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We reach and take calls following Seattle's matchup vs. San Diego FC at Lumen Field in Matchday 12.
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Introduction and Live Streaming on YouTube
00:00:00
Speaker
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San Diego FC Performance Analysis
00:00:21
Speaker
This week, San Diego FC, not the worst team in the league, but not that good a team. 1.03 whatever points per game coming into this match.
00:00:30
Speaker
So we're going to breaking down the result. We're going to breaking down performance. We're going to be listening to Stets here in just a second. And then I'll be taking your calls. Hopefully the tech is is straightened out and you can hear me. I'm um operating as if you can hear me. So ah sorry about that, guys. But, you know, it's me running the tech. So what do you honestly actually expect? 1-1 draw against San Diego FC.
00:00:58
Speaker
ah And I'll give you guys my initial takeaways as we wait for Schmetz to get rolling here, which is that this team really needed, could have used a bounce back results tonight after what took took place in Kansas city last weekend. And did they get that? No, they did not. They did not get a bounce back result. A one, one draw at home is not what you would call a good result.
00:01:26
Speaker
per se. And this was a frustrating game to watch. I think that we can all agree on that. there's There's a lot of XG merchanting going on with this team right now.
00:01:40
Speaker
ah If you ask me about the chance generation in these last two games, these last 2.1 draws, would... Sorry, presser info. If you ask me about the chance generation,
00:01:55
Speaker
in these last two games. I wouldn't tell you that it's horrible, but you have two goals to show for it, including a game in a game in Kansas City where you were playing the worst team in the league. And if you look at what happened to them tonight, the Portland Timbs pumped four goals past four to Kansas City tonight in about 25 minutes.
00:02:19
Speaker
Are the Portland Timbs a good team? No, not especially. They're not. So that kind of makes me not, okay, here's my query. As always, we'll begin with questions in the room.
00:02:34
Speaker
If you have one on Zoom, please go ahead and hit that raise hand function button for us. We'll begin with an opener actually from the head coach Brian Schmetzer. Just want you know, wish my mother Ursula Schmetzer a happy Mother's Day.
00:02:47
Speaker
How about that?
Coach Schmetzer's Reflections and Strategies
00:02:49
Speaker
Thanks, Moss. Okay. Ready for fun? Yeah. Okay, Jeremiah, we'll start with you. Mike is coming your way, and then we'll go to Moss. Happy Mother's Day to all the other mothers out there too. i think it was 26 shots, something like 2.5 xG, but only five, I think, on frame.
00:03:08
Speaker
I guess how do you balance the ah desire to be creating chances but not necessarily getting them on frame?
00:03:18
Speaker
Well, I mean, uh it's a challenging question in the sense that you know i thought we created a lot of chances again sporting kc came up short felt like you know dropping points our home form has been very good uh as of late you know we have a positive second half uh but it still feels like we come up short dropping points at home you know that san diego is a good team I'm a little little irritated with the goal that we gave up, you know, knew who's got to reconnect there.
00:03:53
Speaker
You can't let that pass go through. ah You know, keeping a clean sheet certainly is is one of our objectives with every match. But to answer your question, i mean.
00:04:06
Speaker
We had a lot of. Half chances, a lot of full chances. I'm glad Musaski scored a goal in the regular season. ah You know, again, I got reflect on my lineup choices, how we started the game.
00:04:22
Speaker
ah But, you know, we got to get someone to get hot and we got to get someone to, you know, put the ball in the back of the net. out Expected goals is an interesting stat, Jeremiah. But, you know, again, we came up short.
00:04:38
Speaker
All right, Maz, over to you.
00:04:41
Speaker
I'm just staying on. <unk>ky I mean, the TV broadcast, think. challenge him, but I think if i'm you challenged your whole front line for somebody to get hot.
00:04:52
Speaker
Now, one one goal, one game, does that do you not coordinate the king, if you will? But Musovsky, his courageousness and his movement in the box, is that maybe kind of what you you can message to say, this is what we're looking for? now When we pin teams back, so if you look at the two center forwards tonight, Jordan in the first half got some good looks. actually scored a goal that was barely offside. Maybe his timing of his run or his you know just his little curve movement gets him in.
00:05:25
Speaker
Mososki's goal was a classic Danny Mososki goal. you know He reads where the ball is going to be inside the six, inside the 18. He's a poacher, and he gets in front of the guy on on on the corner and he scores. So you know two different types of players.
Team Depth and Substitution Tactics
00:05:41
Speaker
you know yeah, I just, you know, I don't have anything else to say other than I'm i'm happy that, you know, Musaski scored and we'll keep we'll keep running guys out there until we get one guy to, you know really make the position his own.
00:05:59
Speaker
He had two new chances. Yeah. Yeah, cool. And then Peter Kingston had a chance and Tina Lopez and Christian hit a guy in the head and Some other half chance, I mean, I don't know, the numbers the pat number of passes inside the family box was high as well.
00:06:17
Speaker
I mean, you know, there was a lot of ifs, ands, or buts.
00:06:23
Speaker
George. Coach, on your substitutions, you made two substitutions, and very quickly you subbed Nuhu. Was it because he was injured? And then this probably is my lack of observation. Was it Tino Lopez right-footed or left-footed? Because it seems like he's very good with both. He's right-footed.
00:06:42
Speaker
And, yes, those were the substitutions. And, you know, Tino came on, did a great job. Peter did a good job. So, you know, very happy with that.
00:06:54
Speaker
Jalhan. Uh, how coach how difficult can it be for your your team to stay in when there's all sorts of strange bits of luck and stay in mentally and that kind of thing just talk about uh What that was like for your team and what the message was at halftime?
00:07:08
Speaker
Well the message at halftime was we were going to create chances We talked about how we were going to get behind them. They had a very high line in the first half You know, they they they play aggressively in that sense.
00:07:21
Speaker
Uh you know I told him at halftime we'd we we we tweak some things and then you know the challenge at halftime was, look, we're at home.
Leadership and Team Dynamics Discussion
00:07:31
Speaker
I needed everybody to pick up the intensity a little bit because we have a deep squad. So know you you run the guys out there in the second half, guys have tired legs, here comes the next guy.
00:07:44
Speaker
And you know here comes the next guy after that. And that's what this team is blessed with, a deep squad. so you know I was happy with the guys that came on the field and did a good job.
00:07:57
Speaker
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00:08:02
Speaker
Good. After the goal of San Diego, the team seemed to enter into a shock state. Thanks to the changes and the goal, the team could recover the game.
00:08:20
Speaker
Algo similar pasó con el partido frente a Dallas. ¿A qué cree se debe el hecho que el equipo pierda su identidad después de que le anotan un gol?
00:08:36
Speaker
After the goal, especially after the goal, it seems like the team got into a state of shock. But after the changes and our goal, they seem to recover the aggressiveness and they were on top of the the game.
00:08:51
Speaker
This situation was something similar to what happened to the game on Dallas. Why do you think there is this effect on our team when they get a scored first?
00:09:05
Speaker
ah If you're saying that our team was in shock after the goal, ah maybe it's more the other team gained some momentum because in the first 15 minutes of the game, i thought we were playing very well.
00:09:19
Speaker
And then they scored the goal and San Diego became a little bit bigger. I'm not so sure we were shocked. I think we're a veteran team. ah And, you know, the last, you know, the first 15 minutes of the first half, the last 10, 12 minutes of this first half, I thought we played okay. a In reality, you say that our team entered
Player Spotlight and Performance Review: Peter Kingston and Musavsky
00:09:52
Speaker
in the opposite team. San Diego was energized when they announced the goal.
00:09:59
Speaker
Yeah, we'll go right here then over to Zoom for one or
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Speaker
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00:10:20
Speaker
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00:10:52
Speaker
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00:10:57
Speaker
um Coach, do you believe there is a a need for a leader that in the moments of difficulty will take the lead on on on those situations?
00:11:08
Speaker
I've observed that the team itself has a good a big identity, but when there is a particular situation, there could be the need for a but a leader who will help out those type of situations.
00:11:21
Speaker
Yeah, I agree with that. But, you know, I think you have leadership with different players. It doesn't always have to be one. Sometimes you can have leadership by a group of players. And I think, you know, starting with Christian, the captain, you know, Jackson had a very good game at the back. You have Jordan that's been here for many years. You have Alberts, who's an experienced player, you know, knew who's been here a long time. He provides leadership by example.
00:11:50
Speaker
There's different players that can do it. So, you know, I don't disagree with your question. but I think this group has many leaders instead of just one.
00:12:05
Speaker
I'm at some point agree with that. However, as I see, there are leadership in multiple players, not only in one. For example, Christian, with the experience he has, Jackson, from behind.
00:12:23
Speaker
Jordan, also for the time she's been playing with the team. Albert, with the experience she has in And
00:12:48
Speaker
right, we'll take one or two on Zoom. Nico, Antun, go ahead with yours, please.
00:12:53
Speaker
Hi, Brian. So the last time the Sounders lost at home was against PSG last summer, which I find is a pretty cool stat. ah Tonight, the team gave San Diego a pretty tough fight, especially in that second half.
00:13:05
Speaker
All things considered, what you say about the team's ability of turning Lumen Field back into a fortress?
00:13:13
Speaker
Yeah, it's a good stat. Sometimes I get nervous about that stat because at some point that is going to go away. But I have to give credit to the guys. They always fight to the end. They never quit.
00:13:27
Speaker
um You know, look, if you're looking at the standings, ah you know, we've only lost one game all year in the regular season.
00:13:38
Speaker
But it just feels like the last two games we've you know dropped points. And that's why you have that funny feeling in your stomach of you know the job's not quite finished yet. So it is a nice record.
00:13:50
Speaker
It is an impressive record. Credit to the guys in the room, the coaching staff, everybody. But you know it just doesn't feel great right at this particular second.
00:14:02
Speaker
Felipe Makeda, go ahead with your question, please.
