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<v Speaker 1>Here we go, Here we go, Dave John Salo and

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Murray. It's another edition of First eleven. Yes, your

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<v Speaker 1>connection with d C and I and old things soccer

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<v Speaker 1>as always. You can connect with us at Dave J

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<v Speaker 1>including iHeart Spotify. You know the deal, You get the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast and we appreciate the interaction on First eleven. And

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<v Speaker 1>we'll do this in eleven minutes or less. Yes, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an off week for d C and IED. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you could say last week was an off week, the

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<v Speaker 1>two nothing loss to Reale Solake. We will touch on

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<v Speaker 1>DC United in a moment right now. A lot going on.

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<v Speaker 2>Gold Cup, Club World Cup. Could Billy say that Club

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<v Speaker 2>World Cup? Let me say that.

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<v Speaker 1>Again, the Gold Cup the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>So far, so good in terms of results.

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<v Speaker 1>Bruce Murray, it's hard to get excited about this team

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<v Speaker 1>with the qualification that you understand this is not going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the team that will represent the Tree next

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<v Speaker 1>year at the World Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>Having said that, they need to get in gear.

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<v Speaker 3>They do. Dave again, I won't apologize. Real quick up run.

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<v Speaker 4>I think I've got some type of allergies today. But

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<v Speaker 4>I sound a little bit like Daffy Duck, so I

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<v Speaker 4>apologize for that. But uh, yeah, they they they didn't

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<v Speaker 4>look good last night and and you know, they didn't

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<v Speaker 4>look sharp. And and again part of that is there's

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of substitutions and there's new different rules in

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<v Speaker 4>this competition. But I'd like to see him, uh, put

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<v Speaker 4>some guys together and just go with the go with

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<v Speaker 4>that group. And don't you know, there's just too many

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<v Speaker 4>people and you know, when you're it's almost like line

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<v Speaker 4>changes in hockey. It just it just kills the game.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm not I'm not impressed with with what he's

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<v Speaker 4>doing right now. I don't know what he's doing. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>some some of the younger players have have shown me

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit, but it's just not a team right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh you know.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm not trying to go down the landa Donovan

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<v Speaker 4>route and bash the team and everything. I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 4>this team, and he does say the right thing that

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<v Speaker 4>this team, particularly the way they're playing right now, they're

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<v Speaker 4>not gonna They're not gonna be very successful unless they

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<v Speaker 4>get in gear. And that's what you said, they got

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<v Speaker 4>to get in gear.

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<v Speaker 1>And when I say getting gear, I also think between

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<v Speaker 1>now and again, I'm like you. I think it's you

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<v Speaker 1>don't push the World Cup is what it's all about.

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<v Speaker 1>It's with all due respect to the Gold Cup or

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<v Speaker 1>anything else, and especially with it being in our country

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<v Speaker 1>are in North America, obviously sharing with Canada and Mexico.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think about the teams you played on, and

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<v Speaker 1>there just seemed to be more personality or or something

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<v Speaker 1>you could certainly argue successfully. Look, we've got players playing

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<v Speaker 1>all over the world now, which was not the case

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<v Speaker 1>in nineteen ninety and ninety four.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, back when you were.

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<v Speaker 1>At the US National TV, guys often met at the

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<v Speaker 1>airport and almost was like you were. You were free

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<v Speaker 1>wheeling and freelancing. Or maybe I'm overstating that. So I

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<v Speaker 1>almost think we're overthinking soccer.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with you. I agree with you one hundred percent.

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<v Speaker 4>Uh we actually, uh we did meet at airports and

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<v Speaker 4>we we you know, we had training camps all all

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<v Speaker 4>all the time, and the travel was insane because uh,

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<v Speaker 4>players weren't playing on club teams in Europe. So uh,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, you get coaches like Bob Gamzerbora when we

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<v Speaker 4>were in Japan one day, we were at Spain the

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<v Speaker 4>next and next, and then you know, you're you're looking

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<v Speaker 4>at the Kremlin literally from your hotel room. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, it was it was such a crazy schedule

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<v Speaker 4>and we had to go places to get big games.

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<v Speaker 3>What what?

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<v Speaker 2>What?

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<v Speaker 3>What I see? Uh, Dave?

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<v Speaker 4>And I've I've told a lot of people this and

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<v Speaker 4>some people agree, some don't.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't see I don't see a team.

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<v Speaker 4>I watched Canada play and I feel like I feel

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<v Speaker 4>like I watched some of those players and they are

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<v Speaker 4>willing to die drop for their country right on the field.

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<v Speaker 4>And I just feel that we're just kind of playing

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<v Speaker 4>safe right now because you Polchaccino. You know, he's a

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<v Speaker 4>new coach. You know, if I don't make mistakes, well, hell,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm in good shape. Well that's not really how it works, man.

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<v Speaker 4>You got to take risk in this game. If you

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<v Speaker 4>want to be at the top, you have to take risk.

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<v Speaker 4>And that is what I do not see out on

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<v Speaker 4>the field right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's funny you mentioned or interesting you mentioned Canada

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<v Speaker 1>because the way they responded against Honduras it seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>a team that remembered previous matches was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>come with the conviction and no doubt about that result.

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<v Speaker 1>It was, you know, over after the starting whistle. It

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<v Speaker 1>seemed also I think the Canadian dynamic Jesse Marsh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>even though he will be going against his own country

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<v Speaker 1>in the United States, I feel that's motivating him.

