WEBVTT 1 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:12.640 The welcome in. It's time for another edition of the 2 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:16.679 Morning Espresso on the SDH Network, presented as always by 3 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:21.879 our friends at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta's premier undergraduate learning experience 4 00:00:22.000 --> 00:00:26.480 and soccer powerhouse. I'm Jason Longshore. All the soccer news 5 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.640 you need to know from Monday, March twenty fourth, and 6 00:00:29.800 --> 00:00:33.079 typically on Mondays, We're going to start with Atlanta United, 7 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:36.640 but in light of the Concacaffe Nations League, we're going 8 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:39.359 to start with the US men's national team and their 9 00:00:39.439 --> 00:00:44.079 loss in the third place game to Canada. Started really well. 10 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:48.119 Didn't get enough out of the good start, the response 11 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:51.399 to Canada standing up and taking the game away from 12 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:57.119 the US. It wasn't great. Matt Turner's distribution wasn't great. 13 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:00.719 Patrick Gogimond, he got a goal to be the best 14 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:05.000 of the number nine options lately. Diego Luna, in my opinion, 15 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:06.760 needs to be on the field as much as possible, 16 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.280 and what he brings on the field is really good. 17 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:12.480 He has the assist in this one, but I think 18 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:15.519 the attitude, then the spark that he brings on and 19 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:21.439 off the ball is so needed with this group. Canada 20 00:01:21.560 --> 00:01:26.519 was really good, even maybe especially after they lost Alfonso 21 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:32.239 Davies to injury. Alistair Johnston was outstanding, put Fosse in 22 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:34.879 his pocket in the second half trying to get forward. 23 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:39.920 Jonathan David was that clinical number nine when needed. Canada 24 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:43.560 was relentless. They never backed down, they never lost their confidence. 25 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.959 They played with a chip on their shoulder, and I 26 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:50.920 think it highlighted something that frustrates me about where this 27 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:55.760 US men's national team is and something that kind of 28 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.560 highlights the challenge of this group right now. They're in 29 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:03.760 this weird spot where they're good enough to make teams 30 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:06.920 like Panama sit back, defend deep, dare you to try 31 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:08.719 to find a way through a five to four to one. 32 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:12.159 They're good enough to do that, but they're not good 33 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.879 enough to intimidate a team that's on the same level 34 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:20.479 like Canada, and Canada was not intimidated by any stretch. 35 00:02:20.599 --> 00:02:23.280 So you're good enough to force teams to sit back 36 00:02:23.319 --> 00:02:25.560 and defend deep, which makes it hard for you, but 37 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:28.560 you're not good enough to outplay teams that are on 38 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:32.240 your same level. And the question going into the World Cup, 39 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:35.039 because you're going to see teams that are above your level, 40 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:39.159 how do you handle those games? Because the team's less 41 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:42.560 than your level, which you will see. They've shown they 42 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:45.560 can sit back and defend against you and make life difficult. 43 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.039 The teams that are at your same level have shown 44 00:02:48.039 --> 00:02:50.639 they're not afraid of you. I don't know if you 45 00:02:50.680 --> 00:02:54.000 can be the underdog darling against a team that's better 46 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.280 right now, I don't know if this team has that personality. 47 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.800 Five shots in a game like this is just flat 48 00:02:58.800 --> 00:03:01.840 out not good enough. Two on target. Canada doubled you 49 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:04.159 up in shots on target and almost doubled you up 50 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.719 in shots in total. What's the big picture for this 51 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:11.080 usmn's national team, Because, look, there's a lot of talk. 52 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:13.639 There's a lot of people going into the drafts on 53 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:17.039 their social media platforms of choice and pulling out things 54 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.560 that have been written before, reheating things that have been 55 00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.360 said before. There's lots of that. Look, it's time to 56 00:03:23.400 --> 00:03:25.840 make your statements and get the script writers out and 57 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:29.360 do your performance to get attention and get clicks. That's 58 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:32.800 what people are going to do right now. Let's get 59 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:36.400 real here on the morning espresso, rather than look for 60 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.199 clicks and yell and scream and stop my feet. What 61 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:42.000 has Marito Pochattino learn from this, he's not going anywhere. 