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We react and take calls following Seattle's Matchday 2 clash at Real Salt Lake at America First Field.
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Introduction and Live Streaming Details
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00:00:22
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Well, sir, we got a scorcher today. Gonna be real scorcher today. What, the scorcher today? Well, it's gonna be
00:00:43
Speaker
Good evening, everybody.
Match Day 2 and Sounders' Surprising Loss
00:00:45
Speaker
Welcome to your postgame live for Match by two match Day 2. The Seattle Sounders. Just got bammed on by a bunch of high school students.
00:00:54
Speaker
And the curse of America First Field lives on another year. It's a 2-1-L for Seattle. We're going to be coping.
00:01:06
Speaker
We're going to be rationalizing. We're going to be listening to the Schmetz presser. And we're going to be taking calls. So should be a lot of discourse. flowing tonight, Noah, after a 2-1 defeat in Sandy, Utah. I guess, first of all, what's up, man? How are you coping? How are you feeling?
00:01:25
Speaker
Well, one thing you didn't say yet was crashing out. So I want to know from you, is this a cause for crash out? are you Are you crashing out from this match? Or is this one of those where we both came into it like, yep, welcome Sandy, Utah, motherfucker.
00:01:44
Speaker
Yeah, honestly, that's what was going to say. like Any other opponent, if they got bammed on by ah bunch of high school students, I would be crashing out.
Predictions and Gameplay Analysis
00:01:54
Speaker
I would be embarrassed. I would be pissed off. um this is This is what we said was going to happen. maybe Maybe this is our fault, but like i don't I don't think we manifested it. I think that ah we've we've just seen this movie enough times to know. What did I what did i say on the pod this week? I said...
00:02:10
Speaker
They're playing a bunch of high school students that I haven't heard of. I read off all their names, and they're still going to lose the game. That's exactly what I said, and that's what happened. So I guess as we wait for the Schmetz presser to get underway, we can start talking about what actually happened in the game. And I'll start by saying that ah I, like an idiot, through the first, like, 20 minutes, I I was thinking to myself, like, all right, i I think they can do this. Like, I think that they can actually end this curse. It looked like didn't it to me, it looks like the dynamic was that real Salt Lake was playing like a road team usually would. And Seattle was kind of playing like a home team usually would. Like, all right, they're going to be perfectly happy to concede possession, ah which I think normally against a bunch of 17 year olds, I think that plays into Seattle's hands.
00:03:02
Speaker
But ah they got scored on in in just the only way that they were going to get scored on, which is bad giveaways and counterattacks. And that first goal, I mean, it was against the run of play. But when you give the ball away,
00:03:16
Speaker
right there. That's what happens sometimes. a lot that was That was a shockingly bad play.
Defensive Lapses and Key Mistakes
00:03:24
Speaker
And I saw some people really upset with Hassani about that.
00:03:27
Speaker
Yes, that's Hassani's fault. He's looking to pass it quickly and get out of that pressure, but he does have time to kind of assess his situations. That said, ah ah Christian Roldan was flat-footed and kind of gave up on that play. I mean, he switched it off.
00:03:44
Speaker
I think a lot – – no one covered themselves in glory on that goal. There was there was more – Rothrock was – Rothrock didn't. track back to cover, it was a complete lapse. Like it was a complete lapse. And I think to my point of like people getting really upset at Hassani and people getting really whatever, this feels to me exactly like Ferreira's first few matches in Seattle, Ferreira's first few months in Seattle, Ferreira's first half of a season in Seattle. It was a understanding your teammates, finding that better connection. You wait half a season, you wait a full year and now Jesus Ferreira is the guy who is one of the best facilitators on the entire team. So like, yes, Hassani made a really, really, really bad mistake.
00:04:26
Speaker
And I wouldn't say that that is completely his fault though. But yeah, like i I think that this is the type of thing that happens when you go to Real Salt Lake. Something like, I'm telling you, it's in the air, it's in the soil, it's in the, it's, it's there's something wrong with Sandy Utah. ah I understand that the 49ers have a power plant near their stadium and there's a lot of conspiracy theories around that.
00:04:51
Speaker
ah We need to look at Google Maps and do a full investigation into genuinely what is wrong with that field. Because it seems like the Sounders just have this this switch that happens that they can't play.
00:05:04
Speaker
No, I mean, it's... you Like, and we've been seeing it for years. And the reason that I thought this might be different was because of ah the lineup that RSL put out there. They didn't have Diego Luna out there. They didn't have their new DP out there.
00:05:19
Speaker
ah They had... they had a a kid named Aiden. That's that my first, my first thought when, when that first goal went in was like, Oh, who scored that? And I looked it up and it's like, Aiden, whatever. of course his name's Aiden. Of course. course his name is what What else would his name be other than Aiden spelled with an E? They got, Bammed on by a 17-year-old named Aiden.
00:05:41
Speaker
And, you know, they they almost they almost got a result. There were some good chances in there. And then there's the Moose offside goal, which that was, Rothrock was a little offside there. I'll have to watch that one back again because i was I was, you know, wondering if he even needed to be offside in that situation. That would have been a nice goal.
00:06:01
Speaker
But I mean, almost at the death with a really nice strike and a save. You know, another thing, too. I have to be honest, Ari. I want to know your take on this.
00:06:12
Speaker
My man of the match for this entire thing, for this entire game, Cabral. Real Salt Lake's goalkeeper. He kept them in this game. This should not have been as close as it was. He absolutely kept them in this game. He was on s sicko mode.
00:06:27
Speaker
He was. He smoked his back. he I thought he was going to have to go out. I saw that that he like completely just like wrapped his back around the post. I was like, oh, dude, he's he's cooked. He's like 45 years old. But apparently but apparently not. Apparently he just
Praise for Opponent's Goalkeeper
00:06:41
Speaker
decided to become Manuel Neuer.
00:06:44
Speaker
The save that he made on that first one, the the set piece, that was an insane save. You know, if they get the goal right there, maybe they get a little more momentum in that first half and maybe things are different. But yeah, no, he ah he made that save. He made a couple of other really good saves. So, I mean, they got everything they needed. They got a goalkeeper standing on his head and a couple of... ah counter-attack goals, one of which was a counter-attack that was like right in Seattle's penalty box pretty much already because of where the giveaway was. So, uh, yeah, yeah.
00:07:18
Speaker
I mean, it's, it's not, it's just not surprising. I literally, I mean, we literally, we literally said that this is what's going to happen. That's why, that's why my cope is going to be like, all right, bad L.
00:07:33
Speaker
Bad L, but it's it's the curse of RSL. Like, that is that's just what it is. They can have anyone out there. They can have Aiden, Braden, Tyler, Kyle. They can have them all out there, and they'll still beat Seattle at America First Field. That's just that's just how it goes.
00:07:49
Speaker
And, you know, I realize that that's Cope, but that's all I have right now. That's all you can have. I mean, truly, like, what what do you – Remember, we were also saying like it's going to be just so frustrating to watch. like It's just i just how it always goes. It's how it always goes. I feel like they...
00:08:06
Speaker
they were they They were closer in this game, ah ironically enough, than they have been in some of the past ones where they just get completely like played off the field. I feel like that's you how it usually goes. This one, the chances were there, and they had them within two to one with left.
00:08:24
Speaker
you know what would like thirty minutes left So that there was definitely... a chance to at least get out of there with a point, which is what I was hoping that they would do at a certain point. Just like, please just, when I saw the Moose non-goal go in, I was like, all right, thank God. Like they can just get the hell out of America first field with a point.
