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Speaker 1: Coming to you live from our Elliot Avenue studios of

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM. This is Sounders

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Speaker 1: Weekly with your host Jackson Felts.

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Speaker 2: Good even everybody, Welcome into Sounders Weekly. Jackson Felts here

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Speaker 2: for the next hour talking all things Seattle Sounders Soccer.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for spending your Wednesday evening here with us, or

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Speaker 2: if you're listening in the future on the podcast, thank

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Speaker 2: you for doing so on the Seattle Soccer Shows podcast

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Speaker 2: page wherever you gear podcasts in case you can listen

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Speaker 2: to this opening segment and then have to dip out.

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Speaker 3: We have a busy show tonight.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna be joined in just a few minutes from

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Speaker 2: Ari Lillienwall he of course of Major League Soccer dot

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Speaker 2: Com and Lobbing Scorchers. He will join us to talk

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Speaker 2: all things Sounders and Major League Soccer as we head

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Speaker 2: into the first international break of the year. Then next

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Speaker 2: segment we got heesus Osceveto Junior, who covers the Houston Dynamo.

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Speaker 2: Coming up, he writes for the Bayoucidian and the Sounders.

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Speaker 2: Because of the international break, their next game comes on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: April fourth, a week and a half away down in

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Speaker 2: Houston against the Dynamo, and I will say you just

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Speaker 2: honestly right up front, you know, Curt and Open. I'm

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Speaker 2: on vacation next week for most of the week, so

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Speaker 2: we will not have a Sounders Weekly show, so I

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Speaker 2: wanted to do the Houston preview. Now I'm gonna be

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Speaker 2: on the play by play call for next Saturday's game.

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Speaker 2: I need to know a lot about the Houston Dynamo

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Speaker 2: and my good friend Heesus Osceveto Junior will join us

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Speaker 2: in just about twenty minutes to talk all things Dynamo.

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Speaker 2: And then there will not be a Rain Weekly coming

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Speaker 2: up after Sounders Weekly tonight. And because there is not

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Speaker 2: rain a weekly, I wanted to throw in a little

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Speaker 2: bit of rain coverage and it worked really well as

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Speaker 2: an overlap because last Wednesday, of course, the Sounders and

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Speaker 2: the reason why we didn't have a show Last Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: the Sounders were at one Spokane Stadium over there in

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Speaker 2: Spokane to face the Vancouver white Caps in that conca

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Speaker 2: CALF game.

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Speaker 3: Of course, they won that two to one.

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Speaker 2: They went uphead in CONCACAFF Champions Cup five to one

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Speaker 2: on aggregate over the defending West champion Vancouver wy Caps.

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Speaker 3: So that was awesome.

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Speaker 2: Of the next faced Tea Grace coming up on Wednesday

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Speaker 2: April eighth in Mexico, and then on Wednesday, April fifteenth

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Speaker 2: at lumen Field against Tea Grace that's the CONCACAFFT champions

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Speaker 2: Cup quarterfinals. So it looks like that's it in terms

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Speaker 2: of Spokane games for the Sounders this year, but they

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Speaker 2: were their last Wednesday to face Vancouver and then the

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Speaker 2: Seattle Rain f See also are in Spokane for three

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Speaker 2: rain games, including tonight. Actually, so that's the reason why

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Speaker 2: there's no rain Weekly toys because there's a game tonight

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Speaker 2: over there in Spokane. So Craig Wible, the Sounders general manager,

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Speaker 2: and Leslie Galmore, the rain general manager, got together for

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Speaker 2: a joint press conference to talk about playing in Spokane.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna be hearing it from both of them at

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Speaker 2: the end of tonight show as well, so stay tuned

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Speaker 2: for that. We got Ari, we got Heesus, and we

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Speaker 2: got the general managers of our teams. In terms of

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Speaker 2: the Sounders last game this last weekend, there's a reason

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Speaker 2: why we've gone three and a half minutes so far

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Speaker 2: and I haven't mentioned it because it doesn't need to

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Speaker 2: get talked about a lot. Tonight, zero zero draw in

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Speaker 2: Minnesota who were back to their ugly soccer ways of

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Speaker 2: sitting ten behind the ball and saying come at us defensively,

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Speaker 2: really really unattractive way of playing soccer. That's the way

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Speaker 2: Minnesota played, and it led to a zero zero game.

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Speaker 3: I see him on.

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Speaker 2: Hold, you know what, let's just jump into it and

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Speaker 2: we can talk a little bit about that game and

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Speaker 2: really talk a lot about the rest of the league

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Speaker 2: and moving forward for the Sounders. Let's bring him on

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Speaker 2: right now, joining us right now, as he always does. He,

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Speaker 2: of course, is the host of Lobbing Scorchers. He is

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Speaker 2: a writer and editor for mlssoccer dot com, and he

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Speaker 2: is a fantasy football champion. It's our good friend Ari,

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Speaker 2: Lillianwall Ari. How you doing tonight, buddy.

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Speaker 4: I'm doing well, Jackson. Looking where we did this bye week.

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Speaker 3: It's been crazy with the games.

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Speaker 4: So happy to get to take a step back, catch

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Speaker 3: And then get back at it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, very much, enjoying that we do not have a

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Speaker 2: All right, buddy, let's start. I haven't really jumped into

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Speaker 2: not a lot of reason to talk about that zero

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Speaker 2: and then suddenly Cameron Knowles says, oh no, we're giving

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Speaker 2: goals up, like you know, water through a dam. That's

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Speaker 2: wide open. Let's go back to Eric Ramsey's old system.