62 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.919 These two games have to force a response, whether that's 63 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:47.759 from the players, whether that's from him, whether that's a 64 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:52.039 combination of both. There has to be a reaction to this. 65 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:57.800 There really wasn't a lot said afterwards, and Pochatino says 66 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:01.319 all the right things about this is over a year 67 00:04:01.360 --> 00:04:03.960 out from the World Cup. The goal is the World Cup. 68 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:07.319 We've seen this happen before with host teams, where you 69 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:10.360 don't go through qualifying, you don't look great a year out, 70 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.439 and then things turn around as you go into the 71 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:15.159 World Cup. That's very true, and that happens, and it's 72 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:19.399 not new to this US team. In the situation. You 73 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:22.160 want to see a reaction to this though, the first 74 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.839 big set back for Poa Chattino, and you want to 75 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:27.800 see better performances. You've got the Gold Cup in the summer, 76 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:31.399 you've got friendlies between now and then, and then you've 77 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:34.040 got friendlies afterwards to get ready for the World Cup, 78 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:36.560 and you've got to get players in the best form possible. 79 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:39.079 The Gold Cup just became a whole lot more important, 80 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:41.959 and you're not going to be at full full strength 81 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.000 because you're going to be missing players to the Club 82 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:49.120 World Cup the summer, that doesn't matter. Like for the US, 83 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.759 winning the Gold Cup has to be the goal. And 84 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:55.360 any thought about using it as an opportunity to see 85 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:59.399 more of the player pool that's gone. Now you've got 86 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:02.800 to go and try to win that tournament. You've got 87 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:05.000 to show that in games that matter and knock out 88 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:09.959 games that you can get the job done. Look, I 89 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.920 know a lot of people in this reaction again talking 90 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.160 about going back into the drafts of old messages. You're 91 00:05:16.199 --> 00:05:18.639 gonna go back to that, and you're gonna yell about 92 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:22.360 pay to play, and you're gonna yell about more kids playing, 93 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:24.879 and you're gonna yell about we want our best athletes 94 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:28.199 playing and all these different things that are real conversations 95 00:05:28.279 --> 00:05:32.800 to have. They didn't affect this game. If you want 96 00:05:32.800 --> 00:05:35.720 to get into a big long spiel and try to 97 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:38.680 find a way that it did, sure, whatever, have fun, 98 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.639 I'm sure it will get attention. But what affected this game? 99 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:49.120 What affected this performance in these two games? The group 100 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.079 has too much talent to have these kind of results. 101 00:05:51.079 --> 00:05:54.800 It's unacceptable. It's not tactics to me, it's not coaching 102 00:05:55.040 --> 00:05:58.360 to me, it's not about caring enough. These guys care. 103 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:00.920 It's about two things that I keep coming back to. 104 00:06:01.120 --> 00:06:04.360 It's the quality of the performance when it matters it 105 00:06:04.439 --> 00:06:07.639 wasn't good enough, and the ability to rise above the 106 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.240 pressure to perform. And what is a little concerning is 107 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.959 it feels like that pressure is suffocating these players and 108 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.839 you're not getting Sometimes when you see a team that's 109 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:23.079 feeling pressure, they act kind of crazy there running around, 110 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:26.600 they get stuck into tackles, they're too over the top 111 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.240 dealing with that pressure. This team went the other way. 112 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:35.519 They turned within themselves and they looked very unbothered by it, 113 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:37.600 but in a bad way. Like you want to see 114 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:39.240 a team that can handle pressure, but you want to 115 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:43.800 see a team that understands it's dealing with pressure. I 116 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:48.639 don't think we saw that in this tournament. Look big 117 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.600 picture with soccer in this country. Of course, we want 118 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:54.160 to see more access for kids to play. Of course, 119 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:56.959 we want to see better coaching to develop those kids. 120 00:06:57.040 --> 00:06:59.879 We want to see more professional environments. All of those 121 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.360 are valid. That's not why the team lost to Panama 122 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:07.839 and Mexico. If you want to try to draw that map, 123 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.560 have fun, go at it. Whatever, the team had enough 124 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:15.000 talent to win against Panama and Canada. Sorry, the team 125 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.480 had enough talent to win, they didn't. It's down to 126 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.439 that group. Is there another group of players somewhere hidden 127 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.360 within this country that would have been better? No, that's 128 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.199 not true. Don't believe that anymore. That was maybe true 129 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:29.560 back in the eighties, it's not true now. Are there 130 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.800 good players out there who are not part of the system. Yes, 131 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.279 there are, and that needs to change, But that's not 132 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.759 why this team lost. That is not the issue at 133 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:38.959 the current moment. We want to see the pool get 134 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:41.480 bigger it has. We want to see it get even bigger. 135 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:45.319 We want to see more kids develop to their highest potential. 