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Welcome and Introduction
00:00:00
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00:00:22
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Well sir, we got a scorcher today. Gonna be a real scorcher today. What the scorcher today? Well it's gonna be a
00:00:44
Speaker
Good evening everybody and welcome to your post-match live for Matchday 10 in MLS.
Match Recap: Seattle vs. Dallas
00:00:51
Speaker
Another day, another win for the Seattle Sounders. What else is new?
00:00:55
Speaker
This time, 2-1 over FC Dallas. Jesus Ferreira with a goal. Jordan Morris with a goal and an assist. Jesus Ferreira with no celebration versus his boy boyhood club. You love to see the sportsmanship. We're going be breaking it all down. We're going be basking. We're going to be watching thismet the Schmetz presser in just a little bit.
00:01:16
Speaker
Thank you all for tuning in. And I hope you brought your questions, takes, observations, and agendas for another Seattle Sounders win. The squad moves to 6-1-1 league play.
00:01:27
Speaker
in league play 19 points. Excited to get into
Impact of the Match Beyond the Score
00:01:31
Speaker
it with all you. And we'll ah we'll, of course, take calls later. Noah will be back up here later. So lot to get to from this game because i think there was implications from this game beyond simply another Seattle Sounders win for several reasons. So let's talk about him while we wait for Brian Schmetzer, which should be any minute. Got started a little later than usual tonight. So the presser is already...
00:01:59
Speaker
set up I see the empty podium and Schmetz should be in there any minute, but we'll ah we'll talk about this win while we wait for him and then pull up Schmetz as soon as I can. ah Let's start with Jesus Ferreira, the man of the hour going up against his former team, the team he played four for his first five, six years as a professional.
00:02:23
Speaker
i I manifested this. I take credit, I think, for this Jesus Ferreira goal tonight. We were talking about it on the pod this week. What did we say on the pod this week? Albert Rusnak, in all likelihood, not going to play in this game, which he did not.
00:02:40
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Jesus Ferreira, in all likelihood, starting at the number 10 in this game, which he did. And we said on the pod, we wanted to see Jesus Ferreira be goal dangerous in this game.
00:02:51
Speaker
Show the goal scoring form that we all saw him achieve earlier in his career. This a guy with a lot of and MLS goals, but only five goals for Seattle, as has been documented.
00:03:04
Speaker
So we said we wanted to see him be more goal dangerous in this game. he himself said he wanted to be more goal dangerous in general, perhaps starting with this game against his former team. And lo and behold, Jesus Ferreira finds the score sheet about, what, 15 minutes?
00:03:19
Speaker
Maybe 20-something minutes into the game.
Tactics and Player Performances
00:03:24
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which was a ah pivotal moment because to be real, much like the St. Louis game, this game did not start off very well.
00:03:34
Speaker
I thought FC Dallas's press was giving Seattle some issues and they were not very good in possession. There's some giveaways in not optimum ideal areas.
00:03:49
Speaker
And it felt like FC Dallas there, I thought there were sequences where they felt like the home team, honestly, in those first 20-ish minutes. Their press was working pretty well. And I wouldn't say they were on top of Seattle, but there was definitely some sequences where I thought they were on top of Seattle.
00:04:05
Speaker
And Jesus Ferreira's goal served to break that tension, I feel like. It was a nice goal. Jordan Morris with the primary assist.
00:04:17
Speaker
which let's, before we go any further, let's get something out of the way. Everything that happened in this game counts, okay? We're not gonna do anything about how the Ferreira goal doesn't count or the Jordan stats don't count. That FC Dallas team is not a bad team.
00:04:34
Speaker
They're actually pretty good. think they're a pretty good team. I think you saw that they're a pretty good team. They scored a goal. They started the game off really well. They played proactively. They didn't play like cowards. They didn't come in here and sit behind the ball all night.
00:04:51
Speaker
They tried to take it to Seattle and it didn't always work. but I can respect and appreciate that about them. And also, I just think they showed that they were a worthy adversary. They're a team that's going to be in the mix in the Western Conference. And they played decently well with Petar Musa and Logan Farrington not even playing. That was great stuff from Eric Quill to just completely undermine my preview content.
00:05:16
Speaker
The hell, man. I gassed up Petra Musa, spent 45 minutes gassing him up with Sam Hale, telling everyone you guys got better. This is going great test for Seattle's defense.
00:05:28
Speaker
Just watch this guy, Croatian International, World Cup number nine. Then he doesn't even play. I don't know what's up with that. I don't know if he's hurt or if they're just resting and rotating. They had a game on Wednesday. But there's got to be something going on with that because if there's a game that you need Petra Musa for,
00:05:47
Speaker
and you need Logan Farrington for, you would think it would be this one more than Minnesota midweek at home, which you lost one zero with those guys playing. I think Farrington played in that game. I know Musa played in that game.
00:06:00
Speaker
That was just, I was genuinely like, I would rather, oh, okay. Hold that thought. Maz, I think I saw you first. Luke has the mic.
Coach Schmetzer's Insights
00:06:10
Speaker
Yeah, Brian, I just first 15 minutes here on top of you. First time you get on their end, you score, get a couple goals. And then, of course, they the dreaded, unable to kill his heel to defend a set piece.
00:06:25
Speaker
Then you don't score. Let me know if you guys can't hear this. I can't hear it, so I'm not going to be able to give a text on this. You want me to just overall give you the entire game? Because your question was kind like the whole thing.
00:06:37
Speaker
but i want I think you were right. yeah First 15 minutes, we weren't very good. yeah We scored 2-0. I'm thinking it's going to be like the last game. But yes, that thing that you talked about came and bit us in the butt.
00:06:51
Speaker
ah And then, yeah, we should have had a 3-1 lead. But penalties, they're not 100%. And ah and did we create enough outside of the penalty to get us up to three to one.
00:07:07
Speaker
And then you had some really good saves by Andrew, keep us in this game.
Franchise Record and Key Contributions
00:07:13
Speaker
You had some really exceptional defending again, Alex and Jackson doing their thing, knew who, you know, lot of hard work by Hassani Dotson.
00:07:23
Speaker
You know, first start in a long time, gutting through 90 minutes. He's a tough kid, better way. So, you know, a lot of good performances there. Obviously, you know, getting Jesus on the score sheet once, Jordan a goal and assist.
00:07:38
Speaker
Those were positives as well. Thanks, Coach. Another positive for you. a I believe this is the best start in franchise history and ah in terms of points through eight games.
00:07:54
Speaker
2021, we went like 13, 14 games unbeaten. More points than through eight games in that. OK. Well, we're doing pretty good then. but i mean what yeah I mean, you do seem to be playing very well at home. Is there an extra confidence right now that comes with playing at Lumen? Well, my crack staff, statistical staff team, whatever you want to call them, says that we're undefeated at home since Club World Cup last year.
00:08:25
Speaker
Maybe I read that on your site. So that's pretty impressive because there was a period of time and I still, Gio and I go back and forth because I like to keep in touch with him. He had my number at home. I mean, that was like embarrassing. That was like bad.
00:08:44
Speaker
ah But, you know, our home form has been tremendous. Obviously, there's a long streak at Dallas, you know, that's even in 2011 and different story.
00:08:57
Speaker
that's a different story The good start this year, a lot of it came from, okay, we're 3-0 at home, I think. That's correct, three. We get three wins at home is the road form.
00:09:11
Speaker
So, yeah, we're doing pretty good. Jess. You talked about Jordan having a goal and an assist tonight. Do you mind kind of elaborating on his overall performance tonight?
00:09:22
Speaker
was good. i think he got a little tired towards the end. you know, he hasn't played consistent 90 minutes. ah But, you know. Goals matter.
00:09:33
Speaker
Assist matter. I can't mute the mic. Sorry, guys. I'm going no press or takes. Wish he would have might have shot that ball in the second half when he was in through. i forgot who played a man, but that was an excellent pass as well.
00:09:45
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But certainly, statistically, check that box and effort. I can never fault Jordan for his effort. He always puts it in. He's a team guy. So it was a good night for him.
00:09:59
Speaker
Nico.
Player Analysis: Ferreira, Dotson, and Morris
00:10:00
Speaker
Brian, congrats on the win. I wanted to talk about the guys in charge of next man up today. Hassani Dotson, they're at midfield, and overall performance by Ferreira playing the 10 specifically.
00:10:13
Speaker
He was good. You know, Jesus was looking for the ball. I'll start with Jesus. He was looking for the ball all over the field, which I didn't mind.
00:10:23
Speaker
But, you know, that position, normally it's in the left pocket with Albert, so it looked a little different. ah But obviously the, you know, the being goal dangerous, the conversations we've had, I heard his interview that he had, he wants to be more goal dangerous, but he's also very proud of, you know, setting up people for goals.
00:10:44
Speaker
So how he balances that out for the remainder of the year, you know, does he stay on the right? Does he spell Albert some more? There's competition there. I mean, he's just been a, you know, really good player since he came, you know, I, I,
00:11:01
Speaker
Be willing to bet he wishes he would have scored that penalty. I know that for a fact. And also, you know, it's against his former team. So I thought you saw a little more juice in his play because, you know, he wanted to make sure he had a good performance against his former team.
00:11:19
Speaker
Oh, thank you for the reminder. a Little old these days. Hassani was very good. I mean, you saw what he brings toughness. You know, i already talked about, you know, his you know ability to kind of weather through tough moments.
00:11:35
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ah He's a quality guy, lot of experience. You know, there's, again, there's competition in that spot. And if Christian makes a national team, he's going to find more minutes and, you know, all that sort of stuff. So i'm very pleased that he's on our squad. He's a local kid, homegrown kid. It keeps that conversation moving in ah in a strong direction as well.
00:11:59
Speaker
George.
Leadership and Game Management
00:12:00
Speaker
Coach, Nuhu was captain and again. Can you talk a little bit about his leadership qualities? And also, it's the second game that Ross Rock won a penalty. Do you have a list of players that are supposed to take penalties? How others does that work?
00:12:15
Speaker
Well, those guys usually solve it on the field. I do not have lists. I give it to the guys that feel confident. Paul, yes, the penalty, very good.
00:12:30
Speaker
Uh, knew who his leadership was good. i mean, look, knew who's not the most vocal leader. He's a little quiet sometimes, you know, in serious moments, uh, in joyful moments, he's, you know, outgoing and he more leads by example.
00:12:47
Speaker
And, you know, he he twisted his ankle. He was a little dinged up. He powered through it. I thought he had some good plays. You know, in the first 15 minutes, did he give a couple balls away? Yes.
00:12:59
Speaker
But, you know, that didn't, you know, take any of the shine off him being the captain or not. What I would say this about Nuhu and leadership and the group in general,
00:13:11
Speaker
I had asked Steph Fry because look in San Jose it was, you know, knew who or Jackson. Maybe those were the two guys I chose knew who for this game with Alex being in the squad. Jackson, you know, Jordan Morris has been one of the longer tenured players on the team. i actually went to Steph and said, hey, what do you think about the captaincy?
00:13:33
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And he said, well, they're all good choices, you know, but you know, a leader, you know, comes through whether you're wearing an armband or not. And so the challenge that I had was I spoke to all of them and I said, look, okay, I knew who was going to be the captain, but I need leadership from you. and need leadership from you and you can provide leadership.
