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Speaker 1: Coming to you live from our Relliot 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 Ding and everybody. Welcome into Sounders Weekly. Jackson Feltz

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Speaker 2: here good be with you on this Wednesday night. Here

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Speaker 2: for the next hour talking Sounders Soccer. Rain Weekly will

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Speaker 2: come up right after this at eight pm talking about

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Speaker 2: the Rain entering the NWSL playoffs with kee Lee Dunning.

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Speaker 2: But here for the next hour, we're talking about the

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Speaker 2: Sounders first playoff game, Game one of this best of

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Speaker 2: three first round of the MLS Cup Playoffs. It was

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Speaker 2: a loss. It was a loss in heartbreaking fashion in

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Speaker 2: penalty kicks in a game in Minnesota at a Leons

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Speaker 2: field where we saw ninety minutes of pretty good soccer

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Speaker 2: and I thought we did well to keep Minnesota down

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Speaker 2: on their offensive end on our defensive end, but just

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Speaker 2: not enough on the offensive end for c We just

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Speaker 2: couldn't put together that final ball in the back of

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Speaker 2: the net. And we'll get into a lot of that

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Speaker 2: and listen, there's a number of things regarding the penalty

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Speaker 2: shootout problems with that, and now we look ahead to

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Speaker 2: a game two, where it is essentially and very very simply,

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Speaker 2: you either win or your season is over, because Minnesota

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Speaker 2: takes Game one in penalty kicks zero zero after ninety minutes,

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Speaker 2: and then they win in penalties three to two misses

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Speaker 2: of course in penalties by Al strolled on, I mean,

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Speaker 2: I guess we'll just get into it really quickly. I'll

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Speaker 2: promote what's coming up Jamie Watson, who called the match

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Speaker 2: for FS one. He's of course an MLS broadcaster, He's

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Speaker 2: been on with us many many times. Jamie will join

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Speaker 2: us in just a few minutes to break down what

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Speaker 2: we saw in the penalty kick shootout loss and look

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Speaker 2: ahead to game two. Ari Lillianwall will of course join us.

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Speaker 2: He will talk about this and lots of other MLS

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Speaker 2: playoff results that we saw here in this first game

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Speaker 2: of the first round series around the league. And then

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Speaker 2: I believe we are going to also we may have

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Speaker 2: a player call in for our final segment tonight. If

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Speaker 2: we don't end up getting that, we're just gonna play

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Speaker 2: some of the postgame press conference from Jackson Reagan and

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Speaker 2: Albert Rusnak. So that's the roadmap here for the next hour.

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Speaker 2: Jamie Watson coming up in a few minutes. Let's just

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Speaker 2: jump in because there's a lot of points to be

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Speaker 2: frustrated about. And we were on the postgame show, myself

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Speaker 2: and Chance Fry, and right after the final whistle. The

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Speaker 2: first place my mind, night Night, not final whistle, after

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Speaker 2: the final penalty did not go in from Danny Lava.

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Speaker 2: The first place my mind was Zad was not the

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Speaker 2: poor penalty shootout. It was Danny Mazowski because listen, there

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Speaker 2: were a lot of moments in that game, from a

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Speaker 2: ninth minute chance for herlong wan A for Minnesota who

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Speaker 2: breaks away one v one and you know, missus wide

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Speaker 2: left thanks to a little bit of a push from

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Speaker 2: Jackson Reagan. I think he got away with one right there.

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Speaker 2: If I'm being honest, I think that's a penalty. But

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Speaker 2: thank goodness, VR did not look at the push from

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Speaker 2: Jackson Reagan because it went wide left. No goal you

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Speaker 2: can lead to that, And there was more communication breakdown

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Speaker 2: there in the ten minutes after that, And really, Minnesota

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Speaker 2: had such great opportunities, but Seattle had their opportunities as well.

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Speaker 2: There was a great Paul Rothrock chance in the first

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Speaker 2: half that went that went too high. You really, really

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Speaker 2: good kind of interplay between the midfield. There. There was

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Speaker 2: a series in a fifty fourth minute where a corner

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Speaker 2: comes in Paul Rothrock is called for a foul for

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Speaker 2: pulling down Michael Boxall. He did not pull down Michael Boxhall.

