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Fans react to Seattle Sounders at Sporting Kansas City!
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We react and take calls following Seattle's Matchday 11 clash at Sporting Kansas City.
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Introduction to the Episode
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Well sir, we got a scorcher today. Gonna be a real scorcher today. Why the scorcher today? Well it's gonna be scorcher.
00:00:44
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What is up,
Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City Recap
00:00:45
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everybody? And welcome to your post-match live for match day 11 in Major League Soccer. The Seattle Sounders just took a 1-1 draw against the worst team in the league, Sporting Kansas City, the club of professional wrestling enthusiasts. I think it's fair to say a frustrating day of footy.
00:01:04
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down in ah Kansas City. We're going to be hanging out We're going be breaking it all down. I got the Schmetz presser pulled up, and they'll have the player availability as well. So I'll get that rolling just as soon as they as they get it started down at Children's Mercy Park there. But ah until then, well be giving I'll be giving my initial takes on this game and the performances and everything else.
00:01:29
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And then ah taking some calls later. If you guys have any calls that you want to ah or takes that you want to lay down about that game, I'm kind of hoping, you know, we're going to lay down this show. We're going to get, ah get through this. And then ideally I'm hoping to never think about that game again.
00:01:47
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I'm, I'm hoping to never think about that game again. That was not uh,
00:01:52
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in ideal way for that to go down on multiple fronts and we'll we'll talk about the reasons why and You know if we should be concerned about what we just saw because We talked about it in our preview content, but that is that is the literal worst team in the league That is the literal worst team in the league. And I didn't think that ah how the game played out today. it didn't make me think that any less, you know, they are, they looked like the worst team in the league for a lot of the game, but Seattle let them hang around, gifted them a goal and really, i mean, squandered what,
00:02:31
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should have been a relatively straightforward win after the start of the match where Paul Rothrock scores two minutes into the game. Sporting Kansas City hadn't even touched the ball when Seattle scored the opener.
00:02:47
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So on one hand, it was it was a great start. That was cool. Two minutes into the game, Paul Rothrock, classic, crashing the far post. They they weren't marking him back there.
00:02:59
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It seems like a lot of teams outside of even supporting Kansas City haven't figured out that you got to ah that you gotta mark him there. But it was an incredible start to the match. So there is that. They are, looks like, setting up this presser right now here. We got Kev on the screen. So ah it should be rolling in just a minute here.
Fan Reactions and Game Analysis
00:03:17
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And then, oh, and we got Noah tapping in. Let's go. Let's get him on the stage. Noah, thumbs up. You want in? Okay. Okay.
00:03:25
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What is up, man? Listen, I just thought I would i would toss ah ah just a quick a quick pop in, a quick take, a quick call in, perhaps. Yeah. um I think that a lot of people going crashing out about this game. And, you know, i'm i've been I've been known to be a crash out here and there. Actually, very famously. But I wanted to say ah I don't care.
00:03:49
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Like, I don't care about this game. like That's where I'm at. I think i think here's the the hard truth that a lot of people don't want to hear. ah This is a team that, yes, they are the literally the worst team in the league. So bad that, like, I thought that they were employing Ramsey ball tactics. No, they weren't employing Ramsey ball tactics. They just legitimately, like, can't play.
00:04:11
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Like they just legitimately like the Jake Davis looks like a defeat day on Yovlich looked like a defeated man. Everyone looked defeated. So what are you going to They literally got gifted a goal by Christian rolled on. That's something that he doesn't do. That is probably live. That is quite literally the worst play in his entire career.
00:04:29
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I think he would tell you that. I 100% agree with that if he's out there that was a horrific goal to concede it was horrific was it was horrific there's no you starting around that you literally yeah like you you gift that goal day on your village scores that 100 times out of 100 And that was the one way there was one way that they were going score in this game in all likelihood. And it's if you gave day on Yobalich a wide open opportunity in front of goal, that's the, that's the one thing that you absolutely could not do if you wanted to keep the clean sheet in this game. And that, I mean, if you had drawn up a gifted goal for day on Yobalich,
00:05:09
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That's probably the easiest goal of his career. So that's, I mean, i think that is what makes it frustrating though, is it's like, no, it's, it's listen, it's, I get it. But like, you still go home with a point. Anytime you get a point on the road in MLS, it doesn't matter who you're playing. It is literally a good thing And I'm going to say this. People don't want to hear it. This team was on six losses in a row. You don't think they would have done anything to get a win or to get a draw like Sporting Kansas City has been eyeing this game for weeks. They just want to get a result.
00:05:45
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They literally switched up. go Also, we have to give credit to Steph in Cleveland. Steph in Cleveland hasn't played a major league soccer game since 2023. The last time he played a major league soccer game was with the Seattle Sounders. So a dude who legitimately has not had competitive minutes in an MLS game in three years went out there and went off like, okay, sure. He made some saves. You have a rust snack situation where he gets in front of a goal again,
Impact on Seattle Sounders' Supporter's Shield Race
00:06:15
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like whatever. Like it's just sometimes bounces don't go your way. Sometimes things don't happen.
00:06:20
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Life moves on. It's still a point. You know who else, you know, who else true today? Ari, you know, who else true today to a completely depleted Toronto FC side. Yeah, yeah that's right. San Jose earthquakes and the San Jose earthquakes are the team that the Sounders are truly fighting for in the West for one of the, for, for the top spots. So I'm not, I'm not concerned about it. This is major league soccer. This is what happens. This is just the reality.
00:06:47
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Mike, if you want to crash out, go for it. You're, you're free to do so, but they literally will go and play three games at home and then one game away at LAFC and we'll we'll see what happens like i'm i'm this is such a toss this game in the bin type of situation i don't care i i like i just do not care you know what the positives were for me ari yeah let's talk about jesus ferreira with a ripping shot that shot goes in i wanted that i wanted that for him that Well, then there was the one off the post. The one off the post. You have two rolled on headers at the back. They're still running the same rolled on ah set piece play, by the way. And apparently it worked again. So you're figuring out how to get looks on target on these set pieces. The set pieces were good in this game. The Rothrock goal was good. Yeah, yeah. Like, sure, could you have gained some ground on the shield? Absolutely. But you still have two games in hand on everybody who gives a fuck. Like, I don't know. That's really where I'm at. I watched this game and I fully expected this.
00:07:51
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I think we said out of this four game stretch, there was probably going to be a draw in here. I said, the only way that I think this is successful is if you draw one game and win the rest. So go ahead, go.
00:08:02
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Win the rest of these. Go win these next three home games and no one's going to be talking about the Sporting Kansas City game unless somehow we're two points off of like a home playoff spot. and everyone's like oh you should't It's stupid. It's MLS. You draw these games. You draw these games all the time. That's what happens.
00:08:20
Speaker
Yeah, no, I love that cope. That's pretty much where my cope is at too, is it's like, you know, obviously frustrating, horrific concession. ah But these types of results do happen in MLS as much as no one wants to ah hear it. But like you mentioned, San Jose drew at Toronto today, which that's like Toronto is not as bad as Sporting KC, but they're pretty bad. That's a game with how the Quakes they were playing. They would expect to win.
00:08:46
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They were without most of their start. Toronto was without most of their starters. They've been plagued by injury. There was no Josh Sargent. There was, there was nobody on that team. Daniel Shalloy, Daniel Shalloy scored in the second minute for Toronto. Daniel Shalloy.