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Speaker 2: It was ugly as hell. What did you make of

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Speaker 2: the game?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think anytime you have a zero zero it's

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Speaker 4: not necessarily the most exciting thing of all time. But

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Speaker 4: I think in this situation, it's not really the worst

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Speaker 4: what happened in the playoffs last year with the Ramsey ball,

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Speaker 4: which we all hated. So I think, you know, we

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Speaker 4: all wanted to see Seattle kind of take it to

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Speaker 4: that team. But realistically, with the fixture congestion, they've been

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Speaker 4: obviously come out early in that game. I really don't

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Speaker 4: mind just seeing out a zero zero there, taking the

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Speaker 4: road point and going into the bye week. If you

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Speaker 4: look at the total body of work so far this season,

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Speaker 4: it's been a good start. You're three to one and

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Speaker 4: Salt Lake, but other than that, those are pretty good results.

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Speaker 4: And then CCC is the biggest thing going right now,

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Speaker 4: and you were able to five to one one of

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Speaker 4: and now you've got this huge matchup with Tigris. So overall,

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Speaker 4: I think this Minnesota match it's one that you can

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Speaker 4: just take the road point, put it in the bin,

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Speaker 4: and keep it pushing. There's no reason to dwell mouch

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Speaker 4: on whatever happened in that game.

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Speaker 3: Well, a lot of follow ups there, Ari.

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Speaker 2: Let's start first with you mentioned Alex roll Don and

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Speaker 2: he comes out with the right hip injury, and now

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Speaker 2: you basically have two healthy center backs on your roster

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Speaker 2: and jaw and Jackson Reagan and Tino Lopez who's done

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Speaker 2: great since coming up from Tacoma Defiance. What's your what's

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Speaker 2: But what's your concern meter having two healthy center backs

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Speaker 4: Yeah, pretty concerned. I mean that's not you want ideally

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Speaker 4: And that's what they're down to right now. We'll see

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Speaker 4: what happens with the severity of the Alex Roldan injury.

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Speaker 4: Schmidt said after the game. It was a hit pointer,

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Speaker 4: which that's the type of thing that hurt is very

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Speaker 4: painful in the moment, but doesn't necessarily mean that you

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Speaker 4: don't want to jigxet, but theoretically Alex Roldon shouldn't. I

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Speaker 4: I do think Pino Lopez has looked great, like you said,

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Speaker 4: I mean, he's done nothing in his two star so

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Speaker 4: even if they have to throw him in a Conka

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Speaker 4: I don't know about you, but I think your namesake,

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Speaker 4: Jackson Reagan has been playing at a defender of the

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Speaker 4: It looks like he's kind of taking a set into

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Speaker 4: So hopefully they can shore up the depths. Obviously Yemar

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Speaker 4: it's not a great situation to be in, but hopefully

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Speaker 4: if Alex Roldan is healthy, they will have enough there

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Speaker 3: These guys mended.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I couldn't agree more. And yeah, with Yamar out

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Speaker 2: all sides of the field. Because you're right, I mean,

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Speaker 2: in my quick hitters, here are the fact that this

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Speaker 2: six and they've given up three total goals in seven matches.

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Speaker 2: And in that run where they had five games in

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Speaker 2: sixteen days, I'm with you, like you take the draw,

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Speaker 2: you take the point in Minnesota, and don't look back.

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Speaker 2: But you know, four zero to one in the those

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a hell of a job that

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Speaker 2: Brian Schmenzer has done to work this team and get

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Speaker 2: seven total soccer games, pretty incredible for the Seattle Sounders.

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Speaker 2: Right now, Ari, let's talk about what's next for the team.

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Speaker 2: May Conka Calf that's April eighth and April fifteenth against

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Speaker 3: They played to.

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Speaker 2: A crazy four to three loss in Dallas against their

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Speaker 2: about the Sounders next opponent Houston and that crazy loss

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Speaker 4: Houston was actually kind of one of my sleeper teams

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Speaker 4: coming into the year. They were really active over the offseason.

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Speaker 4: They spent a ton of money. They got two new

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Speaker 4: designated players in Guillermey, and then they brought Mattias Bogos,

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Speaker 4: So bo Goose feels it felt like a proving commodity

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Speaker 4: to me. And then when I researched Giermey.

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Speaker 3: I liked what I saw, so I thought, you know.

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Speaker 4: If they can short up defensively, Benelson's their coach, He's

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Speaker 4: known for that. They can short up defensively, and they

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Speaker 4: hit on bo Goose and giarme, they might be onto

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Speaker 4: something there. And I would say, so far this season,

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Speaker 4: it is not fully come together the way that I

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Speaker 4: would have thought. Their defending seems pretty erratic. They've had

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Speaker 4: I will say though, they do strike me as a

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Speaker 4: I think they really are onto something with him. I

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Speaker 2: We will get a break and we'll dive very deep

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Speaker 2: Heyesu's Ossivato Junior who writes for the Bayou City and

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Speaker 1: Now back to Sounders Weekly on your Home for Sounders

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Speaker 1: FC Seattle's Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FL.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, everybody, Sounders Weekly. Jackson Feldt's good to be

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Speaker 2: here in tonight's show. That's why we moved Ari Lillenwall

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Speaker 2: No Rain Weekly later on tonight, so we're kind of

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Speaker 2: five o'clock. Providence Swedish prematch show five thirty kickoff over

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Speaker 2: He writes and covers the Houston Dynamo for the Bayou City,

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Speaker 2: and down there it's our friend heyesus Ossevedo Junior, Hey, Sus,

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Speaker 3: How are you, Jackson.

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Speaker 5: I'm doing well, So I always look forward to this time,

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Speaker 5: you know. Yes, Mark minus is going on and we'll

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Speaker 2: I want to talk to you about Mariners Astros. Really

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Speaker 2: He hayesus because I just I love chatting with you.

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Speaker 6: the game.

433
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Speaker 5: They controlled the game, and then you know, as it

434
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Speaker 5: has been traditioned in the season not ready for youth

435
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Speaker 5: and niney one, they had another player getting tup.

