Speaker 1: H Here we go, Here we go. It's another episode
Speaker 1: of First eleven eleven minutes or less, your DC and
Speaker 1: IED podcast, Your Soccer podcast along with US Soccer Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame with Bruce Murray. I'm Dave Johnson d C
Speaker 1: andited at the weekend a zero zero drawl with Club
Speaker 1: Dave Foot Montreal H. Bruce, just just quick overall impressions
Speaker 1: of the game. We'll get some comments from Troy La
Speaker 1: say and talk about what they need to do offensively,
Speaker 1: but just overall impressions because they did get the clean sheet.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the game. The game was flat day. We didn't
Speaker 2: we didn't come out and boss the game. Part of
Speaker 2: the problem was Montreal had a five man midfield and
Speaker 2: we just couldn't figure it out. We had to get
Speaker 2: up the field a lot quicker. Uh, and we didn't
Speaker 2: and we It just was flat and the players will
Speaker 2: be disappointed. But again, we're undefeated and I'll look at
Speaker 2: it Troy's way. You know, we're undefeated four games in.
Speaker 1: That's that's you get points from every match so far
Speaker 1: for d C. And I let's hear from Troy lassaying
Speaker 1: about what they did do attacking.
Speaker 3: The attacks were successful, you know they were really quick interchanges.
Speaker 3: The one that Gabby in the first half, if you
Speaker 3: can remember that, it's a really good ball inside the
Speaker 3: eighteen into Peglo and it's a very quick action from
Speaker 3: Peglo for a close finish from Gabby.
Speaker 4: Right Aaron Herrera, where do you are some gold on
Speaker 4: the right side, Hey, through ball back, you'll comeing.
Speaker 5: Through Parani coming out siwah.
Speaker 6: Wow.
Speaker 5: And Sarah was able to deny Parani. But Sarah had
Speaker 5: to come out and get down on the turf, put
Speaker 5: it off frame, out of play, harassed by the charging suwap.
Speaker 7: That's a good example.
Speaker 3: We didn't have enough of that type of combination play
Speaker 3: that was at that speed. It usually got into positions
Speaker 3: and we took an extra touch or we played it
Speaker 3: wide again, and we just never really threatened Montreal. Credit
Speaker 3: to Montreal, though, I thought that they did an excellent
Speaker 3: job defending.
Speaker 7: All right.
Speaker 1: We just heard the comments Bruce of Troy was saying
Speaker 1: that great chance where Pirani he was in and Suwac
Speaker 1: came up big. But that was one of the themes
Speaker 1: of the day. Jonathan Sierwa the goalkeeper. But when you
Speaker 1: heard the comments of Troy Lasain and you've been in
Speaker 1: an attacking position. What was missing Saturday from DC United's
Speaker 1: attack and what should they apply this Saturday against Orlando
Speaker 1: or is you hear and make those comments.
Speaker 7: Well, in the.
Speaker 2: Final third, we had possession twenty twenty two passes and
Speaker 2: we just could not you know, pick the lock.
Speaker 7: We couldn't we couldn't figure our way through.
Speaker 2: And so in that situation, when that happens, you got
Speaker 2: to fire one in. And that's what happened when Herrera
Speaker 2: fired it in to Peglo with the cheeky bacule. That's
Speaker 2: the kind of movements and motions he needed to make. Again,
Speaker 2: when you're in that situation and you're you know, you're
Speaker 2: probing and you're trying to make a pass and this
Speaker 2: and you're you know, I think there was a there
Speaker 2: was many times in the game where we were at
Speaker 2: their box and we just could not get it through.
Speaker 2: So at that point, Herrera just said the heck with
Speaker 2: it and let me fire one in there. And Peglo, man,
Speaker 2: what what? What a talent for the back heel and
Speaker 2: then Paran's moving off the ball, So, uh, you know,
Speaker 2: that's that's probably what Froy.
Speaker 7: You know, Troy's thinking right now. Is we got to
Speaker 7: start being more direct.
Speaker 1: So it starts with you be ambitious, and that's that's
Speaker 1: again you mentioned her era. The fullbacks have to be
Speaker 1: so critical in that. Now ben techie badly with Saliba Ford.
Speaker 1: Saliba heads it away, but now Schneg has it left
Speaker 1: side of the box.
Speaker 4: Schneg to the sixth and guarding through Stroud.
Speaker 5: Zierua comes up with the same potter kick DC and
Speaker 5: ided but Stroud hoping the knife at home and Siuah
Speaker 5: put his body on the line.
Speaker 8: Oh ah, you talk about a save Siuah point blank range, a.