00:09:00
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Yeah. And then like, you can, you can go down the list. Like LAFC just had a sequence where they drew the rapid zero zero at home after losing four, one to the quakes. Like, yeah. So it does it does happen, and i might I might feel differently about it if it was the type of game where SKC kind of looked on Seattle's level. Like, that would have been kind of alarming, you know, where if if it it really looked like they were playing him toe-to-toe, come on, like, it did not look like that. It was 80-20 possession, like, kind of deep into the first half. SKC couldn't keep the ball. Seattle was just knocking it around. Literally, SKC didn't touch the ball before Seattle scored the first goal of the game. That to me, that sequence and a lot of the second half as well, that was reflective of the gap between these two teams. And my thought on that gap has not changed at all whatsoever. And I actually, I mean, the the attack and the chance generation I thought was pretty good, like really good at at times. They had a lot of those like really fun, like pinging the ball around one touch, one, two combination runner peeling off types. I loved that. Like there's some fun stuff going on there. So like,
00:10:11
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Yeah. I'm sorry. I got to cut you off. We are not talking about l LAFC like they are just some impotent, terrible attack and they can't do anything. And they're just this trash team because they drew nil nil against Colorado. We're not talking about LAFC being this dog shit team because they drew nil nil against Austin. Like there are situations where you play games and you just things don't go your way. if you're able to get out of a road game with a point, you're Long story short, if you can actually string together wins in the rest of your
Unpredictability of MLS and Season Focus
00:10:45
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matches, who who cares? Who cares? The Sounders are still over two points per game, if i if I'm correct on that. yeah Like, who who who cares?
00:10:55
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Who cares? You're in fourth on 20 points. You have two games in hand on the Earthquakes plus a goal differential. You're pressing l LA right now. You're pressing the Whitecaps. Like, just, it's going to be fine. It's going to be fine.
00:11:10
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Yeah, i I pretty much agree with it what you're saying. I'll say, like, I won't begrudge or tell anybody not to be frustrated by this. Like, it's I think it's fine for for the day, maybe tomorrow, if you're if you want to keep seething on it, to be to be tilted about the fact that, that like, they really, you they should have won this game. this is ah This should have been a game where, even with all the stuff you're talking about, with the road perils of MLS and the high-variance fluky result, I mean, it's like you were essentially playing a USL team today.
00:11:38
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ah You were playing a team that lost to a USL team three to zero. So like, that's a game that you should expect to win, especially how the game actually went with the chances that you were able to generate. But it does, you know, i think I'm with you. Like I'm going to forget about this probably 10 minutes after this post game show is over. And then it's just keep it pushing. It is,
00:12:01
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When we're talking soccer, though, you're supposed to win these games. You're supposed to win these games. But you don't always. But guess what? You don't. know Like, I don't know what to say. Like, oh, ah you know, Jesus Ferrer's goal is supposed to go in. Or, you know, Paulo Arreola's goal is supposed to go. Well, guess what? It just that just doesn't always happen.
00:12:18
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Like, that's it's really, to me, one of those variance games where, like, if you look at the reality of Major League Soccer, the The possibility of winning when you go away, it doesn't matter who the team is, cuts in half just automatically.
00:12:35
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It's been statistically proven. That's just the way that it is. Then you go against a team that it doesn't really matter how shit they are. When you move six losses in a row...
00:12:46
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You don't think that there's a little bit of like drive and motivation that like, oh, this is the game. Like, this is our game. Like people are saying it's a trap game. It's just like, that's, that's.
00:12:56
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And when you, when you give their striker a, a ball. Yeah. When you, when you hand them over a free goal. Here you go. Do you want this goal here? Here it is. Take the goal. can have that. That's what happens. How many times does Christian Roldan do that? What are you going Yeah, like I, and I'll say too, like, if anybody has earned some equity and some benefit of the doubt, it's Christian Roldan. The man has just celebrated his milestone 400th appearance across all competitions for this club. Have we ever one time seen a play where he's given the striker the ball directly in front of the goal and presented him with a goal? I don't think that's ever happened one time. So no I'm not going to crush him for it. It was ah ah it was a horrendous concession, bad bad giveaway. it was as bad as it gets. Again, I'm sure he would not disagree with any of that. But the man has earned more than enough equity and benefit of the doubt for me to be like, that was an outlier thing that...
00:13:50
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Has never happened before. Likely will never happen again. And it does the like bad goals, bad concessions happen sometimes. So, you know, coping, but that's how kind of how I'll say that just regarding Christian's going to be, people are going to be giving him a hard time for that. The USMNT bots are going to be all over that. That's just whatever. Just I'm putting it in the past. It was a bad mistake, but he usually no it was terrible. It was terrible. It was legitimately the worst play of his entire career. I mean, that was one of the worst plays I've ever watched. That was a classic cut it and put it on Twitter and make fun of MLS. Like that, yeah that was unconscionably bad. He's, I know, i know Christian. he is
00:14:31
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going to be thinking about that pass for the next two years. Like that's not something that anyone's going to sit here and hand wave away. But like, man, I just, I, I can't get up to be frustrated about this game. I really can't. You looked like the better team. But bounces didn't go your way. It's your one away game over the next five.
00:14:54
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Like, who cares? Like, who cares? Like, if you're going to expend your energy crashing out about this, crash out about like, okay, you know what? Maybe we do need to find a striker in the summer. Maybe there's your thing to crash out. Like, oh, maybe it could have helped if we had a little bit more offensive firepower. I don't know. I don't know. Cause like if Jordan Morris, I don't really, I don't know. I don't care. Yeah. It's not my takeaway. You can take anything from.
00:15:19
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. No, I agree. I agree. It's just like, I think it's probably the most tilting result of the season so far. I mean, Tigris leg one, but that game you're playing Tigris on the road. There was less of a kind of expectation for me to win that game outright. Whereas this game, I did expect them to win. So, all right. It looks like presser is getting going. All right.
00:15:41
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I'm out of here. Bye chat. Thanks for tapping in. All right. It looked like the presser was going to start, but I don't see anyone there yet. So I guess they're getting lit up in the locker room. I can stay until it. it Okay. Yeah. Okay. That probably, I mean, do you think you think we're going to get feisty schmets here?
00:16:02
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You know, it I think sometimes when you're expecting feisty. Oh, all right, here we go. All right. Bye. go All right, guys. Thank you both very much for your time. We're go to get started right away with questions, beginning with Jada Evans from the Seattle times. Jada, go go ahead, please.
00:16:15
Speaker
thanks Thanks for your time, y'all. It seemed like a little bit of a frustrating night trying to get something past ah Cleveland there, but also good goalkeeping on both sides. Wanted to see what your opinion is of the match.
00:16:29
Speaker
Yeah, I think as a group, we're frustrated to not come out with three points. think we did lot of things well to make that happen.
00:16:40
Speaker
Um, you know, credit to Cleve. He made a couple of good saves. So it's good to see him, playing again for these guys. But yeah, I think we're disappointed as a group.
00:16:52
Speaker
I think our understanding is that for us to be a great team this year, to make a run for the support of shields tonight, or games like tonight are games we've got to win.
00:17:04
Speaker
And, um, think we're all left with a disappointing feeling in our, and our in our gut at the moment. And we've got to regroup because we've got a three-game week next week.
00:17:17
Speaker
To add on to that, I feel like as a team, we knew that there wasn't going to be an easy game coming into this. you know, it's always hard to win away in MLS. But when we got that first goal, I felt like um we just needed to get the second, really stay on top of them. And then, unfortunately, their combo, were always looking for chances and trying to create. But in the end, it's just the quality and fun of their really wasn't up to standard today.
00:17:38
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And then Paul, um how well did you know Cleveland cleveland when he ah played here? and There was like a little bit of a crossover. Yeah, there a bit of a crossover, but, you know, he was always really kind me when I was at Tacoma as well. So, um you know, I got to know him pretty well. He's a great guy.