436
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Speaker 6: With red car and they leave the league in red cards,

437
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Speaker 6: which I don't.

438
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Speaker 5: Think nobody could have predicted that, not even anybody that

439
00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,200
Speaker 5: bets on you know, Calchi or all the other betting.

440
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Speaker 6: Nobody could have presented the will leave the league in

441
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Speaker 6: red cards.

442
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Speaker 5: So you know, there were men down for like thirty minutes,

443
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Speaker 5: and obviously when it happens, you have to hold on

444
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Speaker 5: for dear life. But it's a good time to team

445
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Speaker 5: like Fsie Dallas and that then broke and you know,

446
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Speaker 5: Dallas came back and.

447
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Speaker 6: We took the lead for three.

448
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Speaker 5: Uh So, yeah, it was just the wow game first

449
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Speaker 5: and second half. But like I said, if you're a

450
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Speaker 5: fan of goals, this was a good game to watch.

451
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Speaker 5: The goals were pretty good to watch.

452
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Speaker 2: Yeah, lots of goals in that game. Looks like the

453
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Speaker 2: Houston had that three to two lead there going into

454
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Speaker 2: the break and then to Dallas second half goals an

455
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Speaker 2: own goal by see at Chenko and patar Musa with

456
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Speaker 2: the eighty sixth minute winner there for Dallas. I love

457
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Speaker 2: you because there's a lot of things there that I

458
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Speaker 2: want to follow up on. Let's start with that new

459
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Speaker 2: player there, that attacker Jerme who scored there in the

460
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Speaker 2: twenty ninth minute. It was your first goal of the

461
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Speaker 2: game to get you back. Let's let's talk about him

462
00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,080
Speaker 2: and what he's been able to do for that Houston

463
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Speaker 2: Dynamo attack there on the right wing.

464
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Speaker 3: Tell us about him.

465
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Speaker 6: He's thought on the right wing.

466
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Speaker 5: But yeah, he has freedom, you know, and I think

467
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Speaker 5: Ben Olsen trust him to find the pockets.

468
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Speaker 6: Of space and use that space.

469
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Speaker 5: Ass Neda, you know, with the first goal that was

470
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Speaker 5: just him hands a moment you know, he saw the

471
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Speaker 5: pass was coming, he wasn't get there. He jumped on

472
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Speaker 5: it for a heasy goal, but his his the sifth

473
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Speaker 5: on that second Dynamo goal, my god, that was almost

474
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Speaker 5: right across the you know, half halfline of the field

475
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Speaker 5: and he it was just it was a slow, smooth

476
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Speaker 5: path that.

477
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Speaker 6: Nobody was going to get there.

478
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Speaker 5: And he comes and Lawrence and Anally with his feed.

479
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Speaker 5: But I think what separates him is he's fast, Yes,

480
00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,840
Speaker 5: he's strong, but I think his his his mind, you know,

481
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Speaker 5: the way he's able to find these pockets of faces

482
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Speaker 5: and put himself in the right spot to receive the

483
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Speaker 5: ball and whether it's you know, take a shot, uh pass,

484
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Speaker 5: It's just that's one thing I've noticed. And look it's

485
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Speaker 5: only for games, so I'm sure there's more to learn

486
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Speaker 5: of him, but that's what I've seen this first few games.

487
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Speaker 5: It's the way he's able to find these pockets his

488
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Speaker 5: face and and make the best because I mean, as

489
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Speaker 5: you know, sometimes pocketers plays close really quick, and the

490
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Speaker 5: best players to make that decision before they even get

491
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Speaker 5: the ball, they already know where it's going. And I

492
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Speaker 5: think he's one of those players. Uh So yeah, you

493
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Speaker 5: know for those three assays like that's pretty you know,

494
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Speaker 5: we always have some emalyst pun They said that they're

495
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Speaker 5: taking back what they said about gear Met because they

496
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 5: were saying that he wasn't gonna be able to reputate

497
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Speaker 5: when he did during his time with Santos. So look,

498
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Speaker 5: like I said, four games in, still a lot of

499
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Speaker 5: season left, but so far are pretty happy with his signing, I.

500
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Speaker 2: Would imagine, so with with those kind of stats, I mean,

501
00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 2: averaging nearly two goal contributions a game is pretty darn

502
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Speaker 2: good here early in the season. Haysus Ossovedo Junior is

503
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Speaker 2: our guest. He covers the Houston Dynamo for the Bayoucidian.

504
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 2: The Sounders next game is April fourth, coming up in

505
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 2: a week and a half down in Houston against the

506
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Speaker 2: Dynamo and Haesu's, you know, stepping back from just him

507
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,600
Speaker 2: and the job that he's done there, starting on the

508
00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:38,440
Speaker 2: right wing, playing more freely and then looking at the

509
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Speaker 2: entire attack. I mean, Hayes's on paper, this is a

510
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,920
Speaker 2: pretty good group. You have, Mateosh Bagoush, who obviously did

511
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 2: so many good things with LAFC and then went to

512
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 2: Liga Amechi's and then you know did well there comes

513
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,200
Speaker 2: back to MLS Now with Houston, you have Ponce who

514
00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,600
Speaker 2: was a big, high priced signing. You have an ally

515
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Speaker 2: guy that I quite like there in the left midfield,

516
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,960
Speaker 2: Hector her area is back in the center midfield, you

517
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Speaker 2: have Jack mcclin is your right midfielder. That is a

518
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Speaker 2: six some heesus. That on paper is pretty darn good.

519
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 2: It did start early in the season. But kind of

520
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Speaker 2: looking at that on paper is the expectations that they

521
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Speaker 2: will be able to carry this team to a playoff spot.

522
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Speaker 6: I think that's that's the go you know.

523
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Speaker 5: Uh, last season the Dynamo, that was one of their kides.