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<v Speaker 4>Some I agree with you. Jesse Marsh got looked over

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<v Speaker 4>on this job, and I personally thought he would have

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<v Speaker 4>been a good pick because I saw a video a

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<v Speaker 4>couple of years back where Salisburg played or I think

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<v Speaker 4>it was Salzburg with the team he was with in

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<v Speaker 4>Austria and it was halftime against Liverpool and they're getting

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<v Speaker 4>spanked and he's like, he went off on the team.

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<v Speaker 4>I watched him go off and he got those guys motivated.

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<v Speaker 4>He talked about like they put their pants on just

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<v Speaker 4>like you do, right, you know, go out there and

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<v Speaker 4>stop showing so much respect. And when I heard that speech,

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<v Speaker 4>I said to myself, I could play for this guy.

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<v Speaker 4>I could really play for Jesse Marsh.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I tell you, I remember when he was still playing.

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<v Speaker 1>I spent I believe it or not, a morning with

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<v Speaker 1>him in a bar in Milwaukee watching English Premier League games.

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<v Speaker 1>His brother had an arsenal bar probably still does in Milwaukee,

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<v Speaker 1>and at the time he was talking with Peter Wilt,

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<v Speaker 1>a great soccer executive. Even though he was playing, you

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<v Speaker 1>could tell his past was coaching and he's certainly lived

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<v Speaker 1>up to that passion club World Cup.

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<v Speaker 2>You have fan mixed reviews. Do you know what to

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<v Speaker 2>make of it.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm a fan in the sense that that I like

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<v Speaker 4>the fact that they do this now and it kind

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<v Speaker 4>of but the way it's the way the teams that

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<v Speaker 4>are involved, the way they picked the teams, and or

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<v Speaker 4>Miami that was a very suspicious entry, you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>don't know. It's one of these things, Dave, where there's

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<v Speaker 4>so many competitions going on right now. The attendance is terrible,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, and the ticket sales are poor. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>people in the Gold Cup you watched the stadium last night,

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<v Speaker 4>they're not going to pay you know, three figure, not

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<v Speaker 4>gonna pay over one hundred dollars for tickets. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>It's it's gotten to the point where US Soccer are

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<v Speaker 4>they pricing themselves out of I mean, I cannot believe

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<v Speaker 4>what I saw last night. I mean, for a Gold

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<v Speaker 4>Cup game, even though it was an invited guest Saudi Arabia.

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<v Speaker 4>I just couldn't believe that the stadium was half empty.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's never been the case. When I played, we

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<v Speaker 4>always played man and every national team was a big deal.

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<v Speaker 4>If we were in Chicago playing Poland, there'd be sixty

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<v Speaker 4>thousand people, you know, if we're in New York City

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<v Speaker 4>we're playing Italy, there'd be eighty two thousand people. I

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<v Speaker 4>just don't I think this is the pricing or whatever's

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<v Speaker 4>going on and US soccer. It's got to change. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>the economics of it don't work well.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, frankly, I don't think the market dictates things.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know, this is where this team needs to

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<v Speaker 1>It can't just show up and where the US colors.

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<v Speaker 1>This team has not captured the attention of the now

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<v Speaker 1>more discerning American soccer public. And I think that's reflected

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<v Speaker 1>in attendance now in the Club World Cup. It should

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<v Speaker 1>be noted some of the attendancies are great. It's where

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<v Speaker 1>it's been poor is places. You know, they had a

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<v Speaker 1>South Korean Tina, a South African team taking you know,

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<v Speaker 1>going against each other in Orlando. To me, that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you put a South Korean team in a market like

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<v Speaker 1>Los Angeles, she would probably do better because there's more

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<v Speaker 1>of a Korean population. But that I think that's just

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<v Speaker 1>reflection that the big clubs are like they do always

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<v Speaker 1>attract the fans, the clubs people don't know about. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not to the point where you're going to show up

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<v Speaker 1>just because they're in the Club World Cup. Let's get

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<v Speaker 1>to DC United. You know, I don't think in eleven

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<v Speaker 1>minutes or last week we can correct things. One thing though,

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<v Speaker 1>this team did need this break to reboot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, uh, you know Christian bent tech A. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>no matter what we said about how we wanted to

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<v Speaker 4>play this year, it's always going.

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<v Speaker 3>To go through Christian min Techy.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'm not saying it's going to go up

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<v Speaker 4>in the air and he's going to be heading the

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<v Speaker 4>ball all the time.

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<v Speaker 3>He he everything's going to go through Christian min tech A. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>You know we've been playing with Jacob murle top.

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<v Speaker 4>He's not getting the help necessary and he's playing out

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<v Speaker 4>of position. We both know that, and all the fans

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<v Speaker 4>that hear this know that. But I did a little math,

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<v Speaker 4>and there's forty five points to play for and twenty

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<v Speaker 4>three Dave would have gotten this in the playoffs last year.

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<v Speaker 4>So can we get twenty three points out of forty five?

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<v Speaker 4>And that's going to take a real you know, get

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<v Speaker 4>revitalization of the squad because that game against Salt Lake

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<v Speaker 4>was a terrible game. I mean, we did not play well.

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<v Speaker 4>There was no impetus of the game, there was no

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<v Speaker 4>desperation in the way we played.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's what we have to.

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<v Speaker 4>Have right now because again, like I said, twenty three

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<v Speaker 4>points should see us through, and there's forty five to

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<v Speaker 4>play for.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, the points are out there, but they have

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<v Speaker 1>to play with purpose to get him First eleven. As always,

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<v Speaker 1>we appreciate time. We will be with you June twenty eighth.

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