00:17:58
Speaker
Got to know his partner as well. But, you know, Yeah, no, it's, that's the beauty of the game is that get to see those people again and cross paths with them in different ways. So I'm happy to see Cleveland again, but yeah, wish we put,
Coach Schmetzer's Post-Match Thoughts
00:18:16
Speaker
we would have put more goals behind his, behind his net or into his net.
00:18:22
Speaker
Understood. Thank you. All right. We'll go over to Jeremiah Oshan next. Jeremiah, go ahead, please. Yeah, I'm sorry I joined a little bit late, but it it seemed like you guys started about as fast as you've started all season and then the the goal sort of comes out of nowhere.
00:18:38
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did Did it feel on the field like the energy dropped at that point? Yeah, I think so. And I think that's a learning lesson for us moving forward.
00:18:49
Speaker
think we've got to respond better in that moment. Obviously, it's a bit of a fluke play and
00:18:57
Speaker
give up a really easy goal for them. We give them a gift and you can't give teams gifts on like that on the road, especially any time in MLS. Cause there's good players that punish you and you have, which is obviously a great striker.
00:19:14
Speaker
But yeah, i think we were really on top of them the start the game goal came at a really good time. And then yeah, i think how we responded to conceding was not up to our standard and that's on us as players.
00:19:32
Speaker
All right, next question to Nico Moreno. Nico, go ahead, please.
00:19:38
Speaker
Thank you. ah Snyder, I just wanted to get your take on you know, what you thought of your game today and how does your role kind of change or you have to adapt when Ferreira's running at that 10th position?
00:19:52
Speaker
I feel like obviously, you know, we got to kind of be in sync. I thought like, I definitely could have have done a lot better in terms of like that final pass and kind of making up in the final third, especially with Dejuice. Kind of when he pops out, I have to kind of be in that position where it's giving him an option ahead.
00:20:07
Speaker
But I mean, like overall, like in terms of the game, like really finding those final third passes and kind of supporting the attack and getting that start to what leads to the final third. thought like that has definitely been better for me.
00:20:22
Speaker
All right, next question to Felipe Makeda. Felipe, go ahead. Thank you. um My question is for both of you. a In paper, it looks like the team was easy for you guys to to win.
00:20:37
Speaker
But at the end of the game, due ti to due to the development of the game, do you guys think that you you guys won one point or lost two?
00:20:48
Speaker
think we feel as a group like we've lost two.
00:20:54
Speaker
Obviously, you know, if you can you can put together throughout a season where you're finding ways to get at least a point on the road and winning at home, have a pretty good chance at, you know, support shield and a really high seed going into the playoffs. But, know, I think our standard and what we hold ourselves to, we we feel like we lost two points today.
00:21:19
Speaker
And that's no disrespect to Kansas City either. I think we just, we had the chances to win the game today and and we didn't.
00:21:30
Speaker
Yeah, no, didn't say it feels like we lost two points. I mean, like, we know it's not easy winning on the road. It's always hard, but we know our quality, we know our standards, especially what a great team we are, how we started so well on the road.
00:21:43
Speaker
Coming here, we know that we have put away our chances and we just got to clean up a little bit of the soft play in the back. I mean, like overall, like, yeah, we feel like we lost two points. All right, I'm going take one final question here. Jeremiah, did you have a follow-up?
00:21:57
Speaker
yeah ah a does so with those game Sorry about that, Jeremiah, go ahead. No, um' I'm good. I'm sorry. I meant to take my hand down. No worries, guys. With that, we'll let you go. Stay a travel zone.
00:22:09
Speaker
Thank you. Thanks, guys. All right. As the players depart, if you have a question for head coach Brian Schmetzer, now is a great time to reset the deck and hit the raise hand function button for us. As always, we appreciate it.
00:22:25
Speaker
There you have it from ah Paul Rothrock and Snyder Burnell in this week's hostage video. It looks like they are setting up for Schmitz right now, so he should be there in just a second.
00:22:37
Speaker
ah You know, you heard it from Paul Rothrock. They feel like it they they dropped two today based on chances that they had. And I think, you know, that's kind of how we all feel.
00:22:50
Speaker
Right now, it would be one thing like I was saying it would be one thing if it was a performance that made sporting Kansas City look like a good team or a team that was on the same level as Seattle. I mean, maybe maybe some people feel like that's what happened. I don't think that's really what happened at all.
00:23:08
Speaker
I think you had a game where you gave up a pretty horrendous goal and you got on the wrong side of some finishing variants for sure. Like if I'm asking myself if they had high quality enough chances to to win this game at the end of the day, I mean, I feel like I could go down the list. Starting with the one that Jesus had off the post after the Rothra goal, that would have made it 2-0. Oh my God. and That was, we were,
00:23:39
Speaker
We were inches from having a Jesus Ferreira Galazzo, probably a win in the game. And we would be sitting here right now on cloud nine thrilled. But unfortunately, you know, you give up that goal and it did feel like, ah okay, I think, oh, yep, here we go. like Thank you very much for your time. Would you like an opener tonight or straight to questions?
00:24:01
Speaker
Great questions, Alex. No worries. Jeremiah, go ahead. You should be able to ask a question. I yeah um i'm gonna assume that you're you're frustrated with that result, but it seemed like you started well and it and it just sort of came apart.
00:24:17
Speaker
A little bit in the first half after you you gave up that goal i don't know I don't know what you can say about the the response that you thought you had to that. I don't know falling apart would be the.
00:24:29
Speaker
words that I use. ah But it certainly gave them life. you know, starting the game, good, everything good.
00:24:40
Speaker
You know, our possession stats are going be good or whatever expected goals are good, depending on what site you're on a So I wouldn't call it falling apart, but what I would say to Jeremiah is just, you know, not being clinical enough We had a bunch of touches inside the 18-yard box not being clinical enough, not being clever enough. Paul Rothrock has given us couple of penalties.
00:25:09
Speaker
you know Can he cut the ball back behind his standing leg, earn a penalty? It's hard to win on the road. know I thought our best chance in the second half was Jordan in.
00:25:20
Speaker
He's got Masoski. That's a decision he makes. He's either going to play Masoski shoot it make sure it hits the target. You know, he's used forced stuff and we've been in a couple of good saves.
00:25:34
Speaker
I mean, again, i wouldn't say fall apart. I would just say that to drop points because, you know, we just didn't have that quality in the final third.
00:25:45
Speaker
All right, next question. We'll go over to Jada Evans. je to Go ahead, please. Thank you. Thanks for the time, Brian. um With that, can you kind of tell a little bit about what how Tommy was? Because, I mean, watching Stephen and – or Stephen, sorry – and Andrew and the way that they played, um you know, was kind of a throwback there a little bit. And I was – I'm imagining that Tommy Dutro maybe had a slight enjoyment in that, and in the hand that he had in in those two goalkeepers and the way they played today.
00:26:12
Speaker
ah No, because Tommy bleeds blue and green. But to your question, Jada, yes. Tommy is the best goalkeeper coach in the league. He had a you know a long period of time to work with Stephen Cleveland. it's That's a tight group. Steph Fry, Steph Cleveland, Andrew, they were all together.
00:26:34
Speaker
We all wish Stephen Cleveland the best of luck, just maybe not in the games he plays against the Seattle Sounders. And to Cleveland's credit, he he had a good performance.
00:26:45
Speaker
And then with the ah backward pass from Christian, was that just a ah just a lazy moment or what was that maybe explained? He didn't see him. Oh, or she didn't see him.