00:08:42
Speaker
But then obviously the flag went up and that was not to beat. yeah.
Historical Curse and Expected Loss
00:08:47
Speaker
Yeah. What are you going to do? What are you going to do? It's like America first long enough. Like it will be more of a surprise to me when we beat them than when we lose to them at home. Like it will be, it will be a day for celebration and success and happiness. But I got to be honest with you. I think Brian Schmetzer is absolutely lighting them up in the locker room right now. Cause they have still not come out for this press conference. And fuck out of there. So I am not expecting a happy Schmitz. I mean, nor should he be, to be honest.
00:09:24
Speaker
There was a lot of lapses that were really, really, really bad. I thought Jackson Reagan was playing lights out. And then that goal, you know, yeah, yeah he gets the second goal. He gets played around, whatever.
00:09:40
Speaker
i don't know. I just like, i just... I still love Jackson Reagan. I think he had a couple of errors, but I still thought that the defense performed like okay. I thought i thought a bigger problem truly in this match was the Roald Dahn and Hassani double pivot than it was the defense. But maybe I'm taking crazy pills. What do you think about that? Well, it is it is the first situation of the season where I think we're seeing like not having a player as good as Obed anymore, but more so than that, like the adjustment that it's going to take to work a new guy into that role. Like you have Hassani out there who's never played with any of these guys. These are his first couple games. and You got Snyder, who's a young guy. i did I liked the subs that Schmetz made. and I mean, I'm sure we'll talk about Osase, but like I found myself thinking in the first half, like,
00:10:32
Speaker
i would I want to see Moose sooner rather than later just because I feel like
Player Performances and Tactical Fit
00:10:39
Speaker
having the veteran out there seemed like it could help the situation maybe.
00:10:43
Speaker
i I don't disagree, especially because I do think Moose came in and played really well, but I thought Osaze was playing like – I don't know, he he he was playing more of a winger in some senses. Like he his his kind of like possession was what his was good, his distribution was good. Like he had that one play where he kind of got a really bad pass to him and he shielded it and kind of did like an Obed-esque turn to get out of pressure.
00:11:09
Speaker
And I was like, man, he's he's playing really well with his feet, but he's not necessarily always in that position that we need him to be when we're playing a team like RSL, where your primary game plan is slamming crosses into the box, which Moose does incredibly effectively. That is what he's good at. So I completely agree with you, but it is hard for me to be like, oh, take De Rosario off. He's playing so poorly. like he was That wasn't really... that wasn't really i agree with you. It's like kind of a...
00:11:39
Speaker
You got to find what tactically fits. And I do think, I think you could have even started Moose in this game, to be honest. Question for you, no Georgie. We didn't even see Georgie one time.
00:11:50
Speaker
He was injured. He picked up an injury. Yeah, he picked up an injury and he didn't even make the matchday squad. Otherwise, like, that would have been someone that should have definitely come on just add some energy. first question, if we had Georgie, would you have liked our chances more or just it would have been a wash?
00:12:09
Speaker
Um, I think I, you know, i don't know. i don't know if it really changes how I would think of it. Cause I feel like the chance generation was not that like that bad. Like it was actually, there were some good chances in this game and that's theoretically like what Georgie would help with. We're getting like Snyder and Hassani. We're getting Snyder and Hassani.
00:12:28
Speaker
Oh man. Sending Snyder out there. They would send Snyder out there. that's He's going to be, he's going be the new, uh, does the presser after the elk guy that they always do that to the young guys.
00:12:39
Speaker
Yeah. But, i I mean, whatever. I thought he played well. yeah no i mean i think It was hard to hear you because i had him in my ear. in that oh Oh, yeah. No, I think it would have been nice to have Georgie, but i don't know if I feel it and i don't feel like, oh, man, if they had had him, they for sure would I feel like they... The chance the chances were there in this game.
00:13:02
Speaker
They just, you know, they had Rafa Cabral playing like a god. And... that was all she wrote. That was Aiden. And, uh, you know, you know who is like, I will say this, like a a couple of these high schoolers that RSL have are pretty nasty. Like when, yeah no they like i don't when, uh, when Aiden scored that goal, I was like,
00:13:26
Speaker
Okay, Aiden. Nice. that but That was a really good. it I didn't know who you were. i do now.
00:13:35
Speaker
And ah Gozo is also legit. all right, we got Hassani and Snowy. You hear us okay? Yep. Excellent. Thank you for your time. We'll get going here immediately with Seattle Times beat reporter Jada Evans. Jada, go ahead, please.
00:13:54
Speaker
Jada, you got to bring yourself off mute.
Technical Issues in Q&A
00:14:04
Speaker
Good start, good start. Jada, go ahead, please.
00:14:10
Speaker
Okay, we'll ah we'll come back, Jada. Go ahead and message me if you're having issues. Next over, we'll go to Jeremiah. Jeremiah, go ahead and please ask your question. Yeah, i mean, I guess, Hassania, it looked like you guys were able to create some chances going forward, but it also looked like you guys were having struggle trouble shutting down their counterattacks.
00:14:30
Speaker
What were the problems that you were noticing and and anything that you can diagnose from the from the game? Yeah, I mean, if you look at the game from the second half, I think that's a little bit of the nature of when you're chasing the game.
00:14:43
Speaker
Obviously, I think you could do a better job of probably regrouping, but... I think that's one of their their strengths is running in transition. So, yeah.
00:14:56
Speaker
All right, next question. We'll get to Maz V to them. Maz, go ahead, please. Yeah. Hey, kind of the same thing. Schneider, when you came in, kind of what were the instructions and how did the game open up?
00:15:09
Speaker
And the instructions were, I mean, Ultimately, like trying to put the the momentum, trying to a goal, but of keeping possession most importantly, because I felt like the more we keep possession, the less we have to run, the more they run.
00:15:21
Speaker
And ultimately, it makes us less tired able to get more chances. But I think with us keeping possession, we don't have to defend as much. So I think that was the main instruction and just making sure to stay collected with the group.
00:15:36
Speaker
Thanks. Nico Moreno, you are up next. Go ahead, please.
00:15:41
Speaker
but Thank you. ah Just, Abihas, how do you guess you were after the longest? Just was wondering what the atmosphere was like in terms of playing the game, the altitude, the field. like Did that it didn't have to do with maybe some of the struggles you had had today against ourselves?
00:16:00
Speaker
Oh, you cut off a little bit the end. Sorry.
00:16:04
Speaker
Sorry, just wondering if the altitude, the the field, anything about the surface you guys are playing on, anything to do with the struggles you had against ourselves today? I mean, the altitude is always tough, but we don't like to use that as an excuse.
00:16:17
Speaker
i think, you know, really is the goal has changed games and they scored the first one. So they were able to have momentum after that. And I think we did a good job of you know trying to find different solves. We had a couple of chances and to end the half.
00:16:34
Speaker
And then ah they split that second one pretty quick after halftime. um And then i think that's when you saw them being a little bit more complacent and us really you turning it on, which is what we should have done a little earlier and the game. yeah
00:16:53
Speaker
All right, Jada, let's go back to you, see if it works.
00:17:01
Speaker
Gianna, I'm not hearing anything on my end. I'm going give it another five seconds. If it doesn't work, we'll move on. No worries. Okay, Felipe Makeda, you are up. Go ahead, please. Thank you. um Question is for both of you guys.
00:17:17
Speaker
Against Real Salt Lake, it's a rivalry.
