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Episode 349: Yeah, we're thinking we're back
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The start to the MLS portion of the season did not quite go how anyone had really hoped but after winning 4 of 5, it now looks like the Sounders' season is back on track.
This week's music: Perry Como - "Seattle", "RVIVR - "Ocean Song", Woody Guthrie - "Roll On Columbia", "Your Journey Begins" - OurMusicBox (Jay Man) (CC BY 4.0)
Thanks to James Woollard, Sounders Public Address Announcer, for doing our sponsor reads. You can follow him on Twitter at @BritVoxUS - if you’re looking for a British Voice to advertise your business or non-profit, please reach out to him.
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Seattle Sounders' MLS Cup Victory
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Hey, this is Christian Roldan. And Jordan Morris from the Seattle Sounders Football Club. And you're listening to... There's no study at this. Come on! Hey, Ocean! Let's go! I want to say bye-bye! The Seattle Sounders have done it! MLS Cup win!
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important the KSA's genius. Here comes Rui Diaz through the middle to crowd it for Seattle. They have climbed the mountain and now are masters of all that they survey. Michael Odero leaves absolutely no doubt the Saldars rule the region. Seattle Saldars is convinced
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Seattle Sounders, the greatest MLS team in history. How does this one feel? This feels fucking awesome. The bluest skies you've ever seen are in Seattle. And the hills the greenest green in Seattle.
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I didn't know what it was. Is that what you young people call twerking?
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I have no idea. I don't know.
Sounders' Winning Streak and Key Matches
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Welcome back to another edition of NOS Adietta, sponsored by Focal Wines and our newest sponsor, Watson's Counter. This is episode 349 and we're recording on Thursday, June 15th, 2022. I'm your host, Jeremiah Shand, joining me as usual is my co-host, Aaron Campo and our engineer, Lickett. So the sounders are like rolling a little bit right now. They have four wins in their last five. They cleared the
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playoff line for the first time this season, which is kind of a funny thing to say. And they're coming off a 4-0 win over the Vancouver Whitecaps, who I think that result feels weird. But the Whitecaps came into this game, winners of four of their last six. They had played more recently than the Sounders, so they weren't shaking off any rust. They were missing a few players for international duty.
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an injury, but so were the Sounders. The Sounders only had five of their, you know, what I would say ideal starters, if you go by what the, at the start of the season. And they turned in an absolutely dominant performance, Aaron. You know, I think I don't want to, I don't want to ape some of the questions that we have in the later segment, but
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It feels like the Sounders are back, doesn't it? It does, yeah. I think the first time an MLS play this year, for me at least, felt like the team at its best, which is funny because the team is clearly not at its best. They were missing some critical players. But it was the first really comprehensive ass whipping it felt like they put on anybody and we played this season. And like you said, Vancouver, I don't think
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they're a great team. I don't think I'd call them great, but they're certainly not like total scrubs. No, they were ahead of the Sounders in the standings. Yeah, I think there's a very good chance they're going to make the playoffs this year, even though I think they're like in 10th right now, but it's all pretty tight, you know, that part of the table. So a team that, you know, I think you would expect the Sounders to be, and you should expect the Sounders to be at home, but to beat them 4-0, missing so many guys, you know, is really impressive. And I think just,
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It's kind of a continuation of a trend. The first win in this run was a pretty good win over Minnesota. The win over Houston was anytime you get a win at Houston, you take the points and run. And then the win over Charlotte I thought was imperfect, but a good professional performance against the team that you should beat, but who got the better of you with an early goal.
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You know, and is better than the, I think better than we all expected them to be. Like on, on paper, that one felt like it was going to be an easy one, but I think the results have shown that Charlotte's a capable team for sure. And so I think to in a situation where you're, I mean, that was their third game in the space of a week and they were still, I think kind of shaking off some, I don't want to say it wasn't rust from the, a little bit of a hangover from, from one of the champions league and still kind of recuperating, I think for what had been a pretty intense period of the season.
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They came out and got the job done. And then this game just felt like a very comprehensive performance. It was not without its moments of shakiness, I think, especially defensively. There were pretty long periods towards the end of the first half, especially where the Sounders were under what felt like just pretty constant pressure. But they had a two-goal lead. And that's a little bit less of a concern when you have a two-goal lead. And they made some half-time adjustments. And it never really felt in doubt after
Home Performance and Tactical Adaptation
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that.
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And, you know, that's when you're missing Christian Roldan, when you're missing Jordan Morris, when you're just missing as many guys as they were all around, a new who, et cetera. To put in a performance like that, I think is really encouraging. Anytime you win a game 4-0, I don't care who you're playing. I don't care where you're playing. That's an encouraging sign. Yeah. But it was just, it felt like after the break, it felt like,
00:06:09
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a nice reset for the rest of the year. Um, you know, after, after two weeks off to say, okay, we're officially over any lingering effects of, of the champions lead aside, league aside, of course, from, from, uh, missing Joe Apollo for the rest of the year. Um, this is what we're going to look like going forward. And I think it sets a pretty positive tone for the rest of the season, for sure. It does set a positive tone. And I think it also.
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You know, it allows us to to sort of take some some perspective on on what they've done right now. You know, they they have, you know, I think it's sometimes easy to get lost in in in separating Champions League from MLS, but those were games that they played against decent opponents and you put them all together. The Sounders are eight and two at home. That's a pretty.
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Outstanding, I mean, that that puts that would be a better pace than they've ever finished a regular season on. And if they can continue on that pace, that puts him in a really good position to finish high on the table and to not have to do a whole lot on the road. But on the road they've done, you know, they've been competitive in every game, basically. And I don't know, I I'm I'm very encouraged right now with with what I'm seeing. And I I think what I found most encouraging yesterday was.
