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Lobbing Scorchers Live: Fans react to Seattle Sounders DESTRUCTION of St. Louis CITY!
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We react and take calls following the Seattle Sounders' 4-1 rout of St. Louis CITY SC at Lumen Field in Matchday 11.
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Introduction and Live Streaming
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Match Recap: Seattle Sounders vs. St. Louis City SC
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Well, sir, we got a scorcher today. Gonna be a real scorcher today. What, the scorcher today? Well, it's
00:00:44
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Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the post-game live for Matchday 11. It's going to be a good one this morning, guys.
00:00:56
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It's going to be a good one. The Seattle Sounders, count them up. One, two, three, four goals to one over St. Louis City SC.
00:01:10
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An emphatic win and an excellent performance. Is my mic not on? God damn it. What is going on with that?
00:01:29
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Jake, how about now? Need your tech support.
00:01:41
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How am I sounding? Sorry.
00:01:45
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Okay. gonna try that again. Try that again. Good morning, everybody. Welcome in to the post game live for match day 11.
00:01:57
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It's going to be a good one. The Seattle Sounders, four goals to one over St. Louis City SC. Great result, big win, fantastic performance.
00:02:08
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We're going to be basking in it here this morning.
Microphone Issues and Re-Introduction
00:02:10
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um Really, i got I got nothing but rave reviews. We do positives and negatives ah for our post-game pods. I don't know if I have any negatives from that one.
00:02:21
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ah So many places you could start. So we're going to talk about all of it. I'm going to give my takes on this win to start it off.
Sounders' Performance Analysis
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And then I'm going to take some calls.
00:02:33
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And any and all are welcome to hop on and lay down some takes with me. Noah's out of town, so it's just to be me running the show today. But it's going to be ah good post-game live.
00:02:46
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um there's just There's a lot of good stuff in this game. There's a lot of good stuff in this game.
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the The atmosphere at Lumen last night was fantastic. ah Ryan Kent was, i mean, whew.
00:03:05
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Ryan Kent was incredible. Moose got another goal. There was a new who goal. What's gotten into new?
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What's gotten into new?
00:03:22
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A goal and an assist. And really he could have had two assists. He could have had the ah the assist on the on the moose header that went just a little bit high. They really could have had, like, they could have pulled a Nashville SC and dropped a seven spot in this game.
00:03:38
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They were just racking up ch the entire second half. The attacking performance was excellent. Just racking up chance after chance after chance. The new who to Kent connection was electric.
00:03:50
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Oh, man. Where do you guys want to start? Let's just start with the obvious. Let's just start with the obvious. let's just start with the obvious
00:03:58
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Ryan Kent.
00:04:01
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I mean, the guy got on the field and within four minutes of getting on the field, he had an assist and one of the silkiest moves I've seen from a Sounders player like in a while.
00:04:13
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How long have we been asking for a player like this on the Seattle Sounders? They finally got one. um had the You guys know the play I'm talking about around midfield where he pulled the, let the ball go past the guy and just whoop.
00:04:28
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Ran right by him. Every time he was on the ball, stuff was happening. He was just very clearly better than the guys he was going against.
00:04:42
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Way better.
00:04:45
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Creative, a step faster than the defenders, the vision, the precision on his passing, got on the stat sheet twice.
00:04:57
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Did Craig Weibel cook with this?
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Did Craig Weibel cook? I mean, I don't know. I'm not not here to say either way. I'm just saying he might have cooked here. This guy is unbelievable.
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I can't wait to see him play
Criticism and Support for Craig Weibel
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more.
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Like, this wasn't even ah full game of Ryan Kent, and he was doing that stuff. That was very encouraging to see. it was, ah he's looked good in his brief cameos so far. That was, I mean, if he doesn't have, a he doesn't have your, if he hadn't had your attention yet, he's got it now.
00:05:43
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Got a couple of super chats to start it off. Derek Richards, member for five months. Big win. It was a big win. Thank you, Derek. Joe coming in with the $5 super chat. Thank you, Joe, for the support. Appreciate you.
00:05:58
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Ryan Kent on a free transfer. Craig Cook, Tanauer Vindicated. Hey, listen. I'm not here to victory lap on anyone.
00:06:08
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This good run of form that the team is on, it's only been a handful of games. ah But there are some narratives that are, ah I'm just saying, I'm just saying, some narratives that aren't looking too hot.
00:06:21
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Some narratives that aren't looking too hot. I'm
00:06:27
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going to get to a couple of comments in chat here because we got more Craig Weibel's discourse. How about some love for Craig Weibel? The guy stalked the cupboard before the season, restocked it midseason.
00:06:40
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Wonder if fans who've been critical will now stand up and admit they were wrong. I'm not, I didn't say it. I didn't say it. John said it. Look, my my position on the Craig Wabbs discourse, I think, has been ah pretty consistent.
00:06:55
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I felt like the whole time, like, there are things that are fair to criticize, but I felt like the temperature of the discourse around him was overblown for whatever there was to criticize.
00:07:12
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His tenure has not gone that bad on the field. The team was pretty good last year. They made the Western Conference Final. I seem to remember that season differently than some people. I think the the diehard anti-Craig Wibes...
00:07:27
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ah Brigade, if you listen to them talk about last season, you would think that the Sounders set a wooden spoon record for MLS futility. That's not really what happened last year. Last year was tough at times. It was boring at times. It didn't start well.
00:07:40
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They ended up winning 16 games and making the West final. I know it wasn't the most electric season of all time, but it wasn't that bad. that bad This year didn't start off that great.
00:07:52
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The Ferreira thing has been more of a process than people would have liked. Moose hadn't gotten hot yet. So the anti-waves crowd, they've been on one.
00:08:08
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There takes the last three, four weeks not looking that good. And what's funny is a lot of them are... like they're rooting against, they're literally rooting against Moose and De La Vega players for their own team. They are actively
Player Highlights: Nuhu and Ryan Kent
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rooting against them.
00:08:24
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So their anti-Wibes agenda can be like proven correct. So I'm rooting again. i'm I don't like that. don't like that. I'm rooting for Craig Wibes vindication, which let's be clear.
00:08:38
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There's a long way. I think there's a long way to go before vindication and victory lapping can, can truly be done. But look, it's a good, Things are going well for Wibs right now. There's no question about it.
00:08:49
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I think De La Vega has looked pretty ah pretty good all year. Maybe slowed down a little bit in the last couple weeks, but I think on the whole, it's been an encouraging start to the season for De La Vega so far. Ferreira, for whatever else what you ah want to say about him, he's got seven assists, all comps.
00:09:04
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So that signing, I think that signing, you can say, at least still has a chance to really, really come good in the way that we all hoped. He's definitely not, you can't say he's ah been a bust so far, production-wise.
00:09:17
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So that one's looking okay. And then Ryan Kent looks like the greatest player alive.
00:09:25
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he I think the significance of what Ryan Kent could bring to this team should not be understated.
00:09:35
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yeah He looks incredible. God, there were so many good plays. My favorite one, what was your, chat, what was your favorite Ryan Kent play from last night? think mine what mine was definitely the the ran right by him, whoop-de-whoop on the guy at midfield.
00:09:54
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That was so sick. God, that was sick. His assist to Obed.
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his assist to Obed, and then his assist to Nuhu. look at his Look at his movement on the assist to Nuhu, how he frees himself into that space. So good.
00:10:12
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So good.
00:10:18
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Great stuff from Ryan Kent.
00:10:21
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Nuhu assist.
00:10:25
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Should have had two assists. Is Nuhu a good attacking fullback?
00:10:31
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Is he a good attacking fullback? I think he might be now. What about the implications of if this is actually what Nuhu is now?
00:10:42
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Has the same defensive abilities, but actually can get forward. Like his his crossing crossing was good. Am i
00:10:52
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tripping? Like those were the ah the the one that Moose almost scored, the header. That was a great pass.
00:11:01
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looped it in there Moose put it a little too high but that's a great chance god the chance creation in this game was so good especially in the second half and uh it was very satisfying to watch because that St. Louis team the only way they were ever taking a result in that game is kind of how the game started off you nick a penalty
00:11:28
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and then absorb the pressure the rest of the game and I'm glad that didn't work don't really like how they play I'll be honest I don't know I don't follow them close enough to know if I mean they have a lot of injuries right now talk to Jake from ball watching about it they have a lot of injuries maybe that's why they're playing like that but yeah you're absolutely right could have had way more than four goals
00:11:57
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Could have way more than four goals. The new who goal was, that was a great moment. i I said it on blue sky, but that was the loudest I've heard Lumen field all season. It was crowd went nuts.
00:12:12
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Someone was talking about the low attendance. There was 31 K, which I get, like, I get that the fact that they draw more like 30 when they used to draw 40, it is a downturn 31 K for an MLS game.
00:12:25
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It's still good. And when they're playing like that, the crowd's going to get into it.
Offensive and Defensive Strategies
00:12:33
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I think that's the, you know, there, I think people are right to point out that there's more at play than just the performance and the results on the field. We've talked a lot on our show about price gouging and ticket, ticket prices and stuff like that.
00:12:50
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But,
00:12:52
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I still think the best way that they can mitigate that issue is by winning and playing good soccer. They did that last night. They did that last night. And there's a lot to be encouraged by. I think a lot to be excited about right now. people i i know people are going to say it doesn't count because St. Louis doesn't look very good.
00:13:15
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they don't They haven't looked very good this year, but they had only given up eight goals all season coming into this game. They're a pretty hard team to score on.
00:13:25
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Like Seattle made that look easy, but that team has been difficult to break down all season. We saw it the first time they played in St. Louis. Seattle had a hard time breaking those guys down.
00:13:38
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So...
00:13:41
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It did count. Also, some people aren't going to like this. Some people aren't going to like this. The Rusnak penalty, that counts. Counts on the stat sheet. Sorry. I'm sorry.
00:13:53
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He had two goals going into the game, and he scored the penalty. Now he has three on the stat sheet. And when he scored it, They got one on the scoreboard as well.
00:14:06
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So saying that the Roosnack goal doesn't count, it did. Unfortunately, I hate to be the bearer of bad news to some of you, but that goal counted. I thought Roosnack was sharp.
00:14:19
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I thought... He could have had, ah he could have had the, he had a, oh man, he almost, that one that he sent in, it kind of looked like a cross, but if you watch it again, think he's trying to get that on target and it barely hit the goalkeeper and deflected away, but that was a really good look that he had.
00:14:39
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It was his, it was his hustle that created the play where Rothrock drew the penalty. And just, you know, I judge Rousnack by two things, stat sheet production and just how the offense runs, how the offense looks when he's running it.
00:14:55
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It ran phenomenally last night.
00:14:59
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However much do you do or don't credit for him for that specifically is up to you, but the the fact remains that they put up 4.47 XG. 4.47 is the number saw.
00:15:10
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four point four seven is the number i saw
00:15:14
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So if it's running like that, I don't really care who's playing the number 10.
00:15:20
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It could be one of you out there. And if they're putting up 4.47 XG, I'll support whatever, whatever it is.
00:15:32
Speaker
It is an Altadena hoodie. I'm not from there, but both my parents are from that area.
00:15:38
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Got this as a gift.
Refereeing Controversies
00:15:43
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Um, I'm going to drop this link in chat. And while I wait for
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people to queue in, keep dishing my takes.
00:15:58
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Please, everyone, don't be shy. Come in and bask in this W. you don't know It's not always a 4-1 every week.
00:16:09
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Some weeks we do these shows and it's not not as fun. It's like a little one one or 0-0. zero zero
00:16:18
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This is a 4-1. Ryan Kent looks like the greatest player alive. ah did Let's talk about these penalty calls. but well Okay. We're not going to do too much ref stuff in a game where they scored four goals and won 4-1.
00:16:37
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But this ref,
00:16:43
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I don't think they should put that guy on an MLS game for a little bit. I think he needs a timeout. I think he needs a timeout.
00:16:53
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here's what Here's what I'll say. the ah The penalty calls, I thought the one on Yaimar was soft. I thought it was pretty soft. I would rather see that as a no call, and I would be saying the same thing.