Challenges of Winning at RSL
00:17:20
Speaker
It's not like with Portland, but how do you guys take that when you prepare for the game? It's been 15 years since Seattle sound it doesn't win a game. and in that stadium.
00:17:32
Speaker
What can you guys say about that? Oh, I think I think in MLS, if you look at it, you know, most rover games are hard. So I mean, obviously the but timeline for that is not great. But I think we look at it as a as a any any game away from home is is pretty tough to play. But I think, you know, they took their chances and we didn't. And ultimately, I think, you know, that's what the case of the result is.
00:18:00
Speaker
Yeah, and to add on to that, I feel like obviously when you come to a place like ourselves, it's obviously hard to play away without suit. But I feel like most importantly is keeping possession. I felt like, especially since like, you haven't won your 15 years, you start to think like, oh what are some of the things we could change? But overall, it's the little details. We cut most of the possession today, but ultimately we need to score goals. So I feel like if we as a team limit the mistakes we have, we can end up but eventually winning here.
00:18:30
Speaker
Okay, time for one or two follow ups. Jeremiah, go ahead if you have one. Yeah, I guess this could be for Snyder. i Cabral seemed to make a bunch of really good saves. I don't know, what does that do to the, I don't know, the the mentality of the team when the opposing goalkeeper is is coming up big like like he was?
00:18:51
Speaker
I mean, obviously you can take it one way in terms of like, oh, like we're not scoring, but like i felt like the way the team was taking it was like, we're almost there. like We can almost score. we were getting their chances, just like the final piece that we were missing is just some putting up ball the ball back of the net. So if that moves off the chance, if we're onside, or I placed it a little to the right, but it's just a little decent. I felt like it wasn't really the the the keeper wasn't getting into our head. It was more of, can we just make it the final the final plan
00:19:20
Speaker
Mase, over to you. Yeah, hey Hassani, it's more of a coach question, but I'm sure you, I'll ask anyways, from like the 22 minute mark to about the 32, did they switch?
00:19:32
Speaker
How many players do in the midfield? Because it seemed like that's when Garza started getting more room on the outside. am I seeing, did I see that right or not? No, I mean, I think he did a,
00:19:45
Speaker
mainly those who did a good job of coming inside then trying to combine and use his athleticism to, you know, exploit the open spaces. um So I think that's what he was doing more in between that period.
00:19:57
Speaker
um After a couple of times from that, you know, we, we I think we addressed it pretty well, but yeah, that's all i would say on that one. Thanks. Guys, and thank you very much for your time. We appreciate it. Safe travels home.
00:20:10
Speaker
Thank you. Thank you. Alright, Mia, we'll reset the board here for a Head Coach Brian. I'm very curious to see what the Schmetz demeanor is like right here. i think i think people were pointing out in chat, but the the locker room speech seems like it took a long time.
00:20:28
Speaker
And after an L like that, that usually does not mean it's a very positive environment.
00:20:39
Speaker
I don't think so. I don't think it's going to be positive. I don't think it's a... i Brian does not want to lose these games. Like, he I think he feels it more than anyone. i mean, it's funny that they ask, like, Snyder, Brunel, and Sonny Dodson that, like... The last time they won at RSL, Snyder was, like, a baby.
00:20:58
Speaker
He wasn't born yet. Like, yeah, like he doesn't get it. Like, you know, I don't know. But ah just hearing them say that we haven't won in 15 years. just like, dude. Yeah. What do you think about the Paul Rothrock performance tonight? I know we're probably gonna have to cut this off to go to Brian. But like, I continue to like be surprised by Paul when I shouldn't be. Like he just keeps doing the same thing. But like, he was kind of powering that entire team tonight.
00:21:28
Speaker
Yeah, no, I think he actually, if I had to name ah the guys that... All right, so we got to go! cool write your out questions All right, brian we'll get right to
Coach's Reflections on the Game
00:21:40
Speaker
ahead, please.
00:21:41
Speaker
Great, thanks. Thanks for the time, Brian. Obviously, this has been a ah long time ah running as far as not being able to win in the in in against RSL there. ah Was there anything different that you could tell that really wasn't working in this match versus versus past ones, past losses?
00:22:01
Speaker
up Jada, that's actually a really good question to start us off. Because what I mentioned to the team before the game because Albert when we asked the players for some input because we do that sometimes in our team meeting you know Albert when he came here last year missed a goal you know a pretty good chance he remembers the game here last year and he said in front of his teammates you know when we get our chances we got to make sure we score
00:22:36
Speaker
And then on the backside of that, I said, Albert, that's a great that's a great comment. We need to you know make sure that if you even get one chance away from home, you get one chance, you got to bury it.
00:22:49
Speaker
But I also said, we also have to play to a clean sheet if we want to win on the road in MLS. If you play to a clean sheet, you get you're guaranteed at least one point. And so the common thread was, you know, last year, and look, last year's last year, but knew who took a own goal.
00:23:07
Speaker
And then we gave up a goal late. ah And I just think that we come here and even though we played much better in years past Jada, ah I could say that the two goals we gave up tonight were not well defended sequences.
00:23:29
Speaker
And so the defending or the giving a tough opponent at home, giving them the lead is kind of a common thread in our miseries here. They score early goals. They put us behind. We have to press.
00:23:47
Speaker
ah You know, it gives them a little bit of an advantage. So wasn't real pleased with the two goals we gave up. And you know a little too little, too late, you know plus you know Albert's words were almost pro...
00:24:05
Speaker
ah prophecy because I don't know how the goalkeeper made that one save when Albert headed it or the you know the first chance that Paul had and then towards the end of the game Osaski and Snyder and i mean the goalkeeper came up and made some big saves or was it we just didn't finish our chances you guys can debate that And talking a little bit about them with the with the defense, I mean, can you talk a little bit about Gazzo, I believe, is is the name or how you pronounce his name? I mean, he seemed like, yeah, he seemed like he kind of re-tabbed for you in the midfield.
00:24:43
Speaker
Well, on the first goal, certainly he wiggled around three of our guys, which shouldn't happen. And then that put us under pressure. Hassani gives the ball away. They keep us pinned back. They score the first goal. the guy took it well.
00:24:57
Speaker
Second half, you know, running in behind. ah he was effective. ah But, you know, he's a talented player, U-20 player.
00:25:08
Speaker
But again, you know, he was one small part of it. I think this one, Jada, I, I, I, pin it down to us shooting ourselves in the foot because we're a better defensive team than those two goals that we gave up.
00:25:26
Speaker
All right, next question. We'll go over to Jeremiah. Shane, Jeremiah, i go for it. You sort of alluded to this, but you know, it seemed like offensively you created chances.
00:25:37
Speaker
i mean, I think you can say Cabral played well more than you guys didn't take your chances, but ah you know, I would, I gotta imagine that the defensive parts of it are really what would bug you. And I am curious what you think, you know, happened. It seemed like they were getting a lot of space on the counter, especially early on when you guys were seemingly, you know, having the ball a lot more.
00:26:00
Speaker
Well, the first 23 minutes or whatever it was before they scored, ah you know, or or before they scored, you know, did they have a couple chances that knew who had to come and slide and block and Jackson had a great slide and block? Yes, Jeremiah, i agree with that.
00:26:19
Speaker
ah That again was to me poor defending higher up the field. And again, that first goal, you know, he can't wiggle around three of our guys and put us under pressure.