136 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:49.079 That's gotten better, it can still improve. Stop calling this 137 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:53.000 a golden generation as well because others have won more 138 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.240 and accomplished more. This is a very talented group with 139 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.360 players playing at some of the highest levels that we've 140 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.959 seen US players play at. That's true, but that doesn't 141 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.079 make you a golden generation. What makes you a golden 142 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:08.160 generation with a national team is what you achieve, and 143 00:08:08.199 --> 00:08:12.240 this group hasn't achieved enough. It hasn't been as bad 144 00:08:12.240 --> 00:08:14.000 as some will lead you to believe. Getting out of 145 00:08:14.040 --> 00:08:17.279 the group in twenty twenty two, was an accomplishment. Getting 146 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:19.600 to the knockout round was an accomplishment based off the 147 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:23.160 level that this team has. That is an accomplishment. You 148 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:29.120 achieved what you should have achieved. Okay, that's good, that's good. 149 00:08:29.160 --> 00:08:32.360 Winning nations leagues in the past, that's good. These are 150 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:37.399 good things. You haven't went above that. That's the next step. 151 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:42.720 And right now, this group hasn't met in this current iteration, 152 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:47.639 hasn't met The level has to change. And if that 153 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:49.879 means you got to see things different in the summer, 154 00:08:49.919 --> 00:08:52.559 if that means you got to see different players, that's 155 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:54.879 where you are right now. You can't sit back and 156 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:57.799 cross your fingers and hope that performance has changed. You 157 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:03.360 saw two games where there were major issues in both 158 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.360 in terms of how the team performed under pressure. It 159 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:12.919 wasn't good enough. What's different? Number nine is it? Patrick 160 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:14.840 Adjumon Right now, he's the guy who's performing, He's the 161 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:16.279 guy who's putting the ball in the back of the net. 162 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:20.120 I'm rolling with him at the moment. Didn't see anything 163 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.879 from Josh Sargent to change my mind. Ricardo Peppi is 164 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:27.840 hurt fulerin Balagan hasn't really done anything different either, right 165 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:30.000 now it's Patrick Ajumon. He at least gives you the 166 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.480 ability to go be a wrecking ball up top if 167 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.240 things aren't going well. And he's shown enough he's putting 168 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:37.000 the ball on the back of the debt. So what 169 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:39.600 else do you want from the number nine? Center back 170 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:41.639 was a huge issue in these games. That's gotta change. 171 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.600 You gotta figure out your center back pairing. You gotta 172 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:45.360 find two guys who could play together, and you gotta 173 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:48.039 find two guys who don't fold under pressure. Get your 174 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.919 fullbacks back in Sergenio Desk and Anthony Robbinson. That's going 175 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.080 to help things a lot. Fullback was an issue in 176 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.120 this tournament. I thought Max Arsten looked pretty good yesterday. 177 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.159 Matt Turner's got to be playing regularly to be sharp. 178 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:02.159 Where everybody's saying, it's true, he didn't look great. The 179 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:05.559 goal that he conceded in the Panama game was an issue. 180 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.480 His distribution in the Canada game was an issue. It's 181 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.919 got to be better. He's got to play consistently for 182 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:14.919 that to happen. Okay, let's move over to the final 183 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:17.799 and we can sit here and complain and talk about 184 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:20.039 the US men's national team. All we want, but it 185 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.240 doesn't change that they weren't good enough in these two games. 186 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.879 All right, let's move on to the final of the 187 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:31.159 Conka Caffe Nations League. Panama fought very bravely against Mexico, 188 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:34.080 but couldn't get it done. They conceded first really early. 189 00:10:34.120 --> 00:10:37.320 They tied it before halftime from the penalty spot. Just 190 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:42.639 a crazy, inexplicable mistake from Jose Cordoba to concede a 191 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.440 penalty with a handball that I have no idea what 192 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:49.000 he was thinking. Raul Jimenez puts it away, his fortieth 193 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:51.879 goal for the Mexican national team that wins the tournament. 194 00:10:51.919 --> 00:10:55.000 For Mexico, they looked better than they have lately in 195 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.200 the tournament, but they didn't look great. They didn't look convincing. 196 00:10:57.279 --> 00:10:59.480 Panama took them to the limit in this It's a 197 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:02.039 shame for Panama who's been so close so many times 198 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:04.559 to getting into that elite group and they just haven't 199 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:07.799 quite been able to do it. It's also a shame 200 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.559 that we saw the game stopped in the eighty fourth 201 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:14.440 minute due to the discriminatory chanting that happens when Mexico 202 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:18.519 isn't playing well. And that's how this is getting used 203 00:11:18.720 --> 00:11:22.200 now and that point has to be made because this 204 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:26.559 is not the same conversation that it used to be about. Well, 205 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:29.600 it's tradition and this is what we do. And no, no, no, no, 206 00:11:29.679 --> 00:11:31.360 that's not what's happening now. It's not happening on the 207 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.600 first goal kick of the game. It's not happening all night. 