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Speaker 2: Michael Boxall just fell down. What happened afterwards was a

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Speaker 2: handball cleared off the line from Minnesota. That should have

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Speaker 2: on Paul Rothrock that wasn't. So there's kind of things

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Speaker 2: you know, after ninety minutes a fair result could have

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Speaker 2: I did think he made some good subs, and one

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Speaker 2: It was really working there with that connection from Jordan

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Speaker 2: What about four times at every single time Jamo got

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Speaker 2: And most notably so there was obviously the eightieth minute

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Speaker 2: a fair result if weren't for Danny Mazovski's chance. The

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Speaker 2: Jordan sends in a phenomenal cross to Mazovsky's head. It's

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Speaker 2: right in front of goal. Saint Clair is beat and

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Speaker 2: Mazosky heads it high above the bar. And if you

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Speaker 2: just head that ball down, it doesn't matter if you

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Speaker 2: head it down straight, if you head it down to

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Speaker 2: going in the back of the net. But Mazoski heads

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Speaker 2: what a chance that was. So that was where my

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Speaker 2: head was at right after the game and right after

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Speaker 2: the penalty kicks shootout is my god, you just can't

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Speaker 2: miss that chance in the ninety first Moose, I mean,

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Speaker 2: my gosh, for sixteen goals this year and a guy

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Speaker 2: one moment that I'm just I was angry and I'm

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Speaker 2: still angry about that. But then I did take my

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Speaker 2: the penalty kick shootout and I really am frustrated by

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Speaker 2: the penalty kick shootout. And Dane Saint Clair, credit to him,

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Speaker 2: he did a very very good job. But Alex chuldan

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Speaker 2: really poor take right down the middle and it's not

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Speaker 2: just stands there and blocks it. That's really frustrating. And

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Speaker 2: then Leiva and Christian as well, those are frustrating too.

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Speaker 2: Not a good shootout from the Sounders. And you know

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Speaker 2: what's surprising about it was this is a team who

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Speaker 2: this does end up with a Sounder penalty kick shootout loss.

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Speaker 2: Because there were various moments in this match where you

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Speaker 2: but it is a loss and now we're facing elimination.

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Speaker 2: Is either you win next Monday or the season is

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Speaker 2: over really quick, as I see Jamie Watson on hold,

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Speaker 2: let me quickly give you broadcast details. Next Monday, Loominfield

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Speaker 2: Game two, seven fifty five kickoff at Lumen's seven fifty

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Speaker 2: five kickoff, Providence, Swedish Premat show will start at seven thirty.

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Speaker 2: You can only hear that match on the Sounders FC

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Speaker 2: Radio stream channel on iHeartRadio. So whether you have the

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Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app or you listen via the internet on iHeartRadio

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Speaker 2: dot com, look up Sounders FC Radio and that will

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Speaker 2: pull up a stream channel and that stream channel is

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Speaker 2: where you'll be able to hear next Monday's match seven

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Speaker 2: thirty premat show. For that folks. You can also watch

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Speaker 2: the match MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app

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Speaker 2: and listen in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty.

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Speaker 2: Game two win or the season is over for the

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Speaker 2: Seattle Sounders. We'll be talking about that a lot tonight

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Speaker 2: and how we think that Game two will go joining

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Speaker 2: us right now. Hauled the match for FS one. It

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Speaker 2: is our good friend Jamie Watson. Jamie, there's a lot

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Speaker 2: to talk about with this game, buddy. How are you?

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Speaker 3: Jack? And I'm great man, always always love getting to

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Speaker 3: talk to you. You're one of the most elite minds.

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Speaker 3: You see the game very similarly to myself. Although somehow

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Speaker 3: in a back end of way, I just called myself

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Speaker 3: an elite mind. I didn't mean to do that when

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Speaker 3: I started a Senate. Basically, what I need to say,

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Speaker 3: I love talking chop with you because you know yourself

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Speaker 3: and it's always a great conversation with you. Brother.