00:14:07
Speaker
Thank you. and Coach Brian, I have ah two questions. One, it seems like a last game, the feeling or the sentiment in the team was that the two points were lost.
00:14:20
Speaker
this This game, um as the the way that that the game finishes, the fans were all happy. What do you think is the sentiment right now or at the end of the game in this game?
00:14:36
Speaker
And my second question for you is um after the substitution seems like the team changed dramatically. It was a nice soccer, a very fluent.
00:14:48
Speaker
what what What happened? Thank you.
00:14:53
Speaker
Well, the changes that were made, you know, dropping Albert back a line, ah you know Getting another attacking guy on there. you know I think Peter Kingston has a lot of potential. You saw some of that today.
00:15:07
Speaker
um you know Sometimes you make subs and they work. And you know sometimes against Kansas City, you make some subs and it really didn't work. So it's always you know it's always you know hard sometimes to gauge games just based on the substitutions.
00:15:24
Speaker
The players that come on the field try and make a difference. Okay, that's their job as a substitute. And you know again, I can't complain about the player's effort in you know any of the games this year. When guys come on the field, they always give their best to try and change the outcome of the game.
00:15:42
Speaker
And my sentiment is still two points lost in Kansas City and two points lost here tonight. right we'll take a follow up here in the room, Jeremiah. See you.
00:15:57
Speaker
kind mentioned Peter there, but you know this is becoming a regular thing where he's one of your first options off the bench, even when you're chasing a goal. What's it say about the progress that he's made and what are you seeing from him that you put so much trust in him?
00:16:11
Speaker
Well, look, he's a he's a game kid. I like that. You know, he's got some, you know, street soccer in him. ah He is a good athlete.
00:16:23
Speaker
um You know, it's just a different look than Kalani is, you know, or Alex at that position. He can run all day. That's another quality that I like. So lots of good starting points.
00:16:36
Speaker
And as he gets the feel and a little bit more of a taste, and he's shown it kind of at every level that he's been at. You know, and it's taken him longer to get here.
00:16:47
Speaker
But every level you saw improvements. from you know when he was at the UW and and Ballard and in Defiance and now the first team. And he's he's worked hard to get where he's at. I'm going to leave it there so we can get to the players in the locker room.
00:17:05
Speaker
Thanks, all. We'll see you back here at the Stadium on Wednesday.
00:17:13
Speaker
there you have it from brian schmetzer good stuff there from brian schmetzer i'm going to give a couple of thoughts on that press conference and then maybe another thought or two on the game and then i'll uh take some calls it'll just be a couple minutes here uh but i think what i want to start with from that presser guys is uh his comment there on the number nine position he's talking about the nine percent number nine position and he's basically saying look No one's really made it their own.
00:17:40
Speaker
And what I took from that is he saying is he was putting it out there. This is an open competition right now. You've got Jordan Morris, you've got Danny Musavsky, and you've got Osase De Rosario. If i asked you right now, which one of those three is the clear cut starting number nine for the Seattle Sounders?
00:18:01
Speaker
would you be able to give a definitive answer to that question? No, you would not. And as you can see, the coach can't give but a definitive answer to that question. And i think that's among the bigger questions that I have coming out of this game as we reach the end of our second straight game where the team was, this this is what, when we talk about XG Merchanting and the ghosts 2025 2024, this what we're talking about. know,
00:18:28
Speaker
this is what we're talking about you know you've You've got people ah you know you say talking about Go Snack, talking about how bad Ferreira was tonight. I mean, to me, those are guys to be singled out when the issue with the team is chance generation.
00:18:46
Speaker
If the looks aren't there, if they're not getting shots, if they're not getting shots on target. That's not what I've seen in the last two games. What I've seen in the last two games is a team that put ah put up 27 shots the last game. 26 tonight, I think, is what J.O. was saying there.
00:19:04
Speaker
Now, shots alone are not indicative of a dangerous attack, but I think it's fair to say from the eye test before you even look at the XG in these last couple games
00:19:21
Speaker
that the chances have been there. And it's a matter of not finishing them off. And the thing that got me thinking was after the SKC game, I was reading Matt Doyle's breakdown on tactics free zone.
00:19:34
Speaker
And he dropped the Sounders a couple spots in there and the and his power rankings after the SKC draw, which, you know, fair enough. But his takeaway was that was a game, he said, that illustrates
00:19:48
Speaker
What happens to Seattle when they don't have the ah top end attacking talent to finish those chances? And the implication there, I think, is that once again, it's a team that ceiling might be limited unless and until Pedro de la Vega comes back and looks like the Pedro de la Vega that we saw last year in League's Cup.
00:20:10
Speaker
And barring that, you might have XG game or XG merchant games like this. And I was sitting there and I was thinking to myself reading that, like, is that really the takeaway?
00:20:24
Speaker
Like, am I supposed to look at a game where Jesus Ferreira is a combined 0.7 inches from having a brace? And the takeaway be that he's not top end enough to defeat Sporting KC, worst team in the league?
00:20:40
Speaker
I don't know. I didn't really think so. But then... You watch the game tonight, and it's hard not to have that feeling of like, man, Pedro de la Vega was out there to finish some of these off. We're probably talking about a different conversation.
00:20:56
Speaker
So I don't know if that's true, like fully accurate. We're going to find out going forward here. But what but I'll say this. I'll say this, and then I'll take some calls. ah
00:21:09
Speaker
I'm getting to the point where I feel like unless we see something drastically change,
00:21:18
Speaker
it might be worth considering that Danny Musavsky should just be a starter for this team. I mean, um've i've I've seen a pattern. I've seen a pattern in that when this team is XG Merchanting and they sub him on, they usually end up getting a goal and he usually scores it. I don't know if he's going to end up holding credit on that goal. We were saying in the press box, it might've looked like an own goal.
00:21:40
Speaker
But, yeah you know, he also put one off the post. Moose looked hungry. The Moose was the moose was on the hunt tonight. He was playing with fire. He was playing with intensity. He had some good chances, and he's responsible for the goal that they did get in the game, whether they give him credit for it or not.
00:21:56
Speaker
So I don't know. That's something to think about. I'm going to drop the call link in chat. Don't be shy. I could use your guys' help tonight. The tech's obviously off to a bad start. So please tap into the queue.
00:22:08
Speaker
lay down some co-host action with me on this post-game live. And I will keep cooking until you guys tap in, just making sure that that link is – there it is. All right, call link in there. Let's get the queue rolling.
00:22:24
Speaker
Come on, tap in. Give me your thoughts on this 1-1 draw, second straight 1-1 draw for the Seattle Sounders. You know, it was –
00:22:34
Speaker
There's a pretty lengthy period of time in this game, especially in the second half, where I felt like they were probably going to lose this game.
00:22:43
Speaker
They're XG merchanting. The chances are going in and they're getting frustrated. they got There's that sequence where they got three yellow cards in six minutes or something. That's frustration setting in there.
00:22:55
Speaker
And with every high XG missed opportunity, it felt like the frustration was snowballing. And sometimes when you get in that headspace, it just won't go in. So the fact that they ended up getting the goal and getting the draw saved them from that fate, at least, I guess.
00:23:08
Speaker
All right. We got Griffin and then Rob both in the queue, getting it started. So thank you guys for starting it off. And then everyone else, if you want to want to tap in, and tap in. I'll throw the...
00:23:22
Speaker
Link in the chat there, but ah let's get Griffin on the stage right now. Griffin, can you hear me? Yes, sir. I can hear you. Can you hear me? i can hear you. You are good. What is up, man? Thanks for tapping in. a second straight 1-1 draw, this time against San Diego FC. How are you feeling after these last couple games? You know, red red hot start to the season, eliminated from Champions Cup, but honestly, you know, pretty good performance against Tigris. I think we were all feeling pretty good. And now the vibes, they're a little tenuous. well What do you think about what's going on right now?
00:23:55
Speaker
You know, honestly, I'm feeling fine. I got to say, first of all, I'm a first-time caller. appreciate letting on the call. And I got to say, after our Champions League loss, I think this is a fine result.
00:24:11
Speaker
Based off of our last our best ah based off of the last season in MLS, I think San Diego is a fine team to make a tie with. You know, okay. See, I would disagree with that from the sense of last year, I think they were a team where I might feel that way about them. This year, they haven't been very good. Like I felt like they should have been able to beat that team at home, especially when you're pummeling them with 26 shots. It's like, it's not like they were stopping you from getting looks like,
00:24:36
Speaker
yeah that's definitely fair i mean just based off of their their standings in the mls they're definitely mid table so i get i think they're not as bad as their record that's sort of the takeaway i have is like yeah i would agree with that taking results this year but like i'm just looking at them tonight they still had andrews dreyer out there ingvardson the guy who scored their goal very good player and uh that oh their center back dua honestly man he was getting the better of jordan like He's good. Like that was impressive. 100%. Yeah. I mean, i base most of my opinions based off of the MLS Instagram and who's making the, you know, who's making the reels on the MLS Instagram. And, you know, they got Dreyer. He's like a top player for them.
00:25:17
Speaker
And by all means, I think, you know, we we shut him down fairly. He played well, but we did shut him down fairly. I think at the start of the game, we started strong. Like our through balls, our quick attacks, our transitions were really good.