00:26:56
Speaker
And vision is the key. You cannot make a good decision unless you see the entire field. I never saw Joe village coming. Christian knows better. I'm holding him accountable.
00:27:09
Speaker
He's holding himself accountable in front of his teammates. But that can't happen.
00:27:17
Speaker
All right, Nico over you, please. ah Thank you, ah Brian. You know, how do you kind of balance, you know, the fact that you're working into sharpness and and in those specific moments, um but then also understanding that, you know, a season has ebbs and flows and this sort of game is out of happen and you might drop some points, you know, in the MLS season, you know?
00:27:42
Speaker
Well, I didn't kill them in the locker room after the game. I just stated the facts. facts are that we, you know, dropped two points because of what we did, not the referee, not the opposition, but we can play at a higher standard.
00:27:56
Speaker
I always give them my reflection. You know, I talked about statistics maybe before the game because my crack staff was giving me some, you know, pretty impressive statistics of the run we're on and all that.
00:28:10
Speaker
Maybe I planted the seed that, you know, we're a good team. ah You know, I always tell them, look, we can always do a better job on, you know, helping them, you know, so they have the right tools to make plays in the games.
00:28:25
Speaker
ah And I also singled out some guys that have good performances. I thought Jesus was very good again today. And I thought Snyder-Brunel had another good game. Saski put the effort in. That's all I could ask of him.
00:28:38
Speaker
You know, there were there were there were some good performances on the field as well. Thank you, Coach. All right, we'll go to George next. George, you should be free to ask your question. Your line's open. Hi coach, in terms of frustrating games, I just wondered how this ranks compared to Tigres at home and Salt Lake away. And then regarding Paul Rossrock, he's been one of the more productive players for the team, but it seems like ah he doesn't get as many minutes as other players. It's just wondering if you had any comments on that.
00:29:12
Speaker
Well, I disagree with that. I think Paul has played almost every single game, every single minute since you know Jordan was out of the lineup in the first eight minutes of the first game against Colorado.
00:29:23
Speaker
So I probably disagree with you there, but I'll double check the stats just to make sure I'm saying, stating you know the truth. And as far as Tigris and St. RSL and you know all that sort of stuff, every game that you play,
00:29:39
Speaker
don't ah achieve your objective it's disappointing. There's certainly higher moments, lower moments. This is certainly hurts right now, George.
00:29:49
Speaker
So, you know, every every loss hurts.
00:29:55
Speaker
All right, we'll go to Felipe McKenna next. Thank you. Coach Brayen, at the end of the game, when you substituted Peter Kingston, and or when Peter Kingston came in with Hassani Dodson, what were you looking at that point to control the game, to win the game?
00:30:13
Speaker
It was to win the game. Kalani was having cramps. I don't know but it would if you guys caught it on the TV feed. ah he was He was cramping up. and getting Hassani on the field was just another set of fresh legs.
00:30:28
Speaker
You know, it was hot down here. The grass was a little slow. i had pushed Snyder Brunel up a line because I thought Snyder was having a good game. there was that was That was a substitution just to go for the win, get fresh legs on.
00:30:44
Speaker
All right, we'll take one or two follow-ups here. Jana, did you have one?
00:30:54
Speaker
No, no, I think I'll i'll be okay. I forgot to take the arm down, hand down. No worries. Thank you. Jeremiah, go ahead. You know, we we talked a little bit a bit about the upcoming homestand and these set of games against top Western Conference opponents. And I'm just curious if ah how much more focus this kind of shines on on those games be because you now of need those points more than you would have otherwise needed them. Yeah, two points at the end of the year, Jeremiah. That's a great question.
00:31:22
Speaker
I mean, Yeah, every home game is vital. You know, we had made a statement. The players actually had made a statement about, you know, being a serious supporter shield contender. You can't let points slip away like this if you really want to, so you know, be a support shield contender.
00:31:40
Speaker
ah You know, the games at home are against Western Conference opponents against good teams and it's three games in a week. So that will test our mental toughness.
00:31:52
Speaker
You know, it'll test our soccer ability, our ability to play well. And let's see how those games come out. All right, that's going to conclude today's post match press conference.
00:32:03
Speaker
Brian, safe travel zone. Thank you for time. Media thanks. Let us know if you have any questions or inquiries ahead of the three matches coming up on the horizon.
00:32:14
Speaker
There you have it from ah from Brian Schmetzer. And I think that presser about encapsulated the mood that that he's that he's feeling, but that everyone is kind of feeling of ah pretty pretty irritated, but not crashing out. He was not super feisty Schmetz.
00:32:34
Speaker
He wasn't roasting anybody for their questions or anything like that. That can sometimes happen after... ah Negative result. I think, you know, with with any draw with any draw, you're going to have one team that feels like it was a draw that feels like a win, one team where it's a draw that feels like an L. This one definitely falls into the category of a draw that feels like an L. But it wasn't actually an L, i will I will say, as we continue our coping and rationalizing.
Strategic Importance of Capitalizing on Weak Opponents
00:33:04
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Even, you know, Schmetz at the frustration question,
00:33:08
Speaker
At the end, he said every loss hurts because it feels like a loss, but it actually, you know, it wasn't, it wasn't technically a loss. It was just a draw that feels kind of like a loss.
00:33:19
Speaker
So I think that's sort of the page that everyone's on right now. That's definitely the page that that I'm on. And I thought Schmetz made a good point there at the end too, which is ah when we're talking about the Supporters' Shield, which we have been on this show, and it's something that Schmetz and the players have talked about. When we talk about the Supporters' Shield, the team that wins the Supporters' Shield is a team that wins games like this.
00:33:45
Speaker
Every single dropped point matters in that regard if you're actually trying to win the shield. so But you know that doesn't mean they're out of the shield race because there are in all likelihood going to be games at some point in the season where you feel like they're up against it and it might be written off as a draw or an L and maybe they end up winning. So there there's going to be opportunities to make that these points up.
00:34:11
Speaker
They have a couple games in hand because of the rescheduled game as well. So it's this doesn't chalk them out of the shield race, but realistically, if you have this kind of thing happen, it can cost you the shield.
00:34:24
Speaker
A game in May can cost you the shield. And especially a game like this where you are playing the literal worst team in the league and you also outplay them or get the chances that you had to the extent that the Sounders did today.
00:34:39
Speaker
ah It's definitely, it's not good for the shield prospects. It's not, but ah anyway, let's, ah let's get this cue rolling. I'm going to drop the, I'm going to drop the call link in and we can get a churn in here. Don't be shy. Feel free to hop on.
00:34:54
Speaker
If you want to get anything off your chest about this game, the links in the chat right now. Lay down your takes. Come cope. Come rationalize. If you're watching on YouTube, please like the video.
00:35:09
Speaker
And everyone, if if there's anyone watching this right now that's not subbed to the channel, toss a sub to the channel. you know We're experiencing a lot of growth lately, which is awesome, but we need more growth on the road to 4K.
00:35:21
Speaker
So help us out. I think we're closing in on 3.3, 3.4 right three point four three point three three point four right now so Toss a sub, turn on noties, all that good stuff. ah Links in the chat. No one's in the queue yet. So come on guys, tap in, let's go. Let's, I don't think anyone really wants to dwell on this game for longer than, than necessary. So feel free to tap in and I'll hit some stuff from chat. In the meantime, don't be afraid to drop a super chat as well. I'm not, you I'm not just, I'm just saying, I'm just saying.
00:35:52
Speaker
ah Jake says, I'm thankful someone is talking about how results and may have impact from October. Last couple of years, there's been some cope about early year results. Yeah, I mean, it just, it kind of depends what lens you're framing it through. Like, in this case, it's the supporter shield lens, and that is something where literally every game matters. Every game is important. So, all right, we got Timbo, and we got Caleb in the queue, so let's get it rolling. We're going to get Timbo on stage right now.