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the tactical flexibility that they showed, not necessarily the formation is the formation that Brian loves, the 4-2-3-1, but he moved some pieces around, I thought, that showed some willingness to tweak and to sample and to try different things. But putting Obed Vargas and Nico Ledero together in the double pivot, I thought, ended up being sort of a master stroke. And I don't know that that's a formation you can roll against any opponent,
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But against the Whitecaps, a team that wasn't really that interested in pressing, it worked really well. And I thought it showed some really impressive faith in Obed to pair him with Nico, who you knew was going to roam all over the field. And it put a lot of pressure or a lot of responsibility, I should say, on Obed to
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you know, be positionally sound to, you know, be clean with the ball. And he responded. And I thought, you know, it allowed Lidero to be as free and as, you know, expansive as we're used to seeing him.
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Yeah, it did and I like that the sounders have tactically had all of these different looks in the double pivot this year. They've had Rusnak there, they've had Nico there. They've had nine different pairings at the double pivot.
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it looks a little different every time. I really like having a more creative, more traditionally sort of like box to box-ish kind of more attacking minded player playing in the double pivot. It's not maybe the look that we've historically seen. Like it's been a destroyer and sort of like a more tidy, no-nonsense box to box kind of guy, as opposed to somebody like Russ Knacker or Ladero. But I really liked that dynamic, especially in a game like this where
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you want to get out and you want to attack and you want to get on the front foot a little more than you would, you know, if you were playing LAFC on the road or something. So I thought I continue to be really impressed by Obed Vargas. He's just, you know, he's very impressive. There's not really much else to say about it.
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He, I think, continues to get better in subtle ways. And that's about all you can hope for for somebody his age. And, you know, Nico, I think it's kind of floating under the radar. Maybe it hasn't, I don't know. But I don't think that I have fully appreciated. I think there were a lot of concerns about Nico and his future last year. Justifiably, I think. Yeah, justifiably. Like, I was definitely concerned. And he looks completely
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back to normal. I think that the Sounders have done a better job of managing his minutes and making sure that he's getting some breaks here and there. And I think that that helps a lot. But he just doesn't look to have lost a beat. His engine seems just as strong as it ever has been. He's getting up and down the field all game long. He's pressing late just as much as he always has. And I think without Nico, for most of last year, the Sounders were one of the best teams in the league.
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And, you know, they didn't have them for, uh, some of, you know, this early season run and, uh, and they still looked at times pretty great. And, uh, with him, it's just a totally different ballgame and it's, it's, it's good. It's very good to see it's, it's much easier to stay calm when you have vintage Nico Ledero on the field, um, because, you know, things are going to be.
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Solid tactically, he's just he's such a good organizational force force on the field. He knows where to be all the time. He knows how to set the tempo. He's great at that. And and I think when he's playing in that deeper role, it gives him more of an opportunity to orchestrate in that way. And I think it's something he's really good at.
Star Players: Lodeiro and Rui Diaz
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Yeah, I mean, he's got eight goals, five assists this year across all the competitions that puts him on pace to have, I think his most productive season. But even if you dig beyond the actual goals and assists, you know, he's, uh, his, his expected goals and assists are also, uh, trending.
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for a career best. If the season were to end, well, yeah, if the season were to end now, he would finish with his best XG per 90 of his career, of his sounder's career, and he would be right in line with his best X expected assist numbers. Yes, penalties have absolutely helped there, but even if you take out the penalties,
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He's still at like point for one xg per night or non penalty xg and expected assist for 90, which is to say he's he's averaging a goal or assist basically every other game through like the advanced metrics.
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And in real numbers, he's averaging quite a bit better than that. So yeah, I mean, he's looked very good. I think the thing that I find most encouraging is just the number of passes that he's attempting because it tells me that he is active.
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And he's basically averaging the same number of passes per game that he was averaging pre-injury. And it's something like, I want to say it's like 12 or 13 more passes per 90 than he was averaging last year, which does sort of like I thought was a pretty good illustration of how limited he was.
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Yeah, I think that it's obviously help being healthy is a huge part of it. But I also think that the way the team has been set up this year, um, has allowed him to be a little bit more active without the team fully depending on him. And so he's able to, um, like the team is just passing more, I think. Like I looked at the numbers lately, but I think they're pretty significantly out passing their average number of, of.
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passes from last season. So I think that certainly helps as well. But he's just, I think he's finding more ways to get involved because he's not expected to do a little bit of everything all the time, as he has been in years past. And he's more than capable, obviously, of doing a little bit of everything because he's a great player. But not having to do that in every game, I think has really helped him sort of feel out games and figure out the way that he's going to be able to make the biggest impact in any given game.
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And I think that it's just, it's always terrifying when somebody like Nico starts to feel human. And so it's good to have him back feeling a little bit like a deity again, because that just feels more normal. Yeah. And speaking of God-like performances, Raul Ruy Diaz seems to be sort of back to
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I don't know if he had ever gone, but injuries had definitely made it look like he was off to a slow start. He's now got seven goals in his last six games across all competitions. And, you know, he could have easily have a couple more. Yesterday, he had
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one cleared off the line after making a great play and I don't it's like I don't even like I guess he could have chipped the the defender that was there but he put in a really good shot and the and the and the defender made a nice play
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Yeah, I think anytime a goalkeeper gets rounded, it feels like it should be an automatic. Yes, but like ultimately the defender was in a position where he was functionally a goaltender and and so that your goalkeeper so that I think it was a great defensive play. I don't really know what else. I mean, I guess the only thing he could have done differently is just try to round the defender as well. But yeah, I mean, I guess he did have time to I suppose cut it back, right? But I don't know it like that's what they were actually saying on the broadcast and they were sort of.
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They were giving, I think it was Casey, they were giving him a hard time of saying like, like, like, come on. But I, yeah, I think you have to give credit for a really good defensive player. Um, that, you know, it was, yeah, but he is when he's playing like this and.
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I know that there's a school of thought that I tend to agree with most of the time that like, there's no such thing as a hot streak, there's no such thing like finishing as luck. And I think that all of that is true to some extent, but there's just something about a striker, especially a striker like Raul, where it just feels like they're feeling the game more like it's not just
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they're finishing as hot, like they're putting themselves in better positions. They're getting more opportunities to score goals in each game. They're just more in sync with the rest of the team. And I think the good news is that a lot of that can probably be explained by the fact that
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The sounders aren't in CCL anymore. The sounders are, you know, healthy. Um, Raul has shaken off his injuries and I think he's probably not going to play at the kind of pace he's at right now. I mean, it's kind of like the team at large, right? Like they're probably not going to average two and a half points a game for the rest of the season. Probably, but the last noise it's, I mean, it's possible. Um, Raul's probably not going to score six schools in every seven games either, but it's it is.