00:25:33
Speaker
especially to Morris. I thought his runs off the ball were good. It's just where his finishing was lacking. Like that's the immediate thing that I saw. Did you think he was offside on that one, man? Cause when I saw it live, I was like, no, no, he's not, he's not, he's that and he's not offside. Then I look at the replay and it's one of those ones where, you know, I can see why they called it. He is like, you know, the,
00:25:54
Speaker
inch of his jersey is probably slightly offside but then i was looking at the left back and i was like i think you could argue that that guy was keeping him on i kind of you know i'm biased but i wish they would leave the flag down there we want to see goals we want to see borderline offside calls come on but if san diego did it then yeah wave it off 100 i think if there's no var that's a goal and we're all celebrating but yeah literally i mean um yeah literally i mean um and but but the angle the angle right the angle you may it made you think that he was on side but i think var did get it right in the end he did look off a little bit but i think it wasn't even dar it was the ar called that ar yeah whatever it was but yeah i think overall our our number nine today showed that like you said we do not have a clear number nine
00:26:48
Speaker
spot, you know, player. I do think though that Morris is our best chance at getting it because when I see Musovski and Osazi, Osazi de Rosario when they played switching off, you know, earlier in the season, they didn't produce as much as Morris in my opinion.
00:27:06
Speaker
But I like the way that Brian Schmetzer handles that position. He plays Morris. He tells him to go, you know, 100% for the first, like, 60, 70 minutes. And then he brings in the backup, which I think benefits us the most. I think that's the best way to pay the play the position.
00:27:22
Speaker
Zach is saying the San Diego left back had him dead even. I agree. And also the other call that upset me tonight was –
00:27:31
Speaker
Nuhu should have drawn a penalty. That was a foul. Argue with the wall. Like, that that's a foul. Watch the replay. Just give it to him. He's Nuhu. It's Nuhu. Come on. Just give it to Yeah, just give it to him. Does the ref not know who Nuhu is? Just give it Yeah, yeah. Come on. it's he got Poor Nuhu, man. he's doing his He's competing out there. He's doing his best. Yeah, he kind of got burned on the goal. But he's been playing well this year. He's trying to make a play. I thought he got fouled for mine. I thought he got fouled.
00:27:58
Speaker
If you guys watch that replay and you see that differently, feel free to to voice that opposition. But I'm not hearing it. That's a foul. That should have been a PK. And the fact that he emphatically waved it off that fast, it's like even if you're right, there's no way you know that that fast.
00:28:14
Speaker
Get out of here. Maybe if he flared his arms a little bit more, maybe the ref gives it. A little more, yeah. he tried like I like the effort of him getting up. That was a good position to get in.
00:28:26
Speaker
Yeah, sure. you know But yeah, no, the number nine issue, it's going to be interesting. What do you think of the the Moose idea that I was kicking around? ah To me, it feels like he is the most reliable one in terms of putting the ball in the back of the net, which is the job at the end of the day, even if he's not as well-rounded as a Jordan Orosaze. Plus, Jordan, I think, has looked good in the wide areas this year.
00:28:49
Speaker
Yeah, I definitely agree with La Vega off. Morris could, you know, help the, like our wide positions a little bit more. I think he could do better in that position, but I don't know.
00:29:01
Speaker
i think I'm an Osaze lover. i think he has better holdup play than Musavsky. just feel like he can, you know, distribute the ball better than him. But, you know, at the end of the day, his goal scoring, I think tendency is not as good as Musavsky. He's a better goal scorer, but yeah.
00:29:19
Speaker
It is tough. You know, there's a give and take there because you could argue that Moose is a little one dimensional, but it's like that one dimension is the most important. It's what we need It's what we need. It's what, yeah, it's what the team needs. And it's the most important dimension in the entire sport. He's one dimensional. He only does one thing and it's score goals, which is the whole point of the game.
00:29:38
Speaker
like That's right. I get that. It's a good dimension to have. So, yeah, I don't know. Schmetz seemed honestly kind irritated about how he couldn't really name someone who's won the job. So someone's got to just go out and win the job, I guess. There's nothing really that much more to it.
00:29:56
Speaker
I think as far as um how Brian Schmetzer has been doing the lineups, now that we're not in Champions League, has been good. Like, this was the best lineup I think he could have put out. um I mean, as far as, the like, our substitutions, I think the substitutions he made are good, like, especially since he's making them earlier. And part of me feels like, you know,
00:30:18
Speaker
Yamar is injured. Alex is playing super well in the center back. His distribution is better, in my opinion. His defense is holding up. Should we start Alex in the center back?
00:30:31
Speaker
I think we should. I'm going to be the one to say it. I think we should. Even when Yamar is back. youre Yeah, why not? I mean, Yamar is getting older, right? He's older. He getting older. I do think you have seen a couple instances where it's not even necessarily like Alex's fault. It's just that on so a couple of these set piece goals they've conceded where physicality in the box and just having that size and that presence is really useful. Yamar has that more than anyone. And I think we sort of underrate the value of that potentially when there's these situations like in CCC where you've got one of their center backs wide-ass open with a free header on goal. And you're like, all right, well, if Yamar was in there, would he maybe have spotted that one and taken that guy out of the play more at least tried? You know, I think it's possible. so
00:31:19
Speaker
But it is – Alex has made that a debate and a discussion in a way that I did not – think that he would so you got to give it to him for that like I and the other thing about that is like uh if you bump Alex back out and put Yamar back in then you're taking Kalani off the field who's been like one of the best attackers like attacking parts of the team so stuff but uh all right Griffin uh great call one more give me one more take just on how you're feeling about the vibes the team how it's going right now season coming up uh what do you think
00:31:54
Speaker
I'm happy for the season. I think good things are come good things are to come. you know Our lineup is almost perfect. We're missing just one or two few we know more pieces. I think the players that we have, that I think they can you know fit the role, but we'll see what happens.
00:32:15
Speaker
6-1-2. 6-1-2. So I think that's the record, right? That's pretty good. All is not lost. But these have been a frustrating couple results. But Griffin, great stuff, man. Thanks for calling in. Are you guys hiring?
00:32:29
Speaker
ah have to ask Noah. i honestly have no idea. Okay, ask Noah. Get back to me. All right, I got you. Have a good one, guys. Take care. All right. We got Rob coming up next, and then no one else is in the queue as of now, guys. So if you want a lengthy show tonight, get in the queue. ah Hunch, I see you in chat. Come on. Tap in. Dropping the link in right now. Sorry. I need to learn how to pin it. i don't know how to do that, but I'm dropping the link in chat. right now.
00:32:54
Speaker
And I have people hit me up on Blue Sky and Instagram like, when's the next call-in show? I want to call in and then no one's queuing in. what's What's going on? But all right, let's get Rob on stage right now. I'll hold it down. Rob, it is pitch-ass dark. I can't see you. are you ah you in a Are you passenger in a car? You're not driving, are you?
00:33:12
Speaker
Yeah, I'm passenger in the car. Can you hear me okay? Yeah, I hear you. Oh, it's it's okay. It's this, Rob. I couldn't see you. Thank God. Why have you, you haven't called in forever. What's going on? Oh, I know, man. it's It's been a minute, dude. I've been on a lot of company travel, but yeah, we're the wife and I are heading back from the match.
00:33:33
Speaker
Sorry, it's so dark, but I thought I'd call in. Right on. So, so A lot of great comments from the previous caller.
00:33:45
Speaker
ah One of the things, so a few quick takes. ah One, Jackson Reagan agenda for the national team.
00:33:56
Speaker
Holy smokes. He put on a clinic tonight. There was a couple of times. I would agree, but tonight I was, i and maybe I was kind of dialed in on him. it it was because I was watching to see like, okay, i i want i want to see how Jackson does tonight.
00:34:15
Speaker
Holy, he put on a clinic. Man, he schooled Anders Dreyer a couple of times that I was just like, oh my God, Chef's. Beautiful, great switches, great switch of play, just just well done. I'm like Mauricio Pochettino calling this guy into the national team. And you know, the and i i I get it. He's got his boys. He's he's got his crew. But man, it's going to be so disappointing to not see him get called in for this World Cup round.
00:34:50
Speaker
Especially when we got 48-year-old Ken Green out there. It's like if there was guys that I felt like were better than him, I would be like, okay, I get that. But I really don't think that's... For real. Yeah, I do. I like like it's it's a great call out from this game. He was a monster. he's I think he's been a monster all year. I love it when teams have game plans where they loop crosses into the box. But okay, have fun with that. That's not that. All right.
00:35:14
Speaker
He's just going to head that immediately out of there. Keep doing that. Yeah. um i I thought. tonight Tonight reminded me of, you know, there's you know i'm I'm a retired Army guy.
00:35:30
Speaker
There's an old saying, you know, the enemy gets a vote, right? And tonight, st or San Diego got a vote. And I thought San Diego actually showed up and played well.
00:35:43
Speaker
However, in that first 15 minutes, They had no answer for the Sounders. The Sounders, you know, san Diego with sixty you know has been putting up 60% possession stats so far this season, and they had no answer for it. The Sounders played them toe-to-toe in possession.
00:36:03
Speaker
i I was super impressed with that, even though we went down the one goal, I was like the game state to me was really very evenly matched. It was actually like trying to watch it as a neutral to an extent. It was a very entertaining match. Like I thought both sides actually played some fairly entertaining soccer.
00:36:26
Speaker
It was a good game. I i enjoyed the game. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, so that said, I thought Jesus had a really good game. i i thought he looked sharp. I thought he had a lot of really good defensive possessions. and You know, there was one or two dispossessions, but none of them were super bad. um Yeah, he also had a couple.
00:36:51
Speaker
I felt like he had a couple. kind of final third moments where there was a pass to pick out that he made the wrong decision and like that one that he cut back to the top of the box i was like oh man yeah yeah so but i think overall that's that's fair what do you make of just what's going on with the attack right now though because you have these last two games where they put up 27 shots 26 shots over two expected goals both times 2.9 at sporting kc 2.5 tonight but you only have two goals to show for it so Are you encouraged by the chance generation or are you worried about the finishing?
00:37:28
Speaker
I'm worried about the finishing. um I feel like we have three strikers that if we could combine all three, we'd have the perfect striker. Yes. um i feel like I feel like we've got Danny, who's a great finisher.