00:36:18
Speaker
Timbo, what's going on? 1-1-1, all supporting KC. Pretty frustrating. Give one quick second. Okay, I got you, I got you. Can you hear me? Okay, I don't think you can hear me.
00:36:33
Speaker
Tech issues, tech issues, tech issues. cannot quite hear you yet, but I'm on a delay here. I was trying to enter in, so. All right, I'm going to bring off the stage real quick, or can you hear me? good now? I think we're good now. Okay, right, sick. 1-1 draw at Sporting KC. Pretty frustrating day of footy. How are you feeling about what transpired today at Children's Mercy Park?
00:36:54
Speaker
I'm pretty frustrated, actually. ill I'll be honest with you. I am kind of crashing out on the the show talk. Okay.
00:37:04
Speaker
No, it just doesn't feel good. you know this is This is one we we could have easily picked three from from an opponent that we really wanted to pick three up from. um Lots of good opportunities to to even in that last half hour.
00:37:19
Speaker
And it felt like Kansas City was just packing the box. Like it really like you're looking at that and you're like, OK, they're five deep. And then there's the three midfielders back and work and and they looked exhausted. You know, commentators were saying like these guys are gassed. So like you feel like, OK, well,
00:37:36
Speaker
we're going to get one in late. And it just didn't happen. um And I think you just got to accept that too. In MLS, there's a huge amount of parity. arm Yeah, I think you got to feel good about Jesus. You got to feel good about Snyder Brunel.
00:37:55
Speaker
um do You got to feel good about Christian to some some degree, too. I think he he's going to remember, like Christian's the kind guy who's going remember this game. i think that should sharpen focus.
00:38:09
Speaker
So um I guess my big thought was from it all, too, was – Captain Roldan versus Captain Nuhu has been kind of a parallel I've seen. so I'm kind of interested to see Nuhu is going to get more shots at captain and what we see out of a defensive stand there and like kind of precision and then that kind of stuff going forward. So um that was my general take from it. Like these these three games are going to be really important and they're going to be really difficult and it's good they're at home. Yeah.
00:38:43
Speaker
i don't I don't think San Jose is going to come back in and and and give up the goal that they gave us at their house. I really, I think that's going to be a real, that team is hot right now. Yeah, yeah, one of the hottest.
00:38:56
Speaker
um Speaking on that issue, there was some talk from Tim Howard about, um I just want to get your, I know why know we're we're, they're not the next game, but but your thoughts on Timu Werner and and the fact that howard Tim Howard doesn't think Timu Werner is going to have 10 goal, 10 assist season. And I just, I don't know where he's like, there's there's a bet about ah Tim getting, Tim Howard, getting ah a tattoo on his rear end at the end of it all. if if Who is he? Noah? but that's yeah
00:39:32
Speaker
You're right. tim Tim Howard's making tat bets. Yes, you should. you should look So so the hit the bet was he was saying that he doesn't think Timo Werner is going to get 10 and 10. And if he does, he's going to get the ass tattoo.
00:39:43
Speaker
He's going to get a ass tattoo of like a goat or something kicking like kicking a ball through. i I'll have to send you the link. but Yeah, I didn't see that. But to me, that that sounds that's a little out of left field. I feel like Timo Werner's looked really good, honestly, like. A lot better than I expected. I was kind of hating on that signing when they made it because he's been so injured. think everyone was. Yeah, and it it seemed like a classic situation where it's like an injured over past it guy just needs somewhere to go. And I didn't think that it was going to offset the fact that they lost their other two best attackers. But I mean, for from what I've seen, I feel like he's looked...
00:40:23
Speaker
really good. Like it's, it's not even just the the stats that he's putting up. It's like, he's, he's very explosive. He's got a lot of pace. It's my first time really watching him extensively. He's an impressive player. I think 10 and 10 is very possible for him. So how much of the season we have left. I mean, yeah, I mean, health permitting, but you know, he already has had an injury. So maybe that's where Tim Howard's coming from. Like he can't stay healthy type thing, but if he does stay healthy I mean, and also like when you consider,
00:40:49
Speaker
the attack that he's in right now, which is very explosive and dynamic all around as well. It's like set up very well for him to, to produce. So that's a, that's an ambitious bet. We'll see. That's I think any anti Tino Timo Werner take at this point is it's not matching up with what I'm seeing.
00:41:09
Speaker
Right. Right. And what this team, I think this this San Jose team, well i mean, that's the other big thing. You you know, in a supporter shield race, you got to beat the people at the top too.
00:41:20
Speaker
And so taking some points away from San Jose and their in their race campaign, like, I think that's a big, big part of that Wednesday night game in the middle of a three-game stretch. it will There's a test here. Yeah.
00:41:36
Speaker
Yeah, other than that, I am kind of these these two points I'm going sour about at least probably until we get back from the World Cup break because it's just like I really don't – credit to Stephen Cleveland and the saves he made today. It's it's nice to see, ah ah you know, once a sounder, always a sounder. Like, that's probably about the only – He played incredible. Like, he had a great game. It's better that that to see that than Tim Mila, you know, body slamming.
00:42:01
Speaker
It's true. I'm proud of them for making it through the match today without any full Nelsons or Dwayne the Rock. Yeah, that's, you know, you never know with these guys what can happen out there. So ah good on them for for that. There was none of those shenanigans. There's some great wrestlers out at at Kansas City. It's really...
00:42:18
Speaker
ah Yeah, Timbo, we're going to keep the cue pushing, but any ah any last takes or thoughts you wanted to go get out there before we get out? We got Kenny and then we got William up next. I'm interested to see what San Diego comes up with considering how good they were last year and how they've kind of dropped off in the beginning of this year. it's I think that team is still kind of on paper, still there. So I think these games coming up, even the Galaxy at the end of the three-game stretch, this is not going to be an easy run at home. So it's going to be a good test of what the Sounders do at Lumen.
00:42:48
Speaker
Yeah, no, we're going to learn a lot about this team, find out what they're made of in the next few weeks here. Timbo, great stuff as always, man. Thanks for tapping in, and we'll ah catch you on the next one. See next time. Take care. All right, we're going to get Kenny in here and then we got William and then no one else is in the queue. So if you guys want to keep it rolling, feel free to tap in. i will ah drop the link in chat once again right now, just in case.
00:43:13
Speaker
ah Looks like we got Gianni watching the game right now. He's catching up on it late. He wants to know. watching it now and i'm 30 minutes in did jordan do anything in the match i'll say i i thought uh jordan had his chances today he had the one man he had a really wide open shot that step step cleveland made a ah good save on that but that is one that you would hope and expect uh jordan to finish but all all right let's get kenny in here kenny talk to me man one one at the club of professional yeah i can't hear you right now either oh sorry i'm having some tech issues
00:43:45
Speaker
All right, we got tech issues for Kenny, so we're going to take him ah let me just off the stage. Everyone everyone ah let me know if ah if you're having audio issues with me, but ah that could be on Kenny's end. All right, Kenny, we're going to get William in here and then tap back in and we'll see if you get that tech sorted out. But let's get William on the stage right now. William, what's up? Thanks for tapping in. 1-1 draw at Sporting KC. Frustrating day of footy, but you know it is a road point. You get another Roth-Roth goal. What do you think? how are you feeling?
00:44:16
Speaker
It feels like a loss of two points. ah First, what, like 15 minutes seemed pretty good. They seemed like a really, really good team. ah We had like, what, like 90% of possession in that first quarter hour.