00:17:08
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If the roles were reversed, I would. But when he did call it, my reaction was like, okay, if that's a penalty, at least be consistent about it.
00:17:20
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If you're going call that for them, if the same thing happens to Seattle, you got to call it. You can't, you can't call that one time and not call it the other. And to be fair, pretty much the exact same thing happened on the other end for Seattle, like what, five, 10 minutes later or whatever it was.
00:17:38
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And he called it. So I think they were both pretty soft. I don't know. I guess I have to watch the Rothrock one again. But watching it live, I thought it was a little soft.
00:17:51
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But he did call it for both teams. But I still thought it was, I don't know. I thought that whole sequence was pretty stupid. But at least he was consistent. But the one that drove me nuts was the was the VAR handball call.
00:18:13
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where the St. Louis guy stuck his arm out and blocked, he blocked his shot on target with his hand. And there were just so, there are just so many things wrong.
00:18:28
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Literally every facet of that VAR process was completely wrong.
00:18:38
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And the outcome was, I think, the worst call I've ever seen. I think that's actually the worst call I've ever seen. But let's start with, the let's just break this down because it was so bad.
00:18:49
Speaker
It was so bad. It was remarkable. I didn't think it was possible to botch call this badly. I didn't think it was possible.
00:18:59
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It's as stone cold a handball as it gets, first of all.
00:19:05
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But the first thing was it took like way too long for for them to stop play.
00:19:13
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I thought they just weren't even going to look at it because it had been so long. So you're supposed to stop play way sooner than that if there's a call that's that clear and obvious, which that was clear and obvious.
00:19:26
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And then he goes over to the monitor to look at it for an hour and a half.
00:19:36
Speaker
Whatever way the call goes, it cannot take that long to look at. It can't. If it takes that long, you should leave the call on the field, assuming that it's not actually clear and obvious.
00:19:53
Speaker
He looked at this for an hour and a half. That was clear and obvious. You know how many times you need to look at that to see that it's a clear handball? One time.
00:20:05
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That should have taken less than 10 seconds.
Sounders' Resilience and Victory
00:20:09
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And he was over there for an hour and a half.
00:20:13
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And then he comes out and says that there was no handball offense. So he looked at it for an hour and a half and he still missed the call.
00:20:28
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Incredible. Incredible content.
00:20:34
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Like, I...
00:20:39
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Chad, am I out of my mind or was that a dog so red? That was closer to a dog so red than non-penalty. if you If you put your arm in an unnatural position and handball it and you block a shot that's going on target from inside the box, that's a dog so red.
00:20:59
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He literally could have been sent off.
00:21:04
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Completely justifiably. Cause I think that shot is going on target from inside the box.
00:21:13
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It's dog. So red,
00:21:17
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I just don't know how you missed that. I don't want to spend all that much time on it. It was just,
00:21:25
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what are we talking about?
00:21:29
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What are we talking about? um But you know, to Seattle's credit, that's how That's how you handle it when the but the ref isn't having a, when he's not having a good one.
00:21:44
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You don't let it get to you. You don't let it get you frustrated. And you know what that allows you to do is it allows you to take the high road. schmetzer Brian Schmetzer was asked about it after the game.
00:21:58
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And he gave his, you know, the refs have a hard job. Not going to get every call right type of thing. And that's a lot easier to do when you still won the game four to one
00:22:15
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Greg Vanney, his team is last on the table. So when he has a penalty call that he doesn't like, he's got to go up there and talk about how the and MLS refs need to do press conferences like the coaches.
00:22:31
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To deflect. So... It was good that they ah that they didn't let to let it get to them. They kept racking chances. They kept scoring goals. Ryan Kent looked incredible.
00:22:46
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Didn't end up mattering.
00:22:49
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But that was, I mean, i was kind of losing my mind up in the up in the old press box in the PB. It's the worst the worst call I've ever seen.
00:23:00
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So bad.
00:23:03
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i'm not like I'm not the ref guy. I'm not the complain about the ref guy. But these last two weeks have kind of been killing me. Been killing me with these. like like Jackson Travis should have been sent off last week. I literally, like, am I am i wrong about that? Shouldn't that not have been a dog so red?
00:23:22
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He blocked a shot that was going in with his hand. That's like, that's a dog so red. Jax, thank you so much for the $2 super chat. Appreciate you. New who go.
00:23:36
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Let's talk about the new who go.
00:23:40
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No one, no one in queue to call in yet. Post them like again, posting the link again. No one in queue yet. ah The new who goal was a great moment. Like I said, it was the, it was the loudest I've heard the stadium all season.
00:23:53
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And what a class finish. I don't know if that was the placement that he was going for. It looked like one of his ones that was bound for the 27th row when it left his foot.
00:24:08
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And he he went top bins.
00:24:14
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He's lucky he didn't sky it.
00:24:17
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he's lucky he didn't sky it. But it was great to see it go in and really like outside of him getting the goal, just, I thought his new who's been playing well lately.
00:24:28
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I think he's been in good form, but his, I think this was his best all around game in terms of like a two way impact really could have had two assist.
00:24:42
Speaker
What's going on with his crossing. They're like ah accurate. Like he put the one that first one on moose right on Moose's head. it was a It was a good ball.
00:24:57
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And then he actually ah got the assist on the Moose goal, which was a really good goal. Great ball from Nuhu.
00:25:09
Speaker
And then great turn and finish from Moose.
00:25:13
Speaker
Four straight games with a goal for Moose. We haven't even talked about that.
00:25:18
Speaker
the hottest number nine in MLS, uh, aside from Brian White, who that's like, you can't even compare to Brian White right now. The hottest non-Brian White number nine in major league soccer is Danny Musavsky.
00:25:37
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You don't have to like that. I know there's a, that hurts a lot of people's, uh,
00:25:47
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agendas as well. It's tough, man. The, uh, the anti, the anti wives crowd, the, the moose haters.
00:25:59
Speaker
It's tough for them right now. Got our first caller. We got Danny in the queue. Danny, if you can hear me, throw me a thumbs up, bring you on the stage right now. Danny, how are you doing, man?
00:26:12
Speaker
How are you feeling after resounding four-week victory over St. John City SC? That was wild.
00:26:22
Speaker
I don't know.
Ryan Kent's Impact and Fan Excitement
00:26:24
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the The second half of that game, like you mentioned it a couple of times when Ryan Kent came on. and i don't it wasn't just him It was just he enabled new who just to come forward as well and knew who was always up forward like yeah and he played more knew who played on the wing where kent was kind of tucking in the middle almost like yeah and they were they're doing some interchanging out there but it was it was i thought it was interesting um and then all of a sudden knew who's in front of goal yeah he was a fox in the box there
00:26:57
Speaker
yeah it was like a two like outside like in the six yard box dude I was like wait why is New Who doing that what's he doing so many good things about that goal like obviously the New Who finish was great it was a great moment for the crowd ah but but kent Ryan Kent on that play like the way he moves off that guy's shoulder to get himself into into the space to deliver that and then perfect delivery i mean ah what did you what did you think of just Ryan Kent's all around performance
00:27:28
Speaker
i remember I remember looking at it, and he looks slick. and and not like ah and And he has flair, but not like a De La Vega flair, right? So De La Vega's got that flair that you can tell he's got moves, and he's tricky. But Ryan Kent just looks like when he gets the ball, he almost looks like he's like you're lulled to sleep because he looks calm.
00:27:49
Speaker
But then he just pulls some like trick out of his bag that just is so smooth looking that you're like, wait, what? And so... It's like he's Rusnak with that calm finish and calm ah calmness on the ball, but he can run fast, and he's got a lot of tricks that I think Rusnak doesn't have necessarily in this game. so is that like i just I don't want to like relay him 100% to Rusnak, but just that calmness that Rusnak has on the ball, he I feel like he has, but he just has the extra flair.
00:28:18
Speaker
Yeah, no, I think that's a ah great shout. Like the, uh, the vision and, ah the smoothness on the ball is, is very similar, but like just way more dynamic from out wide, like the types of, uh, the types of runs he can make and the passes he can get, uh, uh, hit from those wide channels and just, uh, Moss and defenders out there,
00:28:45
Speaker
It's exciting to watch. It's great stuff. What what else did you like about ah but what you saw in this game? so The thing that I liked about, like, I'm going to, going to point out Moose just because I don't think he's been talked. We, you haven't, you haven't pulled him up too much, but Moose has been ah really good striker and not in scoring goals, even in this game, like in the first half he had chances, but like, if you see the way he pulls those two defenders, like he's, he's doing what a big striker should do and just stay in that zone and pull those defenders to make room for other people behind too. Yeah.
00:29:21
Speaker
So he did that a lot in the first half. Then he got found a couple of times in the first half by that nice pass, the no look pass by Rusnak, which was set him up pretty well. I think that was early on or right around the 20th minute, I want to say.
00:29:36
Speaker
but like, but just that his positioning is very much of like a holdup number nine, which I think this team really needs in a number nine, that kind of bigger body style of Morris, even though you can't, you know, it's a different dynamic. He's not running in behind necessarily that Morris is doing, but he can do the big number nine stuff like Morris, you like that big body that Morris is too.
00:30:00
Speaker
And I think he does it very well. And yeah, He probably had like four shots that were on target or not on target or four shots that should have probably been in the back of the net. One of them does, but I don't know. It's one of those that like, man, really like his positioning and just how he pulls the defense kind of to make sure look at him. Now you have to. He scored four goals in four games, right?
00:30:27
Speaker
So they like he's he's a threat and he's... one of the most, like he's one of the most, or he's the most goal scoring person on the field right now, which is weird to say because it's last year when we were talking about Moose, that wasn't the case, right? Like.
00:30:43
Speaker
i'm happy I'm happy for him. I'm happy that the goals are finally starting to to go in because, you know, I've talked about the curse of Hebert lot and it felt like it the parallels were just uncanny and it was like these,
00:30:59
Speaker
Two strikers who when you watch him when you watch him run and watch him move, it's like I feel like they're actually getting into good spots. Yeah, but the shots just don't go in. Finally for Moose there.
00:31:11
Speaker
They're going in. So it's it's great to see ah Danny. I got a couple ah ah other colors in the queue, but ah any last thoughts or takes you wanted to get out there on this on this game.
00:31:24
Speaker
I would say, i mean, that penalty, like it was just poor officiating.
00:31:30
Speaker
like We can laugh about it now, but at the time i was just. Even the PK, I was so irritated about, like, you know, like just the the first initial one that they like, he, Yamar did not touch him. He just kind of flopped down. And I think you could, you could probably infer that it's hard to overturn that in the moment but it's just like come on like i don't know that got me angry.
00:31:51
Speaker
And like it was just like this frustration with the officiating. The yellow cards were going out everywhere for whatever. I don't know. It was, it was getting wild. So yeah, I just, it didn't like the officiating of this game, but I mean, to be on the still a four one victory when you have that kind of officiating, I mean, they're just dominant in the second half. Like it was just running all over them, but yeah.
00:32:15
Speaker
big Yeah. Here's what I'll say about the, about the Yimar call, which, and Schmetz pointed this out after the game. i i agree. I think it was a soft call, but it's a bad play by Yimar. He took a bad angle, which Schmetz pointed out.
00:32:32
Speaker
And for me, it's one of those ones where even if you think it's soft, you kind of put yourself in a bad situation by even giving the ref a chance to make it.
00:32:44
Speaker
But I mean, the ah the handball call was and one of the most ridiculous sequences of VAR officiating and usage I've seen. I think it might have been the worst I've ever seen in my life. So.
00:32:57
Speaker
But positive, positive to the Sounders for not getting in, like, in a like and the face of the ref and not getting irritated about it, too. They stayed in the game. Exactly, exactly. they done a Very big positive of that.
00:33:08
Speaker
They didn't let it derail them when they could have. All right, Danny, thank you so much for calling in, man. Appreciate it. Great call. Call in any time.
00:33:18
Speaker
We got James up next. James, can you hear me? Got the thumbs up. All right. Bringing you on stage right now. James, 4-1 over St. Louis City SC. How are you feeling? What did you think?