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But I think that this is a lot closer to what we can expect from the role going forward than what we saw early in the league season.
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Yeah. And, you know, he's, he's getting more than the, uh, I mean, he does have a couple great goals in that, in that span, but I think what's more encouraging is he's getting into much more dangerous positions and he's getting good chances. You know, uh, yesterday, all three of his chances that he, he, uh, the three of the, all three of the good chances he had were really high probability chances. Uh, you know, uh,
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I will say, I thought it was funny, the how...
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bad the defending was on the first two goals, though. Yes, like it was admittedly pretty laughable. In the in the first one, I don't know what the whitecaps were doing, but they just sort of stopped playing. It seemed like they thought like I think the two defenders may have each thought the other one was going for the ball. And Rudy Diaz just absolutely takes advantage of it, pushes forward ends up feeding Freddie Monteiro, who draws a penalty. And then on the
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on the second goal, I don't know how they let Raul get in behind them like that, but both Madranda and Rui Diaz end up getting behind the defense. And Madranda's first touch is so bad that it's perfect to fall right into Rui Diaz's path. Yeah, I mean, it's certainly some good luck involved in both of those. But you make your own luck, right?
00:18:37
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Yeah. And good teams I think do like when they get into situations like that, they take advantage of them and then they, the other two goals I think were maybe a little less lucky, I would say. Yeah. And honestly, I don't think Freddie dribbling around guys and drawing penalties is as much luck as it would maybe seem. That part, yeah. No, I think Freddie did a good job of drawing the penalty there. Yeah. And there were good plays.
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There were good moments, like the, the buildup to the, to the second goal was really quite good. Uh, and the thing I really liked about it in that one was, uh, the sequence sort of starts with Stephen Fry taking a goal kick and Freddie coming back all the way to midfield to hold it up. And Nico Lidero basically underlaps.
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uh from his defensive midfield position is overlapping and uh but he takes that space that's been vacated and it's the kind of thing that you don't necessarily expect a you know someone in the double pivot to do and he takes that space puts it over to to Killen Rowe who just has acres of room in front of him and then Rowe made a great pass to
00:19:50
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to Medranda, but I mean, there was a lot to like in that game. And I think that, you know, another one was Medranda playing as a inverted right mid, which I don't think we've seen the sounders do it. I mean, I know, I'm sure he's done it before because he's played all over the place, but I think that's the first time he's done it for the sounders.
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Yeah. And I, I like it a lot too. I like, I, I'm, and he said he liked it too. Yeah. I'm, I'm a big weirdo about, uh, inverted wingers. I love them. And so, um, I'm, I'm always going to be in favor of it. And I think that it's, it suits his particular skill set really well. He's, he's relatively two footed. So he's not in any, you know, weird situations there. Um, he obviously has a hell of a shot on him.
00:20:34
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as we saw. And although I will say, man, I remember when Cody Cropper was supposed to be like the next big thing. I was actually saying this yesterday and it's like, man, the guy's really fallen from that.
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He's pretty rough. He's pretty rough to watch. I thought Jimmy put a good effort on, but I don't know. Anyway, he had a rough game. He did. It's okay to call it. He had a very rough game. In any case, I like him on the wing a lot as an inverted winger. I like just opportunities to get him onto the field.
Defensive Strength: Reagan and Arriaga
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I know he's probably not going to be a regular Evergame starter for a multitude of reasons, but I'd like to see him a little more often than Days knew who needs a rest. Any opportunity to get him more involved, I'm all in favor of, because I think that as an impact sub, he's a nice little secret weapon to have in reserve.
00:21:32
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Yeah, while we're going through the offense and sort of seeing everyone praises. I also thought that this was sort of a step forward for Leo Chu, who has been, you know, I think he's shown promise.
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He was solid in this one. I don't know that he was quite as great as some of the feedback I saw was, but certainly the assist he had, the more you watch it, the more impressive I think it was. It was really an inch perfect
00:22:03
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ball to Rudy Diaz in a very dangerous spot. And he gets the assist. But I thought, you know, Chu is coming along. And I think what I guess what we're all building towards here is there's a lot of useful pieces in this roster that Freddie Montero can play as, like, I guess maybe his best role at this point might be sort of as a withdrawn forward or a number 10
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But, you know, that you can use him as really a luxury piece that Will Bruin can kind of come on and just be, you know, making hard runs and you don't necessarily need him to be scoring a bunch of goals. Danny Leyva, another player yesterday,
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who had a really nice assist to Alex Roldan. And he's someone who sort of had fallen out of the rotation a little bit, but I thought he had another good performance. Just a lot of encouraging performances. And that's not even getting to like Javier Arriaga who had one day of training after playing with Ecuador and didn't miss a beat. And Jackson Reagan once again puts in a solo performance.
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Yeah, Ariaga, I remember being continuously, because I was having to work while the game was happening. And so I kept being confused because I had it in my head that Ariaga, there's no way he was going to play. Yeah. And I kept seeing him and being like, did we sign a new guy? And be like, no, that's obvious. Anyway, yeah. He was great. He was great. Reagan, also great. Jackson Reagan definitely seems like one of those Garth.
00:23:43
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grab it out of a hat kind of things, I would say. Like I think, I don't think that he's one of the two best center backs on the team right now, but it's not a crazy conversation to have. And I think considering how much money is invested in the center backs that are, that are the two top center backs and for good reason, like it's not like they're stealing a living. Like they're both extremely good center backs that are worth every penny. So, um, yeah, really, really good science signing really, really happy that he's on the team.
00:24:12
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Yeah. Just as the fact that, you know, you can lose a, a Yamar for an indefinite period of time. Like I don't, I don't know that, like I certainly, I'm not expecting him back for LAFC. I don't know how much more he'll miss after that, but like I'm okay. Like I feel like that that's like the Jackson Reagan Javier Arriaga pairing works for me.