00:37:42
Speaker
I feel like we've got Jordan, who's doing fantastic things that hold up and in the press. and i feel like you have osaze who's a solid hold up guy and and can occasionally get creative um and with you know and he's young and you know and he has some spirit there but but none of them are really putting the chances away. Like they're not that clinical striker. They're not that clinical finisher.
00:38:12
Speaker
You know, right i joke around. Yeah, man, you took the words out of my mouth. I joke around a lot of times with friends and and I'll be like, oh man, you know, Rui Diaz would have finished that.
00:38:26
Speaker
Or, you know, Deuce would have finished that or Oba would have finished that. And, you know, it's, you know, right now it's like, you know, there's that joke about, you know, teams arsenaling it into the goal. You know, they're going to pass it to death and try to pass it into into the goal.
00:38:46
Speaker
And I feel like we're kind of trying to do that. Like nobody wants to take that. quick shot in the box and finish it they just want to oh no i can't i gotta pass it yeah yeah that's been there's a couple more of those tonight where it's like dude just shoot it the one that moose put off the post it's like all right you got it off the post but like just shoot it jordan ah has had a couple of those too where yeah there's just like kind of this yips where they're like oh wait is that's the right decision it's like no shoot it shoot now
00:39:17
Speaker
Now, you know, look, that's easy for us to say watching from up high. I get it. Very true. You know, it's it's one of those we're not in the box. Now, again, enemy getting a vote, they were packed. Like, they were collapsing defensively very quickly.
00:39:35
Speaker
um You know, a lot of times our attack, when when you looked at us transitioning to the attack, there were a lot of...
00:39:46
Speaker
ah times they were 10 if not all 11 players behind the ball like it it they were transitioning quickly into defense um and you know and when you've got eight defenders nine defenders in the box that that just makes it a clown show to try to score um So I, you know, so it's easy for me to sit here and pick on them, you know, right post match, you know, kind of armchair, armchair analyst.
00:40:16
Speaker
i say ah Yeah. um I always feel, i always feel funny like sitting up in the press box. Like he should have scored that. Like, as I sit here, like eating food in an air conditioned press box. Why didn't he finish that? Absolutely. right Yeah, yeah. So I get it, i get it.
00:40:37
Speaker
but i you know But look, at the end of the day, Craig, Adrian, front office, when you have money balled your team and suddenly they began to run into scoring problems, now you have now you've got questions to answer.
00:40:58
Speaker
Right. You know, look, great roster. Team depth has been great. We've been doing a lot of really good stuff, bringing up guys from Defiance, and I love it. And and don't get me wrong. i am on board with it. I'm here.
00:41:11
Speaker
Right. But that that that narrative begins to fall very flat when you're not putting them in the back of the net.
00:41:24
Speaker
You know, when they start not being able to score and they start not being able to finish, now it's a problem. Yeah. I mean, yeah. On that note, I think it's going to be interesting to see what happens with Pedro De La Vega because as as much as we talk about, like, the lack of that needle-moving, game-changing finisher, i do think they have him.
00:41:46
Speaker
They have him. He just doesn't play because he's hurt a lot. So if he comes back and he looks like – Sure, and I'm right, but here's the question. He's a winger. He's not a striker.
00:41:59
Speaker
Yeah, but he does strike the out of the ball. Oh, fair play. Fair play. He he does. he He scores some bangers. um you know He had a Puskas nominee, no doubt.
00:42:13
Speaker
um But if if we're if we're making that case, You know, he gets healthy, you know, God willing in the creek doesn't rise on us, you know, he gets healthy post World Cup and, you know, he leads the charge or he leads a charge into there, but is Is he your goal scorer finisher? you know And and you know there is that question, does he begin to unlock the attack that's why i was gonna in such a way that he's right that he's he's helping to create those chances for the strikers that we're not getting yet?
00:42:53
Speaker
yeah i I don't know. That's that's a good question. I don't think it would hurt because he will draw attention. Exactly. I mean, you know, so that's, that's, that's a fair point. I mean, you know, he'll draw attention, free up things, you know, cause admittedly.
00:43:13
Speaker
Oh, sorry. Did I freeze?
00:43:21
Speaker
sorry did i freeze Yeah, you did. I got you now though. Give us one last take and then we'll ah keep the cue pushing. I got yeah couple of people behind you. Yeah, yeah, no worries. So Dua, number 26, the center back for San Diego, he had Jordan in his pocket all night.
00:43:37
Speaker
um that That was really good play on his part, but you bring a Pedro de la Vega in, does he begin to help draw that attention away from Jordan and free those kind of things up? That's really where I was going with the last take.
00:43:52
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. I mean, and we just got to hope that when they do get him back healthy, he can offer that boost and it sort of comes together how we think it might. Because I think we did see that last year and they absolutely tore through League's Cup riding that train. So God willing, he gets back on the field and he can give the team that boost. Because, you know, I do think it's possible. It's not guaranteed, but it's possible that that's all it's going to take to really unlock the attack and take it to the next level is injecting a guy of his raw talent and ability that we all know he has at this point. into this attack it could be huge but uh rob great stuff man thank you for calling back in don't wait so long to uh call into the next one we need you on these uh right on appreciate you guys thank have a good night all right we got chad we got poos and then we got jake uh i'll drop the link in one more time in the case anyone else wants to tap in i'm good to hang out for a while if you guys want to tap in and get your takes in
00:44:49
Speaker
Come one, come all. All right, let's get Chad in here. Chad, what's up, man? Welcome to the show. It's been a minute. You got a big old beard now. You like that? Yeah, no, it's looking good. know, it's it's kind of hard to sit on this team right now. Honestly, after this game, you know, this team was one of the best teams in the league last season.
00:45:09
Speaker
And then now we're going to, you know, say that, oh, they're not performing their best. I understand that they're on a slump, you know, we're in that. But the last team that we had was Kansas City that we tied against. So it's It's hard, you know, and it's hard to shit on the defense, at least. This defense has been one of the most standard defenses in the league, and I cannot say more beyond that. Our offense, you know, can use the work.
00:45:34
Speaker
And that has been unfortunately a recurring storyline over the last couple years. Although last year it was, I felt like it was the opposite. The defense actually was the unit that was kind of letting the team down at points when when they were scoring enough goals to win games, but then having these concessions. But so far this year, the defense has been excellent. They've conceded, I think, the fewest goals in the league. a is and Thomas, Thomas has been an understatement of the league, man.
00:46:01
Speaker
Thomas has just been a monster. Yeah, I can't I can't can't do it. You know, this reminds me of the 2020 was at three or four when we didn't make the playoffs when our defense was so good, but our offense just could not could not keep up.
00:46:18
Speaker
yeah And That's what the last two games remind me of. We talked about that so much that year. Like, we would be like, man, the chance generation was so good. How are they not scoring? Like, that's kind of been the story of the last couple games. 27 shots, 26 shots. i mean, those are ridiculous totals. It's kind of more frustrating than that. What I think is the, you know, the total the totality of it it is that, you know, our so our offense was so good last season because of Mussovsky. And we've hardly given him a shot this season.
00:46:48
Speaker
Mussovsky was... was just, I don't know, you could count on him to put in goals every time he was in. But right now it seems like he's is' hardly getting a shout out of start. He can get like 15 minutes a game and then you're expecting him to do something in that amount of time. But his holdup play looks pretty good. i think he looks pretty good.
00:47:08
Speaker
I agree. i'm I'm saying that I feel like we might just be at the point where you might have to try starting him for ah run games here because every time he's put him in, like he scored a couple goals in CCC. and He looks dangerous every time. He's dangerous. We know he can finish. So I'm at the point where it's like, you may as well just try that.
00:47:30
Speaker
Like, what's What's there to lose? I mean yeah what' there i think Morris on the wing looks pretty good. It obviously creates a clog like Musaski, Ferrer. Ferrer has looked good. i ah you know i'm the you know I'm the guy. remember this now I'm the guy. But Ferrer has looked good these past couple games. is This game wasn't great, but I can't say he's our problem. He's not our problem.
00:47:52
Speaker
But he's, I don't know. I just feel like our wing is so inconsistent with the players who you put there. And then now you can't create it. There's no vibe like in that front four because it's just constantly changing over and over in every game.
00:48:08
Speaker
I feel like it's been a thing where, you know, they've won a lot of these games where it's like Rothrock at the back post is how you scored, which is great. love Rothrock. when it's the When it's the same thing every time, eventually teams figure out how to stop it a little bit, and then it's like, what do you go to? And I think right now they're like, oh, wait a minute, Rothrock at the back post didn't work.
00:48:28
Speaker
what do we What do we do? Christian at the back post. That too. Yeah. Switch it. Christian at the back. No, its it's ah it's ah it's a conundrum. That front that front quad.
00:48:45
Speaker
Who knows how we're going to fix that? I don't know who's our answer. I don't know who's going to be like Ferreira over because Ferreira's best position is the 10. and There's no doubt. His best position is the 10.
00:48:56
Speaker
Yeah. But so is Roostnecks. So like i I like them playing together as the kind of dual tens with Ferreira in the wide channel. I think they figured out how to make that work. And I'm also at the – I know there's a lot of debate about that. But for me, I'm kind of impartial week to week whether they run the dual tens with Ferreira out wide or Ferreira just at the ten. I feel like the offense can do what it needs to do to score as much as it needs to score in a given week with either one of those setups.
00:49:23
Speaker
Okay, dual ten or dual nine? Duel nine with Ferreira, Ferreira, Jordan, Ferreira, Moose. I guess it's your, you know, your pick. What do you think is the best, ah the optimal?
00:49:35
Speaker
Duel 10 with Ferreira and Rusnak or Duel 10 with Ferreira? That's what I think has run the best, but. But there's there's no one up front to take the game like Ruiz Diaz would. I think that's what you guys were talking about beforehand.
00:49:51
Speaker
So that single striker has been so hard to replicate without that person who can just take the game by the balls, you know? Yeah, yeah. Good point. Well, Chad, give me ah give me one more take about this game or the season or anything at all. and then ah then' tired I'm optimistic about how this goes, especially for the money ball we are playing.