00:33:30
Speaker
I'm really impressed with Kent. um I think that he managed to make everybody else better. I did not think that was a good first half at all.
00:33:41
Speaker
um I thought Danny Mussovsky, for all the good he's done, he looked like the old Moose. there was that one play There was that one play where it was like picture perfect old Moose.
00:33:53
Speaker
Yeah. Was that where he headed over the new who cross? No, that one that one I'm not a that pressed about because... ah I think when you're when it's when you're going that high in the air, it's not as easy as it looks to like keep it down, and he didn't miss by much, but there was one where I can't remember who crossed it into him, but I think it might have been Rothrock crossed it into him, and like he would have had a really great chance if he could have just controlled the ball and like positioned himself to get it on target, and he just kind of whiffed it. And I was like, yeah. that's
00:34:28
Speaker
But then he scored, so he did no harm, no foul. ah yeah Absolutely, absolutely and and I think that Obed, didn't think this season he's looked like the guy that people are saying is going to go for $8 million. dollars And then as soon as Kent came on, he looked like prime Roy Keane.
00:34:45
Speaker
Yeah. the you know He was getting stuck in at the back. He obviously had that great little one-two with Kent to get the goal. um yeah I know there's a bit of a deflection, but they all count.
00:34:56
Speaker
Yeah. He just looked so much more energized when he had Kent to play off of. yeah I think that's a huge difference. And that's why I'm going to sort of push back on what you said about it being a rough day for the anti-weible people. Yeah, hit me.
00:35:11
Speaker
It's why aren't our DPs is doing having that effect that Kent did?
00:35:19
Speaker
We had two DPs on the pitch to start, and it looked bad, even though St. Louis was really a bad team. Um, I think, uh, I would agree that the first half, like the game got way, way better, uh, when he came on, that's
Team Dynamics and Player Positions
00:35:37
Speaker
for sure. But I think, I mean, we're okay. So we're talking about Rusnak and De La Vega, uh, Rusnak.
00:35:44
Speaker
I think even if you want to say that the first half wasn't super great, I don't know. Me personally, I've seen enough, periods of time where the offense has ran at a high level with him at the 10 that I'm not really going to, I'm not going to judge him based off one half, a half where it wasn't as insane as the second half, but I thought, I thought they were playing pretty well, trying to break down a team that is pretty hard to break down.
00:36:11
Speaker
De La Vega, I think has, slowed down the last couple weeks, but I'm pretty, I'm pretty happy with what I've seen from him on the whole so far this season. I think it's just, I think Ryan Kent just might be that much better than everyone else in major league soccer.
00:36:26
Speaker
That's what it looks like. Well, I, the thing with Dale Vega and I, I I'm wondering about this. Cause I thought when he first came in for his first injury last season, I thought he looked pretty good. I thought he looked pretty lively.
00:36:38
Speaker
Comes back. That's when Rusnak wasn't playing. He comes back into the team when Rusnak is back. I didn't think he looked good at all in the back half last season. Could be the injury. but Could be the formation. We don't know.
00:36:52
Speaker
Started the season pretty well in those games where Rusnak wasn't playing. And then Rusnak's back, and he's... kind of a non-factor again. So maybe that's just a, you know, we were talking a little bit about the can Jesus and Rusnak play together. Maybe it's a, pay maybe it's the same question with Pedro de la Vega.
00:37:09
Speaker
You know, maybe, maybe Rusnak is just occupying the spots that he wants to get into. I think, uh, I like De La Vega as a wide player.
00:37:20
Speaker
I mean, more than what we've seen from Ferreira in that spot so far. I think there's been some good moments with it. And honestly, i don't know. Do you think De La Vega's best position is centrally? Because I kind of consider him a ah winger, at least at this point on this team.
00:37:37
Speaker
Well, think the successes that he's had this season involve him cutting on to the inside. ah You know, that that Dallas goal against Mussofsky, that's when De La Vega cuts inside, blasts it off the post, and Mussofsky taps in the rebound.
00:37:49
Speaker
His goal against Nashville, he's coming to the inside to pick up that back pass from Obed. So, you know, he has I don't know that he's had a lot of success as a pure winger. I think he's been a lot more effective. Yeah.
00:38:06
Speaker
when he's able to cut inside and and maybe with maybe with Rusnak in that space, he's not quite as free to do that. I think one thing to the point you were making earlier, which is that, you know, Ryan Kent elevated the whole team.
00:38:25
Speaker
And I would include Rusnak in that. i thought he i thought he was part of ah really good second half. He actually, in the first half, he had the play that led to the Rothrock penalty.
00:38:37
Speaker
And then he he had the play that should ah it should have been a handball on that play. yeah And then just just in general, I thought, i mean, it wasn't just him. like it seemed It just seemed like Ryan Kent elevated the whole team.
00:38:52
Speaker
of you I agree with that, but but I think that your DP should be the guys who have that. You know, your DP should be able to do that. And i I haven't really seen that so far this year. Maybe that can change. You know, maybe Kent is going to free everybody up to be a little bit better. I think he's clearly, ah at this point, a DP-level talent.
00:39:10
Speaker
You're almost, like, getting another DP in there, it looks like. If he's going to play like that, that's, like, DP stuff that we were watching. And I'm impressed with the hustle too. You I think there was a, just hearing some of the story about his attitude, I was worried he was going to be kind of a luxury player, but he's, he's getting stuck in and he's getting back there on defense. So I, my iPad is dying here. So I, just the last thing I want to say is if St. Louis, if that St. Louis style, that kind of,
00:39:40
Speaker
Temu Tiki Taka becomes the meta in MLS. I might have to but bow out of this league. it was tough I hate watching that. I mean, I hated watching Houston do it in the playoffs last year.
00:39:52
Speaker
Just that kind of fiddling around in the back. It's so unwatchable. I mean, if you're if you've got a Pep Guardiola team level of talent, then go for it. But St. Louis does not have that.
00:40:06
Speaker
And it's just awful watch. I would rather watch kick and rush. ah it's so bad. i agree. i agree. I kind of, I kind of knew that that's what we were in for going into the game, but when when you see it in action, it it was tough.
00:40:21
Speaker
I was like, it was satisfying that they beat the brakes off them for that. Cause that shouldn't be rewarded. Absolutely not. No, no, that should be brutally punished. Yeah. I was glad that they did that. All right, James.
00:40:33
Speaker
Yeah. got a Next caller in the queue here, but yeah. but Thanks as always, man. Great call. Appreciate it Yep.
00:40:41
Speaker
All right, we got Pyro next. Pyro with the classic non-video, so can't do the thumbs up, but Pyro, adding you to the stage right now. Can you hear me? Yes, I can. Can you hear me?
00:40:52
Speaker
I got you. 4-1 over st Louis City SC. How are you feeling? I'm feeling pretty good. I'm still in bed, so like physically I'm not feeling pretty good because it was ah it was a pretty crazy night, but I'm... im ah you can't i like the ritual of uh doing the hungover call from your bed yeah exactly no every time right if if if these streams are going to be the morning after the match you're going to get me hung over i'm sorry no that's great i love that uh but no i'm feeling fucking amazing that was such a good win uh i think it's uh okay well first off i need to issue a formal apology to daniel mussofsky
00:41:33
Speaker
Another one Another one. Noah already did it. We had people. need to remember. where Where was he born? Where was he born? He was born in Nevada. Daniel Mussofsky of Henderson, Nevada.
00:41:44
Speaker
I am sorry. i was not familiar with your game. Please keep scoring more goals. Holy shit. and so I can't believe I was on such a hate train.
00:41:56
Speaker
four straight games with a goal joining. it's The list is Jordan Morris, Freddie Montero. Who am I missing? There's a really odd. And Obafemi Martins. All four M names are the only Sounders players to do that.
00:42:11
Speaker
um And like it's doubly important with Jordan out right now. And like it's it's nice to have a situation where if Jordan's out,
00:42:22
Speaker
you have You have a guy right now who you can slot in there, and it's all running at the same level. Yeah, exactly. And, like, i was I was really scared when Jordan Morris came out. I was – because the main thing on my mind was – you can probably see it in the chat. Like, we're not going to have Jordan for Portland away. Are we cooked?
00:42:41
Speaker
Are we fucked? And then last night happened, and now I have hope again. Because it's like if Mosovsky and Ryan Kent and Obed Vargas can play like that, down in Portland, we have a chance.
00:42:54
Speaker
We have a huge chance. Absolutely. No, it's a great point.
00:43:00
Speaker
What did you think about Ryan Kent? This a big Ryan Kent day. ah So I think as a Celtic fan, obviously, like I want to slow down and be like, hey, chill on the hype train a little bit. Like, you know, he's only played like an hour.
00:43:16
Speaker
but he was damn fucking impressive last night. Like that was, that was absolutely quality passing that I haven't seen this season yet. That like, he basically is the reason we got the last two goals.
00:43:30
Speaker
You know, like those don't happen without Ryan on the field. And it's, uh, I want to chill the hype train out a little bit because he's only played an hour for us. And like this league is fucking weird.
00:43:41
Speaker
And St. Louis is a weird team to play against. And, you know, other teams, like how are they going to mark Ryan? You know, what's going to happen? Does he have that much chemistry with the team yet? Is it just Vargas or is it just Nuhu?
00:43:54
Speaker
But from what I've seen, he looks amazing. I just want to see him. Yeah. continue on the right path, you know, because we have we've gotten other players who have played really well in their first couple of games and then they start to drop off.
00:44:07
Speaker
I don't want Ryan Kent to be in that position. I want him to keep doing well. Yeah, for sure. This it it feels different, though, at least to me, like just when you watch him play. What feels different about it? Because we've had other hype trains before, you know, like I remembered when Georgie was first popping off in his first couple games.
00:44:27
Speaker
I think what felt different about it to me is that pretty literally pretty much every single time he was on the ball, you could just see how much better he was than the guys he was going against. you know like when when the When Georgie was kind of breaking out or breaking into the first team, there was like flashes, and you would see like a play here and there where you're like, wow, that was awesome. like That was really good.
00:44:57
Speaker
Doesn't it feel like every time Ryan Kent's on the ball, something cool happens every time? Yeah, even if it's not, even if it doesn't end up in anything, like everyone around me is like, oh, look at that.
00:45:09
Speaker
Whoa, he just did something cool. Oh, oh what a nice nice nice little move. He's just got really good feet. yeah And he's like, ah he's a tall player with really good feet that wants to play in the middle and be a distributor.
Nuhu's Growth as a Two-Way Player
00:45:21
Speaker
So it's just really helpful for the kind of system we play.
00:45:25
Speaker
I got to ask you, yeah as someone who was in the stands, I was up in the box, so I can't hear you as well. ah like What was it like in the in the heat of it when the new Hugo went in?
00:45:40
Speaker
Everyone falling over each other. i still i think I still have a bruise like somewhere on my on my calf or like my leg or something like that. like It was limbs. limbs i like I fucking, because as soon as I realized that Nuhu was the one that put that shit in the back of the net, I like basically jumped over like half of my row to get to the front railing as close to the players as I could. And, you know, like,
00:46:06
Speaker
And then I come back and i and i I run up the stairs and everyone is literally like, i describe to people who don't understand soccer, I describe the moments after a goal as like a 30 second to one minute just mosh pit.
00:46:22
Speaker
And especially when you have a new who goal to make it like 4-1 in the last minute of the game. Yeah, that that was insane. Those are the kind of moments that I fucking live for.
00:46:34
Speaker
that's That is what I fucking dream of every night when I go to sleep and I think of... how I want to interact with this team and what I want to do and what I want out of being a Sounders fan. That is what I fucking want right there.
00:46:47
Speaker
going to think about that for a long time. I think it's a great point. It was totally like ah this, this is why we do it. Exactly. Just the, ah just the explosion of the crowd and the new who's celebrating, pimping the goal. It was, ah it was phenomenal.
00:47:03
Speaker
does yeah Is he a good attacking fullback now? Like, is that, is this happening? No, but, yeah, But I think what he does, um I think the reason Nuhu can be more of a goal scoring threat if he wants to be is the fact that other teams don't really think of him like that. They just see him as a defensive enforcer.