00:24:35
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It does, yeah. And I think it's... I don't want to give too much credit and say, oh, they signed a guy with... Not only did they find an unearthed gem in Regan, but they signed a guy with the perfect skill set to have in his role. I think that that part was probably a little bit of luck. But it's true that he works really well with E.A.M.R. if he's paired with him. But he's a great replacement for E.A.M.R.
00:24:59
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Right. Like he can, he's like the perfect guy to have as your third center back because he's going to work with whoever else the other center back is. You're not going to have these like weird problems where you've got, you know, a center back pairing. That's just like not super complimentary, which we've seen in the past. Like the sounders have had some great center back rotations that had like weird mismatches that cause problems and they don't have that right now, which is really nice. Yeah. Yeah, it is. I'm realizing, you know, one of the funny things is.
00:25:29
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I don't think Yemar and Reagan have actually played together yet. They probably haven't, but I don't have- Or they haven't started together yet, but yeah. I think the most common center back pairing this year might be Havi and Reagan, which is kind of funny to think that this is a guy who the Sanders signed from the U.S.L. this year.
00:25:58
Speaker
And I mean, yeah, they know him well. And Wade Weber is a huge, huge fan of his and is convinced that he is going to be a longtime MLS starter. But yeah, I mean, his path is an interesting one. I would imagine most of our listeners know this.
00:26:19
Speaker
He was a Sounders Academy player. He went to Seattle Prep, wasn't signed out of high school. So he went to Michigan, played four years at Michigan, gets drafted by the Chicago Fire. They choose not to sign him and he ends up signing with the Defiance. And then the Sounders ended up trading for his rights, I think for like a second or third round pick to sign him this year.
00:26:43
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And yet here he is backing. I mean, he's, he's going to end up, I think he's got the second most minutes of center backs this year. Just impressive. Very impressive. People, people love to talk about like Aaron long and it's like all the sounders really screwed the pooch letting him get away.
00:27:00
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Right. And this is sort of the makeup for that one. Well, I mean, I think like it took Aaron Long years. It did. Yeah. No, that's a good point. And it has not taken Jackson Reagan years to to become. Yeah. No, that's absolutely true. He's not Jackson. He's not Aaron Long's caliber yet. Right. Yeah. It's not for the for the national team. But it I think the fire are less of a.
00:27:25
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problem than they used to be. And I mean, problem in the sense that they're a problem for themselves. But it is like if I'm a fan of the Chicago Fire that that has got a sting. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, to lose them for nothing, especially essentially.
2026 World Cup Prospects in Seattle
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But yeah, it's been. Yeah, there's a lot. There's a lot right now. I think this this like there's a it feels like there's a legitimate
00:27:51
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fight for at least a
00:28:07
Speaker
Uh, like he feels compelled to field 20 every week, even if he has the bodies to do it. But I think that's probably part of the competition aspect. Like he wants these guys to have to win minutes to just get on the bench. And I don't have a problem with that. No. I mean, I think that the nice thing about being a team that wins a lot of stuff is that.
00:28:30
Speaker
You can have those standards. Like if people want, if they want guaranteed minutes, no, obviously there's like a tier of players that. Are going to go into line up no matter what, but like in general, like, Hey, if you want to be here, you have to justify your spot and, uh, you can, you can get away with telling people that when you're wanting a lot of stuff. Yep.
00:28:52
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Yep. But all right. Well, that's probably a good place to call this a segment. We have a lot of good questions and we'll come back and talk to you then.
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00:30:27
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Welcome back to NOS Adiata. So before we get to questions, we had a few things we wanted to address. I don't know how to address it, makes it sound silly. But let's take a second. Two big items. One of them is
00:30:43
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But the time you listen to this, it may have already been announced unless you're good about things and you actually listen in the morning. But the World Cup 2020, the 2026 World Cup venues are going to be or not. Yeah, venues, host cities are going to be announced today. It came out that there's reports that Vancouver is going to get six games, which is a lot.
00:31:07
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Seattle still seems to be one of the favorites to get games. I'll be very surprised if we find out that we didn't get games. The Seattle 2026 committee is hosting watch parties all over Washington. I think there's three of them that are going to be in Seattle. So it could be a pretty exciting time.
00:31:35
Speaker
Do you have any early thoughts on the World Cup, Aaron? Yeah, I mean, I think that like more and more things increasingly, I have mixed feelings about it and I think that there's an awareness of the downsides of things like this that is maybe a little more prominent than it used to be sort of in the mainstream consciousness. And so, and I share some of that. And I think especially just with the general state of
00:32:05
Speaker
the world, and I think especially America and I think especially Seattle with their, you know, there are some legitimate problems that are used as political footballs that I think are going to be swept under the rug, you know, in ways that are probably pretty unpleasant.
00:32:28
Speaker
but to a large extent that's already happening right and I think like kind of where I land on it is that there are a lot of things that come along with those in the World Cup that I don't like that I think are bad but I think ultimately those things are going to happen anyway this is probably just going to speed up the timeline and the World Cup is I mean it's a World Cup it's awesome right like and
00:32:53
Speaker
It's, it's awesome that it's going to be in Seattle. It's awesome that, you know, I'm going to have, I've, the world cup is definitely one of those events that I was probably like for a long time, like, yeah, I'm probably never going to go to one of those, you know, and, and now I'll have a chance to do that. And that's very cool. Yeah. I think it's important, you know, if vulnerable populations and people are protecting them as something you care about, I think it's really important to be vigilant in the, in the run-up to the world cup. If you are concerned about, um,
00:33:22
Speaker
the surveillance state, if you're concerned about the militarization of the police and things like that. I think it's, you know, if Seattle gets World Cup games, like that's going to become even more of a hot button issue. And so I think staying vigilant about those things and being as involved as you feel like you, you know, you'd like to be or need to be and trying to prevent those things from happening. I think it's, you know, you have to be aware that like that's something that goes along with the World Cup, but
00:33:47
Speaker
Ultimately, most things that happen in the world are bad to some degree. And like, you can't exist, you can't have a fully guilt-free existence, I guess, but I'm definitely like the prospect of World Cup games in Seattle is exciting to me. Yeah, I mean, and I think there's gonna, I think I echo both your measured excitement
00:34:15
Speaker
while acknowledging that there are downsides that I think will be important to address in the next four years. And hopefully we'll, and I'd rather have the chance to address those than to just be like, no, I want no part of this, but I'll happily go to another city to...