524
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 5: He'll scoring right when they needed to, you know, randomly

525
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 5: they would have these high scoring games. But they just

526
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Speaker 5: they didn't have the talent. You know, they had a

527
00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 5: lot of injuries last season. But this season they altins.

528
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:42,840
Speaker 5: They really retold the offense. They really wanted to make

529
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Speaker 5: it more dynamic. You know Bogus you know, you you

530
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Speaker 5: mentioned he's been outshined by gear Man, you know, like

531
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Speaker 5: he still doesn't even hit his stride. Yeah, uh, you know,

532
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Speaker 5: but I think it's also the change in the formation

533
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Speaker 5: has allowed there you know, my husband Olsen, you know

534
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Speaker 5: the three fight two formation fighters to the dot com

535
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Speaker 5: before twenty ten started or after training can started. Once

536
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Speaker 5: he saw the players and he said it was a

537
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Speaker 5: bit of boat.

538
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Speaker 6: You know.

539
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Speaker 5: They saw the players, they had the players that were

540
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Speaker 5: looking to add so him the coaches were, okay, how

541
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Speaker 5: can we make best use you know, and that's what

542
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Speaker 5: you also have. You know, a player like doing homes

543
00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:17,360
Speaker 5: with a millfielder right now. He's a right wing back,

544
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Speaker 5: you know. You you mentioned laws heally he's a left

545
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Speaker 5: wing back, you know.

546
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Speaker 6: So they're he's trusting these.

547
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Speaker 5: Players that are not known as defense rather more midfield

548
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 5: or forward. He's trusted them and he's uh strengthening them

549
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 5: to be able to play.

550
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Speaker 6: That and that adds to their attacking forst.

551
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Speaker 5: On the back hand side of that, their defense has

552
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 5: struggled a bit because they're still working that out. So

553
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:44,480
Speaker 5: so you know, it's the chicken and leg like what

554
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,760
Speaker 5: do you want first offense to be better or the

555
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Speaker 5: defense to be better?

556
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Speaker 6: You know.

557
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Speaker 5: And in past times with Olsen, the defense and the

558
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,160
Speaker 5: one that has been coming out of the season, you know.

559
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,480
Speaker 6: Being good. But this season so far to four games

560
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 6: is kind of a flip.

561
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting, you know, kind of just the hearing

562
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Speaker 2: about how you look at the players that you have

563
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,080
Speaker 2: and how do you make them work best. And the

564
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Speaker 2: Sounders just finished facing a team a few days ago

565
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Speaker 2: in Minnesota United who, as we know from last year,

566
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Speaker 2: Hayes who's just played this ultra boring, really unattractive style

567
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 2: of soccer under head coach Eric Ramsey, and it was

568
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 2: just the worst thing to watch. And then Ramsey leaves

569
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Speaker 2: and Cameron Knowles takes over as Minnesota's head coach, changes

570
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 2: the system through four games, says, I don't care what

571
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,080
Speaker 2: our team is built like, I'm going to run a

572
00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 2: more offensive system. It just stinks, you know, eleven goals

573
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Speaker 2: conceded through four games and two and nine goals in

574
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Speaker 2: the last two games. So Cameron Knowles says, Okay, that

575
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,679
Speaker 2: didn't work very well. Then I'm just going to go

576
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Speaker 2: back to what works for my personnel, and what worked

577
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: for my personnel was this ultra defensive system, and boom,

578
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 2: it causes the Sounders and that game goes zero zero.

579
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Speaker 2: So in the sense of coaches figuring out what they

580
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: have and mapping the best lineup and mapping the best

581
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 2: skills to what the players can do. Yeah, it sounds

582
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 2: like Houston's already ahead of Minnesota in that regard, and

583
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,120
Speaker 2: Ben Olsen is figuring that out. Let's talk a little

584
00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 2: bit more about that defense that that week part of

585
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,679
Speaker 2: Houston's team. You mentioned the red card, the double yellow

586
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 2: in that game against Dallast and Fiatchenko the center back.

587
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 2: So he will be missing that game against Seattle. How

588
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,240
Speaker 2: much of a loss will that be to a Houston

589
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:27,360
Speaker 2: defense that has already struggled.

590
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Speaker 6: Huge.

591
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Speaker 5: I would think he's probably the number one defender that

592
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,720
Speaker 5: Houston can do without. You know, last season when he

593
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,439
Speaker 5: was hurt, the Dynamo missed them. His veteran presence, his

594
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 5: you know, Gil he's IQ on the on the ball.

595
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Speaker 6: It's it's very hard to replace what he brings.

596
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 7: You know.

597
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 6: Yes, he's not one of these.

598
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Speaker 5: Youngest center backs. He's a bit more age, you know,

599
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 5: I think thirty to thirty three. But but his press

600
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 5: is just on the field of his communication I think

601
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 5: will be badly missed.

602
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Speaker 6: You know.

603
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 5: On the flip side of that, I think it gets

604
00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,919
Speaker 5: a good chance for the players to step up and

605
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 5: kind of, you know, start cementing themselves. You know, they

606
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,680
Speaker 5: just signed one of their draft picks from this past season,

607
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:16,680
Speaker 5: August August Rush Hope up, you know, six sixth center back.

608
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 6: You know they got him in the third round.

609
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,479
Speaker 5: And you know, Benosen said, you know they asked him

610
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,120
Speaker 5: about how you know, because they signed into the first

611
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Speaker 5: first thing contract.

612
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Speaker 6: The first two games they had just signed to those

613
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Speaker 6: shirts from contracts.

614
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 5: But they recently lost they center back Lucas Halter from Argentina.