00:47:22
Speaker
And so when you get Nuhu, because cause he was really smart on that layoff from Ryan Kent. That wasn't just Ryan Kent's good passing. That was Nuhu deciding not to run at the goal while everyone else was. He was like, you know what, I'm just going to stay right where I am.
00:47:35
Speaker
And if there's one in the mixer, I'm going pounce. And he did. I think Nuhu can be a really good um winner of like second balls, if that makes sense. like header like Cross comes into the box. It gets headed away by the defense. Oh, there's Nuhu.
00:47:51
Speaker
you know You better get on him. I'm not expecting him to find the score sheet much, if ever again. ah But I was intrigued by what I saw from his from his crossing.
00:48:02
Speaker
Yeah, dude. I think he can be a really good facilitator. which the whole storyline throughout his career has been this guy is a very, very good 1v1 defender, super athletic, can run with any of these big attackers in the league, provides a lot of value in that way, but absolutely couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with ah with a cross. Yeah, blasted into Rosie every time he came Exactly, and that's kind of the thing that – I mean she prevented him with naning um
00:48:33
Speaker
i was watching the stream like half an hour ago. People were saying in the chat, like he was trying to blast that into Rosie. He just happened to go off the frame of the goal. Yeah, exactly. But ah like, I think...
00:48:46
Speaker
there were There was a lot of transfer buzz around Nuhu for a while earlier in his career, and the whole idea behind it was like, this this kid is a really good defender, and if he just develops that two-way game, he can be ah a big-time player in a big-time league, and he never really developed that two-way skill set.
00:49:05
Speaker
um I don't know if it's finally popping at age 27, but ah watching that game last night, maybe. I don't know if he's ever going to be like Jovan Jones. but No, not necessarily. if he If he even adds anything at all like that, that actually is a huge boost for this team.
00:49:21
Speaker
Especially, like I said, without Jordan Morris right now, we need all the fucking attack and talent we can get, even if it's from the back of the field. you know um what was your uh what was your view and what was the scene like in the crowd on the whole uh handball penalty debacle oh god terrible dude it was i could see it from right in front of me that was a fucking handball i was literally i remember um um i don't have my camera on but i was hitting my my arm like everyone around me was hitting their arm like yo like breath look and then i uh
00:49:52
Speaker
I get back home and I watch the replay after and I wholeheartedly agree with you. And I usually don't like get all reactionary with referees decisions, even though I really can sometimes.
00:50:05
Speaker
That's the worst call I've ever seen. It was so bad. Any. no, no. no Listen to me. Any other tournament on earth with higher stakes. That is a obvious handball.
00:50:17
Speaker
And if the ref doesn't call that, he's getting his car burnt. Like if this is like the World Cup and that gets called a no handball, the media is going to be on that for years and that ref is never going to have a job again.
00:50:31
Speaker
It's one thing to to miss the call on the field. I kind of don't understand how he missed that. To add like five minutes of extra time to the half because you were looking at that handball and to call it a non-handball.
00:50:45
Speaker
Like, if you're going to miss it on the field, that that is ah okay. Like, you know, we all make mistakes. But to go look at it for an hour and a half and then still miss the call, it's just... I really think they got to...
00:51:00
Speaker
That guy shouldn't be on an MLS game for at least a few weeks. No, dude. Or at the very least, like, referees should have press conferences so he could try to explain. Oh, that's the Vanny take. The Greg Vanny take.
00:51:12
Speaker
I think Jeremiah submitted a pool reporter question, but I'm not sure if he got and answer. i don't really know what he's going to say, but I think, you know, we can all laugh about it now.
00:51:24
Speaker
um Man, what else ah what else from this game? We we hit Ryan Kent, we hit Nuhu, we hit Moose, anything else that caught your eye? Obed looked fantastic as well. Holy shit, dude.
00:51:37
Speaker
i was I was on the train going down to the game, listening to all of the interviews from the players, and I remember Christian Roldan said to Jeremiah in interview, like, for a teenager, Obed Vargas has the best ability to change direction quickly. Yeah.
00:51:54
Speaker
of anyone that he's seen at that age and that just that showed itself so much in this in this game because like the ability like the uh the switch offs with ryan kent and stuff like that that's all coming from like core strength like quick turns and that's things that teenagers aren't really able to do at the pro level yeah obed vargas is such an anomaly man He's got, I mean, the price went up.
00:52:22
Speaker
The price went up. That one, too, that he and Ryan Kent had on on the goal that he scored. Yeah. woof Oh, my God. Well, besides Obed, I guess if you would ah allow me to end my call on ah on a call to action.
00:52:37
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. For all the fans listening, how many of you are there right now? 85 of you. All 85 of you, listen to me.
00:52:46
Speaker
Go to Portland away. It's the biggest game of the season. It is the biggest game of the season. It does not get more intense supporting the Seattle Sounders than when you are getting...
00:52:59
Speaker
herded through an alleyway into the shitty hundred year old baseball stadium. And all of you are chanting sounders chance. And every Portland fan that walks by gets fucking bottle lids thrown at him and fucking chance his way. And it's it's Portland away is the best possible experience you can have supporting this club, especially when we win and the boys need all the support where they can get down
Upcoming Challenges and Away Games
00:53:25
Speaker
there. We have a really hard away stretch coming up.
00:53:28
Speaker
We're about to go to Houston, LAFC on a Wednesday, and then Portland on that Saturday. The boys need you. You specifically looking at your laptop. They need you to come to Portland away and support them.
00:53:42
Speaker
They're going need every fucking bit of support they can get, and this is the best it gets supporting the Sounders. So go to Portland. Fuck off Rose City. That's all I have to say. Love that. Great call to action. ah Noah and I are going, so we'll there. I'll see you guys down there.
00:53:57
Speaker
See you there. Pyro. Great call as always. ah Thanks for hopping on, man. Appreciate you. Sure. 4-1, baby. Good to talk to you guys. Take care.
00:54:09
Speaker
That's all I had in the queue for now. ah drop the link ah Drop the link in chat one more time. i I really got to figure out how to pin that. I never have figured that out.
00:54:21
Speaker
But I'm just going to keep dropping it in chat for now. And what we're going to do is I'm going to drop this link in chat. If anyone else wants to tap in, feel free. But what I'm going to do now is play Ryan Kent's postgame interview because i actually haven't watched it yet. I didn't get it a chance to watch it last night.
00:54:38
Speaker
And I think after a game like that, we should hear what the man has to say. So it's a little six minute clip. So if if you tap in and it's still playing, I'm going to let the ah let the interview play. But if anyone wants to come hop on and drop some takes, I'll I'll get you on after after we play this Ryan Kent sound.
00:54:58
Speaker
ah ah Flag it if the audio isn't sounding good. I was playing Schmetz sound on one of my last streams and I watched it back and it was like super quiet for some reason. I don't know. I'm having a bad run with technology the last few days. I'm a boomer, but ah just let me know if this one isn't sounding good.
00:55:20
Speaker
Oh, wait.
00:55:27
Speaker
Here he is.
00:55:31
Speaker
Ryan Kent, first two major league soccer assists, phenomenal all around game might be the best player in MLS. I don't know. Let's hear what he has to say after a virtual super performance.
00:55:49
Speaker
Oh, okay. I'm happy to chase the game. What? What went through your mind? how do you feel like everything kind of came out in your first big game here at home? Yeah, um you know, i'm still I'm still finding my feet. You know, before I came here, my last game was back in September or August.
00:56:08
Speaker
And then the one before that was back in January last year. So, you know, I'm still still finding my feet. ah The first couple of weeks here, like you know, fitness-wise, I kept myself good over, you know, that and my time off.
00:56:21
Speaker
But the first couple of weeks, you know, I felt like I had two right feet in training. But, you know, as you know the weeks have progressed, i'm you know I'm starting to feel sharp again, starting to feel good with a ball.
00:56:35
Speaker
you know and In games like this, and I've got to come on and make an impact to um you know to get into the starting XI. I thought the boys were excellent in the first half. They ran the opponents into the ground and you know they made it easy for the the subs to come on and make that impact. so you know We definitely did that. created loads of chances. you know The scoreline probably could have been a lot more in the end.
00:56:57
Speaker
But it's onwards and upwards for me. is your In your game, how important is it that you're getting the final system, but you're also looking for the players? How important is that to get the players involved? Yeah, very important. um With the likes of Nuhu in the second half, rotating with Albert. We had loads of options. Every time we got the ball, there was a three-man.
00:57:20
Speaker
Everybody's making runs in behind. Nuhu's flying down the left. Albert's rotating in the middle. and you know like When we got into the into the dangerous areas, you know at at times we had five or six players in the opponent's box.
00:57:33
Speaker
um you know I think the the coach touched on, I think we had over 20 shots in the in the opponents in the opponent's box alone. So, you know that shows where we were getting a lot of joy and in the second half, especially.
00:57:48
Speaker
Obviously, you've only play some minutes, what would be your first perspective on MLS in general, competition-wise, adapting to the league and in that sense? You you know, it's got its it's guys differences, but, you know, at the end of the day football is football.
00:58:03
Speaker
You know, one thing I found, like, everybody, you know, they run especially harder. I've noticed that in the team that I'm playing in right now. If somebody gives the ball away, you can guarantee the man to the right or to the left of the rim going to pull him out of trouble. It's a very humble dressing room.
00:58:21
Speaker
Everybody works hard for everybody. you know in In terms of the opponents, like about one thing I would say is more end-to-end football, which is you know something I thrive in. A lot more open spaces.
00:58:38
Speaker
And I was just looking forward to carrying on these games. You know, the Sanders were playing well first half, kind of set it up well. But you, it seemed like once you got on the field, it just took on another level of of kind of playing downhill almost.
00:58:53
Speaker
Was there anything that you felt like you had to do or that you were able to do to sort of help kickstart that? um Well, I know, you know, I've come here, you know, to make an impact for this team.
00:59:07
Speaker
you know I have to thank a lot of people for getting me here. ah you know I had a lot like a long time out of the game, you know speaking to Sean, Craig, Adrian. you know Andy Rose was pivotal in me coming here, from knowing known him in the past. you know and I've got to thank the coaches, especially for you know for the time that I've been here. you know Brian, Precky,
00:59:38
Speaker
Freddie, Andy again, and you know all the coaches behind the scenes to get me up to where I need to be. you know i need to and I need to show them I can come on in these games and make an impact you know to show that and show them them I'm ready to you know to go from the start now.
00:59:53
Speaker
you know I'm getting that. More importantly, i want to show you know I need to remind myself as well. you know like Like I said, like the first two weeks I was there, sometimes i was falling over the ball in training and I'm thinking, I don't have it anymore. But like coming on into games like that and you know reminding myself i know you know what I can do with the ball, you know I want to come and excite these fans. They're amazing in the second half, especially. like You could feel the energy around the stadium.
01:00:25
Speaker
I'm looking forward to you know playing many more games. What's the energy in this day? It's different you know a different dynamic, different sort of feel, like you said, different energy.
01:00:39
Speaker
um you know Maybe in other places I've been, there's a you know there can be a lot more animosity in and around the ground. got Especially if you're not playing well, you'll know about it.
01:00:53
Speaker
Hopefully I've not found that out yet, so I don't know. We've been playing well so far. But yeah, you know, I'm really enjoying my time here at the moment and, you know, embracing playing in such an amazing stadium in front of you know good fans.
Post-Game Analysis and Fan Interactions
01:01:05
Speaker
Off the field, how are you ah you getting on with Seattle and with your teammates? Like, friendships with anybody in the room so far?
01:01:11
Speaker
You know, everyone's been amazing. This has been the easiest dressing room to, um you know, to settle into. The lads have been amazing welcoming me into the team, you know, making me feel sort feel at home.
01:01:24
Speaker
You know, some people said like Seattle can be a little bit like England in weather-wise.