00:34:32
Speaker
like enjoy this. Like I don't know that that would make me feel any better. Although I don't know, maybe Vancouver is gonna do a better job with it because they in general do a better job with a lot of things. But in other bits of news, the sounders have, we should look ahead a little bit. The first two games of this five game home stand were definitely,
00:35:01
Speaker
Like I think games that you circled as absolute must wins. This next one is against LAFC for a big, big test, I think you can call it.
00:35:11
Speaker
Yeah, I think that this game, I don't want to oversell it, but I'm going to, because that's radio, baby. Give us the stuff. This game, I think, in a lot of ways, kind of determines some expectations for the rest of the season, right? Like, if you win this game, you're seven points behind LFC, you've got a game in hand.
00:35:35
Speaker
The toughest competition I think for at this point for first place in the West, any shot you have at the shield is gone. If you don't win this game, I think I don't think the odds are great now. But I mean, I think if you want to have any chance of being in that conversation, you've got to win this game.
00:35:53
Speaker
And, you know, I think more to the point, if you can beat LAFC at home, you've got to feel real real good about your chances, just in general for the rest of the season of being, you know, a legitimate MLS Cup contender.
00:36:09
Speaker
I think it's pretty obvious to me personally that the Sounders are a legitimate MLS Cup and Tender already, but I think you have to consider them maybe favorites if they can win this game at this point, just based on what they've been able to do in other competitions this year.
Upcoming LAFC Match: A Critical Test
00:36:25
Speaker
And I think it sends a pretty clear message that this is the team to beat in an MLS, no matter what the standings say.
00:36:34
Speaker
I think it's a statement of purpose, uh, maybe as a way of putting it like, I don't, I don't necessarily think that this has a huge plus or minus, I mean, on the standings, as far as like, like I'm not looking at the supporter shield or even the Western getting to the top of the Western conferences, like.
00:36:52
Speaker
a real immediate goal, but I do think, you know, like I think targeting somewhere between second and fourth in the West is totally realistic. And, and yeah, like if you are going to track down LAFC, I think this is probably a must win, but I.
00:37:09
Speaker
I just think more than that it's I want to see the Sanders put together a good performance that shows they can stand toe to toe with a team like LAFC. Now they've already in a way they've done that when they they faced New York City FC twice earlier this year and they obviously advanced past them in the Champions League but
00:37:29
Speaker
I think this is just another test along those lines. LAFC has been the best team in the regular season so far. Not unbeatable. They've definitely shown some weaknesses. They don't look particularly, you know, they're not the best defensive team. They just signed like maybe illustrative of that. They signed a 38 year old, some 38 year old Italian guy.
00:37:55
Speaker
who uh you know that's an interesting an interesting move though um i don't think he'll be available jalini won't be available for this game really no i don't believe so um but yeah i mean they they've got some holes in the back uh they've got a lot of firepower uh so it'll be an interesting matchup uh hopefully the sounders are
00:38:17
Speaker
You know, a little healthier, but I think we're probably going to see Reagan in hobby. We're probably going to see a new who rolled on. Rusnak Vargas. Morris rolled on Lidero and Rudy Diaz. I mean, our really is, I guess, is a big one. We'll see if he's if he's available or not. I fingers crossed on that one.
00:38:39
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it definitely sounded more precautionary than anything, but a lot of things have sounded precautionary and then ended up being like six months out. Right. I mean, I always think it's a good sign when they stay on the sideline and they don't go immediately to the locker room to get attention. So he did stay on the sideline. So fingers crossed.
00:38:59
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, it will be, it's a great test. I think it's very least. And then what they, then they have what sporting Kansas city and Montreal is the last one. So sporting Kansas city, probably a must win Montreal.
00:39:16
Speaker
Again, another statement sort of possibility. Montreal has been very good this year. But what do you think, like if you were to project out to the end of this homestand, sounders are, there are six points in this homestand. What's a reasonable, like what's your break-even point for satisfaction? I think you got to feel great about six.
00:39:44
Speaker
I think no game is a given, but I think for the purposes of this exercise. So 12 total you're saying? Yeah, for the homestand. Right. I think if you, you know, you've got to put SKC on the board. Like if you lose that game, no matter what happens, even if you get a point from that game, like you're not going to feel as good as you could. Right. So taking that as a given,
00:40:08
Speaker
If you can get a win in either of the LAFC or Montreal games, I think if you can get four points from those two, you got to feel pretty good about that. And that's not to say I don't think they can get six. They could win all three of these games. Who knows? They're playing great. But you get seven points from these next three, and you end up with what that would be.
00:40:37
Speaker
For the home stand, that would be 13, 13 total out of 15. That's pretty damn good. Yeah. Yeah. I think you'd have to feel very good about that. And it's nice, I think, after starting to interrupt, but after last season and a lot of the talk was like, why can't the centers win games at home? It was a huge frustration. The fans, players, coaches were all frustrated by it. It has not been the case this year. No, it hasn't. They've been great at home and they've they've been.
00:41:07
Speaker
They haven't just been getting results at home. They've been, they've been like scoring lots of goals at home. I think the only games that they didn't score multiple goals in were the two losses to Nashville and, um,
00:41:24
Speaker
Nashville and Miami, which is still like, I mean, I guess they rotated Plano, but yeah, it's good. One of the things that keeps, every time I look at the standings, it's like, man, they could have had six points because Miami and San Jose.
00:41:41
Speaker
But... It's super annoying. It is super annoying. Because if they had, I mean, if they had those six points... They'd be in third place. They'd be in third place. No, second. They'd be tied for second. I think you would have to consider them at least, like, joint favorites to win the shield to finish versus West. Yeah. But, you know... They didn't. If there's some bots that, you know, candy nuts, all that stuff, so... Yeah. Do you... Not to do real things too much, but do you know what is going on with Carlos Vela?