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Speaker 2: I love you, buddy, Thank you so much. The check

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Speaker 2: is in the mail, all right. But I would love

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Speaker 2: to talk to you about a really fun soccer game

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Speaker 2: and a sounder win and all the great things and

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Speaker 2: YadA YadA. But we have to talk about that on

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Speaker 2: Monday night. Oh boy, that thing in the loss and

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Speaker 2: penalty kicks in Minnesota, the way they play, I imagine

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Speaker 2: it wasn't the most pleasant call for FS one. But

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Speaker 2: what were your thoughts on the game?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Josh, Heatteron and I we had a pleasure to

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Speaker 3: getting called for Fox Sports one man. We did not

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Speaker 3: anticipate it being a match that was so played in

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Speaker 3: the middle of the park, so stop start so disjointed.

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Speaker 3: There was a big opportunity for Minnesota in the first

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Speaker 3: and they made it as ugly as possible. And ultimately,

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Speaker 3: They just asked who.

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Speaker 2: Well and also who didn't execute. And that was kind

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Speaker 2: be very angry about Danny Mazowski not executing, and then

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Speaker 2: now I'm questioning was Danny Leva the right substitute when

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Speaker 2: in such a massive moment. And frankly, Minnesota did the

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Speaker 2: same thing. And I believe Gressel subbed on and Gresseel

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Speaker 2: there's so many different guys I can point to right now,

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Speaker 2: and it's just leading to this mass frustration as a

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Speaker 3: Well, and I think when the head hit the pillow

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Speaker 3: because their team is up one zero, and that's Minnesota United.

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Speaker 3: Eric Ramsey but having said that, that was a match

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Speaker 3: And so it simply came down to two teams that

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Speaker 3: neither one of them executed, and you have to execute

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Speaker 3: with the timeliness of a goal. It never came you right,

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Speaker 3: Depends quick answer. It depends on the fact that if

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Speaker 3: Always great to be on with you. A big fan

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Speaker 2: Welcome back Sounders Weekly, Jackson Felts, good to be with

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Speaker 2: Kind of pissed off. Let's just start with your impressions.

434
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Speaker 2: I'm of two minds, hating the shootout and hating the

435
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Speaker 2: miss chances, so I'm all bad news today, Buddy. What

436
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Speaker 2: do you think about the game?

437
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Speaker 4: I mean it's frustrating obviously. You know you already lost

438
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Speaker 4: to Minnesota United twice this year, and you get the

439
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Speaker 4: queen sheet in this game on the road and losing

440
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Speaker 4: the shootout, So I mean, I don't know it's tough

441
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Speaker 4: because I feel like this is one of the trickier

442
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,600
Speaker 4: teams in MLS to play against. With the tactics they employed.

443
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,359
Speaker 4: They were playing full out Ramsey ball in this game

444
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 4: like you would expect. So it's a situation where you

445
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,120
Speaker 4: feel like you kind of know what's coming, but it is.

446
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 4: It is tough to deal with, and it just feels

447
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,560
Speaker 4: like I feel like Seattle is close to cracking the

448
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,639
Speaker 4: code with this team, but they have not quite cracked it,

449
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Speaker 4: even with the chances they did have in this game.

450
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Speaker 4: So we'll see if they can in the in game two,

451
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Speaker 4: if they can get the result, they need to go

452
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Speaker 4: back and try it again. But that was not a

453
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Speaker 4: fun or enjoyable viewing the experience. I don't think well, Arion.

454
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Speaker 2: This is why a month ago when I asked you

455
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Speaker 2: of the four teams you know that were the top

456
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Speaker 2: four seeds in the West, who you want to face,

457
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Speaker 2: and you said Minnesota. Shane O'Neil said Minnesota. A couple

458
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Speaker 2: other people said Minnesota, and I pushed back on every

459
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Speaker 2: single one of you and I said, this is the

460
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Speaker 2: type of game we're gonna play, and a good defensive

461
00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 2: team I don't want to face that, and I mean,

462
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Speaker 2: I hate to say I told everybody so, but like, man,

463
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Speaker 2: this is the annoyance of Minnesota. This is why I

464
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Speaker 2: was really afraid of facing this team.