01:01:30
Speaker
I've been lucky to land at the, you know, at the right time in the summer. So, you know, it's a beautiful place to live and I'm looking forward to living there. So Ryan, the coach said that you have to earn the minutes that that you want to play. How's the competition among your teammates?
01:01:46
Speaker
are the When we expect you to be a starter or a leader? I think that's probably a question from the manager rather than me. ah you know Since I've come here, the team's played really well.
01:02:01
Speaker
So there's not been a you know there's not been a reason to change the team at all. you know playing good football getting the results that's needed um you know all i can do right now is just keep making an impact whenever i'm on you know on the pitch whenever i've got the ball at my feet keep working hard in training um you know not you know now i feel like i'm ready to really start playing again
01:02:25
Speaker
good stuff from ryan kent he's so sick man it's disgusting little tap behind to burn the guy at midfield was one of the nastiest plays I've ever seen. Totally agree.
01:02:38
Speaker
we're going through the, the Ryan Kent highlight reel of last night of which he had like 10 plays. That was my favorite one. All right. Got another caller in the queue here. We got Tyler, no video. So I'm just going to bring them onto the stage.
01:02:52
Speaker
Tyler, you are on with us. Can you hear me? I can hear you. Yeah. Sorry. I'm walking around. I didn't want to give people motion sickness right now. So yeah. Oh, no, it's okay all good. How are you feeling? 4-1 over St. Louis City SC. What were your takeaways from this big win?
01:03:08
Speaker
Main takeaway was just the difference in the squad between the last time we faced the St. Louis team and this time. I mean, just the ability to break down what St. Louis has been doing very successfully all year was just really impressive to me.
01:03:21
Speaker
And you can credit a lot of the guys that are new additions, but I think also just You know, when you look at what Rusnak has been able to do and, you know, Vargas's ability going forwards, there's just a confidence and an understanding that has really improved since the beginning of the season when things were not, you know, necessarily going great.
01:03:39
Speaker
Injuries aside, all that other stuff, you know, the the overall shape and approach of the team. wasn't the most productive at times, but I think it's really improved. And, you know, this is ah this is a good defending team. And I think a lot should more should be said about how ah well the Sounders were with all the players they had at their disposal, able to break down ah that squad.
01:03:59
Speaker
If you look at the last two home wins that they've gotten, both big wins against a Nashville team that is looking, they've been pretty good this year. They dropped seven goals on the Chicago fire.
01:04:13
Speaker
They've been playing good offense all season, pretty much, and Seattle neutralized them. And then the St. Louis team, I mean, say what you will, but like you mentioned, they're Good defensive. Well, I don't know if they're a good defensive team, but they are hard to score on.
01:04:27
Speaker
They're hard to score on. So seeing the attack fire like this against these teams that aren't necessarily easy to do that against has been great to see. um we We've been doing we've been doing Ryan Kent takeaways just played his interview right there. What'd you what'd you see from him in particular?
01:04:44
Speaker
Yeah, I wanted to touch on Kim Keehee as well, just briefly, but ah want to but I'll do the Ryan Kent thing. A lot of people have been talking about the touch, and I think it's obviously, you know, he has an unbelievable touch and his ability to maintain possession and create productive possession from balls that are maybe, you know, for other players, not necessarily gimmies like the, you know, the slick turn he had at midfield. That's a ball that You know, is easily turned over, ah you know, for maybe five out of other 10 players that the Sounders have on the field. So his ability to turn that into a productive attack is unbelievable.
01:05:17
Speaker
But what I was really impressed by was I spent a lot of time watching his off the ball movement because I was really curious as a guy who hasn't spent a lot of time with the team yet. How is he looking in his understanding with the players? And there's a point.
01:05:29
Speaker
that I want to say it's at about the maybe 75th minute where he dumps a short ball to Rusnak from the left side and he starts to cut into space in the middle of the field. And Rusnak moves the ball over to Vargas, I think, at the center of the field.
01:05:43
Speaker
And Rusnak proceeds forward. So that means that Kent and Rusnak are running to exactly the same space. But Kent actually recognizes this and he changes his run and cuts outside instead of occupying the same space as Rusnak, which is something that I think ah you know Other players that have played from the wings have maybe not been as you know able to kind of have that vision with Rusnak because Rusnak likes to be a little more fluid in his positioning.
01:06:08
Speaker
And so I was just really impressed. And I think it's worth pointing out that even with just the limited amount of training he's had and the limited amount of time he's had on the field, that he was able to have vision to to really keep the space consistent in the attack. And that that's a huge thing, I think, for this team.
01:06:22
Speaker
That's a great point. Like it's ah we can all see what he does on the ball, just silky smooth division. But I think that the off ball movement is maybe an underrated asset that we haven't talked about as much.
01:06:37
Speaker
And it just really seems like he's the total package in that way. um You said you wanted to shout Kim Kihei. What did you see from Kim? Yeah, just really briefly. I mean, obviously, we're looking at, you know, Reagan going down, whatever you think of his kind of defensive form at the beginning of the season, which maybe hasn't been up to probably what his standards would want to be.
01:06:54
Speaker
His ability to hit those line breaking passes has been really valuable to progressing the ball. And I think for, ah you know, for Sounders fans, it's certainly not a given that. The 35-year-old, know, second time around her is going to come in and provide some, and I'm not going to say he's the same or as good a passer as Reagan necessarily, but he has been able to have vision and move that ball forwards in ways that I think has been really valuable to the team.
01:07:18
Speaker
Yeah, no, I mean, he's been rock solid. It's definitely worth noting. Jackson Reagan going down is one of the bigger losses that ah this first choice 11 could have. And they've been able to not miss a beat because of ah Kim's presence.
01:07:33
Speaker
And that's just a big asset to the roster. ah Tyler, I got and another person in queue behind you, but ah any last ah thoughts, takes, observations, or things you wanted to highlight about this win over St. Louis?
01:07:47
Speaker
Just wanted to say, you know, whatever we're thinking about Wabel, and I think there's still open questions. He does seem to have a knack for figuring out wingers and productive wingers. So I think whatever else you're going to say, we got to kind of give him that at this point. And i have my own questions about roster construction, but I think, you know, he does seem to have a good eye for that, whether it's just the scouting department or him personally, a lot of success coming from those wing players. So that's good to see. And thanks, Ari, for doing the show.
01:08:12
Speaker
Yeah, absolutely. Thanks for calling in, Tyler. Great call. Appreciate you. Have a great rest of your Sunday. um All right. We got Ty next up. Another non-videower. So, Ty, I'm just going to add you to the stage.
01:08:25
Speaker
Ty, can you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you. Can hear me? Yeah, I got you. How are you feeling, man? Talk to me. 4-1 over St. Louis City SC. Well, i just joined late. um I kind of wanted to complain about something.
01:08:40
Speaker
regarding like the referees. um Because I will say when I was watching this game, i was getting flashbacks to that game last year against Vancouver where they called that handball on New Who when he came sliding in and it was a handball.
01:08:58
Speaker
And then like 10 minutes later, we had an obvious handball that they reviewed and they still didn't give it to us. And then we ended up tying because we always drop points at home, it seems, when it's only a one goal difference. Oh, you've got the you've got the picture of it.
01:09:16
Speaker
um Yeah, and, you know,
01:09:20
Speaker
It seems like every time the commentators tell Sounders fans that something's going to happen, it just doesn't seem to happen, and they're just always left confused. And I just, I don't know why.
01:09:33
Speaker
So I'm glad that it ended up not biting us in the ass, because I would have crashed out if we didn't get three points from this game. Because as soon as I took one look at the handball replay, and they stopped the game in the middle of the game, which I've never seen before...
01:09:49
Speaker
I took one look. i was like, oh, that's great. I went to the bathroom real quick and I came back and I saw that they weren't giving it to us. And I don't know. I don't know. Why the people in the commentary booth can't tell us what's happening or why no one seems to know what the hell is going on.
01:10:06
Speaker
I mean, to be fair, that this call was so obvious that I don't think the broadcasters had any inkling in their mind that it wouldn't be called handball. That's how right obvious right that it was.
01:10:19
Speaker
Uh, so, and I mean, just looking at your little avatar there, it's someone, so someone in chat was saying that the explanation was that they were saying it might've gone off his thigh.
01:10:31
Speaker
And so, but first of all, I don't think so. And second of all, the arm is in such a flagrantly unnatural position that even if there was a tiny deflection, like it's, it's so far out there that I think you probably,
01:10:45
Speaker
you You definitely call it anyway. There's no scenario where that's not. And how do you explain this to someone who's ne who's learning soccer? yeah like Like, imagine, I'm not sure if this was one of the my first Sounders games or whatever that promotion is called, but imagine taking someone to their first ever soccer game. And the one thing that people who don't know anything about soccer know is handballs.
01:11:10
Speaker
How can you explain to any newcomer of the sport that that's not But anyway, I'm glad they actually, they i got I just got nervous because I feel like for the first five or six minutes after the no call, and we had really good momentum, and they just stopped the momentum to look at it, just not to call it.
01:11:30
Speaker
And then we kind of lost our grip for five or six minutes, but they actually ended up turning on the Jets, and I think we actually got a better result because of it. Yeah. They really turned on the Jets. That was the most dominant Sounders performance, honestly, that I've seen in a while, just in terms of how comprehensive it was and how good the how good the chance generation was.
01:11:55
Speaker
um we've been We've been doing Ryan Kent takes. did you ah Did you want to get in on that discourse, or did you have any another add? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:12:05
Speaker
I do. um I feel like he might be the best player in the league. um He doesn't even have to touch the ball to get around people. um He's only played, I don't know, probably like 20, like 25 minutes for the Sounders total.
01:12:21
Speaker
little more, but not much more. Oh, yeah, like 25, 35. um I've seen him dummy the ball to himself like four times in that period. um This seems like a signing that if LAFC did it, um I would be like pulling my hair out because, you know, of course, LAFC would get that.
01:12:41
Speaker
Like this move to me felt very old school, like Sounders, if you know what I mean. Yeah. Like just getting kind of like a stud. Like because it's been a long like even like this that might be a bad example, but even like when we got a guy like Kelvin Lerdamme.
01:12:57
Speaker
Or a Victor Rodriguez or like we would just bring in a guy that just instant or Brad Smith. When we first got him, you just bring in a guy and you see the quality right away. I feel like it's been a long time since we've done that, because I feel like every time we have to bring someone in, we have to kind of gaslight ourselves.
01:13:14
Speaker
um that they're like worthy of us getting it. like Albert Rusnak's a great example. Jesus Ferreira's a great example. ah Paul Areola was pretty surprising to be as good as he was, and then he ends up getting hurt. so ah Pedro De La Vega.
01:13:30
Speaker
i like i can't think of the last time we just signed someone who made us better. um I guess Kim, but ah that doesn't really count because you know we had him before. We're retreading old ground, but I feel like um I feel like it's a great signing, and he looks even better than Brian Schmetzer wants to admit ah his pressers.
01:13:52
Speaker
Yeah. um Because he keeps telling us, like, he hasn't been played in two years. He hasn't played in two Well, he looks like one of the best players on the field ah every time. Yeah. I mean... When you said he looks like one of the best or like the best player in the league, like he literally like he he has for the first whatever, 35, 40 minutes of his career. We'll see if he can sustain it. But the the talent seems so evident. I think the point you made about like if LAFC did it, doesn't it feel good to be on the side of it of like Seattle is getting that player?
01:14:23
Speaker
yeah am i Am I wrong in saying this kind of feels like a cliche LAFC move? No, you're dead on. dead on. I'm surprised. It feels like an LAFC, LA Galaxy ah move. And it's been a long time a very long time since we've done that. And I mean, part of that is because we have...
01:14:45
Speaker
ah Whether you're a hater or not, like, we have a good roster. um So it's harder to just bring guys in. But it's just, um ah there's a couple times during that game last night where I actually, like, sat up.
01:14:56
Speaker
Like, I wasn't at the game, but, like, I sat up from my seat. Bums off seats. Yeah. No, I mean, and it's been a long time. Like, sometimes Paul Rothrock does that, but, and I love Paul Rothrock.