615
00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,159
Speaker 5: He was one of their new players. He's outing for

616
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Speaker 5: about a month. So they were impressed with what Rush

617
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 5: was able to do, so they signed him to an

618
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Speaker 5: actual first in contract. But Ben was pretty honest, He's like,

619
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Speaker 5: do we sign him if Halter isn't her? I don't know,

620
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 5: he said, but we are impressed enough to sign them

621
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Speaker 5: to this first in the contract. As it relates back

622
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Speaker 5: to Erics in the game, I think it's a big mess.

623
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Speaker 5: I many to see what pairing he chooses for this

624
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 5: for the back three. Uh to uh to go gets

625
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 5: a strong Seattle Founders offensive attack.

626
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Speaker 2: Well, Haser's I'm calling the game here for kJ R

627
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 2: coming up in a week and a half. And as

628
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 2: I kind of prepped this broadcast, you know, Carlos, would

629
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Speaker 2: you say it is next to resh the six to

630
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 2: sixth guy, because that's obviously something that you know, you know,

631
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 2: we'll raise our eyes in terms of all, right, on

632
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:19,719
Speaker 2: set pieces, you have a six to six guy who

633
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 2: can you know, potentially a young guy who can get

634
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 2: up in the air.

635
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Speaker 3: That's interesting.

636
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 2: So, uh, I think that's something they'll watch and maybe

637
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 2: we'll text about it as we'll see here in the

638
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 2: week and a half ahead. But you know, overall, it's

639
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 2: just an interesting one on paper. We'll wrap it with

640
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 2: this as we always do, which is predictions. This seems

641
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 2: to be a Houston team that can definitely score with

642
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 2: some talented players there in that front six of this

643
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 2: four three three. So given that and given the defensive struggle,

644
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 2: are we looking at a high scoring back and forth

645
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 2: game just like your last game against Dallas.

646
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Speaker 5: It's interesting though, because Sanders have only conceded twice if

647
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 5: I'm yeah, So it's hard defense to crack, you know.

648
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 5: So it's like, what's your definition of high scoring? I guess,

649
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,600
Speaker 5: you know, like three fourth sport.

650
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 2: As a person who's doing play by play for I'm

651
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Speaker 2: hoping we're looking like a three to two Sounders win.

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Speaker 3: That's what That's what I'm looking for.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I know what I'm gonna say to to draw.

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Speaker 6: I think I'm gonna go too to draw, but uh yeah,

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Speaker 6: I'll go too to draw. I think it'll be that

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Speaker 6: that kind of high scoring game.

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Speaker 5: But I wouldn't be surprised if it's a low first half,

658
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Speaker 5: low attacking first half, and then he just turns song

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Speaker 5: in the second half. There are things here in Houston,

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Speaker 5: so you know, And it's not that high. Yes, so

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Speaker 5: the heat won't affect Seattle for sure.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's very very true, bro.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And and I love the fact that the Sounders are

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Speaker 2: going there in early April as opposed to July or

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Speaker 2: August or something like that, when it is very very

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Speaker 2: muggy out there. And uh and I remember what it

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Speaker 2: was like even for the playoffs in November a couple

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Speaker 2: of years ago, when I saw yet oh yeah, and

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Speaker 2: it was, oh my gosh, I'm like.

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Speaker 3: It's supposed to be winter.

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Speaker 6: What is this.

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Speaker 2: Jesus Ozevedo Junior, our guest, covers the Houston Dynamo for

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Speaker 2: the Bayoucidi and he covers all Houston sports. And that's

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Speaker 2: why I love the chance to be able to spend

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Speaker 2: a couple of minutes talking about even more than just

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Speaker 2: the Houston Dynamo and that game coming up here in

678
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Speaker 2: a week and a half hasis while I got you

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Speaker 2: for a second baseball our Seattle Mariners finally finally jumped

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Speaker 2: the Astros for the division, won our first division title

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Speaker 2: last year since two thousand and one. As we start

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Speaker 2: up this baseball season and we have opening Day here

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Speaker 2: tomorrow for our Mariners, I'm wondering the Houston Astros situation.

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Speaker 2: Is this a team that's kind of just you know,

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Speaker 2: positioned themselves to hopefully contend for a wild card spot,

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Speaker 2: you know, looking up at the Mariners. Now, what is

687
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Speaker 2: the perspective for the Houston Astros down there as the

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Speaker 2: season begins?

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Speaker 5: Man Jackson, I'll be honest, I it's hard for me

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Speaker 5: to make any and this goes through my whole life,

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Speaker 5: right make any baseball predictions before this start, just because

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Speaker 5: the season is so long.

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Speaker 3: Rye uh.

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Speaker 5: And I know you guys as Seattle ELP Seattle, do

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Speaker 5: you guys know what kind of runs teams can make

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Speaker 5: after the offer break? You know, you guys have made

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Speaker 5: some crazy runs to make the playoffs, and they it's

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Speaker 5: like you do not want to pay Seattle, you know.

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Speaker 6: But with that said, I will say, I think the.

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Speaker 5: Ass are gonna be contention for the division title, but

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Speaker 5: I think I think Seattle you guys might just take it.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if you guys who want to wait

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Speaker 5: with it, but I think you got things gonna be closed.

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Speaker 5: But I think Astros I have them locked in for

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Speaker 5: a walk up position, uh spot, But I think.

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Speaker 6: It's gonna be it's gonna be another long season for Houston.

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Speaker 8: You know.

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Speaker 6: For me, it all comes down to their pitching. You know,

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Speaker 6: I think the bats, you know, bats come and go.

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Speaker 6: I think they'll they'll still still do what they do.

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Speaker 5: But to me, it's a pitching that kind of filled

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Speaker 5: them last season and then of course when they whenever

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Speaker 5: they did get good pitch and then the bats went silent,

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Speaker 5: and that's when you're like, what can you do?

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Speaker 6: But I think I think they'll be after the walker.

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Speaker 5: I think Seattle wins the division, but I don't think

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Speaker 5: you seatle run.

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Speaker 4: So wait with it.

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Speaker 6: Okay.