465
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Speaker 4: Yeah no, I mean I might not have lent enough

466
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,119
Speaker 4: credence to how difficult it truly is to play against

467
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,920
Speaker 4: this team with their novel tactics. I still think it's

468
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Speaker 4: a matchup that, in theory, should be a better one

469
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Speaker 4: than a team like LAFC or Vancouver. Who you know,

470
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Speaker 4: you saw what Vancouver did to f CE Dallas. You're

471
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Speaker 4: not playing Minnesota. You're gonna have to deal with a

472
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Speaker 4: team like that, and that could be even more of

473
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Speaker 4: a trickier proposition. I don't think you get a shutout

474
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Speaker 4: against a team like that like you did against Minnesota.

475
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Speaker 4: So I mean, you know, it's the playoffs. Any team

476
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 4: that you're gonna play is gonna be good, They're gonna

477
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,320
Speaker 4: be tough. But this team, it just feels like they're

478
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Speaker 4: kind of Seattle's foil this year. And they have a

479
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,880
Speaker 4: chance to change that narrative luckily, but that's it's hard

480
00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 4: to come out of that game and not kind of

481
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Speaker 4: feel like that exactly.

482
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Speaker 2: And as we kind of look to Game two next

483
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Speaker 2: Monday night at Lumen Field. I mean, I see right

484
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Speaker 2: now a forecast of rain and this should be it was.

485
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,199
Speaker 2: It says cloudy early and showers late, and I just

486
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Speaker 2: view that as gonna be a Monday night game where

487
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Speaker 2: it's rainy, it's nasty, and probably already crack. You know,

488
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Speaker 2: you can you can maybe differ on this. A Minnesota

489
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 2: team that's gonna park the bus more than a bus

490
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Speaker 2: has ever gotten parked in soccer history.

491
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Speaker 4: I mean absolutely, that's what they do pretty much every game,

492
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Speaker 4: regardless of they're home on the road, but on the

493
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Speaker 4: road they definitely are going to uh to do that.

494
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Speaker 4: It's it's interesting it is parking the bus, but it's

495
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:40,239
Speaker 4: also uh it's it's like a more exaggerated version of

496
00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,560
Speaker 4: these anti possessions playing against the ball tactics. Then you

497
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Speaker 4: even see teams, teams, they are teams in MLS that

498
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Speaker 4: play like that, but they just have such an extreme

499
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Speaker 4: version of it. So, I mean it's in this situation,

500
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Speaker 4: the onus is on Seattle to get a goal that

501
00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 4: brings them out of that a little bit. If you

502
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Speaker 4: can get an early goal, they cannot play like that

503
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 4: as much. Then they have to chase the game. The

504
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 4: problem in this game was that they were not able

505
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Speaker 4: to get that goal and that kind of played into

506
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 4: how Minnesota wanted the game to go and they and

507
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,840
Speaker 4: how they wanted to play. I would argue, as the

508
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Speaker 4: home team in a playoff game, you should not play

509
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 4: like that, but that's what they do and it works.

510
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 4: So you can't really not get it if it works,

511
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 4: and they are going to try and have to do

512
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Speaker 4: it again. So Seattle is going to have to make

513
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Speaker 4: the requisite changes to score on this team, which they

514
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Speaker 4: hadn't been able to do the last two times they played.

515
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. It's frustrating and Brian Spencer is going to

516
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,600
Speaker 2: have to figure out something. And you know, I posited

517
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Speaker 2: it on the post game show. Do you start Danny

518
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:39,360
Speaker 2: Mazowski and Jordan Morris both together and take Paul Rothrock

519
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,280
Speaker 2: off the field and you know, figure out your midfield

520
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 2: from there and the group of Albert and Hayesus and

521
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,639
Speaker 2: Christian and Obed and just figure out who goes where.

522
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Speaker 2: But absolutely need Jordan and Danny together because that was

523
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Speaker 2: the one thing that was really working for the final

524
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Speaker 2: twenty minutes was when when Jordan was on the right

525
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Speaker 2: and Danny was up top and Dan and he just

526
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 2: couldn't capitalize on his chances. We'll see what Brian does.