00:13:54
Speaker
So it's a group effort with that team. I know the armband is important, but I was very proud of all of the guys coming up with ah three points in ah in a hard match.
00:14:07
Speaker
Noah? Just wanted to check in. I saw Snyder Brunel sit down there at the end. I know he's a tough kid, but just wanted to check in on the status. I'm cramps. Cramps in his hamstring. He's fine.
00:14:19
Speaker
All right, back to Moss.
00:14:22
Speaker
Specifically, Jackson jackson Reagan. what did you know He made that pass. What did you see in terms of his ability to keep that back line intact and then yeah going up and also him and Alex kind of working that up. That's a good tandem.
00:14:38
Speaker
You know, that's a pretty effective tandem. You know, they they they had the young kid up front, the big kid, and they were kind of skewing to Alex's side. So he had to you know fight for some aerial duels, which I thought Alex did really well. Look, Jackson is a tremendous center back.
00:14:55
Speaker
He's got a ton of potential. ah You know, it's good. I like him. I like him playing next to each other. His passing is great. That's his calling card. That's what he does best.
00:15:12
Speaker
Nico, take us home. Coach, just in in terms of continuing to ah get get better, i just wanted to get your take on you know how you felt like the team dealt today with pressure moments. seemed like they're early, they lost pressure pretty high. And then closing the games, you know maybe a little bit more. do you wish the team would have done better closing the game today?
00:15:33
Speaker
well last year we gave a couple of games like this away you know we let you know again and he was a galaxy in colorado there were some games that we let slip point slip and it cost us at the end of the year uh we've made mention of that so i think closing out the game was okay look it wasn't easy But we were able to close it out. We had a couple times, one on this side, one on that side, down in the corners, kill some time. Could we have closed the game out with better possession? Absolutely.
00:16:07
Speaker
And we'll try and talk about that. When I watch the film, we'll try and find some clips where they can learn. ah But, you know, look, again, at the end of the day, the guys did what they needed to do to secure the three points. I'm very proud of them.
00:16:22
Speaker
Thanks, all. Locker room's open. Thanks, everybody. There you have it from Brian Schmetzer. I'm going be real with you guys. I did not hear pretty much any of that. We got a little bit of a makeshift tech setup tonight.
00:16:34
Speaker
And I was not about to go messing with the buttons and the volume. I probably would have crashed the stream. I just decided to go hands off. Okay. I'll watch the presser back later. If he said anything super notable that you want me to talk about, drop it in chat. Otherwise, I'm going to review the game tape on that one and get back to that at a later date.
00:16:54
Speaker
But I will keep giving my takes here, and then I'll drop the call link in the chat in just a few minutes here. I could use your co-hosting help tonight as always, so don't be shy. Feel free to hop in the queue when I drop that link in, which I'm going to do in a minute. But Let's talk about the rest of the game here first. Where were we? Jesus Ferreira gets the goal against his former team, doesn't celebrate it, good sportsmanship. He made such a point of not celebrating it.
00:17:23
Speaker
You could tell right after it went in. Right after it went in, he was so intent on not celebrating it. I was like, did the flag go up or something? Why is he not happy? Oh, oh yeah. Former team.
00:17:35
Speaker
That's a thing. Okay. Okay. He didn't celebrate, but he did get ah very good, very important opening goal. Jordan Morris gets the assist. Great to see all of that.
00:17:47
Speaker
And then Jordan Morris, after getting the assist on the Jesus Ferreira opener, gets a goal of his own. Snyder Brunel, with what I believe, I know it's his first assist of the season,
00:18:00
Speaker
might be I think that might be his first MLS assist. I think it was. He had two goals last year, but I don't think he had any assists, and he had not gotten on the stat sheet so far this year. And what a dime it was to send Jordan Morris through.
00:18:13
Speaker
And how about Jordan Morris? You know, there's been a lot of rhetoric about Jordan Morris all season, really dating back to last season after he got injured four times and barely played last year.
00:18:29
Speaker
lot of people don't think that he is becoming of a designated player number nine. He looked like one on that play. He wasn't even lined up at the nine tonight. He's lined up as that kind of wide channel player next Jesus.
00:18:43
Speaker
And man, was that was that a Jordan Morris outside the foot vintage special? I think it was. That looks like early career Jordan Morris with that as outside the foot maneuver. That was nice.
00:18:58
Speaker
That was nice, and i think it also reaffirmed to me that when healthy, Jordan Morris is very much becoming of an of a designated player, attacker, number nine, wide player, whatever you want to call it.
00:19:13
Speaker
He showed tonight what he can do when he's healthy and when he's out there. And we've been talking a lot, dating back to last year, about the boost it would give this team if they could just get Jordan Morris healthy, fit, playing every week.
Goal Analysis and Missed Opportunities
00:19:27
Speaker
So knock on wood, but I think he's looked good already leading into this game. He's been doing good work as a facilitator. This was his first goal. He's gotten on the stat sheet like three or four times already.
00:19:40
Speaker
So this was his best game yet. And that was great to see. you And at two zero at that point, I felt like, all right, all right, they're kind of cruising.
00:19:52
Speaker
Started off a little rough like the St. Louis game, but you get the two goals. And you are in good shape to really make this a not very stressful game.
00:20:04
Speaker
That was at least my hope when I saw the Jordan Morris sk goal go in.
00:20:11
Speaker
Was it not stressful? Unfortunately, no, that was a very stressful second half. That was a very stressful ending to the match. ah First thing that made it stressful, FC e c Dallas scored.
00:20:24
Speaker
FC Dallas scored to make it 2-1. Let's talk about that goal. What'd you guys think of that goal? Question I always try to ask myself when there's a concession is, could you have done anything to prevent it?
00:20:39
Speaker
And I think this team last year gave up a lot of goals that they could have prevented. That was kind of a theme. It was team scoring goals because of Seattle's mistakes and not them being good.
00:20:53
Speaker
That happened a lot last year. Was that the case on this goal?
00:20:59
Speaker
Maybe I'm coping. I feel like that was that was kind of a cook on FC Dallas' part. just the The design of the set piece, the execution of it, and then the header that the kid, Nolan Norris, the header that he hit.
00:21:16
Speaker
The header itself, i don't think there's anything you can do about that. I think what you got to look at is the things on the set piece leading up to that. Could you have been positioned better on the delivery? I'll have to watch it back again.
00:21:30
Speaker
i'm My first reaction, my first reaction in the press box and as I think about it now was that that was more a goal that where I give the opposition credit more than i feel like there was all that much Seattle could have done to stop that. That's ah that's a well-run set piece. That's well executed. And that's a perfect header.
00:21:53
Speaker
And you're going to concede sometimes against good teams. That's going to happen. It's about how you respond. So let's talk about the response. It's 2-1. There's a lot of game left to go at that point.
00:22:05
Speaker
But you're in the lead. You're at home. Onus is on you. Go close out the game. Don't let don't let what the 2024 Sounders did. This was this was the litmus test, folks.
00:22:17
Speaker
Is this team really ready to leave the Ghosts? of 2024 in the past or lot too. team blew a lot of leads last year. I guess I should be saying Can they lead the ghosts of the twenty twenty five seattle sounders in the past
00:22:47
Speaker
And I'm not gonna lie, there was lengthy stretches of this game where I felt like, man, I'm getting shades of 2025. And the first instance where I felt like that was when Paul Rothrock won a penalty to give Seattle a chance to go up 3-1 from the spot. First of all, hell of a play by Paul Rothrock. Second straight game where he's won a penalty. And this one, he was just absolutely slicing up FC Dallas on that play.
00:23:21
Speaker
He charges into the box. Gets taken down by Lawless Abubakar. I actually have not watched that back yet. My first reaction, like when it happened, I was saying, come on, come on, give the penalty. Come on, you know you want to give the penalty, give the penalty.
00:23:39
Speaker
And the referee gave the penalty.
00:23:45
Speaker
I definitely, even if it was soft, It was not a play. It was not like, I don't think that was an egregiously bad call or missed call. Maybe it was, but that was not my first reaction to it. I thought that was a well-won penalty by Paul Rothrock.
00:24:02
Speaker
So who's going to take it becomes the next question. Jesus Ferreira ends up taking it, but you had, you had Musavsky out there. You had Jordan Morris out there. You had Alex Roldan out there, which is who in hindsight, that's who I wish would have would have taken it.
00:24:15
Speaker
Weeks cup finals. Nails, ice in his veins. That's guaranteed going in if it's out if it's Alex Roldan from the spot. okay But you know I don't hate the the decision to have Jesus Ferrer take it. we but We just talked a lot about how they needed to get him scoring.
00:24:34
Speaker
He already had one goal in the game. Get him two. Let's really get him let's get him that confidence working. But the risk you run in that situation is if he misses the penalty or has it saved.
00:24:47
Speaker
And then you go from a situation that should be a confidence builder into a situation that could be a confidence diminisher. And lo and behold, he has the penalty saved. i don't think it was the worst penalty I've ever seen, but it was not especially good.
00:25:07
Speaker
Did the little soter stutter step. which you know Noah was crashing out about the stutter step. That's one of those things where when it goes in, it looks cool, but when it doesn't work, it looks bad. In this case, it didn't work. It looked bad.
00:25:20
Speaker
And that was the first instance in this game where I was like, all right, that is exactly the type of thing that happens with the ghosts of 2025. That exact scenario reminded me so much of these situations last year and the year before that, where they would be ahead at home and have every chance to salt the game away, to ice it, to end it. If he makes that penalty and it's 3-1, it's not over, but it's you're in pretty good shape.
00:25:53
Speaker
You're in a lot better shape than if it's 2-1, to state the obvious. And it's just a golden opportunity to put yourself in a situation to just close it out stress-free.
00:26:06
Speaker
So when he when he added saved, that was thing number one where i was like,
00:26:15
Speaker
not capitalizing on that opportunity. That's how you put yourself in a situation to blow a lead. It is.
Home Victory and Future Outlook
00:26:21
Speaker
And i thought there was multiple other – there was an element of frustration with this game because even outside the missed penalty, I thought there was –
00:26:32
Speaker
Multiple, multiple opportunities to solve the game away, even with the missed penalty. There was some really great buildup play from Seattle tonight. The chance generation was good, but it doesn't didn't it feel like they were XG merchanting a little bit.
00:26:46
Speaker
There was a couple of really great but buildups where there was a runner or an open runner there for a tap-in, and the execution was just a little off. The cross was off.
00:27:00
Speaker
It got deflected. they couldn't end up getting that third goal. They never did get the third goal.
00:27:08
Speaker
And once again, when you're out there, XG merchanting, generating really high quality chances and you're not finishing them and you only have a one goal lead, again, that's how you put yourself in situation to blow leads. So that's the one thing I will say about this game. If we're doing positives and negatives, if I did, I have nothing negative to say about another win.
00:27:29
Speaker
a home win, a win that moves this team to six, one and one in the league, still very much in the supporter shield chase. I got nothing negative to say about the result, but the only thing I'll say is that if they keep putting themselves in situations against good teams like this, and they're going play a lot better teams than this, you put yourself in situations where you have leads and you're not capitalizing on your opportunities to dust the game, you will get bit by that. We saw it a lot last year.