01:15:10
Speaker
But a lot of time I get hyped because I know Paul Rothrock's kind of like a league minimum type player. And that's like, or like Georgie. Like it's exciting because they're um like low cost, like kind of wild cards. Whereas Ryan Kent seems like a guy that can do this over and over and over and over.
01:15:31
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. um Four street games with a goal for Moose. What are you seeing for Moose right now? ah Well, Moose, so his movement is incredible.
01:15:44
Speaker
And i don't, I remember when we got him last year, and I was pretty excited by the move because at him being a third or second striker, I thought was really solid business because he was starting for multiple teams for a few years. And he always, I mean, I think if you look at his minutes played, he's always had good stats.
01:16:06
Speaker
and at last year you know a bear curse and all that uh i was convinced he was the worst player of all time and what's funny is last night during the game um i didn't see it in the replay package um but they there was some cross i think it was from paul to moose and he just completely whiffed like that's the one i was talking to james about earlier yeah um
01:16:34
Speaker
And you know the meme of, like, the astronaut on the moon pointing the gun at the other astronaut? Yeah, yeah. And it was like, wait, Moose is inconsistent?
01:16:45
Speaker
And it's like, always has been? And then he go, and he missed that header, and then he scored, but... and i these apple broadcasts are crazy i don't know what they're he said that like something to the effect of like moose had to make he made sure he finished that one like it was an excellent finish and i'm like did he not kick it right at both of the keeper's thighs and he just kind of flubbed the save oh so i but they all count the same right there's no there's no fake goals or i forget the lingo you always like that one counts it counts yeah it counted um it was a but oh i think he said something like it was an excellent finish from danny mussofsky and it wasn't it was it was a poor finish but you know one of those good golden gold turn and turn and blast it as hard as you can and and but like that's uh you can get goals off that sometimes
01:17:36
Speaker
And if you watch the replay, too, like, fair play to him. i don't think that's a goal on grass. The ball did kind of roll towards him. um When I was watching live, I remember seeing, I could see the spin on the ball.
01:17:51
Speaker
And it was like, wait, how's the ball right there? and And so maybe he touched it to himself with that spin, but it kind of rolled towards him. And I'm not complaining. ah Good for, like, four goals in four games is...
01:18:03
Speaker
impressive whether you're Brandon Vasquez or Danny Mussovsky or that guy in Atlanta so you know i'll I'll take what I can get and you know let's see if he can do five microphone five for five Emanuel 22 million dollar latte loss yeah five goals on the year Danny Moose Danny Moose um move and Jordan five goals all comps You get Moose and Jordan. I'd combine them. If you're going to pay $22 million for one guy, we should be allowed to combine Jordan and Mussovsky.
01:18:38
Speaker
I think with Moose right now, obviously, the production is great. ah He's banging in goals.
Offensive Tactics and Player Movements
01:18:43
Speaker
But like you said, like it's about the stuff he's doing that's making the offense run like with his with his movement.
01:18:50
Speaker
I thought his his ball progression last night was really good and in a couple spots. So good stuff from him. Oh, I actually, I had a little agenda, not agenda, but like a bit that I was noticing last night.
01:19:06
Speaker
So obviously Jesus was hurt, right? But if you were, did you watch the game live? So I don't know if you would have picked up on this as much as you would have or how good your view was.
01:19:18
Speaker
But Danny Mussofsky was low-key passing. he was kind of doing the Jesus Ferreira bit where he was an elite passer but not shooting or finishing.
01:19:30
Speaker
ah But all the physical atrics ah aspects of the game were there. But he had like six or seven like really, really solid link up plays or like little flicks.
01:19:41
Speaker
or So he was doing the whole Jesus for a bit while Jesus was out. And I was like, like, what is what is happening? Because i I feel like Moose is always a little clunky on the ball, which is fine.
01:19:53
Speaker
But he was he played a great game, honestly. I have an agenda with this, which is Danny Mussovsky, MLS All-Star. He's playing like it right now.
01:20:05
Speaker
You know, not going to say best 11 yet, but if he keeps banging in goals like this, he should he should go to the All-Star game. That's my take. oh um Sure.
01:20:18
Speaker
Sure. Yeah. if he keeps the begging goals in at a one to 90 ratio. Yeah. I mean, he's leading the league in like a lot of these ah these metrics right now, which is funny to think about. Right.
01:20:28
Speaker
I like I like the premise or I like the idea, but I don't think. Because the All-Star game, like, what, you only get to bring, like, three strikers or forwards or, like, you're always at the mercy of how they determine the positions. Yeah, no, it would never happen. They would never. They don't have the courage to even, ah I mean, Brian White.
01:20:48
Speaker
And, like, and I'm sure there's other people up there that are scoring goals at an insane rate, too. I think I said it earlier, but he's the ah in just just in terms of production, he's the hottest number nine in the league right now. Besides, right? Yeah.
01:21:05
Speaker
No, i I I get you. I get you. But you're right. It would never happen. you It'll never happen. I want it. I want it. Let it happen if I was MLS either. Golden boot moose. Let's go. um i do. ah No one in the queue right now. So I got I got one more for you. the new who goal. What did you what did you think of that one?
01:21:24
Speaker
Uh, man. Um, well, I'm just going to out myself as a new who hater, even in the, okay even in the midst of his, I'll say this. I thought he was robbed the MVP of the game.
01:21:39
Speaker
Um, I saw Apple TV gave him, gave it to Moose, which I thought was insane. Yeah, no, again, it should be right. What what is Apple actually doing?
01:21:50
Speaker
They don't know how to do XG, and they don't know how to watch the game, and they don't know how to broadcast the game. um But Nuhu had a goal and an assist. ah He was not involved in the PK. There were really no defensive errors. He didn't lose his man at the back post.
01:22:09
Speaker
um He had great, and I hesitate to use great with Nuhu when it comes to passing. He had great link-up play in passing on the outside left of the field, even when he got further up.
01:22:22
Speaker
He hit a couple split passes. He had a couple little no-looks feints. He was who is great, so
01:22:32
Speaker
If he keeps playing like the way he has, like if we remember, ah he slipped Jordan Morrison on a pass two weeks ago. Yeah, I think should have been a goal.
01:22:44
Speaker
Right. Should have been a goal. So if he keeps passing like that. um i think I think I would ah forgive New Who for a lot of his sins because i I do. I love New Who as like a fan.
01:23:02
Speaker
But, like, you you know, ah I'm always scratching my head. You know when they cut to Brian Schmetzer after he scored? Or did you see his reaction to the goal? No, what was it? Oh, he's just, like, he almost looked mad Nuhu scored. He's, like, rubbing his head. He's, like, in disbelief. Oh, now now now he's going to get some ideas. Like, is Nuhu poaching in and the middle of the six with the three other people?
01:23:28
Speaker
But, and also, as for the goal, i I hesitate. it It was objectively a great finish. He did not need to kick it out. It was wild.
01:23:40
Speaker
It was not deliberate at all. No. No. It looked amazing. i like The thing is, it looked accidental. I don't know how it stayed on the field to play.
01:23:54
Speaker
ah But like I said, a goal is the goal. i'm not I'm not taking any any anything away from Nuhu. um'm I'm happy for him. I'm glad he got his goal. It's a lot nicer goal than his first goal.
01:24:09
Speaker
yeah And i'm i'm I'm never going to complain about a goal from a defender. But i'm not people are acting like that was an elite strike. I'm not. ah yeah It was a clearance into the net.
01:24:22
Speaker
he got a he got lucky that it didn't go row triple Z. But I do think even if it was a bit of a fortuitous finish, yeah you got to credit his yeah movement and in instincts and stuff as well. So, all right, Ty, I got one ah one in the queue behind you, but ah any last thoughts or takes that you wanted to get out there before before we get Joe up on here?
01:24:47
Speaker
Yeah. um No, I don't. Who are we playing next week? I think it's, is it LAFC? Hold on. i look it up real fast. Oh, Houston Dynamo away. Houston Dynamo.
01:25:01
Speaker
And then it's LAFC, I think. Or no. Yes, yes. Houston Dynamo next Saturday and then short turnaround LAFC away Wednesday. So gauntlet. Okay. Okay. one I'll leave you with one thing. Would you rotate the squad on Saturday?
01:25:15
Speaker
Like lightly. I'm not saying full Champions League rotation, but would you have your eyes on Wednesday over Saturday? i think I think either way you have you have to rotate a little bit. Anytime you have a ah Saturday to Wednesday, you can't play the same 11 in both games.
Player Rotation Strategies
01:25:32
Speaker
So I think it's a good question, like which one would you throw your first choice 11 at? It's going to be Saturday to Saturday. So we could go starters on Saturday. I would almost do like a half line up.
01:25:43
Speaker
on saturday and have full people ready for wednesday and the short turnaround for the next week yeah i don't like that he's in game it'll be interesting to see how they play that though because they are gonna have to mix and match a little bit uh all right ty great call man thanks for uh thanks for jumping on yeah take care yeah have a great rest of your sunday uh we got joe up next no one's got their video going today i just have to throw you on the stage and uh And hope you can hear me, but that's okay.
01:26:15
Speaker
ah Joe, I got you got you on right now. Can you hear me? Yeah, sorry. I'm outside. I'll take my observation and question offline after I do this because I might have to drop.
01:26:27
Speaker
But I would say Christian Roldan played amazing um last game. He basically, Obed kept pushing forward, and Roldan and the center backs were basically the only guys there. And Roldan, majority of the time, just...
01:26:42
Speaker
Shut him down. Like, even if he, like, made a mistake, it was crazy. They would, like, pass the ball would just appear, get the ball back, and then pass it to Obed and, like, spring it, like, just dicing up the defense by just stopping their attacks.
01:26:57
Speaker
So just want to know your opinion of Roldan's game, but I'll drop just because I don't know how much longer will have internet right now. I'll drop now.
01:27:08
Speaker
Okay, no worries. ah I think it's a great shout, Joe. It's a great shout. We haven't talked about Christian at all this ah this episode. It's been mostly Obed talk in terms of the double pivot.
01:27:23
Speaker
But I think the last couple weeks, you're once again seeing just the immense value that Christian Roldan brings to this team. Yeah. Just the way he tracks back. There were so many instances in this game where ah St. Louis maybe won the ball and were off and running the other way to the extent that they can do that.
01:27:45
Speaker
Who's the one busting his ass to get back and make sure no real danger comes of it? Number seven. Every time. He's one of the best midfielders in the league at ball winning.
01:28:02
Speaker
Winning his duels. Runs his ass off every minute of every game. Selfless.
01:28:11
Speaker
And he's ah he's getting on the stat sheet this year, too. He's got one goal, four assists. So I think there was a little bit of talk earlier in the season, and then especially after the San Diego game where the double pivot got ran on a little bit.
01:28:26
Speaker
Maybe Christian wasn't in the best form. he is ah He's been really, really good the last couple weeks.
01:28:36
Speaker
Really good. And that dirty work stuff is so important, man. Like guys like ah Ryan Kent and Danny Musavsky,
01:28:49
Speaker
the the work that Christian puts in is a big part of what allows them to do what they do. So it's a great shout. you really yeah You should never sleep on how important that stuff is to the success of this team. It has been for his entire career.
01:29:08
Speaker
Great player, man. Just a great player. And i think I think last night and really ah in the Nashville game as well, you really see it. it's very ah He's so good at that stuff that it almost pops off the screen in a way that like that kind of stuff normally doesn't.
01:29:29
Speaker
Like you're like, wait, how did they get the ball in the attacking end that fat? Oh, number seven. There he is. There he is. There he is again. There's one play in particular where St. Louis got out on the counter.
01:29:40
Speaker
He's just hauling ass dead sprints.
01:29:49
Speaker
No one in the queue right now. I'm going I'll toss the link in a chat again. If anyone wants to, uh, Hop on and drop some more takes. By all means, feel free. going to stay on for a while. I'm honestly, I'm having fun.
01:30:00
Speaker
Having fun basking in this big dub. But i'll ah I'll hit a couple of these comments that we got in chat while wait for someone to call in and lay down some takes.