00:50:12
Speaker
i'm not This isn't my favorite roster we ever had, but it's hard to complain about it. you know Yeah, think that's well said. Chad, good stuff, man. Thanks for tapping in. We'll catch you on the next one.
00:50:23
Speaker
I appreciate it. Have a good one, Ari. Yeah, take care. All right, we got Poos, and then we got Asurata. ah i' Let me drop this link in. You know, I'm catching more optimism and positivity from the calls tonight than I thought. You know, I would have thought after a 1-1 draw.
00:50:42
Speaker
against the worst team in the league, followed up by 1-1 draw against a not that good of a team at home. I thought there would be some more crash outs. I'm impressed. I'm impressed by the level-headedness of the the people right now. But, you know, I think that ah that shows that ah people are willing to give equity to how good of a start the season was and not throw everything out just because of a couple of bad results, which, ah quick tangent,
00:51:09
Speaker
Real quick. I was watching back the Lobbing Scorchers kickoff this week with me and Nico. And I was going through the stats from the Sporting KC game. And I was like, look at the look at the possession. Look at the shots. Look at the shots on target. Look at DXG. And I was watching myself back. And I was like, this man is overdosing on copium right now.
00:51:28
Speaker
This is the most cop I've ever seen on Lobbing Scorchers kickoff. But, i you know, I think i'm what I was saying was right. it just... Where does it get you against Sporting Kansas City?
00:51:40
Speaker
I don't know. ah Let's get Poos on here. Azarada after that. Poos, what's up, man? You are on the stage right now. You are outside taking a walk. and join Yeah, i'm i'm I'm headed to work. So I'm going to be moving pretty quick here. Okay.
00:51:56
Speaker
Also, you talking about being impressed by all the level-headedness. I'm sorry to like crash that. OK, wait a minute. You're frozen, so I'm going to remove you from the stage real quick and then put you back on and see if that fixes it. Hold on one sec.
00:52:16
Speaker
Oh, think we lost Poos.
00:52:21
Speaker
Pus, you totally froze and i added you back and ah it's not working. So tap back in and oh wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. I think I see you. I think I see you. Okay, you're good now. You're good now. You're good. Cook. Okay, okay, okay. Well, anyways, all I was just going to say was that i the goal scoring has kind of been my Achilles heel all season.
00:52:41
Speaker
um I think that it has been too
00:52:49
Speaker
Earlier callers have made completely accurate points. just um And also, I feel like I'm not really going to say anything new, but it's just I think that these are things that we would be coping not to acknowledge, which is just that we're not dangerous enough, right? All of the possession and the shots are fine, but, like, I looked before while we were on the call. We're in the league have like the we're the seventh from the bottom uh for goal scoring right so of all of the teams across both of the conferences uh just going off of the goal scored right so as as many chances as we want to say we're creating not enough of them nearly are hitting the back of the net or or i would even go farther to say like i'm not really seeing the keepers being forced into situations where i go oh that was close like we made them make a dangerous save um and and i i really want to make sure that ah this doesn't get personal
00:53:42
Speaker
because I think that Jordan is a great guy, right? So i don't I don't want to like check his person when I'm saying this, but um every time he's getting bodied off by a center back off of the very first challenge or when he's going up for a header and the ball just goes straight up into the air over the goal, right? I can't help but think about how better strikers at the nine would at least make that a shot or a chance or something more of it.
00:54:07
Speaker
um It may just be a thing where I'm now looking for, I'm i'm seeing what I'm looking for, because like it's it's on my radar personally, and it's, you know, a bias that I'm carrying. And I try to weigh that. But again, then Moose comes on and like scores a goal, right? Whatever the quality of the goal we want to talk about, he is doing the thing that I want Jordan to do more of or whoever's at that nine.
00:54:28
Speaker
They're making a chance. They're taking a shot. they're They're making the position dangerous in a way that I don't think Jordan does. And more so, I think that Jordan is just more dangerous out wide. Every time I see him out wide, I like what I see, right? That's the Jordan i know. And I was having this thought in my head as I was listening to the calls. When we were first playing Jordan, first playing him, I think the line was like, he's a lot faster than you would think for his body type, right? Like he's a big guy, but he's pretty quick.
00:54:55
Speaker
And now I think we have the inverted problem where we think that for a guy of his size, he'd be better at holding players up or holding the ball, you know, up high at the nine to to bring the team in. And I just don't think that I haven't seen enough evidence to show that he is that good at doing that consistently. Every time I see him out wide, it's a night and day difference. And I love what he does out wide. When I see him at the nine,
00:55:17
Speaker
I'm just waiting for something, you know, like I'm, I'm parched for water and, and becoming like the mineral water critic. Like I'm, I'm looking for something and I can't, I have trouble seeing it. um Like I said, I am kind of moving pretty quick. So actually, because I'm the guy that was complaining on blue sky saying like, Hey, we should do like people calling in. I want to, I want to make my like final point. That's a little bit different, but my final like hill that I want to die on now, which is to say like season or at least a season or two ago, there was a lot of talk about like,
00:55:46
Speaker
we would be doing better with a, how do I say it A different coach with, ah with somebody else calling the shots or making the lineups, you know, my, my apprehension about Jordan at the nine aside, um I think that you guys talking about what's going on in Miami is exactly the kind of problem that we don't have here, right? It's like drama or a lack of accountability or ownership or responsibility. And by that, I mean, like, I think that Brian is the guy for the job, right? I think that this guy, um i think that we're worse without him is is maybe the hill that I'm dying on. Now, obviously at some point, right, someone has to
00:56:27
Speaker
fill his shoes and but I think like for back then and for now and at least in the short term future, I think Brian's the guy. I think that he commands the respect of the locker room.
00:56:37
Speaker
um I simply think that we don't quite have the firepower up top to execute, but I think it's not by accident that people have got real quiet about like replacing him or him being the issue.
00:56:52
Speaker
So that was my that was my hill I wanted to die on over social media. Pus, great stuff, man. Thanks for the call. you You froze, but I was able to hear everything. so Perfect. great great Great takes. I'm sure we're going to be talking to him about a lot of what talked about with ah with Jordan as well. But appreciate you, man. ah We'll catch you on the next one. Take care.
00:57:14
Speaker
yep All right. We got Azurada and then we got Hunch and then ah that is it for now. Firing that Lincoln right there.
00:57:25
Speaker
And let's get Azurada in here Azurada, welcome to the show. What's up, man? Thank you for all the support you've given us. Yeah, no worries. Yeah, I'm usually a pretty optimistic person. I'm feeling pretty pissed off about the game tonight.
00:57:40
Speaker
um I don't think I'm crashing out in the sense that I think we have ah trouble this season, but I just feel like that game we should have won and pretty annoyed at the result. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Right.
00:57:51
Speaker
Yeah. So not very happy about that result. I think that The consistent problem I've had is that just a kind of a lack of sense of urgency from half the team. um I think that they need to be fighting for it.
00:58:02
Speaker
yeah I thought the second half, like to close the game, it picked up. But it's like, if you've been playing like this earlier in the second half, you might have had another goal by now. Yeah, or perhaps the one that we should have had in the first half that was completely stolen from us. There's that as well. I know you said that there. He was a shave off sides, but in the stands, he had looked completely on sides to me. i was I'm pretty sure the left back kept him on. I'm pretty sure the left back kept him on.
00:58:26
Speaker
And it's interesting because like... That's another thing I was going to bring up is it's like, ah I understand why people are... have consternation about the number nine and whether Jordan can play it. I mean, Jordan scored a goal against FC Dallas and then a...
00:58:43
Speaker
a goal tonight where he does everything right. He makes the right run. It's a great chance. He gets on the breakaway. Like we've seen him do. He finishes the goal and it's, it's like a 0.2 inch offside call, which I don't, I'm not like contesting the call that much, but it's just like, if he's literally 0.2 inches, the other direction, we're talking about like, Oh, Jordan is killing it now at the nine type thing. So, yeah, he's not in my opinion. Um, I, uh, I have a lot of respect for him and I want to give him,
00:59:12
Speaker
credit and hope that he can turn it around a bit, but I was not impressed with him tonight. um I think that he needs to be delivering by this point. He's been back for several games now. And generally speaking, he's not putting enough pressure on the defense and is otherwise not scoring with good opportunities. Like he should have gotten a goal tonight. I think that that is more because of Jesus than because of him. Jesus dropped a dime right in front of him.
00:59:37
Speaker
And like, it was and like Jordan did a great job of trying to score it, but overall I think that he didn't do a great job at 9 tonight. um I feel very strongly that Moose should be our starter. um I don't think that there's too much of a debate in my mind regarding that. like I understand other people have different opinions, but I think Moose should be starting. I think that Jordan should be on the wing. And um I guess you can debate who should be number 10. I think that Jesus has been pretty solid for most of the season. I think that Rusnak shows a lot of effort, but he's been out of position at key moments. And that included tonight. There were several times where we needed our 10 in the middle and he wasn't there.
01:00:18
Speaker
And maybe that was just coincidence, but i feel that, I would trust more Haban, Moose up front, and Jesus is 10, but that's just my take on it. um I do want to call out, I know that Nuhu screwed up as far as the goal is concerned. I think that he had one of his best games um that I've seen in a long time. I think that he was otherwise playing really well for most of the game. He absolutely should have gotten a foul in the box in the first half. um That was a bunch of BS, but... um It is what it is. I hope he didn't strain anything. I know he kind of rushed off the field a bit, which is a bit surprising.
01:00:51
Speaker
um I don't know what that's all about. But overall, happy with Nuhu's performance tonight, aside from the fact that he contributed to the the goal. um I think that Paul did fine. As I was saying, my biggest concern is a lack of effort.