00:27:59
Speaker
So on one hand, that is a negative. that's That's something that they need to work on. On the other hand, I think there is a positive to be taken from that because what I was thinking to myself in the last 10 or so minutes of the game plus stoppage was, okay, you didn't get the third goal.
00:28:14
Speaker
Close out the game. Win the game. Do not concede the equalizer. That's it. Be professional about this. Don't go out there trying to be Real Madrid crossed with the Harlem Globetrotters trying to get the third goal in the 84th minute of a 2-1 game where you're ahead.
00:28:33
Speaker
Close the game out. Don't give up the equalizer. Take the three points. you all They all go home. i do the postgame show about a win. We're we're all happy. So are they going to be able to do that? That was my question.
00:28:49
Speaker
In this situation last year, they didn't do that a lot of times against teams such as Charlotte FC and the Colorado Rapids and Atlanta United on the road. that I mean, I could go down the list.
00:29:01
Speaker
They were in that exact situation a lot of times last year. And it almost did that equalizer almost felt inevitable. And that's the sort of feeling that was creeping in for me was with every really high percentage missed chance that Seattle had,
00:29:19
Speaker
I don't know. Maybe I was being overly paranoid. Maybe I was being a negative Nancy about that. But I think based on what we saw last year in a lot of these games, my fears were founded. And to their credit, this is a positive. I think this is a positive.
00:29:34
Speaker
To their credit, they did not concede the equalizer. They closed out the game. The only goal they conceded tonight was the set piece, which they got to work on the set piece defending. I feel like every goal they've conceded this year is off a set piece. That was a very good set piece. Again, that,
00:29:49
Speaker
i don't know. Maybe some people feel differently and feel like that was a very preventable goal. I'll watch it back. Maybe I'm misremembering it. But I think just in general, you are going to get scored on sometimes by good teams.
00:30:05
Speaker
They're going to have sequences of play where they get you. They're goingnna have set pieces where they get you. It's about how you respond. And if you're in a position where you have the lead late in the game, do you close it out? They closed it out tonight. So all in all,
00:30:17
Speaker
Another good win. I'm not going to take anyway anything away from another win. This team is 6-1-1 in league play. Yes, they got eliminated from CCC, and that's a negative mark, I think, on the start to the season here.
00:30:32
Speaker
But when I think about the performance in that CCC series, am I really going to sit here and say that that was like a horrible effort, a terrible performance?
00:30:45
Speaker
when they drew 3-3 on aggregate and lose on the technicality of road goals and really take it to Tigris in the last game. Tigris bammed on one set piece of their own, which they did twice in that series. That's why Seattle lost the series, in my opinion.
00:31:01
Speaker
But Seattle was also all over Tigris in that game.
00:31:06
Speaker
They should have had four five on those guys. So the CACC thing was unfortunate. But overall, I think you have to be pleased with how the league season has started. I don't know how you couldn't be. The team is on fire.
00:31:20
Speaker
They're winning these games and they're winning games last year they're this year that they were drawing last year.
00:31:29
Speaker
So that's good to see. It wasn't perfect. There are things to work on. the set feet The set piece defending does need to be better. But I like what I'm seeing offensively.
00:31:44
Speaker
Loved what i'm seeing what I saw from Jesus Ferreira in this match, playing as the number 10, and frankly, what I've seen from him all season.
00:31:53
Speaker
He had six assists all comps coming into this game. I think. Maybe it's seven. I don't know. He has a lot of assists this year. He gets his first goal tonight, and he's just been playing well. He's looked dangerous.
00:32:07
Speaker
He's combining well with everybody. We've seen what he's done as a facilitator. He scored tonight. Missed a penalty, yes, but really outside of missed pen, I thought Ferreira fantastic.
00:32:19
Speaker
And seeing Jordan Morris have a game like that was great too.
00:32:24
Speaker
think you're starting to see what this attack can be when you got everyone out there. And now you have Jesus Ferreira a lot more comfortable, a lot more acclimated, and he looks good.
00:32:41
Speaker
So great win. I'm going to drop the ah call link in the chat right now. Just give me a second here and we'll get you guys in here. i might have to do some tech to be able to hear you, but we'll figure that out, cross that bridge when we get to it. But let me go ahead.
00:32:57
Speaker
Drop this call link in the chat right now.
00:33:02
Speaker
There she is. Go ahead and tap in, hop in the queue while we do that. I got a couple of super chats that I'll hit right here. Thank you guys for these. Nick. A podium. Appreciate you, man.
00:33:13
Speaker
Thank you for the five. He says, Snyder B will go to Europe for more than Obed. Book it. That pass to Morris was buttery. Has more in his bag than Obed did. Hey, i've I've started to slow roll the take.
00:33:28
Speaker
And I haven't planted my flag on it, but I'm slow rolling it. that there i There are things, this is how I'm framing it There are things about Snyder B as a prospect that I like more than Obed at the same phase in his development, in ah in Attack, certainly. He reminds me a lot of Obed in terms of not just how good he is as a facilitator, but the types of passes he hits from that position. I think that assist that he had to Jordan tonight was a ome Obed reminiscent assist and all of the stuff he does in possession where he's, you know, dribbling around in circles, wiggling out of pressure. It's it's, he reminds me so much of Obed in that way. But I think that at the, at the same, if you compared them at the same juncture in their careers, Snyder is more advanced in attack.
00:34:17
Speaker
I think that I don't even think that's a controversial take at this point. Snyder, I'm glad you brought it up, Nick, because he was really good in this game once again. And really, there has not been a point in this season where I felt like this team's best first choice 11 does not include Snyder B. It's not a I feel okay if he's out there that they can stay afloat type situation. It's a he needs to be out there for this team to be performing at its best to its full potential type situation because he's just that good.
00:34:50
Speaker
I think that's where we're at with Snyder.
00:34:55
Speaker
Agbord Kuna, thank you for the $2. Thank God Rothrock didn't sign with the quakes. Thank God Rothrock didn't sign with the quakes.
00:35:06
Speaker
That was so close to happening. That was so close to happening.
Roster Depth and Player Contributions
00:35:13
Speaker
He was in advanced negotiations, reportedly. With the Quakes, I had literally, if you go boat back and listen to our shows from when that was going on over the offseason, I had kind of reached a point of acceptance with it.
00:35:29
Speaker
When
00:35:31
Speaker
i heard when I saw that he was reportedly in advanced negotiations with the Quakes, I was like, oh, okay, well, that's not good.
00:35:40
Speaker
And then National SC was coming after him, and I was like, oh, well, that's a perfect fit. Like if he was going to leave, that's where I would tell him to go as like the best choice for him to thrive. But now looking at the Quakes now, oh man, can you imagine this demonic Quakes team that's buzzsawing everybody every week, but you threw Paul Rothrock on it?
00:36:01
Speaker
that would That would be terrifying. All right, we got a couple people in the queue, so let's get this churning. We got Valkyrie and we got Yev. ah I'm going to bring Valkyrie on the stage and I'm going see if I can hear you. It's possible I might not be able to. And if that's true, I'm going to maybe you have to go work on the tech, but we're going test this out.
00:36:20
Speaker
But Valkyrie. Can you hear us? Can you hear us? Yes, I do hear you. What's up, guys? Perfect. 2-1 win. How's it going? It was great. whatever was great I'm feeling feeling great. My big question was, I felt like this game was calling for Areola.
00:36:37
Speaker
i think there might be, I'll have to get back to on that. I thought I overheard someone talking about how he like took a knock or something, but I could be wrong about that. But I think that I'm pretty sure that's why he wasn't a factor. like Because I was like, I want to see and Areola, like their chemistry And especially when we go back to CCC last year, like, that though those two unlock each other. And I just want to see more of that.
00:37:06
Speaker
And i just thought that there was – I thought they were, that I think like they can unlock each other, and especially coming back, they both were Dallas guys. like yeah I was surprised to not even see them, and I didn't hear anything on any of the things about him getting a knock or anything. so Yeah, you no, I'm out of the loop on that, too. I didn't catch that, but people in chat are saying that he was like fully out with a knock. But I agree. like like It's his former team too, you know. So I would have loved to have seen that. But with the knowledge that that wasn't possible for this game, it was great to see Jesus play how he played. What you think of Jesus tonight?
00:37:42
Speaker
I thought Jesus – I thought when –
00:37:48
Speaker
Honestly, thought that he lacked the killer instinct because it was as a former club, to be honest. Like, he was doing the things, but then, like, when he got the first goal and he was like, I get it, don't celebrate against your team. Like, you know, this is just the He was very, very adamant about, like, this is not a celebration moment.
00:38:06
Speaker
Yeah, he was like, nope, nope, nope, calm it down. And I was like... this is supposed to be your this is the catalyst man like you i want you to take that and go like let's let's get into it and then i thought in my opinion only was i really wanted moose to take that penalty i really wanted moose to take it i wanted is that a hindsight take or were you saying it at the time I was saying at the time because it was like, Ferrer already got one, but this team has always been about share the love. I mean, we we talked about how Roldan was not selfish last week about, like, not even when he was on the Hattie and was like, hey, I'm going to give it, I'm going to, I want to win. I want to win. i want to do the thing.
00:38:52
Speaker
And I was like, give it to, give it to Moose. Like, let's get Moose going too. Like, he had the The header that he had was so close. He made so many good runs in the box that the pass was just not there. Like, I don't think Moose is getting the credit he deserves for the game because people weren't finding him. And, like, he made such great runs. He would beat on the inside of the defender. He was there. He was ready for those balls.
00:39:21
Speaker
And I think that we really, like, for the brigade haters, like, if you put Rusnak and you put in Roldana this game, we destroy this team.
00:39:33
Speaker
And, like, we really, like, cool, we won, and it was it was a decent performance, but, like, the slaughter that would have been if we had Rusnak in there, because I felt like our midfield just, like, they're making great. They they did the job. Like, that's I'm just talking about the difference between a and A+, plus right? Like, they were...
00:39:55
Speaker
Rusnak would have just made a little bit more of those passes. Like, Roldan would have been a little bit better on the, like, counter press and getting that because we we didn't have that. We didn't win it back in the midfield in that in that third.
00:40:08
Speaker
They would get the ball, and they would get all the way down to the attacking third, and sure, our defense is great. We'd get it back, and it was going kind of back and forth very slowly. But we needed, we we need those guys and it shows their value. And this team is good enough and great enough that like, yeah, we beat Dallas at home, but like, I can't wait for Christian to come back.
00:40:31
Speaker
I can't wait for, you know, Rusnak in there. And I'd really like to see, you know, what, you know, you add up Paul in there. And it's like the old, what was it that Ziggy said? Like, yeah okay, it's easy to say who you're going to come in, but you're going to take off.
00:40:47
Speaker
Um, But that's just kind of what I was thinking like a little bit. like I was like, okay, like we could ah we could have done a little
Potential for More Decisive Wins
00:40:55
Speaker
bit more tonight. And I'm super psyched. Don't get me wrong. like I thought they were doing great and I thought they were cooking. But I really want to see Jesus and Arreola get some of their magic. Because they were they were pretty magic in Dallas when they were together. And I don't think they've had a good run together since Paul went out with ACL last year in CCC.