208 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:36.279 It's happening when things aren't going well for Mexico or 209 00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:38.720 for your club. Because we've seen it in CONCA CAF 210 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:42.000 games as well, we've seen it in others. It's not 211 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:46.320 acceptable and it's even more not acceptable in the way 212 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.200 that it is currently being used. It is used as 213 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:52.559 a way to punish your own team, which is so 214 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.519 incredibly stupid. First off, in this game, look, it didn't 215 00:11:56.600 --> 00:11:58.720 end up making a difference. Panama had a chance to 216 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:00.720 read group, they didn't quite take it. The handball ends 217 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.440 up taking them out of this thing. But it is 218 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:08.159 a reaction to poor play or being upset with your 219 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:12.320 team and weaponizing the chant which people and this is 220 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.080 what is so frustrating. That means that the all the 221 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.440 education that has been done to say this is not acceptable, 222 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:22.559 this should not happen, has worked because it doesn't happen 223 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:27.279 all the time. It happens to try to punish your 224 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:31.240 own team, and it's so stupid, and it's got to stop. 225 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:35.759 And you've got to see, in my opinion, a better response, 226 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:39.039 because now it's become a performative thing. Now it's become 227 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:41.759 a oh, we got the game stopped. He look at us, Hey, 228 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.200 look at this. We really showed them. We're not happy, 229 00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:49.840 We're stupid, stupid, And I don't know. I mean, I 230 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.879 feel bad for the Mexican players. I feel bad for 231 00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:54.480 the Mexican coaching staff. I feel bad for the Mexican federation. 232 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.200 They've tried, They've done everything. Liga or Lega MX has 233 00:12:58.240 --> 00:13:00.879 done this, They've tried all of these things. They've put 234 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.720 in the work. Again it's worked. It's not happening all 235 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.759 the time, but it can't happen ever, And it still 236 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:10.039 happened again last night in the CONCACAFFE Nations League final, 237 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:14.519 and it's just so so frustrating, and I don't exactly 238 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:16.480 know what to do about it at this point. If 239 00:13:16.559 --> 00:13:20.240 you are Mexico and if you are trying to get 240 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:24.440 this out of the game, players have talked, federations have talked, 241 00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:27.639 clubs have talked, coaches have talked. I don't know what 242 00:13:27.720 --> 00:13:31.000 else can be done at this stage. It's very very 243 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:36.159 very very upsetting, and I don't know, but it has 244 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:39.120 changed in terms of how it's being used and that 245 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:42.000 doesn't need to be recognized and makes it a little 246 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:45.600 bit harder to eradicate. All Right, we normally start these 247 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.279 things on a Monday with Atlanta United. Let's get to 248 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:51.279 Atlanta and Cincinnati. It was a draw on the road. 249 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:56.360 Atlanta opened the scoring after losing Tristan Welliam about an injury. 250 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.519 No update yet. We'll find out more this week, but 251 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:03.000 Ronnie Daila say that he felt better about it after 252 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.159 the game than he did initially, that it might not 253 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.399 be a cruciate ligament. You mentioned meniscus as a possibility, 254 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.240 so that's that's good news. It was a huge blow 255 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.840 to lose Muyambah in this match because you've been playing 256 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:18.480 really well. He had a good tackle on the play 257 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:21.399 where he ended up getting injured, and you didn't have 258 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:23.600 a lot of depth in that central midfield position because 259 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:26.200 of the international call ups. We talked about five center backs, 260 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:28.519 but you were also missing two central midfielders in Barto 261 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:32.320 Schlish and Jay fortune. Alexei Moranchuk had to drop deeper, 262 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:36.279 came in, Togashi came on as a pseudo number ten, 263 00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:40.960 and it worked. Togashi helps earn a throw, takes it quickly, 264 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.519 so the ar and the referee can't think about did 265 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.799 the ball go off with Togashi. He takes the throw 266 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:49.480 very quickly since saba In finds Latte a lot, great finish, 267 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:53.159 great cross, great goal. Kind of lost your way a 268 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.000 little bit in the second half. Fortunate for Cincinnati, a 269 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:59.519 deflection off of a free kick that beats Gazan from Evander. 