01:01:06
Speaker
ah from not, I'm sorry, not a lack of effort, a lack of urgency for going after the ball and especially getting ball control, especially on defense. I'm um spoiled because we played so incredibly well after Club World Cup last year that like that was our signature is that our defense was fantastic.
01:01:23
Speaker
And since we've been able to start scoring more goals lately, it's been more sloppy and it's almost like a just lack of going after it. And so I don't know, that's just incredibly frustrating for me.
01:01:36
Speaker
um I'm a big supporter of King Pete. I think King Pete's fantastic. I think he was a little hesitant tonight. I'm not sure what's up with that, but there were several times where he got the ball and he should have gone for it.
01:01:47
Speaker
He didn't. And I mean, that's just, you know, this is how it goes sometimes. um I hope that he does a lot better next time because I think he's a fantastic player, but overall Paul Rothrock, Snyder Brunel, they both had really good games, knew who had a great game.
01:02:00
Speaker
um Jackson Reagan had a great game. um Some of the other players, we're a bit flat. I think that Christian was, it wasn't his best game. I'm not like calling him out necessarily. I think that he played fine, but he could have been a bit more effective in a couple of situations.
01:02:17
Speaker
um And yeah, JMO just looked tired to me. Like he, I think should have been subbed out of the 60 minute. And um I feel bad about saying that because I know that he's an incredible player and I think he has a lot of potential, but he should be delivering by now. And he is kind of struggling, at least from my point of view.
01:02:35
Speaker
yeah, that's my take. All right. I mean, you hit on ah on a lot there. Do you have anything else that you want to do, ah get out there? i mean, you're petting your cat, it looks like. so that's Yeah, right. I guess that's my former cop. He's happy to be at but that again Show us the cat. Oh, he's chilling down there. All right. Okay. Who's this? Who's this?
01:02:53
Speaker
that's That's Comet. He's a good boy. All right, comment, takes on the game. What do you think of Jordan Morris in the number nine debate? Oh, oh he loves J-Mo. Can't fault him for that. right yeah but But as I said, I'm i'm definitely feeling that Moose should be our starter.
01:03:08
Speaker
um I think that it might be good to – I'm incredibly frustrated that De Rosario played so poorly at the start of the season. I'm a huge – D-Row fan. I really want him to succeed. I wanted to be one of our best players, and he did not do great.
01:03:26
Speaker
um The one take I want to add, I guess that I didn't add a second ago, is that both Moose and D-Row play better when I think they've been slighted. like If they get pulled off, they don't get to play for a couple of games. When they do finally get back on the field, they have the intensity that I was talking about earlier that I think we need.
01:03:43
Speaker
We need to have an intense number nine, and I am so bummed that D-Row didn't pull it off earlier. i hope he can turn it around. At the same time, I hope that Jordan pulls it around ah turns it around too. But my goodness, tonight was so frustrating.
01:03:59
Speaker
So I hope Moose starts next game. I hope that ah he scores two goals. We'll see. That's my hope. Love it. Azarada, thank you for the call. Great stuff, man. Appreciate you. Appreciate all the support. And yeah catch you on the next one.
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01:07:09
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Uh, all right. We got a hunch in the queue and then, uh, No one after that, so we might be ah might be close to winding it down here, but I will drop the link in the chat one more time.
01:07:22
Speaker
There you have it. And let's get Hunch on here. We've got to get a Hunch's take on this. Hunch, what's man? You're on the stage. Two 1-1 draws in a row. Yeah. Sporting KC, worst team in the league, San Diego FC, not that good of a team. How are you feeling, Hunch? Are you are you crash up or crash out? No.
01:07:41
Speaker
I'm not crashing out, but I mean, you couldn't have had two easier back-to-backs, including one that was a road game. And the next two are not going to be nearly as easy. No. Next three, even. Two of the three are going to be bad in terms of competition. so Yeah. I mean, you got the you got Quakes on Wednesday, best team in the league. Got Galaxy, pretty bad. And then LAFC, really good, but kind of wounded right now. Yeah.
01:08:08
Speaker
I think if you get two wins out of those three, you'll probably feel okay. I feel great. um But yeah, like I. It's frustrating. That's some of the worst officiating I've seen in a while.
01:08:20
Speaker
We haven't even we haven't even gone there yet. What what was what drove you the most? Well, just i mean, not calling things. And i mean, we had six files. if They had five. And somehow we had three yellow cards in those six.
01:08:32
Speaker
And it's like, this has not been a foul heavy game. And I didn't think anything was blatant or he gave a yellow on a foul. He didn't even call the AR just signaled. And it's just like, how can you know if you didn't see it, the foul to begin with, that it was a yellow card foul on top of it? Like, it just didn't make any sense to me.
01:08:49
Speaker
The new who won was a penalty. I don't care if anyone disagrees. That's a penalty. That's a foul. like i really like I'm pretty mystified watching that replay. like That's one you usually see. they have They go to the earpiece and they review that. like I don't know. I'm not like that pressed about it, but that was a foul. That should have been a pen. And then the the JMO offside call is just like, ugh.
01:09:11
Speaker
So i I pull up the feed and look at replays in the stadium, and it wasn't the best angle, but you could see because of the the cut of the grass, like they're built in you know lines. It looks like it's upper bodies offside, but I don't know how they are seeing that. That's what I was saying. There's no way you can spot that, like unless you have superhuman sightings.
01:09:33
Speaker
yeah and i think it's one of those ones where however it was called in the field the evidence in the video wasn't going to be enough to change it so if he didn't call it i don't i don't think they would have called it off and if they had reviewed it it was going to go whichever way he kept the flag down and they were looking at that there's no way they could have definitively said yeah i don't think that isn't keeping him on it would have stood yeah what's funny is new who in the second half got pushed in the back and kind of did this like stumble like walk but didn't go down and the they did call Yeah, and i was like, dude got mugged.
01:10:06
Speaker
Same person. That's one those words where it's like, just because it happens in a box, it doesn't mean you get more license to commit a foul. So why didn't VAR buzz it down is my question. like that There's still the opportunity to be like, no, there's nothing here. But i yeah, I don't know. that That was irritating. I thought Paul was going to earn one in the second half. He was doing the work down in that corner. Yeah.
01:10:29
Speaker
But, I mean, he and he saved a few down in there like he always does. i i i was pointing out during the game we were watching it the same thing that Pusley said, and that is Jordan has no physical presence, and the defenders around him, hes he's wet tissue paper. Like, he gets moved out of position and off the ball.
01:10:46
Speaker
The defenders just have their way. Dua especially, he and Dua were going at it, and Dua was winning the matchup. Yeah, and then that one that was called a foul on Jordan when Dua was pushing him away with his arm. Yeah, and he got it. I mean, that kid is that kid is a demon. He was the number one super draft pick, and he's not even a center back by trade. He's only 20. They moved him to CB, and he's just hella good. like that Honestly, that was impressive. That play where he shielded Jordan off and then won the foul on him and then kind of spipped it didn and strutted on Jordan. i was like, all right, he's cooking out there. like ah
01:11:18
Speaker
the guy, he's legit good. like I don't have any problem with the way he played. I'm just saying that. um I played a lot of soccer growing up and and even recently, and I played defense. And the one thing you've got to be concerned with is is, you know, am I going to get pushed out of position or am I going have to do something to handle whoever's coming my way, especially I have an assignment?
01:11:35
Speaker
And if you don't have to think about that, it's like I can just inflict what I want on this because, you know, maybe I'm twice to their size or whatever it is. I'm just not going to worry about it. You've taken away half the game from the other, from the well the offensive player. in this And they just that's the way it looks. It's like they're just completely disregarding.
01:11:51
Speaker
Yeah. What do you think of this whole discussion with the offense and the number nine debate right now? Like, are you are you taking any solace in the fact that the chance generation numbers and the underlying stats have been good these last couple games? or is that No.
01:12:05
Speaker
No, not at all. I mean, it seems like, hey, come the the direction, directive before the game and at halftime is we need to get more chances. we need We need to be putting it out there. We need to really, you know, drive this through. We need to score in some kind of way. And so people are, I mean, it's kickball.
01:12:21
Speaker
so There was somebody who was talking about halftime. It's like, hey, this is what happens when you take shots on target. Sometimes that works out. and Maybe we should try that. And my response to that person was, as long as the target isn't 30 feet up in the stands or either corner kick or either a corner flag. Yeah, I think that'd be fantastic. We had 20 shots in the first half, none on goal.
01:12:41
Speaker
I didn't know that. yeah did you see What was the shots on target for the night? you know i think we ended with either three or five. I don't write don't recall. I'll look it up. Cook cook while I look it up.
Match Highlights and Tactical Observations
01:12:52
Speaker
Okay. um And then at that same time, which we'd already, you know, at halftime, San Diego already had three. our big chances or whatever in seattle ends with four shots on target on 27 shots that's not very good like nine in 27 in the skc game that's the number that i see it if you show me 27 and nine i'm like all right they probably got at least three or four goals 27 and or yeah 27 and four yeah it's not good it's not good it's not no not even a little bit the i the irony here scored on a corner
01:13:25
Speaker
scored on the corner. All this, this like we're working on our set pieces, working on this. We talked in previous weeks about corners. Like, yeah, well, we had to bring something off the bench to do it. And it was, you know complete cluster.
01:13:36
Speaker
But, you know, that's what it takes. You got to make a mess and you got to deliver, which I know people are like still and they don't understand. I don't think. And this is my assessment on like the handball that probably would have been a red card.
01:13:47
Speaker
uh that wasn't called and that's oh yeah and then they called a foul right before it though right because the keeper was down in the box i saw it have i didn't see what happened to him when i saw him go down and then that would have been a handball in a dog yeah i think so i think so well so here what i don't understand is it's still you doing something blaing blatantly wrong on a handball to stop a shot on goal in the box is about as red card as it gets Yeah, but it's just the play is dead once they call the foul, right? But they but it wasn't dead. Like, if he if he had cleaned somebody out studs up, you know, above the knee, he would could have still gotten a red card for that. So why are we drawing the line that, you know, something that's egregious versus something that was, you know, blatant unsportsmanlike?