00:41:18
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. No, hopefully they can get that duo back churning because I thought like last year at the start of the year before Ariel got hurt, I thought you were seeing that chemistry transfer over. But, i yeah, I wouldn't have hated the Moose penalty. Why why don't we get a ah a take from the passenger in here to to close it out? What did what did you think? us Give us a take to bring it home.
00:41:40
Speaker
Ooh, number of them. But I guess my number one thing is – I want to know why our first 15-20 is that looking so shit at the moment. Oh yeah, hair, hair.
00:41:55
Speaker
i We need to come out of the gate a lot harder and we need that fire at the beginning. Yeah. yeah need to come out of the gate a lot harder and need to, ah you know, i was talking about closing out the game less stressfully would be nice, but given how many blown leads there were last year, you know, I'm not going to complain about it too much.
00:42:19
Speaker
and Indeed. Fair. I have a question for you, Ari. Ari. Yeah. Yeah. Do you think, do you think that the leads are blown the,
00:42:31
Speaker
the ah like a mental mistakes or just like you know the composure or do you think the leads are blown because we don't get that killer instinct and don't get that third goal like is it the mental fortitude on the back end or is it the lethalness on the front end that you'd like to see I mean, i though i think the actual answer is it's a combination of both things. Like they would, they we talked a lot about how they XG merchanted and that was kind of what I think we saw it tonight. Like when they had the really good chances to get that third goal, including a penalty kick.
00:43:06
Speaker
in this one, they didn't take it. So that's partially it. But it's also, a lot of them were on the ah on the back line, frankly. There was a lot of CV errors and just kind of mental defensive lapses. So it was both things. If I had to pick one thing, though, if I had to pick one thing between those two things, it's probably the they the wastefulness in front of goal. Because they the chance generation in these situations, I feel like, has been good to excellent at times and they just don't capitalize on it when you do that you let teams hang around get punished for it blow the lead so but i mean it's a it's one of the great questions of our time frankly uh and hopefully we're not gonna have to answer it anymore but anyways thank you guys for calling in we're gonna keep it pushing through the queue but appreciate you on the next one
00:43:57
Speaker
All right, we got Yev next, and then disc golfer after that going to bring Yev on the stage. And we know Yev likes to cook. So Yev, take it away. 2-1, another win for the Seattle Sounders, this time over FC Dallas.
00:44:11
Speaker
You had a Jesus Ferreira goal. You had a Jordan Morris goal. You had a Jordan Morris assist. You had a Snyder B assist. What did you see? What did you think? Uh, first off, great goal by Jesus.
00:44:23
Speaker
Love seeing him get off the, off the Schneid, not really a Schneid. He's been cooking all year. Um, Other than that, the classic Jordan finish, the outside of the right foot. Oh, man. what The Moni Brunel slipped that in. i was like, oh, that looks like a really nice open hip left finish, but good old Jordan taps it in with his foot. Jordan Morris. That was that Jordan right by him at the LA Galaxy, Jordan Morris.
00:44:52
Speaker
Yeah, and it just like toe pokes it in. Classic. Slips it right through. much needed goal, thankfully. Honestly, you know, always hate to see the goal go in at home, especially, but ah ah like you said, you haven't seen run back yet, but like it's pretty amazing corner kick and just,
00:45:17
Speaker
awesome play by Norris, right? But just... That header, he was marked. There was a guy on him pretty tight, I feel like. Maybe I'm misremembering, but like... No, no, no. He was unmarked in the box. He was marked in the box. He just got... He won his run to the spot, and then... That's it. The degree of difficulty on that header is insanely high. like that Yeah. it was It was one of those just...
00:45:41
Speaker
First great bodied off. He, it might've been, think it was Kosa, just good old arm bar, just, you know, manverse man versus man.
00:45:52
Speaker
Great beat. And then the, like you said, perfect header, like that classic, like crazy, Great whip outside. So you'll see that at the end, like there's really, you know, you hate to see it go through, but really know much you can do.
00:46:08
Speaker
Both awesome delivery. Awesome. One, one versus man, like, know, manverse man versus man defense battle. And then just hate to cut it through, but thankfully Jordan got that goal.
00:46:23
Speaker
want to shout out the previous caller doing the yeah the Vancouver in the car. I think it's got to be like – it's got to be – somebody's got to do car call-in every week now. Like you guys started a thing.
00:46:38
Speaker
As long as you guys are not driving while calling in. we can Like the passenger filming, we're good with that, but you just can't drive. hear that You hear that? hear that? Every lawyer listening, there's a disclaimer.
00:46:53
Speaker
Do not do it. If you get in a wreck, it's on you. Anyway, but love the shout out. I would say that I don't hate. The one thing I will push back on on one of their points is I don't hate the Jesus PK call, especially because he got the first goal.
00:47:12
Speaker
If you think about it, the way that especially special loves to do this thing, it's like one for one. It's it's the it's the system over the player. So technically, Jesus is playing the roof snack role. So him taking the BK, I feel like wasn't terrible in this situation because it was like that one for one.
00:47:33
Speaker
I do have an update for why he... we We got Noah in here. yeah go Go ahead, Noah. none on What's the update? There we go. yeah yeah The update is Jesus said that he hesitated and switched directions for where he was going last minute. so Oh, you can never do that. You gotta decide.
00:47:56
Speaker
Keep going. okay right There we go. but i do yeah There it is. I do like that, though. So Jesus was like, No, I wasn't a good call by the goalkeeper. i just fucked up.
00:48:08
Speaker
Yeah, he basically was like, I'm just mad at myself. Yeah, yeah. i mean Before you did that update, I was going to say a ah take, but then you did the update, and now I don't want to say the take.
00:48:21
Speaker
Well, give the take to your way. ah Okay, well, because he said that he changed, but even, you know, it that was bad. That was a bad take. That was a bad He agrees with you, by the way.
00:48:34
Speaker
He said that was it was a bad take. That was a bad take. anyway I am a hater of the stutter step penalty. like The stutter step penalty sends me into a fit of rage that is not... I was down. It was my dad's birthday day. Happy birthday, dad. He might be watching. There we go. Was he like 22 now? turned 23. Congratulations to my...
00:48:55
Speaker
twenty two now ye yup you turned twenty three congratulations that And was going to say, ge you look young? So your dad must be very, very young as well. Exactly. Yeah, but I think, you know, ah the stutter step penalty should be abolished. Like if you do stutter step penalty, you like go to jail forever and ever and ever.
00:49:15
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, my take of the stutter step is you're a professional. you practice it. I feel like no matter how many stutters you take, you should be able to like, did you know, whatever you want.
00:49:29
Speaker
Oh, I absolutely hated Joseph Martinez. His penalties were wild. up there that would day yeah If you guys haven't seen Joseph, but could just go look up like Joseph Martinez.
00:49:41
Speaker
The hop was the coolest thing eight years ago. like That was like the thing. like yeah you know moreass everyone ever Everyone hated the stutter stuff, and then Joseph was like, oh, you you don't like the stutter?
00:49:53
Speaker
He should have done the Mario, too. He should have done like a little. Anyway. But don't hate the pe don'tate the take to err, hate the take. That was, haus I mean, you got to blast that up.
00:50:07
Speaker
i know I don't know. Like, in those situations, you're already up to nothing. You got to. roof that up a little bit more. don't like the ground. Yeah, we're going to keep the cue pushing here, but ah thank you for calling in as always, my guy. i appreciate you, and we'll see you on the next one. Do you want to check in with me from the locker room? Yeah, yeah, go ahead. Go ahead and do that while I – All right, number one, number one, I saw Nuhu.
00:50:28
Speaker
He was limping around a little bit. Brian Spencer said he rolled his ankle in the post-match presser. Obviously, as you guys heard, I think he kind of said it offhand, so it's not an official diagnosis. But it was – you know, he looked ah you looked a little – looked like it hurt, which I think is fair. Stu Hawks.
00:50:45
Speaker
I saw Stu Hawks. Talked to Stu Hawks. Stu Hawks says hello. Shout out, Stu Hawks. He said he's going to be playing for Defiance tomorrow. So he's ready to get some minutes. He's ready to play. Get him out there. He says he's ready to be patient, and he's happy to wait, but he he would love to get some minutes. So shout out Stu Hawkins. We talked with Jesus.
00:51:06
Speaker
Jesus had nothing bad to say about his forward team, obviously. That was... See, like, people were like, why was he doing it up so much? It's because he has no ill will towards them. No, he spent... So this is total inside baseball, but, like, when I walk down to the press conference, Brian Schmetzer gives his press conference, and then we go to the locker room, and then we have a first person that gets interviewed, and then a second person. Jesus was the second in line.
00:51:27
Speaker
from the time Brian Schmetzer kicked off his interview all the way until he was late coming in for his interview because he was talking with FC Dallas staff, FC Dallas players. And I asked him, I said, well, what do you guys talk about? he's like, honestly, it's it's not soccer stuff. Like, these are my friends and, like, I want to know how their families are doing. And, like, this is an opportunity to see them in person. So I think we often think about, like,
00:51:52
Speaker
yes, this player played for this club, like, why would you not celebrate? But this was his life and his dad played for this club. Like it means a lot to him. In fact, I think fc Dallas might mean more to him than any other person on the planet.
00:52:05
Speaker
Yeah, no, it's like not a, and you know, it was, he's talked a lot about how it was the right time to move on. But that, like, when you see, when you see guys celebrate against their former team and really strut it on their former team, it's because they feel like the other team, the team did them wrong. Yeah. That's the only time you see that.
00:52:22
Speaker
If it's a situation where it's like a club that he grew up playing for and loves, he's not going to do that. So anyway, anything else from the locker room? or Yeah. Talk to Christian. Christian was in good spirits. He's, he seemed all there. He didn't seem concussed to me personally, okay um but that's, you know, shout out Christian 400 appearances. fours I asked him, I said, is that the first like honor you've got? He's like, yeah, I guess they only give them for 400. And I was like, all right, well, we'll see you at 500. And he was like, damn.
00:52:50
Speaker
And then we talked about who the most tenured with one club was, and we settled on Diego Chara. But, yeah, he's doing well. He's doing well. And also talked to Jordan.