270 00:14:59.639 --> 00:15:03.080 Then you get a second in quick succession. It's to one. 271 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:06.039 Atlanta created an own goal to draw it, and moran 272 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:08.559 Chuk was involved in it. He sent saba In. Saba's 273 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.360 cross deflex off of Alvis Powell, it would have found 274 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:16.039 Latte lot on the backside. To to final felt about right. Honestly, 275 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:18.679 I think Atlanta could have won. I don't know if 276 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:20.320 I would say they should have won, but they could 277 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.000 have won. And it's gonna feel like a good draw 278 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.200 on the road, but also two points possibly kind of 279 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:31.759 sort of dropped. Will Riley was outstanding. I thought he 280 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:34.159 was going to get subbed at halftime because of the 281 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:37.320 yellow card situation, but you didn't really have any depth 282 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:41.000 of the position is one and two. Ronnie Diler was 283 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:43.200 really clear afterwards and how much he believes in will 284 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:45.960 Riley and how good he was playing, which I completely 285 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.480 agree with you. I said he was my man of 286 00:15:47.519 --> 00:15:50.840 the match. I thought the moment was going to be 287 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:53.159 too big for him after getting that yellow and after 288 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:55.080 getting the talking to, I thought he was going to 289 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:58.720 have to come off. But Mateo's click couldn't go forty 290 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:02.320 five and it ends up being where Riley stays on. 291 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.480 And wow, was he great in the second forty five 292 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:08.720 playing on a yellow and dealing with Evander as well 293 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:10.799 as anybody could, and it wasn't really on him on 294 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:13.600 the two goals. Matt Edwards was also very good. Yes, 295 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.679 he commits the foul that leads to the free kick, 296 00:16:16.639 --> 00:16:19.240 but he was very very good playing at center back. 297 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:24.159 Saba was excellent. Saba looked more I think connected in 298 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:27.200 this game, which was very good to see. Hopefully he 299 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:29.279 can continue to kick on from here. It was a 300 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:31.799 gritty performance. There's a lot of good things about it. 301 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:34.840 It wasn't easy being down the players that you were down. 302 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.200 It was not an easy day at the office, but 303 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:39.000 you found a way to get something out of it 304 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:41.159 on the road against a tough place to play against, 305 00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:42.919 a tough team to play in, a tough place to 306 00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:46.120 play to two draw. Atlanta comes back home next week. 307 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.960 We'll be out at the training ground tomorrow. We have 308 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:50.480 a training ground dispatch to fill you in on all 309 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:54.480 the updates. Quick things around MLS this week. Nashville they've 310 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:58.559 won three straight after two bad first weeks, but they've 311 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:02.120 rebounded very well under Baj Callahan. Chicago's won three straight 312 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:06.279 under Greg Burhalter. They defeated previously unbeaten or untied Vancouver. 313 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:09.319 Charlotte is off to their best start with three wins 314 00:17:09.400 --> 00:17:12.960 at home. Austin also has three wins, even if they 315 00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:15.799 were really wasteful in front of goal and allowed San 316 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:19.039 Diego to hang around yesterday afternoon to the point that CJ. 317 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:21.359 Dosanto's had a chance for an equalizer at the end 318 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:24.240 nearly would have scored the goal of the day if 319 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:28.880 the goalkeeper gets it, he doesn't and San Diego ends up. 320 00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:32.759 I don't think it's a situation where they should feel 321 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.799 like they should have won this or should have gotten 322 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:37.599 some out of it. Austin should have scored five. Brandon 323 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:40.079 Vasquez got a goal that he was very wasteful in 324 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.839 front of goal. Austin was good enough, but man, they 325 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.359 almost got punished for throwing goals away. All right, a 326 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:47.960 whole bunch of other stuff. We're gonna try to get 327 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.480 to these quickly. This is a very long morning espresso. 328 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.200 Hopefully you are enjoying all the caffeine on a Monday morning. 