00:44:30
Speaker
But I was looking at previous games we just played, and it's like, what is it? 3-1-4-1-2-1-1-1. It feels like last year towards the end of it where we just kind of let up a goal that, unfortunately, was the first half, but in the end half of previous season, it was just like, it seemed really good, and then we just kind of gave up easy chances.
00:44:53
Speaker
But it's kind of hard because that's just a rolling a one today and just, It's just a, it's an tool it's a tough concession. It's a tough concession. If you just don't do that, then you could just see out the one zero. Honestly, when they went up one zero and had as much possession as they did, i was like, all right, I mean, yeah, it would be nice to hang two, three or four on these guys, but you don't necessarily even need to do that. You just got to keep a clean sheet and you win the game. That's the perks of getting a goal in the second minute. But then, you know, the dangerous thing of getting a goal in the second minute is there's so much game left.
00:45:24
Speaker
And, uh, You know, they end up they end up getting burned on. I don't know. What did you think of the ah the play with Christian and the giveaway and the concession? Because for me, I can I can write I can chalk that up to an outlier moment from a very proven player who's earned a lot of equity, earned a lot of benefit of the doubt and just had, you know, mistakes happen.
00:45:43
Speaker
But it was it's a tough highlight. Yeah, I think if it was anyone else on the team, especially like a newer signing, people would be very upset by that. But given history of that, it's rough.
00:45:54
Speaker
The scanning wasn't there. I don't know if defender goalkeeper communication was also there had to like point out that the guy was there as well. but Yeah. Schmetz said he just straight up didn't didn't see the guy, but it reminded me of the ah lesson my dad gave me when he was teaching me how to drive. He said, the most important thing about driving to know is that just because you can't see something, that doesn't mean it isn't there.
00:46:14
Speaker
And that's sort of the situation on on that play. you know Just because you can't see him doesn't mean he's not there, and he was there. And it was the worst guy to get that ball to in that spot. The literal one guy. That's the one guy. yeah That is the only guy.
00:46:27
Speaker
And great hustle by him, too. Yeah, I mean, give it to him. He was gifted a wide open chance and he he took it. But it's like, even with that, like you should, you should be able to, that was my thing going into the second half. I was like, you should be able to withstand a bad concession. And all you have to do to win now is score multiple goals against the worst team in the league.
00:46:46
Speaker
Can you do that? It's on the road, but you should be able to do that. But, you know, to be fair, like, what'd you think of the attacking performance? You know, it felt like the chance generation was good and they were snake bit, but do you think they could have done more to get that game winner?
00:46:58
Speaker
I think they could more. I really liked Rothrock's goal in the second, just first touch, just right in. i think there were the mischances. We got the woodwork goal. We got some other stuff that was, uh, or the, uh, woodwork deflection. We got some other stuff that like seemed pretty close, but I mean, we made some chances. It's just, it sucks when they don't go in.
00:47:15
Speaker
Yeah, it was it felt like, you know, it was XG Merchanting. That's what we call it around here. yeah And so there was that going on. But they really they haven't been XG Merchanting that bad this year. i mean, maybe a little bit because so many of these games have been on the road. And that tends to be when that happens. But it's like this is the literal worst team in the league. So yeah you just it it feels like you should have been able to hang multiple goals on them.
00:47:39
Speaker
Yeah, at least we got one point. Hopefully we go into the ah home stretch of games hungry again, because I knew like after CONCACAF we were putting up a lot of goals. Yeah, you know, it is like, you know, it is cope, but ah like say say this game was against LAFC today, like that was how the schedule was and you had to travel there and you get a 1-1. We're talking about that as a little more, a little bit more palatable. It's just because of the nature of the opposition. It feels like one where that like ah any draw is a good result on the road in MLS. It feels like that doesn't apply as much when you're playing the literal worst team in the entire league.
00:48:14
Speaker
And then also the equalizer coming in like the 20th, like before the 20th minute, you have so much time. You've got halftime to do stuff. You've got things to figure out. I was not worried that they were. I was like, that is an insane goal to concede, but I'm 0% worried that they're going to lose the game or not win the game. Yeah. Like there was, a there's definitely some good buildup, some good chances. I liked a lot of the little like one touch slicing it up that they were doing. So just some good stuff. It's just like, God,
00:48:44
Speaker
Should have won it. Should have won. It feels like a lot of chances, a lot of time, just things did not happen as well as we wanted them to. Yeah, yeah. Anything else from this game that we wanted to hit on, William? I mean, Asus Ferreira.
00:49:00
Speaker
Looking really good. Yeah, I thought he had a really good game. Yeah, I like him. I'm kind of curious. I want to see Paul take some corners because we saw that first game, his service to Ruznac. Rothrock or Paul Rothrock? Yeah.
00:49:13
Speaker
Yeah. i don't I don't mind the Paul Rothrock corner kick agenda. ah Although I thought the... ah I think the set pieces have been better lately. i thought Ferreira's set pieces today were really good. I think Roosnacks have been looking better as well. So, I mean, I think that the...
00:49:31
Speaker
Trend set piece wise has been has been good and I don't like for me maybe some people have stronger opinions on it for me if it's Roos right Roos snack or Ferrara. I don't really know that's kind of a wash for me, but it was good to see Jesus have such good. ah Yeah delivery today. We almost got the same Christian goal just like maybe like quarter yeah off and chop or something.
00:49:52
Speaker
I know. i know. That was tough. But all right. Kenny, ah thumbs up or thumbs down? Thumbs up. all right. We're going to give it a whirl with Kenny. But ah William, thanks so much for tapping in. Great call. And we'll ah catch you on the next one. See you next time.
00:50:06
Speaker
All right, we got Kenny in the queue and then no one else behind that. So we're going to try Kenny, to see if he's got the tech issued tick tech issues sorted out. And then if you guys you guys want to keep this postgame rolling, feel free to tap in. We can keep going.
00:50:21
Speaker
Speaking for myself, you know, it is Saturday. It's a beautiful day out there. i think we all could benefit from touching grass and hopefully never thinking about that. game again, but definitely not telling you not to call in. Like if you, uh, if you got takes and anything you want to get out there, feel free by all means, but let's see what the situation is with, uh, Kenny's tech. Kenny, you're on the stage.
00:50:41
Speaker
Can you hear me? right Working now. Working? I hear you. Cool. i hear agree cool All right, cool. Hey. Tech sorted. That's how it's done. Nice cat nice tapping in, Ari. yeah I want to start off with the fullbacks.
00:50:53
Speaker
I thought both fullbacks were quite excellent in this game. You know, Kalani is still that, that um you know, ah energetic force up this up the flank, especially with Morris tucked in.
00:51:07
Speaker
And then it gave Alex a lot of space to to fill in on that side. um Yeah, he's really calm in the final third, you know. um That one play where he just went right around the guy, that was sick.
00:51:19
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, he had some nice little techers, ah connected some passes. His crossing wasn't phenomenal in this game. He was listed as 0 for 4 crosses, but I mean...
00:51:33
Speaker
He's working on it. I mean, i have a lot of patience for, you as you know, for fullbacks that don't cross well. ah i felt like his crosses, he might have gone 0 for 4, but like I felt like the instances where he was getting forward, it was good choices and it was just situations where they got cleared, but like you know it was it was decent enough delivery. And we've seen him get assists.
00:51:56
Speaker
a lot so yeah we we have seen him cross it well so that's why i'm not concerned uh and then knew who actually was credited three for three with crosses but i think one of them was like overcooked and someone got on to the end of it you know uh but anyway he was 100 for crosses and um and uh he created two chances i think half of our total chances came from uh the fullbacks today um And so, you know, Noah, if you're still listening, you know, get that tattoo budget ready, baby. What's the bet? What's the bet? Okay. If New Who gets no suspensions all year, and then Noah will get a spicy chicken teriyaki tattoo.