00:53:03
Speaker
i asked him, you know, does this kind of game where you have two players who used to play on that club, do you want to get up for your your teammates? Do you want to, like, play extra hard and all of that? And he said – gave he give a little smile and a laugh, which, you know, it it seems like this is actually something that they – talk about in the locker room and kind of get behind each other with so that was kind of cool to see um and he seemed like he was happy with the goal he got but he seemed a little like he wanted a little bit more and i think um you know brian noted too that he seemed a little tired at the end but this was prime jordan this was classic this was a classic jordan morris game we've been talking about the uh outside of the foot like that was that was yes that was the uh maneuver on the jordan morris ran right behind him 2016 la galaxy I think still to this day, the sickest goal of his career. Yeah, yeah, yeah. the sickest sounders goals, too. Ever. And that was also the goal where he – I think that was the first time I ever saw Angry Jordan because he was celebrating it. And they were I was at that game. For some reason, I was in l L.A. I was at that game. And they were throwing beer at him. Yeah. And that's the first – like, he was looking at the crowd like,
00:54:11
Speaker
are you throwing beer at me are you don't beer at me? I'm Jordan Morris. Jordan Morris. I just ran right by him. I scored a goal. USMNT striker Jordan Morris. I'm the future of the USMNT at this juncture. Yeah. But anyway, that's side tangent. Yeah, yeah. Oh, look at this. Look who we got oh let's go. We got the VIP. Should I take over for you? Do you need a minute? ah is Would that? when No, tap in. Actually, that would be sick. Can you knew yeah go on that? Just just all look go look on my phone for chat. Just tap someone in. Is that cool?
00:54:42
Speaker
I'll just come in. No, you got to jump on. got to jump on. We'll get his takes, and then we'll take a call. How about that? Okay. We'll get Nico's takes, then we'll take a call. Sorry, everyone in the queue. Here, here. but Wait, do you need my one? No, no, no, you're good. You're good. can take, I mean, whatever you want do. We're going to take. literally just came to ask, to just gloat about Jesus Perrine. Let me take this thing. Let me hide that. There you go. Just don't forget it. Okay.
00:55:04
Speaker
There you go. All right. Sit down. Do we look good? You tell us if we look good. All right. Here we go. yeah Oh, we look so good. Okay. All right. Are you? This is nice and warm, actually. Thank you. feel very intimate here. Yeah, well. It is. It is. Wow. How... You want to gloat about Jesus Ferreira? Let's gloat. I mean, that's the reason why I came. You know, I just wanted to get it out there for all of the Jesus Ferreira haters that might be left or they might not.
00:55:31
Speaker
What did I say? False prophets. This guy has been so good, so influential. He's only getting better. This is the tip of the iceberg. He's going to continue to get more confident, go dangerous. You saw him today.
00:55:47
Speaker
haters will say that it don't count, like Ari always says, because it was a deflection. But guess what? He even noted that. Shooters got to shoot. No, he noted it. He said it's a deflection, but it still counts. I think he literally said that. Yeah, yeah. Which... Listen the pod. So, yeah. So, basically, you know, long story short.
00:56:04
Speaker
Yes, sir. I saw this fancy tech. But long story short, though, definitely a guy to watch this season. He's done it on limited minutes. He continues to have a variation of attackers around him. And chemistry is the next step for this team. yeah They've been really good.
00:56:22
Speaker
They've been inconsistent to start games, to say the least, at least the last couple of ones. So I think in order to really grease the wheels and get this team going in all cylinders, you've got to get them continuity And yeah that's the next step, in my opinion, for this team. So once you figure out where you fit Jordan Morris, if you're going to continue with the dual 10s, which I think that you should, Paul Rothrock out of the left, figure it out, and then let those guys Get consistent minutes and you'll see the difference because Jesus is the type of guy that once he figures out where you want the ball, he plays out of memory.
00:57:01
Speaker
He plays out of instinct. And those couple of quick seconds just create better setups, better patterns, better... um moments with through balls. So all of that is getting better. So I just wanted to gloat for all of you guys out there. There's a bunch of videos. think That's why I love these guys. because they They will clip it. They'll put it out in the world.
00:57:22
Speaker
If you thought that Jesus Ferreira was a bust and that he was not going to be good, you just don't know ball. I said that many a times and here we are now. We're here now.
00:57:33
Speaker
Jesus Ferro, one goal. How many assists? Five assists? Six assists? I mean, come on. that's like I said this at the last podcast and Ari said, oh, that's going to get people going. But I've been saying from the beginning, he's an MVP shout if he can get hot. And I said he is better than Messi. And that's, you know what? I'm going to stick with it because because here's the thing.
00:57:54
Speaker
If he buries that PK, that's that's that's a brace, right? That's a brace against your former club. That's putting him on the best 11 for the week.
00:58:05
Speaker
I don't really know i really know who can deny that. like i mean he's he I don't know. There's something different. like the the The guys who know ball, the guys who love the... like that grittiness of the game, like the vision. i get so – I just fall in love with people who have great vision. too. Because it's something that is like a sixth sense. Jesus Ferreira has that sixth sense like I've never seen ever. And, you know, he said the beginning of the year – want to get your take on this. His goal was the World Cup too. Like part of his goal like, want to play in the World Cup. Yeah.
00:58:40
Speaker
And that that's ambitious. That is someone who, he's not saying that because he doesn't know what he's saying or he doesn't know how difficult it is to get into that pool. He's saying it because he really believes that he has the talent level to do so. Now, whether he gets there or not, it doesn't matter because part of that sentence, because I recall that as if it was yesterday, he said, look, if I don't make it, at least I'm doing the best for the team, right? And that's what he's doing right now.
00:59:06
Speaker
I will say that, It's been a little bit of a disservice to that agenda by the rotation, by the limited minutes. And that's unfortunate. But at the end of the day, you are getting what you paid for in a guy that you brought in with DP talent without giving a DP contract. So now...
00:59:27
Speaker
with Albert Rusnak's contract coming to an end this year, there's no doubt in my mind that he's going to hit his escalators, speaking about Jesus Ferreira, and he's going to become your DP. And, you know, I really do hope Albert stays. And he loves Seattle. His family loves Seattle. I just met his two little girls, adorable little girls, the the the last game. And ah they they love the city. So, you know, there is a chance that you bring him back on a really low contract that's not an EP contract.
00:59:52
Speaker
And hopefully he stays. And if he doesn't, then you have your replacement. So that is credit to Craig Wylder. That's credit to the front office for just finding that guy. You know, that's something that... Man, i Craig gets a lot of hate. I get it. We we hate on him. We beef on him. Frankly, he he probably doesn't like you too much. But that's that's the way the the world works. He's a good he doesn't stuff. No. So when I've talked to him you know, if he needs to say something, he will say something. So it's pretty openly. I actually think he, we have a decent relationship. Might be better than me and Brian. So, yeah. So, no, he does, he should get he credit because this team has looked unreal. I mean, in terms of
01:00:39
Speaker
the high floor that we all thought they were going to have, and maybe that ceiling that I didn't think was as high, maybe it was looking a little higher just because of the diamonds in the rough that you all of sudden not just kind of found, but then you had there, and they're shining before you thought they would. Snyder, Brunel, Pete Kingston just looks like a guy that just has been playing first team minutes always. He was a little rough tonight in certain moments, but like Overall, a dude who has played under 100 MLS minutes, you're like, dude, come on. Yeah, totally. This is a great rotation piece. I'm interested. I want to go back to Snyder Brunel because the Snyder agenda, the Snyder agenda, he's balling tonight. He's stepping up in moments in the defensive third where it's like picking up picking up a you know a guy crashing into the box and then just running forward with it.
01:01:35
Speaker
Crazy take, and I've been saying this take, but... Better than Ovid? and not and um but I'm not there yet. I'm not i'm not there yet, but but he definitely he's in the conversation. And that's saying a lot. When you have him in the same context, in the same phrase, as arguably the best homegrown to come and go into the biggest team, I mean, that's high praise. And I love that when I asked him about it, he was like, yeah, man, look, I look at Danny Leibovitz. look at George Hortensio. I look at Obed, and I wanted to do things within my play out of the best that they had. And so he's giving them flowers, but then he gives you a little smirk of like, yeah, you know, I...
01:02:15
Speaker
I know I got it. He's so complete. His vision, that's the same thing. It's like the same thing as the vision. He has the same ability like Ovid to dribble out of pressure. He has this ability. That pass that he makes on the assist on that goal is just like, oh my God. And he he probably could have had another assist tonight as well. I mean...
01:02:34
Speaker
He, to me, is exactly what the Seattle Sounders are. A kid who, out of out of nowhere, like we haven't, you know, like Craig and Henry Bronner and all of those guys haven't known about his talent. Out of nowhere, it's coming up. You just next guy up, next guy up, you know? like That's a great shot on Henry Bronner because Henry Bronner and, you know,
01:02:59
Speaker
The entirety of that group of coaches and staff that have brought in all this talent. You see it on the field, right? And there is all of this new guys coming in through the system that is a sustainable system. But you just got to pray. so It's enviable by FC Dallas, I'm sure. Like, i you know, I grew up covering FC Dallas.
01:03:23
Speaker
One of the things was like, yeah, you they have the academy. They have the academy, right? Like Pepe, Weston McKinney, you know, Jesus Ferreira, all of these guys.
01:03:37
Speaker
And they just kind of, you know, they they go off and they do their own thing. Dallas is never really that successful. You get an open cup here or a shield here. But what the Sounders are able to do to retain that young talent and build it around a team, you then you play a team that has the same roster building i identity, and it it just shows you that they're on a different level. And I don't know. I think that this game to me just burned that into my head. And maybe it's because it's the Noah Darby. But...
01:04:07
Speaker
this is This was impressive to me. Yeah, no, no. You got Tessman, you got Cannon, you got all these players that have gone from Dallas and move on. But that's why I do think that... Did I say Pepe? Yeah, you did. pat And we're going to go back into the game in a second, but I do want to highlight what you just said because if there is something that...
01:04:27
Speaker
Brian and I think the organization really wanted to clarify is that they're selling players because George Omanungu has done phenomenal with Colorado. He's looking really good. Obviously, Rebaker Whiten is doing good in Nashville. andio as But but theyre they don't want to call themselves a selling team because of what you just said. They are letting players go that are not currently producing or to have a ah spot on the field because the best players out of that foundation, that it is to come and perform for the team. And not every club does that. It's the opposite. It's the best players are gone. The best players are in Europe. and And this club has, in my opinion, been a pioneer in that regard of we're going to build players we're going to get them to play here a couple of years and if they're good like open margas over to the years then you you do get a payday at some point but the whole but he won multiple trophies with this club and was integral in those trophy wins cocky cop champions league specifically
01:05:28
Speaker
stepping up in that big moment. And then Leagues Cup as well. And then, I don't know, I don't know i look also at like a Danny Leyva who I think we both watch a lot of Nekoxa right now. He looks so good he's so good. He's the best player on that team, hands down. He's going to be moving to either a bigger league than Yankees. Has to be, right?
01:05:47
Speaker
And his he just wasn't seeing the field, but his talent level was there. He loves the Sounders still. He keeps up with the Sounders. The willingness to let players go
01:06:49
Speaker
Minor tech difficulties chat, minor tech difficulties, but we are fixing it right now. We are fixing it right now. I don't have a mic on, so it's going to sound bad, but what was laptop, which we had the dream going on, died, so we're plugging it back in.
01:07:05
Speaker
Oh, no audio. much I'm just talking to Noah. One minute. One minute.
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01:07:29
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I was explaining inside minor tech issues, but it didn't chalk the entire stream. We're fixing it right now.
01:07:38
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Minor tech issues, Chad.
01:07:45
Speaker
Just give us this. Can we just – Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, we'll finish our takes on the bad laptop, and then once that's charged, we'll get back on there. Continue your takes. I mean, look, just to finish off, I really do think that this was a big win for the Sounders against a Dallas team that, although not the best team in the Western Conference, there's a lot of grit, physicalness, and I know that they're rotating teams.