00:42:10
Speaker
No, he's like, it's very weird. Yeah. It's very weird. He's like in some sort of like, like supposedly like he's waiting on a contract. Like supposedly they've agreed to a contract, but they haven't actually like pushed across the table for him to sign yet. And so, and he's, I think he's out of, is he out of contract this summer? Yeah. It's like in the middle. It's like two weeks, I think.
00:42:34
Speaker
Yeah. So it's a weird, it's, you know, LFC never seems to be able to do things. Well, and especially fellow, like he, his whole life has just been like, just being completely weird at every, every turn, every opportunity, very strange, very strange. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Well, uh, we got some questions. Why don't we, uh, start with those.
00:42:55
Speaker
Let's do it. First one is from Justicar. We covered this a little bit earlier, but hey, let's do it again. Are the sounders back? I mean, I think they are. I really do. Like I think, like at this point, it's silly to even entertain the, like my expectation always was that they were going to make, like my baseline expectation was always that this team would make the playoffs and it was just about how high they can get. And like I said earlier, I think my expectation at this point is somewhere between
00:43:23
Speaker
second and fourth in the West. And if they finished below that, I think you have to consider it a pretty big disappointment. And if they can somehow push above that, that's obviously great. But yeah, I think there's every reason to think that this team is capable of making a run at MLS Cup. Yep. 100%.
00:43:47
Speaker
All right. This one is from Tim Gearing. He says, what's the more satisfying way to win by four goals is against a rival 62 or 40? I'm going to cheat and say that if you're playing Vancouver at home, 40 is more satisfying. If you're playing Portland in Portland, 62 is more satisfying. And I genuinely do think that Square in six goals
00:44:12
Speaker
is so funny. Like, Square Six Folds in Portland is so funny that they scored five and it still would have been extremely funny. So, the fact that they only scored two is even better. Obviously, if you could beat them six-nil, that's the best possible outcome, but... Yeah, I mean, I... I mean, it's tough to beat the feeling of that 6-2 game was pretty... Yeah, very funny. Very funny. The pinnacle of last season, I think, for sure.
00:44:42
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, unfortunately, but yes. Yeah, it was. And I don't know it was funny that I asked if there was any extra motivation going into this game because the last time the centers play the white caps.
00:44:58
Speaker
It ended in a tie. The Sounders ended up winning the Cascadia Cup. But the Whitecaps ended up qualifying for the playoffs. And they acted like they had won MLS Cup. And the Sounders were actually the ones lifting a trophy, acting like they had lost. It was a very surreal kind of thing. I asked Brian if they had any extra motivation because of that. And he just said no. But I have, I don't know. And I don't know that they played into this.
00:45:25
Speaker
it does seem to accurately illustrate their various places in this rivalry. For sure. Yeah, I think that's definitely true. And it's, I mean, I hate to say this about an Austin score rival, but I feel I do genuinely feel bad for the Whitecaps. And
00:45:42
Speaker
I would be happy if the Whitecaps did well against anyone but the Sounders. Yes. Yeah. Like I want Portland to suck ass every year. Yes. I wish the Whitecaps could have the kind of success that the Timbers have had.
00:45:57
Speaker
I would love it if they could trade relative positions and there's really no reason that they can't other than the people running the team just seem to be really bad at it. Oh well. Next one's from our good pal Nick in Seattle. Was Fry's admission on the Senator at Heart podcast last week? There's another Senator at Heart podcast? His first time hearing about it.
00:46:20
Speaker
was surprised admission on the Sounder at Heart podcast last week that he took his CCL awards home on the ferry. So he showed them to his dogs that very night, the most heartwarming anecdote by a player in sounder's history. If not, what was? I mean, I thought I loved that. I loved the imagery from front to back of that story. I don't know. I don't want to like I would hope I am guessing a lot of people have heard this already. But in case you didn't, this the story
00:46:47
Speaker
Steph told was that his mom drove him to the ferry after the after they had celebrated at Lewinfield and he's wearing his winner's medal and he's carrying the MVP and the I guess the top goalkeeper award. I think those are the two awards that he won and
00:47:07
Speaker
and so he's just sitting there and he got there right before like he takes the Bainbridge Ferry but he got there right before the Bremerton Ferry left and people were obviously noticing him and he was like high-fiving and and I asked him like well why did you why did you like it was a choice right it was a choice to like take that stuff home and I I can appreciate like wanting to share that experience with people and it was kind of a cool experience but it was pretty cute when he was like well I wanted to put the
00:47:37
Speaker
It was very cute. I think the only similarly cute or heartwarming story that comes to mind was after Estrada scored that hot trick on St. Patrick's Day in 2011, and Ziggy said, now you know I'm taking you out of the game, right? And he said,
00:47:54
Speaker
some kind of tactical reasons. He's like, no, I just wanted you to hear the fans applaud. I thought I always thought that was very sweet. That is a sweet story. And I will say another part of that story or not the not that story, but another element of that night was David. We're interviewing him in the locker room.
00:48:14
Speaker
And he had never had any moment like anything close to this. And he was talking about his grandfather and how he never had a chance to really know him, but he knew that his grandfather had really
00:48:36
Speaker
pushed his dad to teach him to be a soccer player and it was sort of like and he was almost he was like tearing up in this in this moment and it was just had this very real like just very real uh moment and like i love David Estrada he's great and there's so many fun stories about him but uh the stepher i put in his medal on his dog was
Stefan Frei's Heartwarming CCL Story
00:48:59
Speaker
It's pretty fantastic. Pretty fantastic. It is one of those things we've talked about on the show a lot over the years, but one of the things about MLS that is so special is this weird, nebulous place in the lives of the fans where there's just a connection to the players that doesn't exist on the other top. No, their experiences are still very relatable.
00:49:25
Speaker
And again, we talked on that interview where about how there's not that many places in the world where the team would even let their starting goalkeeper board public transit and come to the game that way. And it worked out, but I also thought it was funny how he could see how it maybe wouldn't have worked out.