00:26:31
Speaker
So is that a transition moment or is that just a kid making a play? And then when they're one nothing up and we come out of halftime and, you know, I got to hold my hand up there coming out of halftime. I said, look, we're going to press higher up the field.
00:26:48
Speaker
And sure enough, We go and Paul's a little late to press the center back, the right side at center back and he dumps a ball in behind and you know knew who gets beat and it's Jackson's job as a center back to come over and cover.
00:27:02
Speaker
So yeah, the frustrating part of that evening was our defending.
00:27:09
Speaker
Next question, we'll go Nico Moreno. Nico, go ahead, please.
00:27:16
Speaker
Thank you. Coach, you kind of mentioned there the the frustration on on defense. It seemed like you were, on on offense at least, able to take the space that Gossel did give you. and I thought thought that you guys did a good job at exposing that. But but what was maybe missing there that could have been more effective Well, if you're talking about Paul playing on the left-hand side, yes, it was very effective. We got the center back to get a yellow card early in the game. We couldn't finish that job off.
00:27:47
Speaker
You know, Paul, when he gets down to the end line, and I can say this, but at the same time, the assist he gets to Mososki, if you're talking about, you know, the small margins that we have in our in our league, you know,
00:28:01
Speaker
ah Their guy gets him behind. Jackson's a half a step behind. He gets behind New Who, but if Jackson's a half yard higher, he's offside.
00:28:12
Speaker
Same thing with Paul when Mososki scores for two two ah You know, those little those little things, ah they matter. those are the Those are the margins in our league.
00:28:23
Speaker
But I thought Paul did a good job, but he needs to add a little bit to his game. Like he needs to, you know, cut the ball back or back the guy up into the 18 yard box.
00:28:34
Speaker
And, you know, look, I'm not saying that Paul Rothrock is like Freddie Montero, but Freddie Montero always figured out a way how to get his leg in there and kind of, you know, maybe earn a penalty. I don't think we finished the job with with Quentin.
00:28:51
Speaker
ah But we were effective on the left side and you know in the second half I think we bounced it out. There was some good good plays from the right hand side as well. One third is a good shout coach.
00:29:04
Speaker
All right and Malaz over to you please. Hey Brian, let me see this. so terms of your possession, we talked about it, you talked about it in practice and dictating. What do you think was missing in terms of your, in the final third? Because Asazzo only got, Dirosaro, he only had 16 touches. Now i know Musashki came in and his runs were a little bit more direct, but in referencing to what you're talking about Paul cutting back when he's on the wing, are you missing something in terms of getting more in the box there?
00:29:41
Speaker
Now, I wouldn't pin the blame solely on Osase because, you know, when Paul gets down to the left touchline, you know, sometimes he can cut the ball back in between the defender's leg back to the penalty spot where Albert and trailing guys are, and I'll have to rewatch the tape to see if all, you know, maybe should have tried that, you know, cut back instead of Osase running to the near post, which is his job.
00:30:06
Speaker
Look, when Masoski came on, I thought, I thought Danny had a good, he had a good performance, but the game was desperate. We were running in behind because we were down, So Osase wasn't as involved involved in the game as I would have liked.
00:30:21
Speaker
And you know those will be some of the adjustments that we try and tweak in training this week. Yeah, Brian, just to be fair, that that was my point, that he did he only got 16 touches. I wasn't trying to say it was his fault. There seemed to be some lack of cohesiveness there. And then, what Alex, you switched him to center back. to Again, he just shows his.
00:30:41
Speaker
Can you talk about you know what he provides for you and his versatility? Well, it's just... it We were down to nothing. And so, you know, I don't usually take Yimar off, but, you know, Alex there and Kalani fresh legs on the right wing.
00:30:59
Speaker
It's a real attack oriented type of formation. So the sub was due to the scoreline. And I thought Alex played really well back there. I mean, he chased back that one time, saved a goal. You know, he's a better passer than Yimar. So in that moment, we needed to make that change.
00:31:18
Speaker
Thanks, Coach. All right, we'll take a couple more. Felipe, go ahead, please. Thank
Preview of Upcoming Away Games
00:31:25
Speaker
you. Coach Brain, this was the first of five games that you're going to have away. And then in between, there is ah the Champions League against Vancouver. how How do you forecast these coming games and then this other game that you have in the CONCACAF?
00:31:47
Speaker
Well, there's two more road games at Vancouver and in Spokane. So it's not going to get any easier, Felipe, but you know, the guys worked hard tonight and we'll get them together and each game will come and we'll we'll do the best we can to win.
00:32:06
Speaker
Jeremiah, why don't you close us out?
00:32:10
Speaker
Yeah, I guess if you can just but close it out on on a general note of of if you were generally satisfied with the with the effort and the approach to this game, and if it was just a matter of things not going your way, if there's things that you would actually second guess about this one.
00:32:28
Speaker
Uh, it's a little early for me to reflect that deep, Jeremiah. Did the guys work? Yes. Uh, were we the smartest team in certain moments? No.
00:32:41
Speaker
ah did we create chances? Yes. Uh, could we have scored? Look, you know, i took the IMR out, but you know, that first, uh, free kick that Jackson heads back to IMR.
00:32:55
Speaker
I mean, if he heads it over here, it's it's an absolute goal, but he heads it straight and the goalkeeper sticks his hand up and everybody's like going, ooh, ah, it's a great save, but you know really, iimmar you know, has the whole goal to shoot for and it's won nothing for us.
00:33:14
Speaker
And so to me, I think the story of this game is just, we needed to make the plays in the game, both offensively and defensively and we came up short.
00:33:31
Speaker
Thanks. All right, we're gonna leave it there, Brian. Thank you for your time. sit
00:33:39
Speaker
There you have it from ah Brian Schmetzer, Hassani Dotson, and Snyder B. Noah, any thoughts on those pressers? Did that change how you're feeling about the L at all? Or what'd you think?
00:33:53
Speaker
It just, don't know. It's just, it's... I don't think it's changed any of my analysis on it at all. Like, I don't think it's changed any of the feelings. It's just is what it is. Like, i don't know.
00:34:06
Speaker
I don't know. Brian's not happy, but he's not like... He wasn't as he wasn't as wasn't like tilted as I expected that he he might be. Sometimes he gets like more ah more tilted after like a win, but there's stuff that he didn't like and he'll get yeah kind of combative. But I think this one, he was kind of trying to achieve nirvana. But, I mean, like you said, he's got to be feeling this 15-year losing streak or winless run more than anyone. Yeah. All right. Why don't we drop, drop this call link in the chat and get this, get this churning and then yep i'll see what the, okay, drop it in.
00:34:46
Speaker
Yeah. Feel free to hop on and give us your takes to one L at America first field. the Sounders dropped to one, one and zero.
00:34:57
Speaker
ah We did predict it. We did predict it. We did. We didn't did. We did predict it. We know how ah America first field goes. All right. We got Parker. We got tribe in the queue. Let's get him on the stage. Parker, you were first.
00:35:11
Speaker
Parker, 2-1-L at America first field. The curse lives on. How are you feeling? What'd you think? Oh man, honestly, well, I wasn't going to crash out until I heard Schmetz reference Montero.
00:35:25
Speaker
And the problem with that is he wasn't referencing Montero from a couple of years ago. and he was referencing Montero from 2010.
00:35:33
Speaker
and Which is the last time we won there. So, I mean, I guess that's not a bad reference. that was i Yeah, it's pretty upsetting. um I mean, it's kind of weird because like how can we be part of a club that we expect to beat Messi?