00:52:39
Speaker
Wow. Yeah. I spend it for any reason. Then I will get that tat. Okay, yeah I vaguely remember you guys lining this up, but I forgot what the exact terms were. I will say... no one wants to back out, you know, I won't think any less of him at all.
00:52:53
Speaker
You know, I mean, the way Nuhu is playing right now, that's ah that's a fair out, man. It's been, was going to say, it's been a good year for your defender of Nuhu agenda, which I've been with you on that, by the way. I know it. I was the one back when, last year, when everyone was crushing him for all the red cards. I was the one who was like, all right, the red cards have been bad, but let's not act like this is a player that's had no value to the team.
00:53:18
Speaker
And then I will say this year, too, like Nuhu, I don't really, I have no complaints about him. Like, he's been just kind of... minding his own business, staying in his own lane, locking it down on defense, not getting a bunch of yellows or red cards. he's I think he has genuinely improved a little bit as an attacker. Even if he's not great at it, he's not like a zero at it like he used to be. told you last year calm new who's coming. Focus new who is on the way. And, you know, we just needed that offseason, get that captaincy with Cameroon. Now we're back. We're cruising ready for the World Cup. Oh, wait.
00:53:55
Speaker
He's not going. Fucking shit. um Anyways, yeah, Kalani was great. Snyder, someone already said it. He's been great under pressure and ah playing forward passes to into the final third. You know, I'm really connecting stuff.
00:54:09
Speaker
A little bit of, like, naivete. or type stuff with him still, but, you know, if it's going to come with time. And I also ah have, like, the set pieces recently, maybe in the last month. I mean, even Reznak could get some assists off of the way they're drawn up now. i mean, Christian Roldan lurking at the back post every single time. It's been...
00:54:32
Speaker
been really uh uh he almost got it he almost got that one that was that's just the frustrating thing about this game is you can go down and name four or five just not just like half chances but like really good chances that this team is scoring yeah and steph cleveland was named the man of match on thought mob at least yeah so shout out i think that's fair yeah yeah future you're a best goalkeeper coach in mls maybe history Came back to came back to bite him today. he's like, man, I made that guy. Now he's getting all these saves on my team. Damn it. yeah so So thanks a lot, Tommy. Keep up the good work.
00:55:07
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Well, anyway, i appreciate you, Ari. It seems like, I mean, I do want to say these drop points are crucial, man. That's not how you move if you're a Shield team.
00:55:19
Speaker
Yeah. What I was going to say about that is, like, for me, like, I want them to stay in the Shield race, and if they can make a Shield push, great. But for me, it's more about getting that top two in the West, man. Like, if you want to win MLS Cup this year, like, you really got to get that.
00:55:34
Speaker
So that's that's where i that's where I'm more concerned. Yeah, yeah. Top Top two. And, and it's more about the home field advantage. Like that too. Yeah. If you can make that, they make it run through Lumen. That's always going to be like a phenomenal path to MLS cup. Even these good, really good teams this year, San Jose LAFC, if they have to travel for it, you get like a little edge on them. We can go a year unbeaten at home.
00:55:56
Speaker
If yeah we make it through this world cup break. Right. I think, or it might go into August actually. Something like that. Only a couple months away from a year unbeaten at home. I mean, you want to talk about the fortress at Lumen.
00:56:10
Speaker
Anyway, going to take off. I appreciate you being patient with the tech, man. um i can't judge anyone for tech issues. I'm the last guy who has standing on that. Fair enough, man. I'll keep watching and we'll tap in again. Appreciate you, Kenny. Have a good one. Enjoy the weather.
00:56:26
Speaker
ah All right, we have got Jack up next and then no one after that. So if you guys want to keep it rolling, feel free to tap in. I'll hang around for a few more, but ah let's get Jack in. Jack, welcome to the stage. You're on right now. lost you. Can you talk?
00:56:41
Speaker
Yeah, can you hear me? Check one, two, audio. I heard could hear you when Kenny was on, but I can't hear you now. So trying to figure out what that, let's see. What is up with all the tech today? Anything? i hear I hear you.
00:56:55
Speaker
All right, I'm going to hold on. I'm going to take you off the stage. Take you off the stage. Sometimes this works. This is like unplugging it and plugging it back in Take you off the stage. Put you on the stage.
00:57:06
Speaker
Can you hear me? No, yeah, we're nothing. Yeah. Okay, well, I'm going to take you up back off the stage, and then if you want to, yeah I mean, he can't he can't hear me. Maybe, i'm hoping he'll tap out, tap back into the studio. Okay, he tapped out. He's going tap back in. We're going try and work through the tech and get Jack on here. And then...
00:57:28
Speaker
in all likelihood calling it a day after that, I'm looking out my window right now and it is absolutely stunning out there. And I, uh, I do have to work these games, the slate tonight. So might try and go, uh, take a walk, literally touch some grass, but, uh, I'll hang out for a few more minutes, try and get the Jack tech sorted out. And, uh, in the meantime, take a look at chat, see what you guys are cooking on in here.
00:57:55
Speaker
ah Joey P is talking about the Christian goal, even if he didn't see Ovalich. The pass was to no one at the top of the box. I've never seen CR7 make a play that bad in his entire time as a sounder. It was the worst play of his career.
00:58:08
Speaker
It was the worst play of his career to the point where I i can't even take it seriously as something to be analyzed. I've never seen him do that. He just just celebrated his 400th game. I've literally i've never seen him do that.
00:58:23
Speaker
I've seen him make some giveaways. Every player has some giveaways from time to time. Every player has some bad giveaways from time to time. But that was just, that was very out of character. All right, we're going to try Jack one more time. Oh, nope, he's giving the thumbs down. He still can't hear.
00:58:38
Speaker
So I don't i don't know if that if that's on my end or on your all's end. We figured it out with ah with Kenny. So, oh, he hears me now. All right, Jack, can you hear right Yeah, got you. Okay, sick. You're on stage right now. one one at Sporting KC, Club of Professional Wrestling Enthusiasts.
00:58:55
Speaker
Frustrating day of footy at Children's Mercy Park, but, you know, it is a road point. you got a Rothrock goal. What'd you see? What'd you think?
00:59:03
Speaker
Yeah, i mean, pretty rough game. I mean, I think, like, everyone, like, thought it was going to be off to the races after that all goal in the second minute. But, yeah, just a bit of a bummer that they couldn't put it away. um i think kind of give some props to Andrew Thomas for keeping us in that game. Like, honestly, this is, like, I feel like he kept this from being a loss. Like, there was a couple those saves that, like, he made that, like, I mean, i don't know. It's like, is Fry going to make those same saves? Or not even to put it on that, it was just...
00:59:27
Speaker
He has some very good work by Thomas on that. So it was good to keep us in the keep us in the game. Yeah, no, it's a good point. We haven't talked about Andrew Thomas yet, but he did make some ah he did make some nice saves, especially there was there was one kind of right near the end, and then there was another one where Jovovich had kind of a breakaway that they were able to squash. So, yeah, I mean, Sporting KC, they had a couple chances in this game, but that was pretty much it. i really i felt like they didn't have all that much, but that's kind of what makes it even more frustrating that you couldn't just get the win.