01:30:14
Speaker
Adi says, I think new who's unorthodox style and occasional blunders overshadows his defensive ability. He's one of the best 1v1 defenders in the league. i agree.
01:30:25
Speaker
i I have never been on the anti-New Who train. i think even i think even ah when he's not contributing an attack, which has been his whole career, the value he provides defensively is quite evident. The way I was framing it when Noah and I were talking about this a couple months ago is like,
01:30:49
Speaker
I think the the biggest value he provides is when you have a matchup against a guy like a Denny Buonga or Haney Mukhtar. Even if ah he's not necessarily lined up on the lineup graphic against those guys, there are always moments in a game where a guy like that is going to be running at you.
01:31:13
Speaker
Buonga in particular, for example, Unless you have a guy who can match that pace and athleticism, you're going to have a really hard time defending him.
01:31:26
Speaker
And New Who really helps with that. That's why Schmetzer starts him week in, week out, despite the fact that he has, like, two goals, one assist for his career as a wide back.
01:31:37
Speaker
But i'm pretty I'm pretty interested to see if he can sustain the type of play that he shows in this game, that he showed in this game. If Nuhu all of a sudden has become like a legitimate, consistent week in, week out threat and attack that's getting on the stat sheet, I'm not saying that that's going to happen just because he had two goal contributions in this game.
01:32:02
Speaker
But just, you know, in a hypothetical world where that does happen,
01:32:08
Speaker
that would be huge, man. That would be huge because we you know what he he's going to bring on defense. And I think his defensive form the last month or so has been good. If he actually has finally added that stuff to his game, that would be ah huge boost.
01:32:29
Speaker
And also... ah It was interesting how much better he looked playing off Ryan Kent than I think I've ever seen him look in attack playing with anybody. Ryan Kent is a force multiplier, it seems.
01:32:48
Speaker
He came on the field and everyone got better. Rusnak got better. Nuhu got better. He and Obed were cooking.
01:33:02
Speaker
great signing so far and he's and he's really fun to watch like it's a pleasure to watch him play
01:33:15
Speaker
hey Zeus enjoy that bench for a bit the squad yesterday just clicked see the thing is I don't even think it needs to be like that because like so I mean he's injured now but like for this situation they have coming up uh where they've got a Saturday Wednesday quick turnaround
01:33:33
Speaker
it would, it's great to have Ferreira at your disposal in that situation, even if the team looked really good without him on the field. First of all, I think he's been playing better.
01:33:45
Speaker
He's been doing good work as a facilitator this year, but also it's just like, there, there's going to be a lot of situations coming up this season where they got to mix and match and they got to rotate. And, uh, I think what we've been seeing the last few weeks is the depth that we've talked about that we were hoping this team would have going into the season.
Team Resilience and Key Player Contributions
01:34:04
Speaker
You're actually seeing the, you're seeing that in action and how they can use that to great effect.
01:34:17
Speaker
No Jordan Morris in this game. No Jesus Ferrer in this game.
01:34:23
Speaker
And they still, Slammed St. Louis. A team that was not going to try and score.
01:34:34
Speaker
They were absolutely trying to 0-0 that shit. Which, that's... Okay. So they were doing that. They were doing that. But they really played it all wrong. they actually ah They actually let this game become way too track meaty for what I think they went into it trying to do.
01:34:54
Speaker
Seattle got them playing their game a little bit. And that's why, honestly, straight up, I'm not even just saying this, when when St. Louis scored the penalty, I was not that worried in the in the aftermath of that because just the game state and the tempo was not what St. Louis wanted at all. And my thought was, if this if it keeps looking like this the rest of the game, I'm pretty sure Seattle's going to score a couple and win.
01:35:26
Speaker
Like, they ah they weren't really generating good chances, but they also, they were letting it get, it was too end-to-end for them.
01:35:43
Speaker
What's your take on Osaze? So I know that he missed the sitter.
01:35:49
Speaker
But as someone in chat earlier said that that was some of the best, i think it was like some of the best like team ball to to get him that chance. I agree. like that whole If you go back and watch that whole sequence again, that was some champagne footy.
01:36:03
Speaker
and know he missed it, and it was about as wide open as it gets. And that would have been a great moment if he could have got his first MLS goal. um But I think ah that's one of those ones where Uh, even if he missed it, the fact that he was in the spot to get a goal like that, I think is, that's a positive.
01:36:25
Speaker
Like if he keeps getting in spots like that, pretty sure he's going to start scoring a couple. I mean, he's banging in goals are like no one's business in mlx ne MLS next pro.
01:36:38
Speaker
He was lighting up the Canadian premier league before he got to, uh, Seattle. So, uh, I don't know. like We didn't really get that big of a glimpse of him.
01:36:50
Speaker
But i liked I liked the position he got himself into on that play. Wish he would have finished it. But I think just where things are at right now with ah with Jordan out for a while and Ferreira injured right now, they kind of have to give him run by necessity.
01:37:08
Speaker
And I think there was something... I guess that play in particular, I'm going to choose to be encouraged by as opposed to tilted that he missed it. It was, he was so open,
01:37:24
Speaker
but ah let's see what he can do. I mean, the son of Dwayne De Rosario,
01:37:31
Speaker
that's a, can't really have much better genes than that for and MLS striker. Can you?
01:37:41
Speaker
Super bummed Reed is not going to get that play time. He is good and just needs to stay healthy. Dude is still growing and has the size now and he's still young. It's been unfortunate that you he hasn't, uh, been able to stay on the field because i mean, out of all these homegrown kids, RBW was, uh,
01:38:01
Speaker
among the most hyped. Remember, there's all these big six clubs reportedly looking at him and stuff. And I still think that that upside is there. He's like that he's just got a get on the field. And if they can get him healthy, I think there will be minutes eventually. There's always minutes for everyone in this league, as we're finding out.
Referee Decisions and Future Strategies
01:38:23
Speaker
Paul's grin when he ran straight up the field and drew his own penalty. that was That was a satisfying sequence just because the initial St. Louis penalty had just happened before that.
01:38:36
Speaker
And honestly, as much as we've talked about how bad the refs handball call was, and I didn't really like the penalty on Yammer. I will say he at least called that consistent.
01:38:49
Speaker
I'm not even, that's not what I am. The penalty call is not what I was tilted at with the ref in this game. The handball call was, i think it was the worst call i've ever seen.
01:39:03
Speaker
I think it was the worst call i've ever seen. It was so bad.
01:39:11
Speaker
It didn't matter. We can laugh about it now.
01:39:16
Speaker
How do you miss that though? How? Does Osaze de Rosario, the guana Guana Canadian international have birthright citizenship, international player or domestic? I honestly have no idea.
01:39:30
Speaker
Have not looked into it that much. Try and find that out.
01:39:35
Speaker
I wish he had made that. I guess, well, it's a little bit of a trade-off. If he makes, or was that, was that, I think that was before the new goal. So maybe if he makes that, we don't get the new goal.
01:39:50
Speaker
Which was one of the moments of the season so far.
01:39:53
Speaker
That was awesome.
01:39:57
Speaker
No one in the queue right now. I'm going to drop this link in one more time. So if anyone's got some last takes, that they want to get out there, please, by all means, hop on, lay down some takes.
01:40:14
Speaker
But I am going to begin the process of wrapping it up here.
01:40:19
Speaker
We're at a ah cool hour 40 on this postgame live, following a four one over St. Louis City SC.
01:40:30
Speaker
The squad is in good form right now.
01:40:35
Speaker
What is that? Is that a three out of four wins? Let me look this up real quick.
01:40:44
Speaker
Can't remember off the top of my head.
01:40:56
Speaker
That is... Yeah, three out of four in the W column since the San Diego game. um I think someone in chat earlier said that the San Diego game really seemed like a wake-up call.
01:41:11
Speaker
That's what it seems like to me, too. And that's good. I think we said it at the time. Like, you know, there's two ways this goes from here. Either you turn it around and...
01:41:26
Speaker
get back on a good run and it, but and we can look back on it as just an outlier and off day at the office against a team that was playing really well. Or you, you let it snowball and spiral you into their credit. They have not done that. They've bounced back.
01:41:43
Speaker
They're they're winning games. They're taking results on the road, which is key. And they're taking care of business at home right now. 3-0 on a good Nashville SC team. four one over a St. Louis team that is hell-bent on not letting the other team score goals at absolute all costs.
01:42:12
Speaker
I always love it when they smash on a team that's playing for draw. that's playing for the draw
01:42:21
Speaker
Shouldn't be rewarded. 10 out of 12 points in the past four weeks. I mean, can't be in much better form than that.
01:42:31
Speaker
Can't be in much better form than that.
01:42:38
Speaker
Pat's word. Shout out, Pat's word. Hope to see you again at ah and Open Cup on Tuesday. the first game in a while where we were up by one that I wasn't losing my mind, worried we were going to drop another goal. Yeah, exactly.
01:42:51
Speaker
Isn't that a nice feeling? When even when the scoreline's close,
01:42:58
Speaker
you still feel still feel good about how it's going.
01:43:05
Speaker
It's good feeling. We got W in the queue. W, if you can hear me, give me a little thumbs up. I'll bring you to the stage here. All right. Oh, it's a little windy out there, brother. Oh, it is?
01:43:20
Speaker
All right. I'll keep it short. you Yeah, just wanted to say it was a beautiful match. A lot of those lot of the players were playing top form. Obed finally got forward, got his goal. Ryan Kent with two assists, just amazing.
01:43:35
Speaker
When that guy came on for 30 minutes, just really changed the whole match. yeah say more Say more about Ryan Kent. What did you like? We're doing Kent all day.
01:43:45
Speaker
That dude looked like he had the ball in a yo-yo. like He just ran it out, pulled it back, ran up high. It stuck to his feet. It rolled out. like Everything he doing was just top class.
01:43:57
Speaker
He saw the ball. He saw the field. Everything he was doing was just unloaded. so where art Where are you right now? Are you like at Alki or something?
01:44:08
Speaker
ah No, I'm up at Waypoint Park in Bellingham. Oh, sick. i went to Yeah, hell yeah. My little guy's throwing rocks into the water. That looks like you guys are having a great day.
01:44:22
Speaker
yeah your ah Your audio's a little chalked, but ah but before quarter we us the take we let you go give us Oh, new goal. Yeah. Second one. I thought it was just a powerful strike that he knew where he was going. he wanted to break through the net. he wanted to set the stadium on fire and he was successful.
01:44:46
Speaker
Absolutely. All right. W great call. Thank you for, cheers lety thank you for tapping in. Yeah. Cheers. Have a great rest of your Sunday and and be ham.
01:45:01
Speaker
All right. Uh, I'm going to, uh, going to, I'm going to start winding it down here, folks. Fire up the, uh, fire up the, uh, the lo-fi.
01:45:14
Speaker
and don't think, I don't think we got any other callers.
01:45:24
Speaker
If you have any last questions, topics, observations, anything in chat that, uh,
01:45:32
Speaker
that you want me to hit, go ahead and drop it in. Doesn't have to be Sounders related, can be can be anything related. Pat's got one. Do you think the SLC coach getting fired?
St. Louis City SC's Performance Issues
01:45:44
Speaker
They weren't there at all last night. Here's the thing.
01:45:50
Speaker
Here's the thing.
01:45:53
Speaker
You can play negative soccer And if you're taking results, winning games in the playoff mix, all that, you can rationalize it.
01:46:04
Speaker
But they're in kind of a tough spot right now where they're they're playing negative soccer and also losing games.
01:46:16
Speaker
Like if that's your identity, you can't be giving up four goals in a game, even on the road. You have to be mucking it up and actually pulling the 0-0s and the 1-1s. And if you're doing that, you can you can rationalize it by injuries or personnel or whatever the case may be.
01:46:33
Speaker
And to be fair, they are dealing with injuries right now for sure. But this guy this guy, this coach kind of strikes me as a coach that would be coaching anyway.
01:46:44
Speaker
coaching like that anyway
01:46:47
Speaker
So I don't know. I would say no. i don't I don't think he's going to get fired in the short term because they just brought him on. think they'll give him time to see if they can turn their season around. i don't know. i just really I just really don't like watching them play.
