker 1: Valencia center back Christian Musquerra. He has one year left
Speaker 1: on his contract. It's unclear on if they're going to
Speaker 1: be able to get that one done ahead of the
Speaker 1: deadline for the Club World Cup. Let's move over to
Speaker 1: the US men's national team tonight playing Switzerland and Nashville. Really,
Speaker 1: all the news is about stuff away from the team
Speaker 1: right now. I'm not even going to get into the
Speaker 1: Donovan versus Polistic family feud because you know, come on, really,
Speaker 1: this is what we're doing. This is where we're at
Speaker 1: right now with US soccer and the conversation around it.
Speaker 1: We've got to stop trying to go viral with takes,
Speaker 1: and we've got to stop piling on with takes. That's
Speaker 1: a very bad habit that I think we have in
Speaker 1: this country when we talk about the game, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of piling on and amplifying of takes. And now
Speaker 1: this is really turned into one as the Christian Polisic
Speaker 1: conversation just continues to get twisted into different directions. The
Speaker 1: reports that are interesting here are two of them, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, about the US men's national team, about what
Speaker 1: their club situations could look like for next year. Unis Musa.
Speaker 1: There is interest from Napoli and Antonio Conte, big fan
Speaker 1: of the player wants to bring him in to the
Speaker 1: Sera add Champions as they try to strengthen as they
Speaker 1: get ready for a Champions League campaign next year. Musa
Speaker 1: to play for Conte would be outstanding for him and
Speaker 1: for the US men's national team. And the big one
Speaker 1: is Matt Turner. Reports of a nine million dollar move
Speaker 1: for Matt Turner to go to Leon from Nottingham Forest.
Speaker 1: Now he would be going to a club where Lucas Petri,
Speaker 1: the Brazilian, made forty five appearances last season. There have
Speaker 1: been reports of interest from other clubs in Better so
Speaker 1: maybe that opens the door for Matt Turner to be
Speaker 1: the number one at leone. Otherwise, if you're going from
Speaker 1: a number three or four situation to a number two situation,
Speaker 1: is that really better in this case? Hopefully there are
Speaker 1: really concrete plans and conversations about Matt Turner getting significant
Speaker 1: playing time at Leon next season. We're just gonna have
Speaker 1: to wait and Seelion will be in the Europa League
Speaker 1: next year, so they're gonna have plenty of matches to play.
Speaker 1: Bad news out of the squad, Tyler Adams, He's gonna
Speaker 1: miss the night due to a foot injury. He is
Speaker 1: now questionable for the Gold Cup, which starts this weekend.
Speaker 1: There is a game against Switzerland. Hopefully the US can
Speaker 1: look better for longer periods of time, and also better
Speaker 1: when those moments of adversity pop up like they did
Speaker 1: in the middle of the first half against Turkey, a
Speaker 1: where you have a really weird deflected goal at Cardoso's
Speaker 1: trying to play the ball out of too risky of
Speaker 1: a pass. It deflex in and then you kind of
Speaker 1: lost your heads for a while, gave up another goal,
Speaker 1: could have given up more, and never really got going again.
Speaker 1: We'll see if they can handle things a little bit
Speaker 1: better tonight against Switzerland eight o'clock for the start time
Speaker 1: Conca CAFF World Cup qualifying. Let's take a look at
Speaker 1: where things stand. Second round ends today in Conca CAFF.
Speaker 1: There are still three spots out of the twelve who
Speaker 1: will advance to the third and final round on Duras
Speaker 1: Costa Rica, Curous out at Nicaragua, Pana, Maguatemalaja make a Surinam.
Speaker 1: They are all into the third round Cuba tonight. They
Speaker 1: are in with a win or a draw against Bermuda.
Speaker 1: Bermuda goes in if they beat Cuba today. Trinidad and Tobago,
Speaker 1: they should be okay. They're on seven points, they have
Speaker 1: a plus ten gold differential. Granada is behind them with
Speaker 1: four points and a plus three gold differential. They're still alive.
Speaker 1: Costa Rica gets a result tonight in or Trinidad and Tobago.
Speaker 1: If they get a result tonight in Costa Rica, they
Speaker 1: are in with it. With any result, Granada needs a
Speaker 1: loss for Trinidad and Tobago and to win at Saint
Speaker 1: Kitts and Nevis and flip the gold differential. It's not
Speaker 1: likely Trinidad should be okay, but we're just gonna have
Speaker 1: to wait and see on that one little bit. More
Speaker 1: of some drama here with El South. They are in
Speaker 1: if they get a result against Surinam, who've already clinched.