00:49:52
Speaker
Like it would have maybe been a disaster. But I don't know. That's that is absolutely one of the things I love about MLS is that it has these two like in the moment at you know, you're playing in front of 69,000 people. You're winning a continental championship. It is a you qualified for the club World Cup. It's a legitimately massive deal. And yet you can go home on the ferry.
00:50:19
Speaker
And there's not a lot of leagues that you get those two extremes. This is from our good friend, Bill Jones, TRPT. When Rusnak is back, should we expect Ledero to stay deep with him? Seems like a great idea against teams like Vancouver, but riskier against someone like LAFC this weekend. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. Have we seen a Rusnak-Ledero double pivot? No, definitely not.
00:50:46
Speaker
I would like to, and I think it could work, but I think you got to pick your opponent really carefully. I think Bill is right that you can't, you can't run something like that against LAFC. I probably wouldn't have even wanted to run that against Vancouver.
00:51:01
Speaker
It would be an interesting experiment, although I have to admit, I don't know what the point. I mean, it would be an interesting thing to see and maybe it would work great, but there was a part of me that's like, why are we doing it? Like, do you think we're going to do this in the playoffs at some point? I mean, I suppose if the roster, if like OBED was hurt and you didn't really feel like you had better options, like maybe
00:51:32
Speaker
I think a way it could work is if you are running a pure six behind the double pivot. And so they're operating as a double pivot, but more is like eights than is a six and an eight, like more is like a eight and a 10. So like a sort of like a, so more of a four, three, three is what you're saying.
00:51:49
Speaker
yeah yeah yeah so you don't have a 10 in front of them you have two eights exactly yeah so like yeah that's like not even really the spirit of the question i know it's not uh but it's it would be an interesting it would be an interesting setup where you i mean essentially what you're talking about is you maybe have rolled on and morris on the on as wingers and you would have rudias up top and then you have lidero and russnack which frankly
00:52:14
Speaker
might be how it plays out. Like when it actually plays out, it almost plays out that way anyway. So we will sort of see that. But yeah, I mean, putting them both in a double pivot would be... I feel like it would require a lot of specific circumstances. Now, might we see Lidero paired with Vargas again?
00:52:40
Speaker
Maybe, like that I could see. Yeah. I think that there are definitely going to be games where Rusnak versus Ledero being the deeper of the two in that double pivot. That's going to be an interesting thing to watch because they both had success there. My hunch is that Rusnak is probably the first choice in that role, just because he has more experience there.
Midfield Tactics: Rusnak and Lodeiro
00:53:06
Speaker
Nico, I think his stance will be more of an attacking player.
00:53:10
Speaker
But I can definitely see situations where NICO is the better fit in that role. And LAFC frankly might be one of those, depending on what the tactical approach is. Yeah, I mean, it's good. I am actually very curious to see how the centers end up approaching that one. Yeah, sure.
00:53:31
Speaker
Two more left. The next one is from Chris Cho, recognizing that it's still very early with limited minutes. What do you think about Leo Chu so far? What are reasonable expectations for fans regarding his development slash contributions over the next year or so? Well, I'll say if you are someone who wants to see more of Leo Chu, I think you have to be very encouraged by not just his performance, but
00:53:55
Speaker
Brian's reaction to his performance. And like Brian was very effusive in his praise. He talked about how Preki had been working with Chu a bit more this week. And he sort of implied that something clicked recently where Chu started to really appreciate what it takes to get on the field more and how he does need to be a two-way player
00:54:21
Speaker
And I don't like I would have a hard time like nothing about yesterday's game jumped out at me as saying like, oh, this is clearly different than what he's done in the past. But Brian seemed to see something that he felt was clearly different. And and so like that implies to me that we're going to see more of to play. There's always been some reluctance, I think, to trust him with
00:54:48
Speaker
uh, important minutes, uh, in, in high leverage games, uh, no one doubts his ability, uh, especially going forward. But, you know, I think if he can get, you know, if he, if he ends up with 1500 minutes this year, I think you, that would be a pretty decent. I mean, I don't even, like, I'm curious now how much he's played, but yeah, like I think you'd end up with a, probably a few goals and a handful of assists if you, if you got that much.
00:55:17
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's, I mean, he's definitely been, he's definitely been a young prospect, right? Like, I think after the US Open Cup game, people wanted him jettisoned into space, which I thought was insane. I actually thought he was pretty good in that game. Yeah, I didn't think he was, I mean, he had a couple of bad moments in high leverage situations that he got into,
00:55:44
Speaker
by being better than the guy. And he had a couple of those in this game as well. The difference is that they won this game and that he had an assist. And so I think he does some frustrating stuff. His finishing is... Not great. Yeah, not great. I think he's...
00:56:07
Speaker
He definitely has moments where he's a little too, I think one of the things he does frequently where he's in a situation, he's 1v1 with a defender, has some space, and he just hits a ball first time, tries to put him across first time, where you feel like, hey, if you can take this defender on and beat this defender, you're in on goal, or if you can give yourself a couple seconds,
00:56:32
Speaker
to have some more runners in the box. So he's a little eager, but he's a prospect. And he shows flashes. I think there's plenty of reason to be excited about him. I think there's plenty of reason to think he's going to play more. But I think there are reasons he hasn't forced his way into the regular rotation as well.
00:56:54
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I'll give you a little bit of context for what I said is expectations. He's played about 567 minutes, uh, across all competitions. Most of that has been in amylase, although he did have that 120 minute run out and open cup. But yeah, like if he, if, if he plays a thousand more minutes this year, I think that would be a solid.
00:57:17
Speaker
a solid run out. And if you get, but the thing is like, I don't know how much more you can expect him to play than that though, because he is behind Jordan Morris.
Leo Chu's Rising Potential
00:57:26
Speaker
If Morris is healthy, it's hard for me to see him taking many minutes from him either as starts or off the bench. And so there's, it's, it's going to be, it's going to be a challenge for him to get on the field. Uh, just
00:57:41
Speaker
For a number like for like basic numbers reasons. Yeah, absolutely. But, you know, like I said, if you can get 1000 more minutes this year, I think you have to consider that a major step forward for them.