00:35:53
Speaker
And we're like, yeah, exactly. And then we come here and like the the emotions that I have after this game are like, eh, like I'm like I'm disappointed. It's like it's like a like a like a child that you're like, oh, I knew that was going to happen.
00:36:08
Speaker
state MLS is funny like that, isn't it like the same The same team that took down Messi in the League's Cup Final just got absolutely dammed on by a 17-year-old named Aiden.
00:36:21
Speaker
Right. Only league in the world. Yeah, but like look at the if you look at you know if you watch that game, it doesn't feel like the Sounders got outplayed or played off the field in any sense. It was really just like a goalkeeper has a great game. You're playing an away game in a tough spot. like That's just what it felt like. yeah what it What it reminds me of is like recently Atletico beat Barca 4-0 and then went and lost two in a row to like the worst possible teams in the league. It's just...
00:36:51
Speaker
it This is an MLS game that you just don't expect to win. I thought it might be different though. I did be just because of i just because the lineup, but I said that it wasn't going to be different, but like in my, in my head, I was like, this could like, I think I said, if they're ever going to do it, this is where they would do it.
00:37:09
Speaker
Now we know you did. i was listening to your show and you did say, this is the time. And I actually posted that I felt in my bones and that this is the night we're gonna win.
00:37:23
Speaker
And then everything went wrong. Yeah, i like my truck even broke down on my way here. Oh, no. Like I drove. probably behind that little But we're good. I made it like last 10 minutes of the game. and So like...
00:37:35
Speaker
I didn't listen. Hey, I was going to go and then I did it. So I literally had tickets and stuff and then I did it. So it was like, don't even... They let me in for free. That's a bonus. The security was like, there's 10 minutes. fine. I'm like, cool.
00:37:48
Speaker
Hey, there you go. That's that Utah hospitality. Yeah. So I did want to touch on that briefly because you guys were opining like, what is it about the...
00:38:01
Speaker
the stadium like how close is it to the mormon temple or whatever and i assure you god has nothing to do with our win the streak in salt lake i i'm like a huge believer in higher power and uh and like i'm that has nothing to do with our win the streak here do you have any theories on what it on what it is yes i do i do This is getting a little inside baseball, but utah has like this this counterculture where like Utah was settled by a particular religion and then
00:38:38
Speaker
Like everyone who is not part of that religion, that's their identity. It's either I'm part of a religion or I'm not part of a religion. There's like no personalities here. It's just like that's what people subscribe to And then in sports, like there's a reason why a lot of and NBA stars will not play the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake because the fans are bullied.
00:39:00
Speaker
And so like the energy is not good. And there's no like, there's no like personality that people bring to the table. It's either it I'm like, subscribe to this or I don't.
00:39:12
Speaker
And then like, even at the stadium, like I get there, there's 10 minutes left, I drive four hours to get to the game. I'm like, go Sounders. And somebody gets up and is like, shut up. I'm like like like, what are you talking about? Like, I'm not being rude.
00:39:25
Speaker
So I think the energy is superficial. Interesting. Yeah. Cursed energy. I subscribe to it. Cursed energy. Yeah. I have heard on multiple from multiple players that their fans are the rowdiest hecklers in the entire league, which I always. Oh, they're rude. It's not like they're into the game. It's like, like they're actually being mean, which i don't subscribe to.
00:39:49
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, it's. Yeah. Like how could you be mean to Paul Rock Rock? Like, I'm sorry. You you can't do that. Yeah. um all right parker we got uh we got a few people in the queue so we're gonna thanks for having me on yeah thank you for calling in as always man great stuff get home safe let's pop jeremiah in okay oh i put parker on my bed jeremiah oceann the reporter you're on you're on live don't say anything and don't say anything wrong or or bad or good or anything what do you what did you think about this game
00:40:22
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. It was, a you know, it was funny. I i feel like the the trend of the last five years or so has been that the Sounders just play like absolute crap at ah at RSL. And i don't i don't don I don't think they played like total crap, but man, ah you know, they didn't make, ah RSL made the plays and the Sounders didn't. You know, the Sounders had two great chances to go up 1-0.
00:40:51
Speaker
one zero And then RSL you know took their first great their first chance really well. But that was the Sounders kind of walked into that one. you know First, it's Gozo skating through the defense.
00:41:07
Speaker
And then Hassani Dawson can't clear the can't clear the chance And, and, and, and look, that was a well-taken shot. It's not, but he's also wide open.
00:41:17
Speaker
You know, it's, it's a, well, it's, it's two things. It's, you know, no one follows him into the box and he hits it really well. And then on the on the second goal, i that's a i don't know that's a disaster. like i I'm sure a lot of people are frustrated that Reagan didn't keep up with their forward or whatever. But like that's not i mean Reagan isn't it should not be in that position.
00:41:41
Speaker
Whereas Yamar had five yards of a head start on Peol, is that the striker's name? Yeah. yeah attack him I don't see how that happens. You know, ah that's what I was trying to say. i was like people are getting mad at Jackson are not seeing how that didn't pull that. Like it's not his fault. I thought he played well. can maybe step better. You could argue that if he is, he's just like a little tighter, but the thing is, Yamar is almost in line with him. So I don't know that that's even really the issue.
00:42:11
Speaker
If you're going to play a high line with Jackson Reagan, you know, he's not about to sprint back at new who speed. No, you got to have cover. Exactly. Yeah. Um, that was That was really – and I guess I didn't notice this, but I guess also Rothrock didn't close down the pass. He didn't close him down at all. I don't think he thought the ball was going to get out to him. He kind of like he kind of like got – he was on his back foot and then kind of just like let the play rest. I want to know on that play, the Hassani Dotson obviously missed pass, but what stood out to me was it looked like Christian just kind of turned off.
00:42:47
Speaker
Like, that was more offensive to me than that. I'm not going to try to pronounce the goal scorer's name, but someone someone didn't follow him. I mean, he he comes in through four – I mean, there was probably three or four different defenders that could have picked him up at some point. His name's Aiden, by the way. His name's Aiden, which that for me is the toughest thing to with. Oh, no yeah yeah You can't give enough goals to Aiden. 18-year-old. Aiden with an E. Come on.
00:43:10
Speaker
That's not yeah that's not a name. we're not We're not doing that. yeah no No, I don't like that all. Aiden Ross? Isn't that that, like, really evil streamer guy?
00:43:22
Speaker
I don't know. I mean, it was just – but, yeah, I mean, I think more than anything I'm frustrated that you have a runner that gets inside the – I mean, he's 12 yards out. And, it's again, he takes a – it's a well-taken shot.
00:43:35
Speaker
He hits it on a half volley. It's an unsavable shot. Full credit to him for hitting it. But there's no way that anyone should be getting a look like that. Yeah. no Do you, ah do you think there's, do you have any actual concerns or are you just chalking this up curse of America first field? And it is what it is.
00:43:57
Speaker
i mean, i i think I would be more frustrated if they didn't create like anytime they create as many chances as they created, i sort of, you know, like Brunel said this and I thought it was fair.
00:44:09
Speaker
You know, if, if Paul is just a foot more on side, know, They tie it up. If, you know, if if Snyder hits his his shot a couple feet to the right, they tie it up.
00:44:22
Speaker
um You know, the the defense is a concern on some level, but I i wouldn't say I'm freaking out about it.
00:44:31
Speaker
Yeah, i I can't say that this game like made me... it's just It's hard to be surprised by any of this. It's hard to take anything from this. convinced myself this was the year.
