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<v Speaker 1>I am Jamie Rudd, and here is what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>in football right now. Tonight is the night Robert Lewandowski

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<v Speaker 1>makes his MLS debut Chicago Fire versus Into Miami at

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<v Speaker 1>Chase Stadium, kickoff at seven thirty Eastern, and the football

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<v Speaker 1>gods have a sense of humor because this was not

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<v Speaker 1>the plan. Lewandowski was supposed to debut two weeks ago

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<v Speaker 1>against Vancouver. That match got washed out postponed to October sixth,

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<v Speaker 1>So instead of a soft landing against a Western Conference team,

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<v Speaker 1>Lewandowski gets thrown straight into a conference rivalry against the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest club in MLS. And not just any version of

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<v Speaker 1>Into Miami, the version with Sergio Busquz, with Luis Suarez,

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<v Speaker 1>with Jordi Alba, three players he spent years competing against

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<v Speaker 1>in Europe now on the same team in Fort Lauderdale.

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<v Speaker 1>Lewandowski is thirty seven. He has scored over six hundred

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<v Speaker 1>career goals. He has won the Champions League, he has

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<v Speaker 1>won one Bundesliga titles at two different clubs, and tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>in his first MLS minutes, he walks into a stadium

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<v Speaker 1>where the away team has three of the best players

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<v Speaker 1>he ever played against This is either going to be

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<v Speaker 1>beautiful or completely overwhelming, and I am genuinely not sure which.

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<v Speaker 1>The standings make this even spicier. Into Miami are second

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<v Speaker 1>in the Eastern Conference, Chicago Fire a third. One point

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<v Speaker 1>separates them. This is a conference rivalry game with real

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<v Speaker 1>table implications, and neither team can afford to drop points.

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<v Speaker 1>Miami have forty one points from twenty games, Chicago have

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<v Speaker 1>forty from twenty. The winner tonight takes second place, the

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<v Speaker 1>loser might drop to fourth, and with the League's Cup

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<v Speaker 1>starting next week, both teams are juggling priorities. Here is

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<v Speaker 1>the thing. Though Messi is not playing, he is out Tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>Into Miami confirmed it after the World Cup final. Messi

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<v Speaker 1>is being rested. The League's Cup starts next Wednesday, Messi

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<v Speaker 1>will be needed then tonight. Someone else has to carry

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<v Speaker 1>the load without Messi. Into Miami are still a good team,

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<v Speaker 1>but they are not a great team, and that is

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<v Speaker 1>the gap that Chicago Fire have to exploit. Lewandowski's role

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<v Speaker 1>tonight is fascinating. Chicago Fire have been a mid table

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<v Speaker 1>team for years. They have not made the playoffs since

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seventeen. Their defense has been suspect Their midfield has

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<v Speaker 1>been patchy, but they have a striker who scores goals

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<v Speaker 1>for a living, and if Lewandowski gets serviced tonight, he

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<v Speaker 1>will score. That is what he does, that is what

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<v Speaker 1>he has always done. The question is whether Chicago can

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<v Speaker 1>create chances against Miami's defense without Messi there to pull

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<v Speaker 1>defenders out of position into Miami. Without Messi played differently,

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<v Speaker 1>They do not have the same creative spark. They do

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<v Speaker 1>not draw triple teams in the final third, and that

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<v Speaker 1>might actually help Chicago's defense, which has been average at

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<v Speaker 1>best this season. Elsewhere, Chelsea have signed Morgan Rogers from

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<v Speaker 1>Aston Villa for one hundred and seventeen million pounds, a

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<v Speaker 1>British record fee, an eight year contract until twenty thirty three.

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<v Speaker 1>He is twenty three years old. He has played one

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<v Speaker 1>good Premier League season and Chelsea just made him the

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<v Speaker 1>most expensive British footballer in history. Unai Emery called him irreplaceable.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Chelsea waived a number with so many zeros that

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<v Speaker 1>Villa's owners forgot how to say no. The Premier League

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<v Speaker 1>is completely broken and I love it. Michelob Ultra dropped

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<v Speaker 1>an ad called tab Closed. It tallies every single thing

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<v Speaker 1>Lionel Messi accomplished across his twenty year World Cup career,

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<v Speaker 1>every match, every goal, every knockout round like a bartender

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<v Speaker 1>reading the longest receipt in history. The tagline is that

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<v Speaker 1>his tab is finally closed because he is done. The

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<v Speaker 1>World Cup chapter is over. It is it is emotional,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is the best sports commercial since Nike's Right

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<v Speaker 1>the Future In twenty ten, Wheden and Kennedy knew exactly

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<v Speaker 1>what they were doing. Anthony Taylor is retiring. The Premier

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<v Speaker 1>League and World Cup referee is hanging up his whistle

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<v Speaker 1>after a sixteen year career. He was famous not for

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<v Speaker 1>the right reasons. Fans remember the var reviews that took forever,

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<v Speaker 1>the penalties he gave that should not have been, the

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<v Speaker 1>penalties he did not give that should have been. But

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<v Speaker 1>his last World Cup game was the third place match

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<v Speaker 1>between England and France ten goals. So his final World

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<v Speaker 1>Cup assignment was a basketball score. That feels appropriate. The

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<v Speaker 1>League's Cup starts next Wednesday into Miami face allega MX opponent,

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<v Speaker 1>and if you want to see Messi angry, watch him

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<v Speaker 1>against a Mexican team physical organized. They do not care

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<v Speaker 1>that he is the greatest of all time. They will

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<v Speaker 1>kick him, they will foul him, and they it will

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<v Speaker 1>make him work for every touch. It is genuinely entertaining.

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<v Speaker 1>Spain are still celebrating. Pedri got a hero's welcome in Barcelona,

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<v Speaker 1>thousands of fans at the airport, Twenty three years old,

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<v Speaker 1>European Championship winner, world Cup winner, already being called the

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<v Speaker 1>best midfielder on the planet. The scary part is that

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<v Speaker 1>he might be better next year. Spain's Golden generation is young,

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<v Speaker 1>real and terrifying. Tonight, though seven point thirty Eastern Chase Stadium,

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<v Speaker 1>Robert Lewandowski MLS debut Chicago Fire versus Inter Miami, second

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<v Speaker 1>versus third in the East, and Messi is watching from

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<v Speaker 1>the stands. I will be watching, and so should you.

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