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Speaker 5: I said, anything happened in the season of one hundred

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Speaker 5: and six or two games, like we've we've seen it,

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Speaker 5: you know, at least there's one year where a teages

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Speaker 5: makes a crazy run.

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Speaker 6: You know. So that's so, that's what I'll sink.

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Speaker 3: That's fair, that's fair.

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Speaker 2: Hasis will wrap it with this, as we always spend

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Speaker 2: some time talking about in our interviews, basketball and it's

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Speaker 2: exciting basketball times up here in Seattle because of the

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Speaker 2: upcoming NBA expansion hopes and the potential return of the

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Speaker 2: Seattle SuperSonics. So basketball is good here. We don't have

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Speaker 2: a great college program here, but we are. We are

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Speaker 2: very much lit up for the for the NBA, and

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Speaker 2: of course everybody is excited about March Madness for various reasons.

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Speaker 2: And as I mentioned off the top, and as I

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Speaker 2: texted you the night the tournament, the night before the

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Speaker 2: tournament started, I decided to finally do it and go

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Speaker 2: with Houston to win the national championship. I think as

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Speaker 2: a two seed they are in position to make a

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Speaker 2: run and do it. I think few other people, at

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Speaker 2: least in the couple pools that I'm in, actually we

742
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Speaker 2: think Houston's gonna go and do it. So make me,

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Speaker 2: uh hey, suits feel a little bit better about my

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Speaker 2: Houston Cougar's National championship pick.

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Speaker 6: Defense wins championships, simple as that.

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Speaker 5: You know, granted they didn't want to last year hinder

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Speaker 5: games Florida, so we can last.

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Speaker 2: Year threw it away in the last second. They really

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Speaker 2: gave the game away in the final possession. They should

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Speaker 2: have been national champions last year.

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Speaker 6: Yeah probably, Yeah, sharp plump fake and he shoots that.

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Speaker 6: Any may say, yes, I know, but but we that say.

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Speaker 5: You know, I've I've seen teams this season, you know,

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Speaker 5: beat Houston. But they earned that victory, you know what

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Speaker 5: I mean, Like like I think maybe one blowout. I

756
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Speaker 5: think they lost to Kansas Monday night, where Kansas have

757
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Speaker 5: never lost at home at Monday Night. But I think

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Speaker 5: every other game they're always tell you when they're playing

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Speaker 5: up against the top seats, Houston is going to come

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Speaker 5: after you.

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Speaker 6: Uh.

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Speaker 5: The only thing if you're asking me for to say

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Speaker 5: a bad thing about him, you know, even though you

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Speaker 5: did him, I'll be fair. I'll be fair. Their bench

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Speaker 5: can be sure sometimes colding sound says sometimes bench as much.

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Speaker 5: So that's the only thing I'll say. You know so,

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Speaker 5: but yeah, but I got Houston.

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Speaker 6: Winning it all cool.

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Speaker 5: You know they're playing Sweet sixteen and Elite eight games

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Speaker 5: here in Houston. Natio I said yea home advantage, so

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Speaker 5: you know they get past Ellinoise.

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Speaker 6: I don't see Iowa or in the Breakfast popular No,

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Speaker 6: I love it.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling pretty good right now and I was hoping

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Speaker 2: that you just kind of reinforce that, and it sounds

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Speaker 2: like you are, so I'm good with that. Hey, Sus,

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Speaker 2: We'll talk again the next time that the Sounders are

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Speaker 2: hosting Dynamo later in the season. So thanks so much, buddy.

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Speaker 2: It's good to talk with you. Good to talk even

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Speaker 2: more than just Dynamo Sounders, So thanks again. I hope

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Speaker 2: you're doing well and we will talk very soon.

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Speaker 6: That was good, Jackson.

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Speaker 5: Always good to talk to you, and I'm excited for

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Speaker 5: you guys to get your Supersonic's back.

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Speaker 6: Should be sure never.

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Speaker 2: Let well what Hayesus said there, cannot wait to have

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Speaker 2: the Sonics back, and hopefully it is coming up here

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Speaker 2: in to short few months. We'll get a break here

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Speaker 2: in Sounders Weekly. We'll wrap up the show with a

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Speaker 2: little bit of Sounders and rain Weekly because both general

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Speaker 2: managers of our clubs spoke last week before the Sounders

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Speaker 2: Conker CAF game in Spokane. Of course, Rainer also playing

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Speaker 2: in Spokane. They have a game tonight. We're gonna hear

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Speaker 2: from both general managers coming up next here on Sounders Weekly.

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Speaker 1: Now back to Sounders Weekly on your home for Sounders

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Speaker 1: FC Seattle's Sports Radio ninety three.

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Speaker 3: Point three kjr FM. Welcome back Sounders Weekly.

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Speaker 2: Jackson felt good to have you with us here on

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Speaker 2: this Wednesday night covering all things Seattle Sounders. Spent a

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Speaker 2: little extra time there with our good friend Heyeshu's Oscevedo

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00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,880
Speaker 2: Junior of the Bayou City and looking ahead to the

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Speaker 2: Sounders next game once again, that's against the Houston Dynamo

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00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 2: in a week and a half. It's the international break

805
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,319
Speaker 2: this weekend, so no Sounders game coming up.

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00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:55,479
Speaker 3: Next game will be on.

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Speaker 2: Saturday, April fourth in Houston Shell Energy Stadium against the Dynamo.