01:47:04
Speaker
I don't.
01:47:08
Speaker
I honestly hope they turn it around because ah it it seems like they have a very genuinely great, like, fan culture support the city really has embraced that team state-of-the-art field i really want to go to so in terms of all that they got a good thing going in terms of how like the tactics they're using this season it's just not my kind of it's not my thing
01:47:39
Speaker
It's the kind of thing where if you have to do it in an individual game to get by, sure, every team has to do that sometimes, but this seems like that's just how they play. you can You can literally see it. Like, ah here's here's all the ah evidence that you need. I'm about to pull up their
01:47:59
Speaker
goals for and against. St. Louis City SC this season have scored eight goals and conceded 12.
01:48:09
Speaker
They've conceded the third fewest goals in the Western conference, even after shipping four goals yesterday.
01:48:20
Speaker
They've eight for the season.
01:48:25
Speaker
God, looking at this is kind of funny. The San Jose earthquakes have a 24 goals and 20 conceded.
01:48:35
Speaker
Here's a good question. Kenter Rothrock. Like, let's just, let's do this little thought exercise. Like, I know, like, both are going to get their minutes ultimately, but if you're making a lineup for for one game and you had to, just say you had to pick.
01:48:50
Speaker
Just say you had to pick. It's tough.
01:49:00
Speaker
Kent just looks so good. He looks so good.
01:49:06
Speaker
We had the caller say that he looks like the best player in the league.
01:49:13
Speaker
He literally kind of does. He looks that good.
01:49:22
Speaker
How great would Defiance beating the Timbs be? It would be the absolute most hilarious footballing result of my lifetime. It would be incredible.
01:49:33
Speaker
We were talking about this on Under the Lights. Here's a good rather would you rather for you guys. Would you rather Defiance beat the Timbs first team in the Open Cup or the Sounders win a group stage match at the Club World Cup?
01:49:52
Speaker
I literally said I would take the Defiance win. And I stand by it.
01:50:00
Speaker
That's, i'm um'm I'm in it for the content, so I admit that that's why I feel that way. But, oh my God, that would be, i don't think I don't think anything could ever top that for me.
01:50:18
Speaker
And the Timbs, by the way, been playing really well the last few weeks. They got slammed by san Jose last night. I need to catch up on the highlights of that. But I was saying then, ah was saying even they, they've been playing really well.
01:50:34
Speaker
They've been playing really well. They've been scoring boatloads of goals. They've been winning games. They're third in the West.
01:50:42
Speaker
But I, but with the Timbs, like, it feels like the shoe usually drops.
01:50:49
Speaker
I think it's because they, uh, their identity is very like a high octane, They always can score goals. They're always a good counterattacking team.
01:51:02
Speaker
But really throughout there, the last, really their whole time they've been in MLS, they don't always have that defensive solidity to go with it.
01:51:16
Speaker
And when that happens, things can to happen like getting beat. Was it 3-1 or 4-1? It was not good.
01:51:25
Speaker
It was four to one.
01:51:29
Speaker
Espinosa with a brace. Rongo got one. Buddha got one.
01:51:39
Speaker
I mean, that's, so they're coming off a letdown result. I'm curious to see if they throw all the big dogs out there. You think Diego Chara and DaCosta
01:51:54
Speaker
And all the boys are going to be out there for this, or are they going to like, this is MLX Next Pro. We're going to put out the B team. Be careful, Phil.
01:52:03
Speaker
Be careful. You might have to empty the tank here.
01:52:08
Speaker
It's star fire, Phil.
01:52:13
Speaker
You don't know what's going to happen. I love that ah people in chat are saying they would take the defiance win. It's about type of people.
01:52:23
Speaker
Yeah, how strong of a lineup will they put out? That's... I think they're... I honestly think they're going to put out a pretty strong one. Maybe not. I don't know. I don't know.
01:52:38
Speaker
I think they have to realize, like, that there's actually kind of a lot of pressure on them in this game. Pressure's all on them. All on them.
01:52:50
Speaker
Only one team has got something to lose. in that game and it's not Tacoma Defiance is the Portland Timbs
01:53:04
Speaker
did Neville even change anything about the Timbers no no they're like the exact same team that they always are I don't really think who the coach matters they always kind of play the same way and have the same identity which to be fair uh You can say a lot of things about the Timbys, but you can't call them boring.
01:53:29
Speaker
You can't say that they can't score goals. They always can score goals.
01:53:39
Speaker
If Tacoma wins, we need to play it back at the away Portland game. Oh my God. Cause that game's coming up like in like two weeks later.
01:53:51
Speaker
Imagine the vibes. Imagine the vibes going into that if Defiance wins this.
01:53:58
Speaker
I'm trying to keep my expectations in check. I think no matter who it is and MLS next pro team playing in MLS first team is just tough. I was talking about this on under the lights, but like outside of the experience factor, it's like it becomes an issue of physical size.
01:54:22
Speaker
Like, you could literally, you could see that even when they were playing the Oakland Roots. It was just fully grown men against a lot of teenagers. But I think there's going to be some loan down. I think Andy T will be out there.
01:54:35
Speaker
So that's good.
01:54:38
Speaker
Hopefully Georgie can play.
01:54:42
Speaker
Travion Sosa should be out there.
01:54:46
Speaker
So it's not going to be like a you know, MLS starting 11.
01:54:53
Speaker
But there's going to be some MLS quality players out there. de Rosario, he'll be out there.
01:55:02
Speaker
Literally a former defender and they can't play defense. they See, they had been, i feel like, I don't know, I haven't watched every minute of their games, but I feel like they had actually been kind of putting both things together more than they typically do. But then they went out and got thermo blasted by the San Jose earthquakes who have a really good attack but they don't they're kind of the the quakes and the timbies are kind of similar really high octane attack but like kind of any game can get away from them like that
01:55:40
Speaker
I don't look like, ah that would be a frustrating kind of team to be a fan of. Because it's like, you look so good sometimes and you're banging in goals. And then sometimes you give up four goals.
01:55:55
Speaker
We'll see. We'll see. We'll see about the Timbs. um Call me a skeptic. I kind of thought something like that might happen. That the run that they've been on could end like that.
01:56:14
Speaker
Is Cody Baker suspended for this game or is his red in the league? He's suspended. It was in the open cup game. So that's an unfortunate.
01:56:24
Speaker
I don't remember that being like a call that I thought was super egregious.
01:56:37
Speaker
Kent starts over Rusnak. So, uh,
01:56:41
Speaker
Ryan Kent is the 10. What's interesting is, what I thought was interesting was, caller brought it up and I thought it was a great point, like how much he was drifting centrally, but then his off-ball movement, he was actually able to, like Kent and Rusnak working together looked way better in the, however many minutes we saw it than ah the,
01:57:12
Speaker
Rusnak Ferreira.
Final Thoughts and Player Partnerships
01:57:18
Speaker
God, he was good.
01:57:25
Speaker
Any De Rosario takes? I thought he looked the part, liked his physical play. Yeah, i talked about that a little bit earlier, but basically I was saying that um even though he missed the sitter, which was unfortunate,
01:57:39
Speaker
It's kind of like the the the the Moose discourse.
01:57:46
Speaker
He got in a good position. he missed the shot. That was a bad miss. But that whole sequence I thought was really good. And he was he was where he was supposed to be to get that really good chance.
01:57:59
Speaker
So I thought that was a positive. I know he missed it, but I thought that was a positive. And basically wherere with where they're at at the position, he's probably going to have to get some run in MLS. So let's see what he can do.
01:58:16
Speaker
Kent can and has played center forward.
01:58:21
Speaker
I kind of like that idea.
01:58:25
Speaker
He's just so dynamic from out wide.
01:58:32
Speaker
When he's one-on-one with a guy out wide, it's over.
01:58:38
Speaker
It's over. And he's got end product. Really good end product.
01:58:46
Speaker
But he kind of seems like he can play anywhere because when he was drifting centrally, it looked great. was awesome.
01:58:55
Speaker
Yeah, I think his skill set is better on the wing. That's what it seems like, at least. We got to watch him play more, but...
01:59:03
Speaker
I think if there's one of the biggest cause for encouragement from this game, there's a lot there's a lot of good stuff in this game, but Ryan Kent was phenomenal.
01:59:18
Speaker
Excellent stuff.
01:59:21
Speaker
The Kent plus New Who combination was very intriguing.
01:59:29
Speaker
Newfound confidence New I think he did, man.
01:59:34
Speaker
um Has New ever had a game in attack like that?
01:59:42
Speaker
I've never seen New make that big of an impact in the attacking end.
01:59:50
Speaker
Got on the stat sheet twice.
01:59:53
Speaker
think that's the ah I think that's the same amount of times he's gotten on the stat sheet his whole career in one game.
02:00:05
Speaker
Can we talk about Nuhu's striker instincts to let everyone move about him? Fox in the box. Poacher.
02:00:16
Speaker
He couldn't have done that any better if he was Danny Mussofsky.
02:00:24
Speaker
Yeah, I agree. i think ah I think they probably keep running the four at the back. with how it looked in this game, I think this is a hot hand situation.
02:00:35
Speaker
Whenever you win a game 4-1 and rack 4.47 XG, 4XG is insane.
02:00:48
Speaker
And I think it was confirmed by the eye test. like That means that they could have dropped like a seven spot in this game. They could have had a few more goals. They really could have.
02:00:59
Speaker
Obed member Obed put the one off the post Moose barely missed one, uh, the header. That could have been another new who assist De Rosario missed the sitter.
02:01:11
Speaker
That's three right there. That easily, easily could have been goals.
02:01:17
Speaker
think it was, i think it was the best chance creation game I've seen from a Sounders team. And I don't even know how long.
02:01:28
Speaker
It felt like ah it had that aspect of like the best LAFC teams or Inter-Miami when they're at their best. That buzzsaw type feel to it where it's just every time they're on the ball, it's like playing downhill.
02:01:46
Speaker
It felt like that. Even more so than the Nashville game. felt like every time they had the ball, something dangerous was happening. Ryan Kent was a huge part of that.
02:02:01
Speaker
But everyone everyone was balling. Rave reviews.
02:02:08
Speaker
No notes.
02:02:15
Speaker
Obed looking like Ladero out there. It was a great Obed game.
02:02:23
Speaker
The one two that he and Ryan Kent had.
02:02:29
Speaker
So good, man. So good. Alright guys, I'm gonna get out of here on that. Thanks for tuning in to another postgame live. Banger win. Banger stream.
02:02:41
Speaker
Thanks to everyone who called in Always love hearing from you guys.
02:02:48
Speaker
I mean, I'm gonna be back at 8am tomorrow for Lobbing Scorchers kickoff with Nico Moreno. So, be back real soon.
02:02:58
Speaker
Uh...
02:03:01
Speaker
And then Tuesday we got open cup.
02:03:04
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We're going to be out there at star fire for defiance versus Tim B's. We're going to lay down our live show live show. We got Jeremiah rolling with us and we have a special guest who we haven't announced yet, but we do have a special guest.
02:03:23
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So everyone, ah everyone come to star fire.
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Come to Starfire, hang out with us. IRL hang out. It's great. It's great. The last one we IRL hung out with a lot of people.
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And it was awesome. we're hopingly We're hoping to get more more people this time. I'm really hoping
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really hoping for just like a good game.
02:03:55
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But I think it'll be fun. It'll be fun no matter what happens in the game. That's kind of the beauty of it. Like if they lose, even if they lose by a lot, it's next pro against the first team. What are you to But then if you win, it's the best win in the history of the organization.
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So going to try and have fun at the game, like no matter what's going on on the field.
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Looking forward to seeing everyone who comes out there.
02:04:25
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02:05:13
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I'm going to be back right here. 8 a.m. m tomorrow. Lobbing Scorchers kickoff with Nico Moreno. Going to get his take on this game, which I'm excited about. Talk about more Ryan Kent.
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and Danny Mussofsky. All right, everyone have a great rest of your Sunday. Appreciate you all tuning in as always. See you all tomorrow morning.
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Peace.