00:44:42
Speaker
i did I kind of did too. I said on our show that it wasn't, but like i you know I'd looked at the... In your heart, you you believed. Yeah, well, i saw the starting 11 they put out there in Vancouver, and I'm looking at it. There's no Diego Luna in there. They signed this DP, but he's not in there. It's a bunch of kids named Aiden, Braden, and Tyler that I've never heard of. And they, like, those kids apparently are hella good. Gozo is hella good. But, like, I figured the experience advantage would come into play. And for the first 20 minutes, I actually thought that that's how it was playing out until Aiden bammed. But, like, Up until then, it looked like ah and a very experienced team playing an inexperienced team. and And it was going how I was hoping it would go for the most part, other than like the Cabral making that insane save on Amar.
00:45:30
Speaker
but I got to know about this kid's family life. Aiden Hezerkani. Those are two very divergent names.
00:45:39
Speaker
Modern America. Modern solutions, you modern modern modern america problem modern solutions you know That is America in a nutshell. It's like, I'm going to name my kid Brayden with a Y and an I, but also we are going to have the most Slavic last name you've ever seen. There's like a Z and a Y in it as well. I love America for that reason, personally. You know, I agree. Like like Ari Lillianwald.
00:46:04
Speaker
It's a great name. It's good name. Americans have good names. Like, we really do. We were really... Because if it was like Aiden Joe or Aiden Smith or something, I'd be like, come on, come on.
00:46:15
Speaker
But like, he's he's got he's kind of got the sauce. I don't know. Yeah. hey ah But yeah, i don't I don't have much to add. I don't know what you can talk about for an hour, but that's what I got. That's our job. that's Yeah, yeah. I don't even know what we're to write about this is the perfect response to this game.
00:46:35
Speaker
Like, what do you, like, it's... Cider Brunel looked really good. You know, Snyder did look good. Snyder looked good. um You know, i I was encouraged by Danny Masovsky. He got himself into some good spots.
00:46:51
Speaker
Rothenberg was good. does make good runs. It was sort of a reminder of, know, I don't think Osase was bad. but i think he played a different role than what we needed. Masovsky is better at putting himself, like he doesn't do as much.
00:47:06
Speaker
in a sense, but he also just makes such good runs. I mean, granted it was a game state a little bit, but I was reminded that Denny Masofsky is a danger. just is always putting himself in dangerous spots. And you know, that's a real skill.
00:47:22
Speaker
Couldn't agree more. Well, we'll let you go and write. Thank you calling in Get writing, get writing. Yeah. Get, get back to the the pen and paper. Yeah. All right. Thanks for tapping jail.
00:47:34
Speaker
All right, we got a few more people in the queue here. We got Tribe. We got CW Bar. We got Caleb. oh let's go. that's I'm ready for the Caleb call, dude. And then we got Jordan, but let's get ah let's get Tribe in here.
00:47:47
Speaker
Tribe, what's up? 2-1-L at Real Salt Lake, bammed on by a 17-year-old named Aiden. What do you think? how are you feeling?
00:47:57
Speaker
We have reverted back to fucking high school soccer. I swear we have. we're We're forced to play wide. We're like Declan Rice. We're like a fucking crab in the moonlight. we just we We play wide, wide, wide in the final third. We can't play direct because they have like four fucking dudes there. We can't do anything. we We're like, it's so frustrating. We're the better team and we lose. The last time we were we were we we won there in the regular season, I didn't even know I was alive.
00:48:31
Speaker
i I legitimately wasn't aware that I was alive. I just... just... it just
00:48:44
Speaker
I don't know, man. I really don't know. I'm very happy with Rothrock, but there's nothing Rothrock can do. I'm i'm happy with – I'm really, really happy with Osaze, but there's nothing Osaze could do because he didn't get the chances because we're playing it wide every time, and he always has Justin Glad on him when they put him in the box. There's nothing that this team can do except – for probably playing 30 more minutes and to finally break down RSL and fucking Gozo, bro.
00:49:17
Speaker
Dude, he's not Obed Vargas. Stop glazing him. Stop glazing him. He's not that good. He's really not that good. And and these commentators are just making me mentally insane, and it's just it's worse than listening to Taylor Twelman. I swear. It's really bad, but I don't know. I'll end the show, Taylor Twelman.
00:49:39
Speaker
What? Friend of the show, Taylor Tloman. I don't know. it's Every time we play there, I don't know. Why do you guys think that is? Why?
00:49:51
Speaker
there's a i like I literally am saying this. like i i This was my plan was to go out there and investigate around the stadium, look and see if like there was some sort of power substation type situation happening, which, like again, i kind of believe there's something going on nefarious. Since 2011, you can't get a win there. Real Salt Lake is not good.
00:50:15
Speaker
They're not a good team. They've never been a good team. and they're like they're like competent they're fine but they're not no no no they're not they're not good make they're not a team that i'd be like oh hell yeah i'm scared of no they they're not they're not the type of team that a 15 year winless run makes any sense at all no that's 15 year winless like they should hang a banner for that because that's the only banner they're gonna hang in the next 10 years anyway Like, it like i don't I don't know what to tell you. like what What do you guys... ah Yeah, no, it's bad. ah What do you think of this, Cope? What do you think of this, Cope? Since we already know how these ah RSL away games are going to go, and you basically just write in the L before the season, better to just get this this out of the way early, like second game of the year, rip the Band-Aid off, just put the RSL L in there, and then and then just keep it pushing.
00:51:11
Speaker
Yeah. yeah oh my I had the graphic ready to post already for a loss. I already did before the game began. I never thought we were going to win. i thought I didn't think we were going to lose.
00:51:23
Speaker
I never thought we were going to lose. I thought we were going to draw. i knew we wouldn't win. There's no way we win there ever again. Chat, just cope. It's not happening. It's never going to happen again. We're going to go there and maybe get a point, and that's an amazing result. Some crazy shit is happening there. And I want to tear that stadium down to the ground.
00:51:45
Speaker
Get it out of there, right? It needs to go. It needs to just be torn down. I don't understand. i'm i i i like to be honest here.
00:51:57
Speaker
I'm a man of stats, but when I'm on here, I like to show emotions. because this is emotionally destroyed. There's no stat that you can come up with for these kind of results, because we were statistically the better team by quite a bit every single time almost that we play there, and we still lose. Every single time, I just don't understand.
00:52:22
Speaker
But the last thing I want to talk about before I go out Roth Rock, man. i'm As the conductors of the Roth Rock train, may i please get get a ticket?
00:52:36
Speaker
Absolutely. Roth Rock train's open for everyone. I would love to hop on. Listen, this is an equal opportunity hop on, okay? We don't care what you said in the past. We don't care what you say in the future. We'll get you to your destination on the X-Dog train. I'll tell you that much.
00:52:54
Speaker
MLS Cup Final is the destination, isn't it? it's ah It's a destination. He already he already won one one trophy for you. why Why not bring home a star? cause that's absolutely Absolutely. all right. I have to go, but um terrible loss. Amazing stream.
00:53:12
Speaker
Terrible emotions. I love you guys. Appreciate you, Tribe. Have a good one. share i' budd it All right, we got CW Bar, Jordan, and then Caleb. Let's get CW on here. Do you want to click? don't know if we click. You got it. You got it. You got it. Hands off. i'm cans off CW. CWB.
00:53:30
Speaker
Thanks for tapping 2-1-L at America First Field. Bammed on by Aiden. Tribe's tough to follow every time, man. um He's an entertainer. What can you say? He is, yeah. Yeah.