Speaker 4: Quarter kicked for DC and I did right poner working
Speaker 4: right to the left. Okay, Christian Mette no surprise number
Speaker 4: one in aerial duels. So right away DC and ied on.
Speaker 1: Corners start from a position of strength, position of strength.
Speaker 6: Where sending it in Pentechy heads it down and then
Speaker 6: it's headed again right the Seir law and Kyle Rowles
Speaker 6: almost opened his Make League Soccer account a little flick
Speaker 6: header from the six yard box but Sir able to
Speaker 6: control it.
Speaker 8: Wow, And just watching that header back by Benechy, Campbell
Speaker 8: couldn't do anything about it.
Speaker 7: Nobody, nobody. It seems like Potecki wins every single header
Speaker 7: on a.
Speaker 1: Cornerkick, and you can make the argument Kim June Hung
Speaker 1: involved again, securing at least at one point.
Speaker 4: Right into the Chico stand.
Speaker 7: This freekick is being taken, the take and Kim the saved.
Speaker 5: Now the follower and Kevin another saying a corner kick coming.
Speaker 6: Wow.
Speaker 5: Grace Duke tried to score from the free kick. Kim
Speaker 5: made the same and he was there for the follower
Speaker 5: porter kick.
Speaker 1: Montreal, your thoughts as he's growing into the role with
Speaker 1: a banged up shoulder as the starting keeper.
Speaker 7: I love him.
Speaker 2: I think he's still kind of unsettled in terms of
Speaker 2: you know the league and where, you know how the
Speaker 2: league works and this and that. But but you can
Speaker 2: tell he's got high quality and his quickness, especially his
Speaker 2: lateral quickness, being able to get across the goal really quick.
Speaker 2: And and also his distribution is fantastic. He can he can
Speaker 2: hit a ball Dave that cuts right through the ball.
Speaker 7: I mean he can hit. He can go box the
Speaker 7: box if he wants to do all.
Speaker 1: Right, International break coming up, so Matti Peltela will not
Speaker 1: be involved in DC and I but bring this up
Speaker 1: because it shows the depth of DC, and I thought
Speaker 1: on Saturday that Jose Kajima Borisen now go out and
Speaker 1: you're able to bring in Brendan Servenia and also Mattie
Speaker 1: Peltala uh like for like substitutions. And again Troy Lasain's perspective,
Speaker 1: it was not anything that Kajima or borzenaw did wrong.
Speaker 1: It was just his thought to try to change up
Speaker 1: the energy to have that kind of depth.
Speaker 7: That's I mean, you you hit it right on the head.
Speaker 7: I mean, it's not they didn't do anything wrong.
Speaker 2: But but the coach now he's saying to himself, I
Speaker 2: can have two guys on my bench. They can come
Speaker 2: in and improve the game. And so that's pretty rare.
Speaker 2: We've got a bench, Dame, not just a bench full
Speaker 2: of players. We've got a bench full of players that
Speaker 2: can come in and improve the game, which I always
Speaker 2: think of substitute.
Speaker 7: That's the definition, come in and make the game better.
Speaker 1: Speaking of which, your thoughts of the growth of Jacob Burle.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, Well, Jacob came in and he just
Speaker 2: I'd pretty much chase everything in and just a wonderful player.
Speaker 7: He brings so much energy to the game, and you know.
Speaker 2: He constantly has positive things happen when he comes in
Speaker 2: the game.
Speaker 1: So the bottom line is that that Troy is saying
Speaker 1: this is what he wants. And you've been in this
Speaker 1: kind of situation. You want competition all over the field.
Speaker 7: Oh my gosh.
Speaker 2: I mean I spoke to a college coach once to
Speaker 2: be anonymous, and he's like, I'll bring in six midfielders
Speaker 2: this year, justifying one player.
Speaker 7: In other words, you know, it's.
Speaker 2: A cutthroat business, this game at higher levels college and
Speaker 2: professional soccer, and you want guys that are pushing the
Speaker 2: guy who is starting, and if he falls off in form,
Speaker 2: then the next guy's up. And you know, like I said,
Speaker 2: our bench is really strong this year. And you know
Speaker 2: one thing that we need to do. We've proven to
Speaker 2: the league now that we're a tough out man. We're
Speaker 2: four games in, nobody's beating us, right, but can we
Speaker 2: get over the hump?
Speaker 3: Right?
Speaker 2: How do we put games away? And we're still working
Speaker 2: on that. It's a work in progress.
Speaker 1: And that college coach, Anonymous, by the way, was undefeated.
Speaker 1: He was an amazing coach. Coach Anonymous, Hey, with Bruce Murray,
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