01:14:28
Speaker
But I guess you can't interpret intent because it's not violent or dangerous. But I think that's what people are confused about. is the The way he reacted, he thought he was getting a red card. Yeah. Oh, no.
01:14:41
Speaker
Yeah. But they couldn't review it because, like you said, the previous foul that was like 10 seconds. Yeah, before that, it was that yo they were letting it play out, and then they called it back. But yeah. um The number nine thing, here's the thing.
01:14:54
Speaker
Once they were three or four games in and they clearly didn't have a ah ah nine at the top, and maybe that's what they're doing now, you're going to have to ride with somebody to see if you can get some chemistry developed. And maybe that's what their baby Jordan was their best option.
01:15:07
Speaker
I don't think, mean, how how you can bench your leading scorer from last year and who has already had multiple goals. And I don't, head to head in MLS play, I think Moose has more goals than Jordan right now, but I don't know.
01:15:18
Speaker
Like for the season? Yeah. They have the same MLS goals. Okay. and Who do you think has more minutes? her Well, ah actually, that's a good question. they' Neither of them have that many minutes because Moose has been off the bench and Jordan was hurt. so ah they But, I mean, it's they have the same amount of goals won. They have one MLS goal. Moose has a couple in CCC, but a jordan that Jordan and Moose each only have one, and Osase has one.
01:15:43
Speaker
They have three goals in MLS play from the number nines. and And maybe they're thinking, and i don't think this is bad or wrong, but maybe they're thinking, know, they're going to keep going with Jordan because he can move him out to the wing when they want, when they bring on a different nine and you still keep Jordan on the field as a dangerous component. But he did look gassed. He looked absolutely gassed out there, which after a week off and we're at home, I mean, something's up.
01:16:07
Speaker
Like, I can't. if if if speed, ball over the top is your most dangerous thing because clearly it's not his physicality and you don't have that because you're gassed, how dangerous are you as far as the defense having to pay attention to you as a target?
01:16:24
Speaker
Do you think there's anything to the – no, this is going be called Coper Hope, all right? Is it Coper Hope? That, you know, like he does get a 0.2-inch offside call from having a goal tonight. Yeah.
01:16:38
Speaker
we We can't – should that be taken into account? Well, i I still think like he would have spent his minutes, and that would have been a good result of spending it and taking him off in 60. He got a goal in 60. Let's get him off and put somebody else up there to keep that defense honest.
01:16:51
Speaker
um i I know no one's going to go for this, but we've got the the the the horses for it. I want to see two up top with Darrow and Moose because they're a great complement. You've got the chippy, dangerous, slight wiggle through anything, you know poaching winger, and then you have a physical body that you have to account for because he's going to move your defense around. You put them both up there, it's like, okay, how are we going handle this two-pronged attack? But...
01:17:19
Speaker
I'm worried that we can't go with Bero because I'm worried that if it goes poorly, it's going hurt development for him. and yeah And I don't know how we develop them if we don't get a minute. He's also about to be like 25. Like, I get that he's a been a developmental player, but at this point, like, I don't know if you can be like thinking of it like that. Like, oh, the confidence is going to hurt his development. I mean, he's 25-year-old man. I don't hate the idea of – of a of trying the Moose-Daro dual striker thing. I don't know how different it would function than Moose-Jordan because I think Daro and ah Jordan are pretty similar, honestly. But it might it could be worth trying at this point, you know? Yeah.
01:18:00
Speaker
Yeah. I thought Hazus had a good game. I thought New had a great game. I wonder why they pulled him. and then thus they were just thinking they were like He was either cramping or hurt. Yeah, that was my assessment because it the way he got off the field so quick. I think he might have just been cramping. I think he might have been cramping. Well, it seems like something talked about at halftime. It's like, hey, try and ride this out, and we're going to get you off as soon as we can. ah Other than the early subs, which I was calling for 55.
01:18:25
Speaker
They went at 58, and I think it's because the game state did not improve. As matter of fact, we got a little bit pinned in there. At halftime, we also, we were out-possessed but in the first half. By kind of a lot, yeah.
01:18:36
Speaker
yeah Which is weird, because assessment... It didn't feel like that. No, but also, like, it seems like San Diego's really just a counterattacking team. They don't seem like a possession team to me, so that was even weirder, that they would have that much possession.
01:18:49
Speaker
I think they're low-key kind of our possession team this year, least more than they were last year. but I don't know. it was It did feel like you don't usually see Seattle get out-possessed at home because Seattle is a possession team. and Right. dominating in their home Well, we also wouldn't press their back line, meaning like their center backs would be up about you know the cusp of defensive third, middle third.
01:19:11
Speaker
And we weren't pressing them because i don't think – I don't think they play out of the back. I think they were trying to stretch us to give room to run over the top, and they want us to push up and be spread out a little bit. So we weren't playing into that from that perspective. And a lot of their danger was you know literally over-the-top type balls, and that's what they ultimately scored on, which people are blaming Manuhu.
01:19:33
Speaker
KKR is one who kept that dude onside. he was He was the furthest back, and he was on the right side, nowhere near the play. So if he holds the line with the rest of the defense, that's an offside call. But no one accounted for that on running winger center or whatever he is. Basically splitting between Nuhu and the center back, I guess. But I didn't think the defense that bad. Thomas, think made out of the match. It wasn't. Like when San Diego scored that goal, I was like, okay, man, that was a pretty bad lapse from the defense.
Offensive and Defensive Strategies Compared
01:20:03
Speaker
And the goal that they gave up in Kansas City was a horrendous lapse from the defense. So I guess from the midfield technically, but it was a horrendous lapse. So it's like, all right, you got these two goals conceded in a row that are just really bad against really bad teams. That sucks. But like at halftime when they were down 1-0, my thought was like, all right, you got scored on by another professional soccer team. It happens. The offense needs to pick the defense up on that. They've been playing their ass off all year. They've been the number one goal concession team in the league forever.
01:20:33
Speaker
all year. They might still be. I think they are. Giving up six goals all freaking season. like let Let them make a mistake and you pick them up. like this is This is on the offense right now. That's how I thought. What did you think?
01:20:45
Speaker
Yeah, I thought the same. I think Thomas should have been main of the match. I realize he's not the goal scorer, but he kept it for me multi. oh Oh my God, that one save you had on the Pellegrino header?
01:20:56
Speaker
o Well, there's one where he was like San Diego did what I would hope that we do or should do, but do not. And that is when they have a cross come in, they've got three targets lined up across the face of goal. And from a defense and goalskeeper standpoint, you don't know who's going to take that. and If the first one lets it go, the second could take it. If he lets it go, he'll go to the third one.
01:21:18
Speaker
And the first person took it, but Thomas was continuing to track the ball that was coming from his right to his left. to look at those coming targets that were still the second and third options. But the first person took it, he had to like cut back and jump completely counter to his momentum to get that save in the first half. And that, that was, that was crazy.
01:21:36
Speaker
But I wish we had that option with our with our crosses. And oftentimes there's nobody there. And sometimes there's one person, but I wish we had multiple facets so the defense couldn't lock in on one person receiving that cross
Game Outcomes and Refereeing Decisions
01:21:51
Speaker
whenever that should happen. As much as we like to cross it, that would be, make us a little bit more formidable. but i I don't know.
01:21:57
Speaker
I was okay overall. I'm kind of okay now. If we had given up a late one and I was a little worried about that or had given up a red card, which I was a little concerned about that too, I think I would have lost it. at that This would have been a catastrophic L if they lost this game, if they lost 1-0 or got 2-1 at the end. yeah We would all be crashing out right now. So, I mean, at least at least it's just kind of like a let down disappointing result more than like an abjectly catastrophic result, like, you know.
01:22:24
Speaker
that's Yeah, I was worried about giving up there at the last – oh, it ah end of the first half. Is the rule in or not that if you receive treatment, you're off for two minutes? Yes, it is, and there was no way he was off for two minutes. Right, because there was only two minutes at the time. They made that rule, and they just don't enforce it. I don't think I've ever seen it enforced one time, except when they enforced it on Lionel Messi, and he crashed out entirely.
01:22:48
Speaker
ah That's the one time they were like, okay, we're putting our foot down with Messi. That's like the guy that you're supposed to not put your foot down with. But then other than that, I literally don't think I could name one time where they've enforced that. And I know that because every time there's a scenario where they're supposed to enforce that, I point it out. I go, hey, he's supposed to be off for two minutes, two minutes. And then he never that just never once has happened.
01:23:10
Speaker
the He went down in the 43rd. He was down for four minutes because he was down until the 47th. They showed two minutes at 45. If there's two minutes of at a time, he's got to be off for two. The half end before he's on. That's what I was sitting there saying. I was like, he can't come back on. goes in Two minutes of stoppage, he literally can't come back on. correct and As I'm saying that, he's like beelining it back on the field. What the hell, man?
01:23:36
Speaker
and i and I mean, I don't understand how he could lay there for that long. Like, other leagues, the stretcher is out there if it's more than 30 seconds. like the whole the The reason they let him lay there for that long is because there's a rule that you're supposed to have to go off for two minutes to disincentivize you doing that if you're not actually hurt.
01:23:57
Speaker
Yeah, I... If you don't enforce that, then guys are going to do that to time waste and then just come back on the field immediately. Right. And I thought it was a legit injury because he just went down on his own. And it's like, usually it's a signal that like something's wrong and I need to get off, you know, you'd be taken off the field here, but whatever. No, just there. I don't know if you saw also, there was like a, it's back to the fishing again.