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Speaker 2: We will have that game for you over on Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio nine to fifty AM. That will have a five

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00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 2: o'clock Providence Swedish pre match show and a five thirty

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Speaker 2: kickoff with as I mentioned, with hayesus myself all have

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Speaker 2: the play by play call over there on nine to

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Speaker 2: fifty KJR AM. Next Saturday, not this Saturday. Next Saturday, folks,

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Speaker 2: you can also watch that game Apple TV and listen

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Speaker 2: on Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty. There a

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Speaker 2: couple additional notes before we get to our next part

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Speaker 2: of Sounders Weekly. We'll mention first that Sounders FC Soccer

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Speaker 2: is presented by Providence Swedish, the official healthcare partner of

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Speaker 2: Sounders FC. Also, michelob Ultra is ninety five calories and

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Speaker 2: two point six grams of carbs. It's only worth it

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Speaker 2: if you enjoy it, all right, So last week, one

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Speaker 2: week ago tonight, the reason why we didn't have a

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Speaker 2: show last week is because the Sounders were over in

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Speaker 2: Spokane at One Spokane Stadium to face the Vancouver y Caps.

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Speaker 2: That was the only game right now that I believe

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Speaker 2: for the only game year that will happen for the

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Speaker 2: Sounders in Spokane. But the Rain have a bunch of

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Speaker 2: games in Spokane. They actually played tonight in Spokane at

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Speaker 2: that one Spokane Stadium, which is of course home to

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Speaker 2: a couple there. I wouldn't say minor league teams, they're

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Speaker 2: still professional teams, but lower division soccer clubs over there

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Speaker 2: in Spokane.

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Speaker 6: What is it?

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Speaker 2: The Zephyr and the Velocity, I believe for the two

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Speaker 2: teams who play over there in Spokane. Sounders got to

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Speaker 2: play there of course, beat Vancouver and won that series

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Speaker 2: five to one on aggregate to move on to the

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Speaker 2: CONCACAFF Champions Cup quarterfinals against Tea Grace. Rain obviously have

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Speaker 2: a few games there and they're playing over in Spokane

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Speaker 2: of course because overall they can't play at Lumenfield. Lumenfield

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Speaker 2: right now is having grass put in for the World Cup.

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Speaker 2: We've seen a couple images come out of what's going

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Speaker 2: on inside of Lumenfield right now. It's crazy. I've never

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Speaker 2: seen anything like it. Even when they do the motocross events.

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Speaker 2: That stadium right now is it's hard to even walk in.

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00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,360
Speaker 2: So much going on to get grass put down for

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Speaker 2: the World Cup and get that stadium ready for the

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Speaker 2: World Cup coming up in a few months. So they

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Speaker 2: were over in Spokane, and not only was Sounder's general manager,

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Speaker 2: Craig Wibel, who's from Spokane, over in Spokane, but also

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Speaker 2: Leslie Galimore, the Rain FC general manager, was over in

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Speaker 2: Spokane for that game and for the upcoming rain games.

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Speaker 2: So before Wednesday's game, both Wibel and Galimore held a

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Speaker 2: joint press conference and they talked about playing in Spokane

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Speaker 2: being back in Spokane and the all of the games

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00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 2: that really for the clubs, and obviously Sounders FC reinf

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00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:43,239
Speaker 2: seats under one umbrella now having games there in that stadium,

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00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:46,800
Speaker 2: so wanted to because we don't have a rain weekly tonight,

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Speaker 2: wanted to take some time and give some rain coverage

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Speaker 2: and play some of this joint press conference that Craig

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Speaker 2: Wible and Leslie Galimore both did last week. So here

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Speaker 2: are both general managers for our clubs talking about the

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Speaker 2: games over and Spokane. This was last Wednesday, before the

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Speaker 2: CONCACAF game. I believe this does start with a Jeremiah

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Speaker 2: Oshan question to Craig Wible. Leslie will jump in afterwards.

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Speaker 2: Here were both the Sounders and rain general managers last week.

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Speaker 9: You're obviously from here, Craig from the area. What's it

868
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:20,839
Speaker 9: like being back in a place a stadium. I'm sure

869
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 9: you've never you can see it right.

870
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 3: No, this is awesome.

871
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:26,799
Speaker 7: I mean this clearly didn't exist when I was here.

872
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:29,920
Speaker 7: We were out and what some of you might remember

873
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 7: as old Joe Albi.

874
00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 6: But it's awesome.

875
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,480
Speaker 7: It's awesome to bring the game back. And I think

876
00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 7: I played for an All Star team over here. The

877
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 7: last time the Sounders were here playing so playing against

878
00:40:40,719 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 7: the Sounders at one of the local high schools. So

879
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 7: it's pretty surreal to be in the position I'm in

880
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 7: and be representing the team again.

881
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 6: It's great.

882
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 9: I know Leslie was at the pregame event here and

883
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 9: it was packed with Sounders fans. I mean, were you

884
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 9: at all surprised to see how many Sounders fans were

885
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 9: there for that?

886
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 8: Not at all, because I'm one of them. I'm a

887
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 8: sound and Ounder season ticket holder for life, and I'm

888
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 8: as I said over there, I'm super excited to be

889
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 8: back in Spokane. You know, I was at the University

890
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,319
Speaker 8: of Washington for twenty six seasons and we probably were

891
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 8: over here thirteen times plus spring games, and I missed

892
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 8: coming over here. Spokan's a beautiful city, and I took

893
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 8: the opportunity because I think I was late to grab

894
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,919
Speaker 8: a Lime scooter and tool around on my way back.

895
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 8: I walked over and limescootered back and just enjoying the

896
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 8: rushing river and the bridge and the radio flyer and

897
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,840
Speaker 8: all of it. It's just I haven't been here in

898
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,239
Speaker 8: a while, so it's cool to be back and we're

899
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 8: excited to bring our team over.

900
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 10: Did you guys have how many specific requests for once

901
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,479
Speaker 10: booke Can Stadium of what you needed for this game

902
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,440
Speaker 10: or the rain games upcoming support.

903
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 7: That's it, the wonder request and the one thing we

904
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 7: knew that we were going to get, and the one

905
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 7: thing we always want more of is fans support. We

906
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 7: we just love to bring our game to more people

907
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 7: and we don't. We don't get to do this very often.