527
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,200
Speaker 2: But yeah, it's it's it's definitely gonna be. I think

528
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 2: an ugly soccer game next Monday, and an early goal

529
00:27:11,320 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 2: would make it less ugly in forced Minnesota open up

530
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 2: a little bit. But that is an enormous task scoring

531
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Speaker 2: on a very very good defensive Minnesota team. Ariy Lellenwall

532
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,960
Speaker 2: is our guest. He's a writer and editor for MLS

533
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,120
Speaker 2: Soccer dot com. He hosts the podcast Lobbing Scorchers. Get

534
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,320
Speaker 2: it on the iHeartRadio app and wherever you get your

535
00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 2: podcasts and on the Lobbing Scorchers YouTube. Are you mentioned

536
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Speaker 2: Vancouver FC Dallas. That was an ass kicking. You take

537
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 2: us into that series and just how much Vancouver is

538
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 2: is right now in prime position to move through.

539
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean FC Dallas just looked overmatched in that game,

540
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 4: which I think is pretty much what everyone expected going

541
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,960
Speaker 4: into that series. But that is how it played out.

542
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,680
Speaker 4: And I mean my takeaway is just that that Vancouver team,

543
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 4: they've been dubbed MLS Cup favorites or at least some

544
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 4: the front runners, but They're a team that hasn't really

545
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 4: had that status before, so they had to go out

546
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 4: and kind of validate that they should have that status.

547
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Speaker 4: And that's exactly what they did. They put it on

548
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:14,280
Speaker 4: FC Dallas, and really, I think Thomas Mueller has really

549
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 4: you have to say, he's elevated that team quite substantially.

550
00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 4: They were already one of the better teams in the league,

551
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 4: and it feels like he's vaulted them into They're in

552
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,239
Speaker 4: that tier where when you're talking about the teams that

553
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 4: should be favored to make a run of this thing,

554
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 4: they are in that. Like, I think you can officially

555
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,080
Speaker 4: say that after they came out and took care of

556
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 4: business against FC Dallas, that series feels pretty much over.

557
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 4: You know, you still have Game two, but even if

558
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,280
Speaker 4: FC Dallas finds a way to get a penalty kick

559
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 4: victory or whatever it is in game two, it's hard

560
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 4: to see them going back to DC Place and getting

561
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:46,040
Speaker 4: a win.

562
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's really really hard to see that. And now

563
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 2: let's look at the other team here in Cascadi, the

564
00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 2: Portland Timbers. They won their wild card game. We were joking,

565
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,719
Speaker 2: you know, last week's show, which was ten minutes before that,

566
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 2: wild card game kicked off. That could easily crash out

567
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 2: in the wild card round. Again, they didn't. They did

568
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 2: get through, but then San Diego beats them two to one,

569
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 2: and Portland in that game suffers a red card. I

570
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,960
Speaker 2: don't know the full details on that, but it's a

571
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 2: Porland team right now that you know, on the opposite

572
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: side of Vancouver. They're looking going into game two right now,

573
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 2: sort of like the Sounders win or else your season's over.

574
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 4: Yeah, it looked like their game against San Diego was

575
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,760
Speaker 4: going to go fully off the rails. They went down

576
00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 4: to zero in the first half, but to be fair,

577
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 4: they did bring it back and they got a goal

578
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 4: that made it to one, and then they get a

579
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 4: red card. That is just like you're actually in the

580
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 4: game at that point. It's not like the game was

581
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 4: out of hand. They had a chance to come back

582
00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 4: and tie that game and send it to penalties or

583
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 4: maybe even win it, and they just get one of

584
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 4: the more ill advised red cards that you will ever see.