Speaker 1: If they lose and Puerto Rico they win against Saint
Speaker 1: Vincent's and Grenadines, then Puerto Rico gets in. But they
Speaker 1: need El Salvador to lose and then Puerto Rico has
Speaker 1: to win. They've already gotten the better goal differential, so
Speaker 1: that won't come into play. Puerto Rico win El Salvador loss,
Speaker 1: it's Puerto Rico who goes into the final round for
Speaker 1: CONCA CAFF World Cup qualifying that'll start in the fall.
Speaker 1: Let's go to South America, Brazil. If Venezuela loses tonight
Speaker 1: at Uruguay, which they would be favored to do so,
Speaker 1: Uruguay will be the favorite there. If that happens, and
Speaker 1: whoever wins between Brazil and Paraguay, the winner would clinch
Speaker 1: a spot. A draw, I think it's still all alive.
Speaker 1: A Venezuela win in Uruguay in Montevideo would pretty much
Speaker 1: lock up the playoff spot in seventh place, and they
Speaker 1: maybe could kick on a little bit higher begin of
Speaker 1: that in a second. If Venezuela lou Us again, which
Speaker 1: would be the more likely outcome, then that opens the
Speaker 1: door for Bolivia, who lost in Venezuela last week. Bolivia
Speaker 1: hosts Chile, and Bolivia would be the favorite in that one.
Speaker 1: Ecuador they are in second place, they clench with a
Speaker 1: win at Peru today. Colombia they are feeling a little
Speaker 1: bit of pressure in that sixth spot. They're in Buenos
Speaker 1: Aires to face Argentina. If Venezuela wins in Colombia loses,
Speaker 1: then things get really interesting for the final two rounds.
Speaker 1: For that last automatic spot and the playoff spot could
Speaker 1: be an intriguing night in South America and we'll finish
Speaker 1: up with the Italian national team in Europe. Claudio Ranieri
Speaker 1: has declined the opportunity to take over the Italian national team.
Speaker 1: It's a funky one because now Italy have to figure
Speaker 1: out their manager situation. We'll talk about that in a second.
Speaker 1: They really need to be perfect the rest of the way.
Speaker 1: They did beat Moldova yesterday, they got to be perfect.
Speaker 1: Then they got to beat Norway when they host them
Speaker 1: on November sixteenth. That could be one of the biggest
Speaker 1: games in the last decade for the Italian national team.
Speaker 1: That would give them a chance to win the group
Speaker 1: and automatic qualification. Otherwise you're going into the European playoffs
Speaker 1: in March, and if Italy misses three straight World Cups,
Speaker 1: this would be one of the biggest shocks in World
Speaker 1: Cup history. I don't feel like that's an exaggeration. So
Speaker 1: who's gonna take over if Ronieri's not gonna do it.
Speaker 1: According to a lot of reports, Stefano Pioli was the
Speaker 1: most expected person, but Sky Italia has thrown a different
Speaker 1: hat into the ring. Gennaro Gattuso. Gattuso on the sideline
Speaker 1: for Italy when they're not playing well, would be a
Speaker 1: must watch. You would need a Gattuso cam. Now. He
Speaker 1: just left his Croatian club Hadjak split. He left that
Speaker 1: club recently, so he is available. Gennaro Gatuso to Italy.
Speaker 1: Sign me up for the Gattuso cam. I want to
Speaker 1: see this. That's gonna do it for this edition of
Speaker 1: The Morning Espresso, No Espresso. Tomorrow gonna be a busy
Speaker 1: day on the Atlanta media front, as there will be
Speaker 1: a press conference downtown talking about Atlanta and the World
Speaker 1: Cup and the plans for everything next summer. As we
Speaker 1: are really one year out from the World Cup coming
Speaker 1: to the United States and Mexico and Canada in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six. It is crazy to think about that. Tons
Speaker 1: of coverage on our end of everything related to that
Speaker 1: and club World Cup, which we're less than a week
Speaker 1: away from the tournament starting, and the tournament starting in
Speaker 1: Atlanta as Chelsea hosts LAFC at Mercedes Benz Stadium on
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Speaker 1: will We'll have tons of content. As I said earlier
Speaker 1: today on the network, We've got a training ground dispatch
Speaker 1: coming from Marietta. We've got an exclusive interview with Ronnie
Speaker 1: Daila about his coaching journey, a really fun conversation that
Speaker 1: Madison Cruz and I got to have with Ronnie yesterday.
Speaker 1: All of that is coming out very soon on the network,
Speaker 1: and go to Soccer down Here dot net. You can
Speaker 1: read about the process of installing the pitch for the
Speaker 1: Club World Cup at Mercedes Benz Stadium. You can read
Speaker 1: about the previews of the groups in the Club World Cup,
Speaker 1: and you can get some team profiles as well. Thank
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