01:08:12
Speaker
They have to, right? But a lot of those young players are pretty good. Santiago Moreno, he showed you. Did you get to talk to him? I did not. He declined. He declined.
01:08:25
Speaker
Hopefully in the future, I'll be able to get in there and and ask him some questions. But hey, overall, look, it's beyond just the players that we spoke about today. we have the talk of Sandy Dawson.
01:08:36
Speaker
He did a very good job, solid performance, defensively, very simplistic way of approaching the game. But I thought he did his job. Yeah, I completely agree. I think...
01:08:50
Speaker
I really liked to the way Hassani played today and Brian noted it to, he almost forgot to mention it in your question, but he reminded him and that was great. He was, it kind of shows you what he brings.
01:09:03
Speaker
He was really good defensive third and, uh, That's absolutely the beauty. And he might be a better partner for Schneider, but now that he is for Christian. um But that's good to have. what we little bit and I he didn't seem concussed. He did not seem concussed.
01:09:20
Speaker
He was walking around. My favorite was he, someone asked him a message. um Jordan a question about Christian. He's 400 games. and And he runs up behind all the press and goes, did I just hear my name? Like, i like that's a few little bit that hopefully they include in the press power. yeah One last thing I'll say, i don't know you talked about Jordan changing his mentality on whether he just wanted just to be a nine. I haven't talked about that. Yeah, share that. Yeah, so I asked Jordan Morris about, look, he's been pretty vocal about wanting to be a nine.
01:09:54
Speaker
He's developed and worked with it, so I asked him, look, you did really good as ah as a winger, you get an assist, you got a goal, but your objective still being an honor, he said, look, that's changing a bit, I just, I want to play, I want to perform, whatever, if Bryson did more, just as forward attacker on that side, have So that's going to be interesting to follow, depending on, obviously, that effectiveness from those two other guys, Kisofsky and you know if they have to do more. They have to be able to earn that spot. because and Jordan should still get her chance left top. But i love the fact that he's kind of just diversified. You want to just go ahead and move on.
01:10:31
Speaker
He looked really good there today. But questions will continue to come there because Pedro's coming back. What happens to Albert Rusnak and Pereira and Paul Brokdorff and Paul Arreola, there's just too many hits to see. So to me, there is a universe that if Jordan Morris continues to work hard and gets a couple of moves of the mind, Timmy, to just I'm a reporter. That is the best 11. Getting him the best ever Jordan up at the nine to me is going to give you the best results. But I'm going leave you back with sweet with the real guys. The guys you came to see. yeah I just wanted to gloat.
01:11:09
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But appreciate y'all very much. um i just called We love this guy guy. Follow him. Follow him. in our follow for so and And the guy behind the scenes. Logan. Logan, man. This guy is out here just working hard.
01:11:23
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He's almost got better hair than me. He does have great hair. So those are the problems that you have here today. All right. So I appreciate it. All right, guys, we're getting it sorted. It's getting logged in.
01:11:36
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Let me give hold on. Let me mute the mic while I give him my talk.
01:11:44
Speaker
all right we're getting it back here disc golfer can i get you on the stage here are you ready i'm so sorry for making you wait okay welcome the stage disc golfer bro against the toros the toros yeah dude toro by the way hold up real quick before we get any further uh toro um great disc golf disc four two zero four flight numbers um hey you're gonna bring up toros i'm gonna have to shout out some disc golf stuff here um i i will say when i called in i was promised high tech and that's not what i'm getting and that's okay it's fine it's not a big deal i mean we all are you talking about we we make do with what we got it's fine bro um
01:12:34
Speaker
Yeah, I got some agendas here that I just want to speak on. And I will say, I think this game, um great game, but not the most, I think not the most memorable game, which I think is okay. Uh-oh.
01:12:50
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Whoa, different laptop. Okay, hold up. We're good. I mean, mine you knows we are is actually astounding between the two laptops. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. You're good. Keep talking. Keep talking. You're good. I'm talking. I'm talking. Great.
01:13:05
Speaker
So one thing, I've got a couple agendas here. um Number one is ah i can't believe that I keep being amazed by guys that I never would be excited about.
Front Office and Team Ambition
01:13:21
Speaker
um And that is just credit to the Sounders front office. Just like, I mean, to a point it's like Snyder Brunel, who obviously we're all excited about at this point. Obviously Snyder is the next Obed and all that, but I just can't believe that there are these dudes coming through who I'm just like, I couldn't care less what I hear their names.
01:13:42
Speaker
And I say this because I am a pessimist when it comes to rock roster management. um And I am, Oh, man. See, now it's embarrassing for me to even say this, but I am ah a big ah big fan of the ambition talking point where sounders are not ambitious enough.
01:14:05
Speaker
And I am someone who is, I think, ah on the wrong side of history when it comes to that talking point, because Sounders keep bringing in these unambitious dudes who just keep quite frankly crushing it.
01:14:19
Speaker
And that's, uh, that's on me. So that's, uh, that's my first agenda here. My second agenda here is that, uh, bro, this team's better with rust neck.
01:14:31
Speaker
I mean, i think I love Jesus, but I thought this team, ah this game looks a little bit boring. i I thought they looked better in some places. Like, I think Rustak kills a little bit on the counterattack, but I think ah overall, when you're building a possession-based team, I thought i thought it's better with Rustak.
01:14:54
Speaker
That's my take. And I think... I'm just letting him cook. i mean There's nothing more to say on that. bro i mean i'm not I'm not even trying to cook. I just think... ah
01:15:09
Speaker
Sorry. Lost my train of thought. Fire my deaf beard. Yeah, that's fair. um It's okay. they got They're on my ass, too. and They said my hair is shit. which like I guess that's true. I do need a haircut. but you know No, it's all good. was actually going say your hair looks fantastic tonight. It looks really good. um We both have good hair. You've got better hair than me.
01:15:27
Speaker
Well, my hair is needing needing a haircut as well. um Yeah, that's pretty much all I had. I just thought ah even though I like some things that Jesus does, like he's got great vision, probably better than Roosnack, but um dude, I
Performance Streak and Key Moments
01:15:46
Speaker
don't know. I like Roosnack. I like Roosnack in the number 10.
01:15:49
Speaker
Hey, well, you know the them you know that we're we're with that take. But disc golfer, great stuff as always, man. Hey, you guys have a good night. Oh, there's a moth in my pocket. There's a moth in the press box. the hell? Uh-oh. Hate to see that. You guys have a good night. Peace.
01:16:02
Speaker
You too. Appreciate you. What hell, dude? All right, we got Nat, and then we got Parker, and then that might be it. We'll probably hang out for a little longer, I think we're looking at Nat Parker and then calling it a night.
01:16:13
Speaker
But let's get Nat in here. got to hear what Nat has to say. Nat, what's up, Nat? over FC Dallas. The squad is 6-1-1. Jesus Ferreira goal. Jordan Morris goal. Jordan Morris assist.
01:16:25
Speaker
Snyder Brunell assist. The vibes are good. What did you see? What did you think? Yes, so happy that we hope that we held on to this game. i will um Similar, though I will say, i felt like this was going to and then it was going to end in a tie. They were going to find that goal. It just felt at the end. It was just over and over again. They were getting chances in, and they we were unluck we were lucky that a sounder would get in the way or and or the shot would go straight to Andrew Thomas at the end of
Defensive Improvement and Challenges
01:16:56
Speaker
the game. It felt like the equalizer was coming more...
01:17:00
Speaker
than uh than our third goal like after the like we like we gotta we gotta put that penalty away not a good penalty people have already said we gotta put that away but uh it felt like at the end of the game it felt like they were having more chances and then similar again to the st louis game uh first 15 minutes of this game was like all in our own half and it was like what is this about now It's a bad sign when ECS has to get the whole crowd to do the Seattle Sounders chant in both games early in the first 12 minutes. We've had that chant. Yeah, it's like inside 10. got to pull that out in the second half.
01:17:43
Speaker
When they pull that out, it's because it feels like, there I feel like... We're telling of players like, all right, we got to wake up. We're going to remind you that there's 30,000 people here. So, yeah, we got to... um So, so and like, again, it's... And, like, last season, we gave up a lot of... We would give up, like, a goal a game in the first 10 minutes, and we lost games that late. Like, we lost 1-0 to St. Louis last year and from that goal. like or Or maybe that would... I felt like that was early. It might have just been first time. But that's how we lost games last year, is, like, early on, we'd give up one goal, and then that's how we dropped points. So it's nice to that this year, like, that's the change. Like... We're not making mistakes at the back early on in games, and then we hold on, and that's why we're in the position we are. We have the same number of points as Inter-Miami with two games less played. Inter-Front-Miami.
01:18:44
Speaker
still haven't won they're not they haven't won they have not won at new stadium there's zero zero and three at the new stadium which is such a good bit like they were losing to new england at one point tonight and i was like sick they might lose and then they tied it and i was like damn it and then i was like it's actually funnier if they're all draws like yeah it is scrapping it out for draws against the new england revolution that's funnier than if he lost to them I don't know.
01:19:06
Speaker
Yeah. And it's it's still funny that they still, whenever they talk about, like, the first goal there, they have to say Miami's first goal there because Austin FC scored like k christian scored before everyone. Yeah, it was a random center back who has, like, nothing scored first for them. Yeah, it was Brendan Heinlein. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
01:19:29
Speaker
Oh, forever edge from the history books. Brendan Hines Ike. Not even a good MLS Saturday. like a dude. He's just a dude. My favorite yeah was like, yeah, they did they're like, Messi scored the first goal at this at new stadium.
01:19:46
Speaker
Asterix, lowercase text, very small font, quietly, and for Inter-Miami. For Inter-Miami. We're cooking right now. it's We love to see it.
01:19:59
Speaker
I do think if we had beaten Tigress, we would have beaten Nashville. Like, Nashville's at the top. We would have beaten Nashville. We would have gone to the final in that. We're going to the final. Nashville, we know how to play.
01:20:11
Speaker
It would have been just like and ny when we faced off against 2022. Like, at that stage national team is we've made it farther i think that is true and that was at red bull and it was at red bull arena yeah i was there and i will say it was really funny because the new york red bulls did not staff the stadium there was one concession stand for the whole entire field and uh it was hilarious people were waiting like people waited they ordered at the beginning like food at the beginning of the game and stood in line and waited for it until the end of the game And I was like, that's so funny to me that you you had to play in your rival stadium, lost, and you, like, didn't get anything. That was a tough series. Albert Rusnak famously scored the biggest goal of that series, and obviously no one talks about that. But that one counted. It doesn't count. That one counted.
01:21:05
Speaker
Yeah. Anyway, Nat, why don't you why don't you bring us home with one more take, and then we'll get ah Parker. And then, all right, we got Parker and Hunch. We'll go we'll do those.