01:24:16
Speaker
There was this blatant kick. It was against either Reagan or somebody on the right side in the second half, right in front of the bench. And the dude, I don't know who the player was. We're saying he go kicks and he goes across the two thighs of whatever sounded player and like Brian and Precky and everybody was up off the bench. No foul called like just blatant high kick across and it's like what is happening at this game? Oh,
01:24:41
Speaker
And here's here's the thing that I think that ultimately drives it home with me in terms of this ref was just having on his own. I know the ref at the end of the game they are in the head. ah The center ref all come together for a second and they stand there just to make sure there's no shenanigans for any yellows or reds or people like fighting each other, you know, with the teams and then you leave the field. They continue to stay there yeah almost in a way to like tempt someone to come in like.
01:25:07
Speaker
get themselves in trouble at the end of the game as opposed to reasonably leaving the field within you know a minute or two. the Continue stand there almost as an antagonist. And I was just like, this guy wants to be a player. He wants to be he wants to be part of the game.
01:25:21
Speaker
And I just, I wasn't, I've never seen that guy before. I'll be glad if I don't ever have to see him again. Yeah, I agree with that. Well, ah hunch give me one more take to bring us home for your time. We got two games in the next seven days. ah ah I want to ride with a nine and let some chemistry build, and I'm going with Moose on that.
01:25:42
Speaker
But it kind of makes sense since he was a sub that he's got the legs for Wednesday. But if he also goes and starts Wednesday, I'm not sure you can then turn around start him again on Saturday. i think um I think they should start him on Wednesday. I think they should start him on Wednesday.
01:25:55
Speaker
Yeah, I just I want to see some consistency so the team has some development in terms of chemistry and knowing where people are going to. what i liked about how Moose played tonight outside of the fact that he was the one who stepped up and scored? He was playing really hard. He was busting it. Sometimes people kind of act like Moose is like, you know, playing like the Forrest Gump out there or something. He's just kind of like running around doing whatever, not playing actual soccer. And then he pops up with a goal. No, he was he was playing really hard, tons of effort going at it. The team the team could you needs that right now, and that's outside of like just the fact that he's the one I trust most to score. well He's in there making a slide tackle in midfield you know to defend, and he did wince a little bit on that. I kind of wonder if he maybe picked up a little bit of a knock, because even after the goal scoring, he kind of looked like he had a little hitch in his giddy-up, but hope fingers crossed that it's just you know lack of playing time and maybe some a sore muscle
Coaching Reactions and Future Prospects
01:26:51
Speaker
or something like that. Hopefully nothing significant, but
01:26:54
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. i don't I mean, with the subs that we made and the lack of having a clear number nine, I think the mess is bigger than it was two games ago in terms of what what you do to go forward from here. And it's weird. The last thing I'll say is this.
01:27:10
Speaker
Brian was very sheepish in his press conference. And after a game like this, kind of like the Kansas City one, usually he would be like almost a little bit angry. but Like, oh, how you know, angry with the team and you could see some of that fire, you know, in his press conference or angry that people who are questioning him after the game weren't satisfied with a hard fought game to get a tie.
01:27:31
Speaker
But he was very sheepish. And to me, I almost read that as even he's concerned and a little baffled in terms, not baffled, uncertain about what the fix is here. Because he's like, we've got the good people in the good positions and we have two games in a row. If we go a third one, that's a trend.
01:27:45
Speaker
that's And that's not the trend we want to be on. He was literally pretty much saying like, I have no idea who to start at number nine. No one won the job. yeah and one What am I supposed to do with that? And he's right.
01:27:57
Speaker
So, I mean, if that's the case, put somebody in there. I mean, up top. i Can you play striker, Ange? No, no, no, no, I can't. who Who's that the defiance? ah I don't know. Is he a nine? Is he a center forward? Yeah, yeah.
01:28:14
Speaker
He is also MLS Next Pro, like, golden boot contender. So let's – maybe not against San Diego or – This is an agenda that I hadn't even thought of yet, but like, yeah give you two Konomi a try. None of the rest of these guys want to step up. He's on a first team contract. Maybe not against San Jose, but against the Galaxy. Yeah. Send a shot across the other nines, Bavis. You're like, all right, guys, you guys can't get to get there. We're going to start somebody else. I was watching Defiance a couple games ago.
01:28:41
Speaker
and you Tsukunoma was going off and you can, you can say that like, Oh, it's next pro. So whatever. But we were talking about this the other day, like next pro goal production actually is very translatable. If you look at it, like if you are racking up volume goal scoring and next pro, there's a lot of examples and precedent of it being translatable.
01:29:03
Speaker
Yeah. Well, like I said, maybe maybe the rest of them, I don't know. I'm sure they think they're doing enough for a lot, but, Like you said, there's fire in Musovsky.
01:29:14
Speaker
Darrow has a little bit of fire like when he scored and how he kind of stared the bench down. It's like, whatever. Morris just looks defeated. like i don know He always kind of, like, when he when he misses a chance, like his body language. I don't know. I don't read that much into that. like No, I know. That's his disposition, which some people don't like that because it's like negative body language. But I kind of just look at it like people have different personality tics.
01:29:38
Speaker
You know, but so something, I mean, something needs to be the tip of the spear because we don't have that right now. Reese is saying that you is not a nine. He's more of a 10. Yeah. I've not seen him, so I don't know.
01:29:51
Speaker
I thought they played him on top, but I could be, I could be tripping. Well, we play a lot of people in places whether they're not used to. Alex is our center back. Yeah, I guess it's maybe a made more of a false nine. Maybe if more of a false nine vibe. He's kind of like a Ferreira type guy. Like when you play him at the 10 where it's like he's playing the 10, but it's also a little bit of nine in there. He's like a 9.5.
01:30:09
Speaker
Okay, well. Give him a shot, though. I think the point stands. i and Galaxy that experiment. Like, you know, especially if you got tired legs or something after san Jose. But if we can get a win on Wednesday, I mean.
Home Advantage and Upcoming Matches
01:30:21
Speaker
You get a win on Wednesday over this Quakes team, which is looking like the best team in the league this year, which you already beat them on the road. So, you know you can play with them. they're i mean, they're good, though. They are very for real. i don't know how much Quakes you've watched, but, I mean, there's not like a.
01:30:37
Speaker
argument to be made that they are on a magic carpet ride or like outperforming there. No, they're just really hella good. Bruce Arena, the guru. Timo Werner, they don't even need him. So it's going tough game. I'm looking forward to that game though, Hunch. That's going to be like, that's going to be a good test for this team. If they can put on a good performance in that game and beat that San Jose team again, I think that would do wonders for the Vibes.
01:31:00
Speaker
Yeah, i thought I was joking earlier at the game. is like I think that the main issue that the Sounders are facing is don't know how to play on grass field. started him for a loop yeah Yeah, I was kind of wondering about that, like if it would affect their home field advantage. And then i felt like it actually wasn't, but maybe it did tonight.
01:31:20
Speaker
don't know. I'm sure it's not, but I mean, if anything, you would think we would would do better, but who knows? Like I said, if if we get ah like three at or two wins out of the next three, we won't be thinking about these this game or the port of Kansas City, although those were easy points. we agreed Agreed. I guess exact that's the good news. Like it's a couple of negative results against bad teams, which is never a good thing. And maybe all of the shield talk is not going to last too much longer when you take results like these, but... If you just look at where they are in the season and on the table and their record and their point total and GD and all that, a top two seed, everything that you're working for is still there despite these results. And I think it is also like ah it's when racking up those points early in the season and nicking a couple wins in those road games, that's when it comes in handy is like this stuff can happen and it's not like the end of the world.
01:32:13
Speaker
So Well, I mean, I'm sure they've thought about, but their mindset needs to be, we need to put our all into these three games before we're on a break for a month or whatever it is. So, you know, let's grind. Yeah, and like put on a show on Wednesday. I think like part of what you were referencing with Schmetz is like the thing that pisses him off more than anything in the world is like a home game where they don't deliver for the fans, you know? Right, right. Like the KC game, he's like, you know, it's a road game in MLS.
01:32:40
Speaker
He was probably annoyed by it because they suck so bad, but it's like whatever. But like a home game where they don't deliver like that, it's like he values so much just like when people come to these games, like giving them like
Technical Issues and Community Engagement
01:32:54
Speaker
a show. And It was an entertaining game, but they didn't win it. So.
01:32:58
Speaker
And I mean, that that was a good crowd tonight. They were loud. Exactly. I think that's what gets at him. It's like that there was a good crowd. We had such a chance to like boost, boost momentum and energy and kind of didn't really take it. I think that's probably what he's feeling.
01:33:12
Speaker
Yeah. right, man. Well, we'll do it again Wednesday. and m But yeah, thanks for the show. And, you know, hopefully we're talking about how we shut out the the quakes in a season.
01:33:24
Speaker
God willing. Hunch, great stuff as always, man. Thanks for texting. We'll talk on Wednesday. right. See ya. Take care. All right, folks, we are gonna call it right there for the night. I'm gonna hit these super chats real quick. Thank you guys for sending these in and then we're gonna start wrapping it up here. Andrew, thank you for the five, appreciate you. He says, did Noah sneak down to the field and unplug the VAR tonight? He wasn't even here.
01:33:45
Speaker
he wasn't even here. So that's why there was the tech debacle, it's his fault. I didn't have i didn't have him here. i didn't have i didn't have Logan here. So that's why it's their fault. The tech issues are were not my fault, it's their fault.
01:33:57
Speaker
And Azurada, thank you for the five and thank you for calling in. Appreciate you. He said, great USL2 interview earlier today. Join us June 24th in the Interbay Beer Garden up the bridges. Yeah, great shout, Azurada. Thanks for calling that to my attention. We have a new interview out now with Mike Mata of West Seattle Junction FC, their head coach. Their season starts on Sunday. We were talking some USL League 2, so pop on over after this show or tomorrow whenever you got a chance and
01:34:27
Speaker
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01:35:22
Speaker
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01:35:35
Speaker
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