908
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 7: The men and the women, the Rain and the Sounders,

909
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,320
Speaker 7: we don't get to play over here. So it's really

910
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 7: really neat to come over and actually get to show

911
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 7: everyone what professional soccer looks like on the men's in my

912
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,160
Speaker 7: inside and so you know, that's the one thing we

913
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:03,799
Speaker 7: asked for and tonight we're getting it.

914
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 8: I think I'm just gonna chime in because I think

915
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,960
Speaker 8: of Vancouver Sounders, Conca CAFF Cascadia matches a little bit

916
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:14,000
Speaker 8: easier of a cell than three NWSL matches that no

917
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 8: one's you know, really heard too much about or seen,

918
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,239
Speaker 8: and we have three in a row here, So I'm

919
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 8: going to ask for the same thing, which is support

920
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 8: women's soccer. The Zephyr and Velocity, this Bocane group has

921
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,640
Speaker 8: been phenomenal in their support of us, and hopefully the

922
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 8: same and our support of them throughout the years and

923
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 8: loaning players with the new league, with the women here,

924
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 8: and we just want to collaborate with other soccer people

925
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 8: in the state. And I said it before, like it's

926
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 8: it's one family, one game, and with the world kept

927
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 8: coming this summer and the national team playing in Lumen

928
00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 8: in April, I'm excited to just show the global game

929
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,880
Speaker 8: in the professional game to new fans.

930
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 5: This is one off or is this a new tradition

931
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:54,239
Speaker 5: that you guys are setting up.

932
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 7: Well, it might might be a four off because it's

933
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 7: one for the Sounders and three for the rain right,

934
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 7: and so we you know, we don't know.

935
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 6: We're not sure.

936
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 7: We never know what the future holds. But obviously we'll

937
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 7: see how this goes. You know, well, it'll go well tonight.

938
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,279
Speaker 7: And like I'll echo Leslie, because I have a daughter

939
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 7: and life is about exposure. So for anyone wondering, anyone

940
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 7: over here that has a daughter that's playing soccer, get

941
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 7: some tickets, bring them to the game, Let them be inspired,

942
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:25,800
Speaker 7: let them have idols that are female, let them grow,

943
00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 7: let them see these people succeeding in what they do,

944
00:43:28,040 --> 00:43:29,520
Speaker 7: and let's let them see the best.

945
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 10: For these four games. Why come to a high school

946
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 10: stadium in Spokane? Why not go to Portland or San

947
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 10: Diego or another professional stadium.

948
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 8: I think one of the things for us specifically is

949
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 8: we wanted to stay in the state. Seattle is tough

950
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 8: right now with the World Cup venues, and I mean

951
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 8: even here in Spokane, I think there's a home base

952
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 8: for one of the federations. So finding space, finding the

953
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 8: right size, having it both be CBA and league compliant

954
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 8: with the MLS, it's tough going. And so kudos to

955
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 8: Spokane for being a stadium we could play at, and

956
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 8: for us it worked out. I mean, we are really

957
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 8: genuinely excited to be here.

958
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 7: We are Washington's teams where no one else's teams. That's

959
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 7: why we're here because we're not willing to leave this

960
00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,200
Speaker 7: this state if we don't have to. We want our

961
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 7: people to know how much we care about them. So

962
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,479
Speaker 7: when we get the opportunity, this is where it makes

963
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 7: sense to be.

964
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 11: Does this sort of a situation make it more adamant

965
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,640
Speaker 11: that maybe the Sounders need to have their own self

966
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,439
Speaker 11: specific stadium, So that we can have grass and things

967
00:44:32,440 --> 00:44:33,520
Speaker 11: like this don't come about.

968
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 7: I mean you can, you can look at it however

969
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:37,719
Speaker 7: you want. I mean, for me, this is a side

970
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 7: of the state that doesn't get to watch us up

971
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 7: close and personal. You know, for them to see a game,

972
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 7: they've got to come four and a half five hours

973
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 7: over so for us to be able to bring our

974
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 7: teams over here, you know, I don't know what the

975
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,760
Speaker 7: long term answer is in terms of having our own stadium,

976
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 7: but I think.

977
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 9: This is pretty cool.

978
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:54,799
Speaker 7: And I think at the end of tonight and at

979
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:57,359
Speaker 7: the end of three weeks, all of the players, men's

980
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 7: and women's are going to understand that this side of

981
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 7: the state loves them to there's power in that.

982
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 2: What's good stuff there from Craig Wible and Leslie Gallimore,

983
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:08,720
Speaker 2: the general managers for Sounders FC and RAINFC. Good stuff

984
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,919
Speaker 2: there as Rain have games in Spokane. Sounders obviously picked

985
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,960
Speaker 2: up their win in Spokane in front of five thousand

986
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 2: plus people in awesome atmosphere there for Sounders FC in

987
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 2: that Conker CAF game one week ago. That will do

988
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,880
Speaker 2: it for our show tonight, I want to thank all

989
00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 2: of our guests. Of course, are you Lillionwill and Heesu's

990
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 2: Osceveto Junior. In case you missed any of us tonight's show,

991
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 2: make sure to check out the Seattle Soccer Shows podcast

992
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 2: page wherever you get your podcast Look up Seattle Soccer

993
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: Shows wherever you get your podcasts, including the iHeartRadio app.

994
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 2: We will talk to you, Not next week. I'm actually out,

995
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 2: so we will next time. We'll talk to you for Sounders.

996
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,600
Speaker 2: Content will be the game coming up on April fourth

997
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 2: against Houston over on nine to fifty kjar at five pm.

998
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Speaker 2: So we will talk to you in a week and

999
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Speaker 2: a half. Everybody, take good care for right here and

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Speaker 2: for right now. It's Fox Sports Radio coming up next