Officiating and Rule Enforcement
01:21:14
Speaker
right. yeah i want to do two two things quickly um we got figure out corner kicks like yeah still yes it was a good yes yeah he beat us on the one that they did score like you said you were we were saying early like he did a good job to win that he was marked but there were still like that's how we gave up a go to tigress that's why we didn't move on
01:21:37
Speaker
Later on in the game, they had other every corner kick. I was scared. They had a height advantage on us. Last one, I was like, okay, there it is. Just just put it in. last yeah i yeah but like But they did it. They yeah did it they defended it.
01:21:52
Speaker
And Hassani Dotson and Koso Rienzi, both of them are marking guys who are like three feet short taller than them. Yeah. And like, it just felt like this is bad. We got figure that out. Like we cannot, we cannot be giving up goals off corner kicks. It's just pathetic. Like we are better than that. But I, I just have to also say something about, so my seats were right in front of, uh, uh, for the second half, Sam server, their guy, number 28, So I looked this guy up. I was like, how old is this guy? Because he's like, he's his his skin looks bad. his his his he is boing He's He's 23 years old. Yeah, he's... Bro.
01:22:35
Speaker
Yeah. What's... Like, I'm sorry, bro. You are... Give in, bro. That's MLS Next Pro. That's reigning MLS Next Pro MVP Sam Sarver. Yeah, I was going to say, put some respect on MLS Next Pro MVP Sam Sarver because he is the most...
01:22:51
Speaker
American soccer, Cody, Deval. Like, they don't make him like him anymore. He, like, he's like a regen from 1994, and, like, I think that's cool, actually. He was being super disrespect. He should have gotten in a yellow card for yelling at the, ah for yelling at Catherine Nesbitt on the, on ah the air during the game, like, ah After they caught a foul, clearly a foul, he was yelling at them and then like he said, like how dare you make that call? like how like yeah shot like He literally said that. That that was a shocking call. How dare you? He's like, what are you doing? yeah What are you doing? Refs were great today. Torrey Penzo. Yeah, so good, man. Best referee in MLS, dude. Like, when you watch her ref and then you think about some of these other clowns, i never mind. it isn' No, no, no. It is interesting. We barely hear her talk because he never uses VAR. He doesn't want to be a part of the the action of the story. No.
01:23:50
Speaker
Yeah. She's great. thrive on like being like, yeah, I'm the ref. She doesn't do that. This whole crew. She was perfect. They were great. it wasite Nails. I mean, I would, i would,
01:24:02
Speaker
I would venture to say this is the best officiating I've seen across the league this year, this game. I mean, the way that, like, there were times when things were getting out of – she just cut it all out. She cut it all out. There was one call. The Pete Kingston should have been a yellow. The Pete Kingston should have been yellow, but the second one was crashing into Andrew Thomas, and he didn't get the call.
01:24:24
Speaker
he did say to me he was like i don't think she's ever given me a call though so maybe there's just maybe she has a car should have gotten a card for for uh for arguing after like he was they were standing at the penalty mark for white yeah im kind of like i kind of love him because he always crashes out he concedes penalties at lumenfield dating back we is we know that like the the if the uh you're not supposed to talk to the referee if you're not the captain And like, that's supposed to, one that. We never see, they're supposed to hold their hand up like this in an X form to signal. don't even know this. I don't That is the rule. They're supposed to do that. And if you continue talking them, you're supposed to get a ghetto card. It's never enforced.
01:25:08
Speaker
Like that's new this year. literally not seen that enforced one time in my entire life. No. I i think it's only the only time I can remember it was in a CONCACAF Champions Cup. but But that won't give you the bullshit for that. That is, yeah. Like like a similar... And Nek Lig's Cup last year was was talking about that. it's It's one of those, like... It's up there as, like...
01:25:30
Speaker
they're in force. Sometimes they're told to enforce that harshly, like the lift your shirt up. If even if you don't take it off, you get a card for that. But it's sometimes they push. But like, stop yelling at the referee like that. Like, just give him a card. That's how we also surrounded her.
01:25:47
Speaker
after like they'll get a fine in the mail they were they were like yeah they were like time wasting and then she called the stoppage right as they took the corner they were so they passed it back but that was good if the she yeah that was good yes that's what you should do she was she had the courage she was the two minutes were up the two minutes were up exactly It's a minimum of two minutes?
01:26:08
Speaker
All right. yeah yeah We're going to get Hunch in here, we're going to get Parker in here, and then we're going to call it a night. But thank you, as always. Great stuff, man. Always good job. and catch you next time. See you later. All right, Hunch and Parker, we're going to make these.
Final Reflections
01:26:20
Speaker
She's good. She's good. ref Actively good ref. We're not the anti-ref people. yeah Hunch and Parker, we're gonna keep these relatively quick hitter because it's getting late and we want to go home, but we'll get you guys in here. ah Hunch, what's up? 2-1 over FC Dallas. Jesus Ferreira, goal.
01:26:38
Speaker
Pull and assist. The squad's 6-1-1. The vibes are good. what'd you see? What did you think? I mean, overall, I thought it was good. It felt good. There was, you know, the first 15 put us under pressure and almost similar to the last 15.
01:26:53
Speaker
And like you pointed out earlier, it kind of felt like one those ones we were going to let slip away. yeah Even on the goal on the goal we gave up, I was with ah my friend who I brought we were sitting together. I said, well, we've been real bad on defending corner kicks.
01:27:06
Speaker
Matter of fact, we've given up a number of goals to them and then they immediately score off their first corner kick of the game, which Brian has talked about it in the pressers like in the week, like not post games necessarily, but like the week and he's mentioned that they've been working on offense and defense for set pieces. And did mention that. Yeah.
01:27:25
Speaker
They have since given up three goals on corner kicks, two of which cost them a tournament. So yeah if you're going talk about it, and especially when you're not asked about it, and then this is what's happening. It's like, what's the deal? I was asked about it in the process. I will say too, i was talking about it earlier too. This is one where it's like, yes,
01:27:42
Speaker
It was a set-piece goal concession. I put it in a slightly different category because the Tigris ones, it's like, why is no one marking that guy? Why is he just running free for a thumping header with no one around him? This one, there was – Nolan Norris was marked. It's not like he was running free for a wide-open header. He was marked – scoops the header over the defenders and over Andrew Thomas. So, like, I think it's a little different, but it is a set-piece concession. They're, like, fourth or fifth of the year or whatever. Like, that one was a little, like, I was, I don't know. I think that's more of an F.C. Dallas cook more than that's a Seattle Sounders bad. Flaw.
01:28:20
Speaker
Yeah. So, i'll yeah I'll give you three points here. de defend people can Can I pause and ask you? You don't seem very happy right now. I'm happy. Okay. Yeah, I'm good.
01:28:31
Speaker
yeah No, no, no. It's okay if you're not happy. I just wanted to... No, I'm good. I just felt like... I just wanted to have the space to be unhappy. if you eat No, no, no. He's just balled out. ah You know? Yeah, but the set piece thing, like...
01:28:44
Speaker
There's a difference between set pieces and corner kicks. Corner kicks are the most predictable thing in the world. You know where it's coming from. You know where it's going to have to go. You know who you're going to have on the field. And you've got tape on the other team doing it again and again and again. Like, there should be no surprises.
01:28:59
Speaker
And then, like, as far as, like, defending, like, the defending starts before the ball iss even kicked. Like, letting him get the run to be in position, you've already blown the defense. Not just... you know, ah contacting him at the point of contacting the ball. Like you've got to disturb the timing. You've got to make it hard to like get the route completed, but not let him. there There's a variety of things.
01:29:17
Speaker
And all I'm saying is, is not that it wasn't a great goal. All I'm saying is, is if you start to get known for this and they start getting hammered on quarter kicks, you know, you can't be talking about like, oh yeah, we're working on it in practice.
01:29:29
Speaker
yeah that yeah So, I don't know. Again, Brian brought it up in previous weeks, not necessarily at the postgame. Well, was funny because J.O. asked him. He was like, it looks like you guys were drilling set pieces out there today. Is that a point of emphasis like to score off those? And Brian was like, the point of emphasis is on defending them, actually. And then they immediately come out and get bammed all the way. Like, if FC Dallas admin is out there, like, we love you, FC Dallas admin. Go ahead and cut that from the postgame and then put that in, like – We might actually have to do that. just for content But it doesn't matter. I will say, though, I think corners are a little more challenging than we're making them out to be. It is a danger, especially if you have a good set-piece taker, a good corner taker, and you have ah tall guys, a good scheme. If you're – like, our wingers are – like, Kalani Kosarienzi is about two and a half feet tall. And, you know – Yamar, who's in the field. Yamar Lovrock isn't tall. Right. Right.
01:30:25
Speaker
There's there that can make it a challenge with your height. So I also look at like Christian Roldan scored the same corner this last week, the same exact play. So right is it bad defending? It can be, but also sometimes it's just a mind game. It's just, you're putting the ball in the box with a lot of bodies.
01:30:44
Speaker
Anything can happen. And I think it says more about... i think it just says more about that, like, that's how we're conceding. We're not conceding open play goals. I would be way more concerned if we're just letting them yeah run right by us, you know, run through the middle, play through the middle, and score that way. Well, for sure.
01:31:03
Speaker
We can... we can We can prevent corners. We can prevent those things. You can fix that. You can fix that, which I guess is why I'm a little bit less concerned because there is just a number of those that are inevitably going and to go in.
01:31:17
Speaker
and I guess what i guess I'm saying is the corner kick is the most predictable play in all of soccer because you know it's going to happen and you know who's going to be there. with The most predictable play in all of soccer is PK. i was gonna say And that's not even predictable. Christian literally said we ran the same – we ran the same set piece twice in a row because we knew they weren't going to expect us to adjust for it. yeah know I thought that works the opposite. Like they look at how the defense is set up and then decide what to call. But he was saying, they were like, we're running this like, right. And they're not going expect it. And then it worked. They didn't. And they did the same thing twice in row. That was funny.
01:31:51
Speaker
i think yeah I think it's, it's, I think it is a lot more variance than you're leaning on. That's my only point, but I agree with you in the sense that like, you have to be better with the amount of tape you have. And also like, yeah, it's, yeah, I think it's just, it's, it's a tough one. If it was this one, I'm less aggrieved about than, than some of the Tigris one was disgusting because it happened twice. It was the same guy was Christian. Once twice, we clowned on St. Louis for allowing the same set piece goal twice, but Seattle literally did that. But they did it over two different games. if They didn't make the adjustment.
01:32:26
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. when I say predictable, what I mean is you shouldn't be surprised as a defending team. like You should be ready to go. and And there's a lot of other things. I'm not saying it's easy.
01:32:36
Speaker
I'm just saying it's the most known thing. You know that's coming in front you. Sure, sure. Whatever. so I think any set piece could be anywhere else in the field. There's tons more variables. Like, is it just outside the box? Is it to the left? Is it to right? Do they have a good you know right-footed kicker? Do they good have somebody who can really bend it with the left? you know All those other things come into play. But corner kick...
01:32:55
Speaker
And you get taped, like I said. Oh, by the way, Parker said he had to go. He's gone. So don't worry, Sarah. Oh, okay. He's back. He's good. See you, Parker. Oh, wait. No, he's in. No, he's still there. He's still there. he says, I'm too tired to go. I'll tap in for Saturday's match. All right. Well, he's here. He's here. You're good. Just just read what he wrote. Give us one more. We'll see what's with Parker.