00:57:58
Speaker
Alright, close us out here, Colinsaurus Rex. With the success of the Hendrix kit, if the sounders were to do another musician-based kit, what musician in style would you like to see, i.e. a Cobain kit with a flannel pattern?
00:58:13
Speaker
I tried really hard to come up with a way to make a joke about doing a Sonic theme kit that was like actually, and like leaking that and people getting all excited and then it turned out it was banned, but like, I don't know what that was. So I'm going to go with the heart, like the heart album cover where they're dressed up all like, you know, like at a Ren faire or whatever. So the sounders could have like a kit with like billowy sleeves and you know, like that'd be pretty fun.
00:58:43
Speaker
Uh, I'm now having to find this image, but well, that's a, that is a shout. I feel like.
00:58:53
Speaker
I don't have a ready-made answer. I wouldn't mind seeing a Nurbana kind of flannel. I know you love the tie-dye, so maybe we come up with some sort of... I don't think tie-dye is really a Northwest thing, though. I don't think of any bands from the Northwest that I'm like, oh yeah, that was a tie-dye band. I'm trying to think of bands that have a real distinct look that you could transfer to a jersey.
00:59:23
Speaker
I don't know that I would have thought of Hendrix either. Right. Yeah. But that one. Yeah. I mean, I guess I'm thinking of like the clothes they wear rather than just the general aesthetic of the band. Right. Which is probably because it's not like Hendrix was like wearing, you know, black shirts with purple paisley. No, he certainly was not. Maybe sometimes I don't know. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, I think, you know, a lot of form over function bands
00:59:52
Speaker
or sorry, function over form bands and Seattle music history. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that is sort of like a Seattle aesthetic is things that are comfortable and not necessarily things that have a real distinct look. Yeah. I could see, I could see him some kind of McCready collab at some point. Like he's, you know, he's always playing the national anthem and stuff. So.
01:00:19
Speaker
Womp womp. Yeah. I don't, I don't need to, I don't need to hear it anymore. It's fine. I've heard it. Well, yeah, with that, lots of good music, not necessarily a lot of distinct styles, uh, that you can translate easily, but I like, I like, we'll have to maybe revisit this when we give it a little bit more consideration, but heart was a good show.
Sounders' 'Summer of Champions' Campaign
01:00:42
Speaker
I guess the obvious answer is Macklemore, but I mean, come on.
01:00:47
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I will say if he is like a part owner team, he is completely unrelated. No, I really do like this campaign that the sounders are running like the summer the summer champions or whatever. It's really good. It's great. And I was thinking about this.
01:01:09
Speaker
yesterday, because I asked the sounders about it and they're like, well, it'd be nice, you know, and I don't know how many tickets they've sold through it, but I hope that they appreciate that there's value in just providing joy. And I think that this campaign provides a lot of joy. I don't know how many tickets they're going to sell directly through this campaign, but if all you're getting out of it is your fans love it, that's a worthwhile campaign, I think.
01:01:38
Speaker
I think that, uh, when I think of like the ad campaigns, not for not just the sounders, but just like local sports teams in general, I never think of the ones that are like over the top serious or like, I don't know who cares. And the ad campaigns aren't like even the best ad campaign for a team is that's not what's going to sell tickets. Right.
01:01:57
Speaker
Yeah, it's just, it's more about like creating a connection to, you know, the team there to the players and like the, I loved the date with the sounders ad. I know they were controversial, but those are great. The Mariners ads over the years have been really good. Yeah. You know, it's fine. Like sports are entertainment and.
01:02:18
Speaker
I don't always want teams leaning into that stuff, but this is like, I think a great example of how to do it. And especially you get a lot more leeway to have fun like this when you win all the time, right? So. Yeah. Especially when you've won a mid seat, like you already have won the biggest title. Right. That you're going to compete for. It's a really good way to lean into it without it being too, like when you can find a way to lean into accomplishing something like the sounders accomplished while also making it a joke.
01:02:49
Speaker
That's, that's cold. You know, that's, that's, you're doing it. No, I, I, I'm, I'm hopeful. I'm like really looking forward to seeing the rest of this stuff. I guess there are several more.
01:03:00
Speaker
several more bits they have, like Will is in one and a couple other players who we've not yet seen are in them. There's lots of fun Easter eggs in there too, which is also, I really appreciate it. There is some fun Easter eggs. It's just a fun, fun campaign that I'm digging and I honestly, like I say this in all systems. I think it's like that, the post, like I told someone with the sounders, if you turned that shot of,
01:03:29
Speaker
Nico, Alex, Raul, Obed, and who's the fifth person in the, Freddie. Into a poster that shot of them on the dock. I would put that up in my office right now. It'd be sitting behind me. It's a great, it just sparks joy. Yeah, it's really good. It's really, really good. So I thought of another answer for the,
01:03:57
Speaker
Oh, good question. I feel bad. And it's I'm going to go a different direction because like the Macklemore thing maybe think of it. We could go with a kit inspired by another one of the center's owners and do orange and blue. You'll get there eventually. Orange.
01:04:19
Speaker
What am I missing? What other sports teams were orange and blue? I mean, Clemson. No, in the NFL. Okay. Well, it's never mind. Oh, Russ Wilson. Yes. I like it. I like it. Broncos. I got it. Sorry. Took me a while to get there. You know, I'm just not a, I'm just not an NFL guy. I'm not really out there.
01:04:44
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I think the Russ Wilson thing is one of the funniest things that ever happened. It's very funny. I'm going to keep telling jokes about it. No, it's good. It's good. All right. Well, that's the show, I think. Thank you to our sponsors, Fullpool Wines and Watson's Counter. I am Jerropp, my O'Shan, signing off for Aaron Campo and Lick It. This is No Study Yet This. Remember, you will never yell alone.
01:05:10
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Green Douglas Square where the water's cut through. Down to wild mountains and tangents you flew. Canadian Northwest through the ocean so blue. It's Roll On, Columbia Roll On. Roll On, Columbia Roll On. Roll On, Columbia Roll On. Your power is turning our darkness to dawn. Roll On, Columbia Roll On.
01:05:48
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We love you. Let's win another one!