01:00:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it was, yeah, it's just a frustrating game. I mean, i don't know. We'll see. I mean, the Christian pass, that's pretty rough. I mean, I think hopefully that's just, I don't know, like maybe it's just the early start time and everything. They just weren't fully clicked in for this game, but that's a pretty rough one to to give up. And then hopefully we can bounce back in these next couple games. Trying to think about anything else. Like, um I don't know, like was Moose invisible this game?
01:00:31
Speaker
Like, I don't know if I just didn't see anything, but, I don't know. I just didn't, i didn't really see too much them at any point. Moose is like, I feel like these strikers, these poacher strikers can be hard to evaluate because they're so dependent on like others in the system or around them and service. So if they're not really getting that, it's like, yeah, they might seem invisible, but they're also, they're not getting what they yeah need from their surroundings to be able to do what they do. And I think that is sort of a by-product of, uh,
01:01:02
Speaker
of ah of a, of a skillset that you could say is a little one dimensional. It's just a great dimension. Scoring goals is a great dimension, one dimension to have, but it doesn't mean that you are kind of reliant on your surroundings to thrive. And it felt like with Moose specifically, he maybe didn't really get his looks and his chances like you would hope.
01:01:20
Speaker
But like it, for me, if he has a game like that, but the rest of the attack is getting their chances because of the attention that he's drawing from the defense. And you could say the same thing for Jordan. I don't really, they can be not impactful in, uh, in that way.
01:01:36
Speaker
i for a like i lost you. I can still hear you, but, uh, see we can get it. All right. Are we back? Okay. Okay. Internet's freaking out upstairs, but I think we're back.
01:01:49
Speaker
Okay. Hold on. I don't see you. I can hear you, but I'm going to remove and then add to see if that helps. Yeah. Okay. Well, I, uh, I can't see you anymore, but, uh, can you hear me, Jack?
01:02:03
Speaker
All right, it looks like we have unfortunately lost Jack. ah But great call from Jack. Good stuff. Glad we got the tech sorted out to ah be able to work him in there. ah What was I in the middle of saying?
01:02:16
Speaker
Yeah, like if there's a Moose game where he's not really getting his looks, but... Other guys are getting their looks in this case in the game today. I thought Jesus had some really good looks.
01:02:27
Speaker
Thought the wingers were eaten. So I can live with that as long as the rest of the offense looks good and you're still scoring goals. But today I think the thing was they didn't end up scoring goals, but they had,
01:02:43
Speaker
they had such good chances. They had such good chances, but all right, I'm going to start winding it down guys. So, uh,
01:02:53
Speaker
Get in your last takes and chat
01:02:57
Speaker
if you want. And I'll catch you guys on... on Monday for Lobbing Scorchers kickoff. Big week coming up. I mean, we've been talking about it, but this is big homestand. You got some more California teams.
01:03:12
Speaker
You got LAFC away later this month as well. So May may is going to be big, guys. This is big stretch as far as the Shield stuff we've been talking about. But again, like like I was saying to to Kenny, for me, it's much more about, like, you need home field in the playoffs.
01:03:31
Speaker
if you want to maximize your chances of winning and MLS cup of obtaining Phillip, if you want to obtain Phillip this year, you got make that stuff come through lumin field. I think what we've seen in the last couple years is when you have to travel for these playoff games, it can be a tougher proposition. I really think that if they have, if they have game one against Minnesota United at home last year,
01:03:57
Speaker
I mean, we saw what happened to Minnesota United last year when they when they tried to come into Lumen Field and take a result. They gave up four goals. For as much as we talked about Ramsey ball and how frustrating it was to play against them, it's not like that stopped Seattle from hanging four goals on them in game two.
01:04:14
Speaker
in i mean, I don't know if that's the best example because honestly, Seattle scored three more goals in game two. But I do think like if they could have started off that series at home, their chances of winning it probably would have been much greater.
01:04:28
Speaker
You don't really run the risk of starting it out with like a 0-0 where you get Dane St. Clair maybe as much. I don't know. But then also even going back to 2024, they were traveling. They had to go away to a Galaxy. And that is, ah they hung with it in that game, but they couldn't score. They got 1-0.
01:04:47
Speaker
Ricky Pooge got an assist with the torn ACL. If that game's at home,
01:04:51
Speaker
Your chances are better, I think. I think. So all that's to say, home field advantage is very important in the playoffs. I feel good about this team's chances of getting in the top four, but you got to ah you gotta get that top two seed, if at all possible.
01:05:06
Speaker
If you can do that, you have a pretty good chance at taking Phillip. That's what a lot of this season is about right now to me is trying to stay in that top two or make it into the top two.
01:05:18
Speaker
And you're averaging over two points per game right now. So, I mean, honestly, as long into the season as you can make it averaging over two points per game, you're going to give yourself a good chance at staying in the shield mix and staying in the mix for home field advantage and ideally a top two seed in the West.
01:05:36
Speaker
So a lot of that is to be determined over the next month. We'll see what happens. But even with this admittedly disappointing and frustrating result today, this team is 6-1 and 2, 20 points, averaging over two points per game. They are they're right in the middle of it. It's all out in front of them. So drawing the wrestling enthusiasts is unfortunate. It's frustrating.
01:06:03
Speaker
It's frustrating. Not the end of the world. Point on the road is never really the end of the world, even if it is against the worst team in the league. It just, like I said, I'm not going to high horse anybody or tell anybody not to be frustrated about about that game and that result. That was frustrating.
01:06:21
Speaker
But I'll be over it. I'm about to end in the stream and then I'll be over it immediately after that. I'm probably, I'm going to try and never think about that game again. try and never think about it again. The only time I'll think about it again is if we're at the end of the season and they're two points short of the Shield or of the two seed or the one seed.
01:06:38
Speaker
Then going to think about that game and be like, damn, they should have really they shouldve won that game.
01:06:44
Speaker
But, yeah. I mean, I agree with what you're saying, Gianni, that these are the games that Shield-winning teams win.
01:06:53
Speaker
They are.
01:06:55
Speaker
There are also games that, I mean, i'm I'm kind of numb to being moved emotionally by games like this, having followed and watched as much MLS as I had. These games do happen.
01:07:07
Speaker
This was the worst team in the league, but there are a lot there's a lot of precedent for teams going on the road in MLS, playing a team that they're way better than, and taking a draw, taking an L. So that's at least my cope.
01:07:26
Speaker
That's my cope.
01:07:29
Speaker
And that's the i mean that's the thing, Gianni. I don't think they they did play to SKC's level. I would be way more concerned if I felt like they played to SKC's level. The result was level, but there was one team that was very clearly on a... on a different tier different level than the other in this game maybe some people are going to look at the final result and disagree with that but i mean i don't know when you're talking about 60 70 possession for most of the game and combined with the xg that seattle put up i mean come on i'm my head's definitely not going to a place of uh
01:08:07
Speaker
is Seattle not as good as we thought? Are they closer to sporting Casey's level? I don't, I'm not going there just cause they they got one, one today, but again, I'm not gonna, uh, I'm not gonna tell anybody not to be frustrated about drawing the worst team in the league. That's never, you when you're playing the literal worst team in the league, it's always, it's, that's typically a game that you feel like you should probably end up winning.
01:08:34
Speaker
Uh, Especially when you score in the second minute of the game.
01:08:40
Speaker
Which at that point, I was like, all right, this is awesome. It's going to easy day at the office for the boys.
01:08:47
Speaker
Wasn't to be the case. but All right, I'm getting out of here. I'm going to take a watch. Take a watch. going to take a walk. Touch some grass. And then lock in for the slate tonight. Thank you all for tuning in as always. Appreciate y'all. Love y'all. Go ahead and like the video, sub to the channel, and I'll catch you all on Monday for Lobbin Scorcher's kickoff with Nico Moreno. Peace.