00:53:45
Speaker
First, goalies. I got a list of goalies I hate to play. Until today, it was Berkey and Takeoka. Cabral has made the list.
00:53:58
Speaker
Dude balls when we play that guy. Yeah. Hate playing him. Those three guys have lifetime performances when we play them, and I frigging hate it.
00:54:13
Speaker
Can't take it. Hate playing them. Don't want ever play them again. Second point.
00:54:20
Speaker
This is tactics, man. You look at the subs we made, the energy we played with, started it at minute 60. This is on Schmetz.
00:54:31
Speaker
We put guys in, attack-minded. We started to own the game. Yeah, Danny's goal didn't count. Probably should have. Outside of Cabral,
00:54:43
Speaker
This could have been a 4-2 game us. Tactics. We came in We wanted to control possession. wanted to slow build up up like we always do.
00:54:55
Speaker
but To Tribe's point, kind of got into the horseshoe of death. yes Granted, we had a limited roster. No Georgie.
00:55:06
Speaker
No Jordan. But, man, go back and watch Cruz Azul. Go back and watch Enter Miami. We didn't attack with that kind of fire.
00:55:19
Speaker
We don't attack with that kind of fire when we're playing and RSL, when we're playing a St. Louis City. I want to play 34 games with that attitude, man.
00:55:32
Speaker
Smack them in the goddamn mouth. Hit them hard. Hit them early. I don't want it starting at 60 minutes. I want it starting minute zero. where I'm at, man. It's such a such a good point because, I mean, one of the things that we loved about watching this team last year, like especially in Leagues Cup, or at least for me, it was like the relent relentlessness, you know, the pressing and like the just kind of getting on top of these teams and
Missing Aggressive Play Against RSL
00:55:59
Speaker
suffocating them. Like that that's when it was the most fun to watch last year. And it feels like that at America First Field, for whatever reason, they either can't or just don't tap to that level. Like it's it's like evidence.
00:56:11
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Uh, looks like your camera died here. Can you, can you hear us? All right. Well, that's a fallen soldier. That was a good con, but I want to, but I, but I want to ask, uh, guess you're, you, you go, you go, are you're on, you're on duty for, for, for picking up who's next. Well, if we see Bart come back, he can, you can jump back in, but. All right. Yeah. Let's get, let's get Caleb on here. Let's get Caleb on here. Caleb, Caleb, Caleb, you ready?
00:56:42
Speaker
we bringing you to the stage. There you go. That's my goat. Caleb, the floor is yours. I'm just going to, I'm putting on mute. I'm going i'm going on mute.
00:56:59
Speaker
Hey guys. um Yeah. i just got home from, from, from the game. uh i i just have to like you know i'm i'm really just in a whole bunch of emotions because to be like uh like i tell people um again i'm gonna say this sounders fans you are so freaking disgusting in how your standard and how you are selective asses if you want to talk about fuck ice and want to talk about actually politics then why don't you actually bring up this stat of losing to salt lake and stop doing it like gun control because that's exactly how y'all act like mitch McConnell in the senate when it comes to the sounder senate
00:57:42
Speaker
with this problem for years we have been trying to come to the sounder court and talk about justice but no we have this we have given garth asylum we have given craig asylum we have given freddie juarez asylum we have given everybody asylum that has come from here and what has they done to give it back to rectify what the heck that we that they've done for the crest of cascadia Nothing. And this has been 12 years now um under ah RSL general management.
00:58:17
Speaker
Can you say that? say say i want I want to hear you both say that. 12 years, ah former RSL general management. 12 years, RSL former. Can you say that? 12 years, ah RSL former general management. Was that right?
00:58:34
Speaker
can can can Can you accept that? Can the fans, as Bain would say, and do you accept these men's resignations? And do you accept all of the corrupts that they have done of working for a racist in Deloy Hanson, which we still put Craig under the freaking wire, which you will never admit.
00:58:53
Speaker
But again, we keep on gloating about everything else except this. Garth started this thing and if we're gonna be sounders fans we gotta actually finally bite the bullet and admit that we've done this because this is this has gone far enough but yeah i will let the i will let you guys have the floor because that's my opening statement so i'll let you like whatever questions the floor is open for me to question to free for any questions you have to ask
00:59:27
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Well, i have to I have to ask to start out. ah did Did you enjoy yourself at the game? I'm assuming no. And two, what was your like?
00:59:40
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what was your like Was there positive or negatives? just don't care if there were positives or negatives. I think he might have lost us. I think we lost him. I... Oh, uh...
00:59:55
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Dang. Did Noah lose us? Because I can't. cause i can't i but i can I can hear you, Ari, but... Okay, he can't hear you. he was that Are you guys there? yeah The positives and negatives, right?
01:00:10
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Hello?
01:00:13
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I think he lost us. I think Caleb lost us. ah caleb We'll take him off. yes Sorry, Caleb. i Sorry, Caleb, bro. We lost you. I don't know. We tried.
01:00:25
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That was an incredible opening statement anyway. So I think that's like, ah that's that's enough for that. i We did our best, Caleb. I i don't know. I don't know. what this is This is your shining moment, but right.
01:00:38
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um All right, we got Jordan up next. Let's get Jordan in here. and then we And then no one else is in the queue after that. So if anyone else does want to bop in here, ah feel free. We can take a ah few more. But ah until then, let's get Jordan on here.
01:00:53
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Jordan, what's up, man? 21L at Real Salt Lake, the curse of America first field lives on. Bammed on by a 17-year-old named Aiden. What did you think? how are you feeling?
01:01:05
Speaker
Yeah. It's one of the only times I'm happy the MLS is structured the way it is with the playoff system. um That's kind of how I'm coping. Like wins and losses don't really matter much until like July, August, like, you know, top, top four, top nine, whatever, just make the playoffs kind of thing. um Yeah, man. ah Tactically,
01:01:36
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the team was just not set up the best to handle the press from the 3-4-2-1. mean, you saw in the second goal in particular, the press was able to just take everybody and led to the fact that Nuhu then is stretched out way too wide.
01:02:00
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ah It happened a lot where the defense was just The midfield couldn't find an out ball, so the defense had to stretch to try to make room, which led to the turnover under the press, which leads to the goal.
01:02:15
Speaker
The first goal in that situation, you just have to hoof it out, like just out of bounds. Don't – you are literally standing inside the D. Just kick the ball out. Don't try to pass it out.
01:02:32
Speaker
You know, it it's the same thing. with Minnesota. They're playing a three at the back, five at the back. You need to use the outside. And the thing that upset me in the first half was Paul Rothrock goes on a run and D-Row runs towards Rothrock.
01:02:54
Speaker
You're the striker. Run up the field. you know you You are tall. You are strong. You are fast. Run forward.
01:03:03
Speaker
You know, they talked about he only had 16 touches. My striker can have one touch, and as long as it goes in the back of the net, I don't care about his touches. Get up there, make the runs.
01:03:17
Speaker
but It did seem like he was less of like a hold-up player and less of a target, and he's he's been playing this more like hybrid like false nine almost. He's not. If we want to play a false nine, then put Ferreira up top.
01:03:33
Speaker
When your strikers are Morris, Mussofsky, and Dero, who are brutes, you can you we should have kicked it long to him and let him head the ball and win the second ball and go from there.
01:03:47
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Which almost worked like when when Andrew Thomas was like absolutely blasted that yeah that one ball out of the back. Paul Rothrock collects, kind of beats his man, and I can't remember if he played it across or whatever. But I agree with you. That long ball was working.