01:33:14
Speaker
Okay. Well, shout out to Nat. That dude always has a smile on face. Love to hear from him, by the way. but no I thought Jesus looked great. Snyder Burnell looked great.
01:33:26
Speaker
i was I always want to... Stu Hawkins and Snyder Burnell. In my head, I know they're the two different players, but i constantly miss their They're the two best young players on the team.
01:33:37
Speaker
Dude, that one that I think it was Snyder Brunel and a breakout from our end going from right to left. And he just threw the ball into Jordan on, the i think, the left side.
01:33:48
Speaker
It didn't come to fruition, but it was just like right there on a through ball right past the midway point. And was just like, oh, my God, so good from him. i thought we were going miss World on Christian a little bit more. And I do have concerns, as as I know you didn't hear, Ari, but Schmetzer and the presser said that he was very happy with Alex in um Jackson in the center back and he really praised Jackson a lot saying he's one of the best center backs out there.
01:34:15
Speaker
i do worry though back to the corner kicks. As good as Alex is is a defender, I don't think he's these have that's built as a center back. And we need a we need a ah body like Yeyman. Yes, yes, Hunt. Yes, cook on that. Because I thought the exact same thing. i was like, listen, I love Alex.
01:34:34
Speaker
I love Kalani. I get it. I get the threat that they give. A center back. We need a center back. We're like, put Kim Kiki in there, put Stu Hawkins in I don't care. Like, we need a center back. I love the novelty lineup. I love what it gives you. i It's pretty fun in attack. You know exactly. You know how I feel about Alex Roldan, that I think he is one of the best players on this team.
01:34:56
Speaker
But I completely agree with you. a big body that's a so ah thick, big, rough, macho statue is being missed. And there was a couple of times where, like, Alex got a little bit juked out. Where, like, sometimes you like a slow, lumbering, big CP just kind of stands there anyway. You can't really mess with him. So I'm... um it's a great It's a great form to be able to go to if you want to pull a center back and Alex has been playing on the right wing and you want to get more offensive late in the game and you pull a center back, and you slot him and then bring in another you know right wing back or right wing or whatever. like And if if he's now got the chops and the minutes on it, it's like, okay, you can have confidence that he can hold it down.
01:35:38
Speaker
especially when you're going for it. So that's nice to have, but we we need the big bodies to go effectively defend the big bodies from the other side, especially back to corner kicks with their big center backs coming in. So I thought the game's good. When you're, when you're running, when you're not running Christian, like when Christian isn't playing as your insurance, I completely agree. I do think though, I do think Hassani played really well in that defensive third though.
01:36:01
Speaker
Yeah. All right. Let's get Parker. Sorry, Hunch. I really cooked on your dick there. Let's get Parker in here. But, Hunch, great stuff as always. Love you, Hunch. Love you, Hunch. We'll catch you next time. All right, Parker, thanks for waiting. You're on stage now. don't have any audio. I don't know what happened.
01:36:18
Speaker
Can you hear me? Yeah, yeah, you're good. You can hear me? I can't hear you. Okay. I'm going to leave and come right back. Give me two seconds. No, no, no, no, no.
01:36:28
Speaker
You? no. All right. Well, give him a second. We'll give him one We're going to give him a very short period of time. Yeah, we'll give him couple seconds. We're winding it down. This is last call the night. No one else...
01:36:40
Speaker
All right, while we wait for Parker, what else is going on? New who defender of the year agenda? New who defender of the year agenda? Didn't I say that at some point? As a joke, I think you said that. But like low-key. I don't know. Maybe people feel different. I feel like he's been nails this week. he has not really been bad. Also, here's my take. If Jordan Morris doesn't make team of the week this week, he will. I will storm MLS HQ like it's the capital. All right, Parker, can you hear us now?
01:37:13
Speaker
Yeah. What's up? Hell yeah. good Good tech fixing there. 2-1 over FC Dallas. Jesus Pereira with the goal. Jordan Morris with the goal a and an assist. Snyder B with an assist. Another win for the squad. six one and one I mean, what did you see? What did think?
01:37:28
Speaker
I mean, what is it? At least a third of the players on the field didn't have minutes last year.
01:37:35
Speaker
Yeah. That's crazy. Like, that's insane. what that i'm i I'm shocked. It's incredible. And they're not like, it's not like, oh, I hope they do okay. It's like, we're waiting for, it's like in the Incredibles when the neighborhood kid rolls up on his bike and the dad's like, what are you waiting for? and he's like, I don't know, something amazing.
01:37:58
Speaker
but Like, we just know these kids are going to pop off, and they do. And it's it's amazing. I'm happy about it. I completely agree. I mean, Snyder Brunel's ascension is – He's good, man. It's kind of be wild how good at soccer he was. can't believe I didn't know how good he was before. Like, I feel like I have a good sense of, like, who's kind of coming up because, you know, I talk with people. and i Like, I don't think he was ever doubted, but I don't think anyone ever – The Obed stock was so high, you don't want to like put that on him. But I'm sitting here like, dude, this guy is like pretty much just as good. yeah if not but He controls the space better than Obed. Because Obed got robbed a few times when it was one-on-one faster play. Whereas Sutter Brunel, he plays like he's Osaze de Rosario's size. yeah
01:38:45
Speaker
It's like, no, this is my space. It's pretty impressive how he turns around the ball. ah you love I love it when that turn. don't know how he does it. Also, he almost had a goal tonight. He almost had a goal, and he did have an assist. yeah like If he starts getting on the stat sheet, it's over for the league. like it's Yeah. I don't think we're going be able to keep him for very long if he does. See, that's what I'm kind of worried about. like he's getting He's getting to that level of good where it's like, all right, well, somebody's going to spend like a lot of money on that.
01:39:14
Speaker
yeah Let's just not talk about it. Let's keep it. We're not what i'm talking about it. He's sounder for life. center Sounder for life. Actually, yeah yeah Speaking of goals, I would rather have Jesus Ferreira know that he would have made it than know that he didn't make it. That's a good point. I think it was wrong for him to take it because like I'm a confident guy. i would rather know, I totally would have had that.
01:39:39
Speaker
I think it's more harmful. And it's not like it's not like we have one player on our team that can make a PK. So we don't really benefit from him taking that chance personally. I would probably like Paul to take it.
01:39:54
Speaker
I think that would have been so we're campaigning for Moose. If it gets Skies, somebody takes the PK. I like Alex. I like Alex. Alex for sure. Maybe it's only based off the League's Cup PK, but if Alex is going to the spot, I'm like, all right. Yeah, Alex is good.
01:40:10
Speaker
Also, i i I will say to your point, I don't think this is a bad thing for Aisus. What I – because I asked – because someone asked him, i did I didn't have the courage or the ambition to ask him about – missing a penalty ah as his you know number one fan. But someone did ask him, and he and he said, you know, what it told me was I need to be more confident. Yeah, because switching your – if you're switching mid-run, that's not confident. Yeah. so like That's how you get injured. He's slowly like – these things are building up. He's getting his first goal, right? The dam is breaking. like these These walls are kind of crumbling around him.
01:40:51
Speaker
Allowing him to play more free with more confidence. And I think the penalty kick, while it was a miss, yes, maybe missing was a good thing for him. Because he's like, okay, well, like, I missed because I didn't just trust myself.
01:41:04
Speaker
It's the same thing. Like, there's times when, like, you feel like he doesn't trust himself fully. And I think... Tonight, you saw a different level of Jesus Ferreira and a different level of trust that he could take over the game and show FC Dallas what they're missing out on while also not celebrating, obviously.
01:41:22
Speaker
And I hope that's the path he takes because we we can't go back in time. And to that point, oh, wait, can you still hear me? Yeah. Okay, cool. One of my headphones just died.
01:41:34
Speaker
To that, i honestly, I forgot my train of thought, so I'm going to move forward. Let's go.
01:41:41
Speaker
Okay, I forgot how many, I literally forgot how many games we blew last year. The amount of cope that we had to eat, the amount of excuses that I had to make for this team. Oh, so many excuses.
01:41:53
Speaker
I think this is a win. I say we take it and we like rally for the next one. It's a good win. That's how I feel, man. Like, yeah, they could have dusted the game with the PK and a couple of those chances. But last year, like, they... Last year we would have, this is a draw. Last year we're sitting here like Seattle Sounders. We're lucky. We blew so many. Yeah. yeah They looked dominant in this game. This was exactly like the beginning part of the game was like slow and bad and whatever. And then they just ramped it up and absolutely dominated the rest of the time. And you know what?
01:42:24
Speaker
I'm going to say something a little crazy. I think the Sounders might be number one or number two hottest team in the league right Nashville is probably number one hottest. Vancouver and San Jose, I think. It's Nashville and San Jose. The thing is, we did it against San Jose, man. We did it against San Jose. While rotated on the road. I am not scared of them. am not scared of them. scared. I'm not scared of them.
01:42:55
Speaker
Now, LAFC is a more interesting question, but San Jose and Nashville both look like wagons, but in that group, Seattle is in that right now. The Sounders have won 20 games. The Sounders have not lost at Lumen Field since the Club World Cup. Yeah, people, I don't know. last game they lost.
01:43:17
Speaker
was against super team Paris Saint-Germain here at Lumen Field. What are you talking about? This is a fortress. Think I'm scared of San Jose earthquakes and 48-year-old Tino Werner? No. Absolutely not.
01:43:34
Speaker
Hakimi, that's the last time we lost here. I really think there is something to like the Club World Cup boosting the mentality because it's like, yeah, once you've once you played PSG, you don't go into a game like, oh man, like we this is the best team that we've played. Right, right. No, you played PSG and we got 2-0, but it wasn't that bad. You only got 2-0. Yeah, you only- That's the cup. Yeah, exactly.
01:43:56
Speaker
But all right, Parker, bring us home with one last take and then we're going to call it for a night. That's all I got. GG. That's all you got. You brought it home. Love it. We love it. Parker brought it home. Appreciate you, Parker. Have a good night. Get home safe, okay? Are you home? No, you're driving. No, I'm driving. I just finished a 12 and a half mile run. Gotta go home.
01:44:15
Speaker
12 and a half mile run this man is insane all right all right parker bye parker thank you we'll catch you next time all right we're gonna call it on that chat thank you all as always for tuning in i'll be back at it on uh monday with nico for bobby scorcher's kickoff presented by coffee bobby scorcher.com slash coffee where you can get your sub to qb coffee and I had some this morning, day actually. It's a great product. Very good inside of my Breville coffee. Wildscorchers.com slash sauce as well. But ah yeah, back at it. The grind don't stop. Who do they play next week? I can't even remember. One of the California teams. No, they are going on the road. The road show?
01:44:51
Speaker
Stinky Kansas City. That's funny. The Seattle Sounders play the literal worst team in the league next week. This is going to be fun week, guys. This is going to be a fun week. They got 5-0'd by the Chicago Fire tonight. Seattle plays them on the road. And, you know, no guarantees, but I'm going to enjoy this game.
01:45:07
Speaker
But we'll catch you guys for all that coverage. Appreciate y'all. Love y'all. See you next time. Bye, guys.