329 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:57.720 New Zealand they're enjoying their caffeine. This morning they won 330 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:01.759 overnight three zil over New Caledonia. New Zealand are the 331 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:04.079 second team to book their spot in the twenty twenty 332 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:07.599 six World Cup. Japan did last week. They win the 333 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:13.160 Oceania Qualifying tournament, first time a direct qualifying spot has 334 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.759 gone to the region Australia. They left the region for 335 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:17.839 Asia because of how hard it was to get in. 336 00:18:17.880 --> 00:18:21.359 They kept losing in the inter Confederational playoff. New Zealand 337 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.319 hasn't qualified since twenty ten. They drew all three group 338 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:26.720 games in South Africa, but they didn't get to the 339 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:30.000 knockout rounds. New Caledonia still has an opportunity. They will 340 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.559 go into that inter Confederational playoff early next year. Mexican 341 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.160 club Clube Leon. They have been removed from the summer's 342 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:42.200 Club World Cup violating FIFA's multi club ownership rules. Leon 343 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.519 was supposed to play Chelsea in their opening match in 344 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:50.039 the tournament. Leon majority owned by Grupo Pachuca, who also 345 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:53.559 controls Pachuca, who's in the Club World Cup. FIFA regulations 346 00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:56.799 state that quote no individual or legal entity may have 347 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.799 control or influence over more than one club participating in 348 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:03.640 the competition. Both clubs have rejected the ruling and planned 349 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:08.039 two appeal, so we'll see. There are other situations where 350 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:13.799 you have ownership between the same group and multiple clubs, 351 00:19:14.000 --> 00:19:19.039 and I don't know exactly how you ensure that they 352 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.480 don't have control or influence over more than one club. 353 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.440 I'm not positive on that. It's a little hard to understand, 354 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:27.440 and I don't own multiple clubs, so I don't have 355 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:30.799 access to those rules. Alow Linzei from Costa Rica. They 356 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.640 demanded that FIFA enforced the multi club rules. They think 357 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.480 they could get in and replace Leone because of their 358 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.200 continental club ranking. FIFA has not announced to or replace 359 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:44.279 it yet and again there are still appeals waiting. Reading 360 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.759 they're running out of appeals. They could be thrown out 361 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:49.839 of the English Football League if their owner Diejong does 362 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:53.559 not sell the club before April fifth. The Chinese businessman 363 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:56.559 was disqualified as an owner under the League Owners and 364 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.480 Directors tests in February and action made public at Commercial 365 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:05.920 Court in London on Friday, April fifth. Isn't very far away. 366 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:11.519 There have been efforts to buy Redding and I don't 367 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:14.519 have all of the information on where they stand at 368 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:18.240 the moment, but something's got to get done here. And 369 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:21.359 I don't understand why he wouldn't sell if he's up 370 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:24.039 against this wall at this point, because he's not going 371 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:25.799 to make money by the club being thrown out of 372 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:28.440 the EFL. He's only going to make money by selling 373 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:33.160 it to somebody. Good luck Redding fans. Sorry, Jess Charman. 374 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.519 I feel very bad for your Redding team. I went 375 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:37.759 through this back in the day with the Atlanta ruckus 376 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:40.680 Andy Atlanti Silverbacks on are they going to stick around? 377 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.839 Are they going to survive? Are they going to be back? Ope? 378 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.920 Owner's gone now the league's running it. Oh boy, here 379 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:50.440 we go. I've been through it. Those were very young clubs. 380 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.200 Redding is not and they should not be in the situation. 381 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:56.039 Hopefully they can find a way out of it. Quick 382 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:00.359 update on the twenty thirty one Women's World Cup bid. 383 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:03.480 Henry Bushnell of Yahoo Sports had a great article that 384 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:06.319 might have flown under the radar this weekend with everything 385 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:10.240 going on, US Soccer formulating a bid for the twenty 386 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:13.559 thirty one World Cup that would include or could include 387 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:18.119 proposals to stage some games in other countries throughout CONCA CAF. 388 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.480 The US will definitely bid to host the tournament, whether 389 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:25.000 they bid jointly with regional partners or take control of 390 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:27.799 the bid but then divvy up some games, we'll see 391 00:21:28.839 --> 00:21:32.599 deadlines are coming up to formally express and a firm 392 00:21:32.599 --> 00:21:35.680 interest to FIFA that's going to happen. The US led 393 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:39.200 bid is gonna more than likely loop in multiple nations 394 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:43.640 from CONCA CAF. Initially, US Soccer was gonna bid with 395 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:47.160 Mexico for the twenty twenty seven Women's World Cup. They 396 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:49.920 withdrew it. They said that they would be willing to 397 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:52.960 or they would be focusing their bidding on twenty thirty one. 398 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:58.039 That was an interesting whole situation, and maybe the political 399 00:21:58.599 --> 00:22:03.839 climate within FIFA kind of manufactured the way things played out. 400 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.680 Over the past year since they withdrew the twenty twenty 401 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.559