01:04:02
Speaker
And it it like i you know it like I said, it went back to Minnesota. It's the same thing. it They're so hard when they press. They want to control the midfield. you know When you have the two 10s along with a flat four across, and we're playing you know only two in midfield, basically. Yes, Rusnak's there, but he's says a 10. He's more up the field.
01:04:26
Speaker
So basically it is man-marked coverage. There's an extra man in the middle. You will never have space to go down the middle. You will need to go wide. And then i don't find the giant man in the middle of the field. Just whip it into him.
01:04:43
Speaker
You know, win a second ball. Also, bend the long throw. Do not ever do a long throw ever again. because it's essentially a near post cross that we never won.
01:04:59
Speaker
Paul Rothrock, um unless we get someone who can just fizz the ball in, when you want a long throw, you want that ball to basically end up in or around the six yard box.
01:05:10
Speaker
All the long throws ended up near post or just the edge of the 18. It doesn't do anything. It puts us out of position. Because now Yamar's up, Reagan's up.
01:05:22
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We can just get countered on too quickly. so
01:05:29
Speaker
It is what it is. It's only the second game of the season. It's fine. it Does it suck? Of course it sucks. It's only game two. Yeah, that's I think that is also a big part of my cope ah right now is, you know, it's only game two. It's a cursed stadium.
01:05:46
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And I think it's just it's just unfortunate because this this really felt like the opportunity to to end this, to lift the curse. To be fair, as as a team who sent out a bunch of, you know, kindergartners against Austin and beat them. True. Maybe that's the comeuppance. Yeah. We should have kind of seen this. Seattle invented throwing a bunch of teenagers out there and then winning the game. They did it on the road, though.
01:06:11
Speaker
Look at all the other teams who are throwing teenagers out there and winning now. You know, it was all because of us. We did it first. Yeah. yeah and I was invented it. Hey, man, you know.
01:06:23
Speaker
12 points to get in the next four road games. It's fine. Just we can all take a deep breath. Forget this game ever happened by next week and focus on, you know,
01:06:37
Speaker
just making sure we make the playoffs. That's that then the key thing. I'm actually glad that this is
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01:06:42
Speaker
out of the way. Like I, if it was later in the season, I think it would be.
01:06:49
Speaker
Yeah. The thing is there, there are bogey teams all over the world for everybody. You know, like you said, Real Madrid just lost to, like a bunch of nobodies like bottom feeding clubs, you know, wolves just got a two, no win against Aston Villa yesterday. Like there, there are bogey clubs all around the world.
01:07:10
Speaker
It's just frustrating because it's like, they're, they're only a bogey when they're at the, like when, when, uh, when ah RSL comes to Seattle, they have no, I beat the shit out of them. No problem. And like the minute they set foot in America for first field, apparently they, uh,
01:07:27
Speaker
can't play soccer effectively anymore. But ah Jordan, it looks like your screen went out. it's ah yeah no yeah Yeah, it's literally been crashing this entire time. I had to leave and come back in like four different times. to crash It's probably StreamYard. It's probably StreamYard. They got to fix this. Earlier yeah hang here when J.O. was here, I could only hear him. And then when I finally got back in everyone sounded like Alvin in the chipmunks. So fire. I think somethings up something's up with the tech, which I think that honestly is about appropriate. That's a perfect way to end this. it's the it's it's because It's because you're there. It's because you're there in in Utah. That's what it is. It's the whole state. The whole state is there. I didn't even go. i didn't even go. I'm here. Are you not there? so i don it's It's because you you mentally were going to be there. That's what it is. Exactly. i even thought about it. Yeah. Well, Jordan, thanks for calling in, boss. We appreciate you. guys and We'll talk to you soon. Thanks, Jordan. Sorry.
01:08:20
Speaker
Before we wrap up here, I did want to hit a couple of other games around MLS just very, very, very, very quickly. Right now, the LA Galaxy are currently beating Charlotte 3-0. Oh, it's 3 now? 15th minute. What happened to my beautiful Pet BL run Charlotte FC? You're embarrassing me.
01:08:39
Speaker
Oh, now we got to do back out there. LA Galaxy are going to get all of this LA Galaxy are back. That's what I was just going to say. I can't take that. Zhao Klaus, two goals. get Get that shit out of here.
01:08:51
Speaker
Get that shit out here. Oh, man. Will Kuntz is going to be getting positive press for getting Zhao Klaus now. Fucking Will Kuntz, dude. I can't even. Get ready for the LA Galaxy are back content all week.
01:09:05
Speaker
I can't. That to me is... This, to me, is so much worse than the Sounders losing at Real Salt Lake. This is so much worse to me.
01:09:16
Speaker
Like, this is stuff just genuinely horrific. Yeah. five Five shots, five on target. 1.85XG right now. end of They haven't even hit the 20th minute.
01:09:28
Speaker
Yeah. What is Charlotte doing? Houston got two red cards against LAFC. That's kind of sick. see that. Tommy Mule brace against Toronto with 30 men left in that one.
01:09:40
Speaker
the game that I said that I wanted to put on our most watchable sporting Kansas city versus Columbus went to a two, two draw. It was a watchable game. We did we didn't end up putting it on there, but like that was my shout and,
01:09:54
Speaker
That was a watchable game for sure. I just think that it's hilarious that Jovlich had two for the worst team, one of the worst teams in the league. Columbus crew are pretty fraudulent, though. They're they're now winless. They're looking a little rough.
01:10:12
Speaker
The fire looked good. Atlanta got bammed on. all right all right mean Dallas, Nashville, draw, scoreless draw. julian hall Julian Hall did it again.
01:10:23
Speaker
Yeah, it's it's a good it's a good <unk> a good week of matches. I'm going to go watch this LA match now and cry myself to sleep. But we appreciate you all for watching. Please like the video. Please like the video.
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01:11:21
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That's all I have to show. Hell yeah. All right. Let's get the hell out of here. Uh, thank you all for tuning in. I'll be back at it on, uh, on Monday. where we pause We missed a super chat.
01:11:34
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Oh, did we? Quickly, zippy tuna, $2. Thank you so much. The Vargas shaped hole in the team tonight was evident. We'll cook on this for approximately 30 seconds. Go, Ari.
01:11:45
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I think I said it earlier, but I, you know, I think this was just kind of an example of the adaptation period that we maybe thought we're hoping wouldn't be that steep. that But like moments like that, that can happen when you're integrating a new guy. That's...
01:12:01
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Start Snyder Brunel next match. That's my take on that. And Derek Richards, thank you so much for being a member for 14 months. We love and appreciate you. The story is home teams winning. It's true.
01:12:12
Speaker
and Yeah, I think Doyle oh i all had a doyle had a Blue Sky post about that. yeah it's their Home teams are now like 17-1-5 or something. The Sounders scored the first...
01:12:24
Speaker
away goal or the second away goal of MLS so far. That was only the second away goal total across all of the competition. So it's home field advantage in MLS is massive. So it's a real good thing. We are going into six weeks of away games.
01:12:39
Speaker
which we will be back for next week. Ari will see you on Monday with Nico in the morning. i will see you on Thursday on our podcast. We have a very special episode with Jeremiah Oshan talking about MLS Next Pro for the MLS Next Pro kickoff that'll publish tomorrow.
01:12:56
Speaker
Go to Coma to buy and stay play tomorrow. That's that. Love y'all. Peace. Bye.