585
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 4: And playing with ten men, I actually I thought they

586
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,880
Speaker 4: looked too better at times than they did when they

587
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 4: had all eleven they had. There's a couple moments where

588
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 4: they almost tied that game, even down a man, So

589
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 4: they did show a little bit of moxie in making

590
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 4: that a game even though they had to play that

591
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 4: long down a man. But like in reality, there's a

592
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:14,200
Speaker 4: very big disparity between the firepower and I guess just

593
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 4: the overall quality between them and San Diego, who were

594
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 4: playing without Choky Bizano by the way. Yeah, so yeah, no,

595
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 4: it's not it's not looking good for the for the Timbers,

596
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 4: they are fully on the ropes right now, even though,

597
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,320
Speaker 4: like I think, there was some good stuff for them

598
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:29,920
Speaker 4: in that game, even though they lost it.

599
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Speaker 2: Ari I asked you last week what playoff series you

600
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Speaker 2: were most looking forward to, and you mentioned the Hell

601
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 2: is Real Derby between Columbus and Cincinnati, and you always

602
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 2: love rivalry series. In the first round of these playoffs

603
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:44,960
Speaker 2: where it is a best of three and you got

604
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Speaker 2: Cincinnati with a late goal to beat Columbus one nothing,

605
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Speaker 2: you said you were looking forward to it, and boy,

606
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 2: that first game lived up to it, very very tight

607
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 2: until the end.

608
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it was a pretty exciting game. There wasn't as

609
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 4: end to end with as many chances as I was hoping,

610
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 4: but you know, it can.

611
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 2: Get kg like that. In the playoffs.

612
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 4: These close, competitive one zero type games do happen a lot,

613
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 4: so this was one of those. And it was a

614
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 4: derby matchup, like you said, so there's always those storylines.

615
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 4: And then Kevin Dinky gets the goal for Cincinnati. But

616
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 4: I was not really fully convinced that FC Cincinnati made

617
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 4: a statement that they're among the favorites in the same

618
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 4: way that Vancouver did. That Columbus team honestly has not

619
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 4: been good for a while. I know we are used

620
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,320
Speaker 4: to thinking of them as a front runner, but they

621
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 4: really have struggled down the stretch of the season, and

622
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 4: I expected Cincinnati to maybe take care of business a

623
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 4: little bit more than they ended up doing. So that

624
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 4: was kind of my takeaway from that. It was an

625
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:44,600
Speaker 4: exciting game, but I didn't think that FC Cincinnati necessarily

626
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 4: showed what I expected they might.

627
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 2: What about Philadelphia, they only went through on penalties. Also,

628
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,560
Speaker 2: same case, didn't show you the statement you wanted to see.

629
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Speaker 4: Yeah, no, absolutely, I mean I've been saying that I

630
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 4: felt like the Chicago Fire had a better chance in

631
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 4: that series, and people might think just because they actually

632
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,560
Speaker 4: you know, they're playing in a tough Eastern Conference and

633
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 4: they're probably better than your typical wildcard team, at least

634
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 4: the form that they had been in at the end

635
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 4: of the season going into the playoffs. So I wasn't

636
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 4: necessarily surprised that they gave Philly a run for their money.

637
00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:18,120
Speaker 4: But I still think Chicago can win that series. They

638
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,640
Speaker 4: showed to themselves and everyone else that they can play

639
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 4: with that Philly team. And I also think that Philly

640
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 4: team might not be as good as your typical supporter

641
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 4: Shield winner, like I think the teams that were used

642
00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 4: to winning the Shield would would not. I don't think

643
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,480
Speaker 4: be pushed to the limit as much by a Chicago

644
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,720
Speaker 4: team that is good, but they're not a great team

645
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 4: that you would expect Philly to have that much trouble with.

646
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's the exact analysis there is sort

647
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Speaker 2: of I also kind of read that as a question

648
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 2: mark for Philly. But Chicago, I mean, they just got

649
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Speaker 2: by Orlando in the wildcard game easy, and what an

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Speaker 2: upset that would be. Sort of alah, you know Miami

651
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Speaker 2: Atlanta last season in the first round of Miami who

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Speaker 2: did make a big statement three to one are before

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Speaker 2: we end tonight, speaking on my Lionel Messi did an

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Speaker 2: interview I believe it was on a news show, was

655
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Speaker 2: on NBC or something like that, I don't know anyway,

656
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Speaker 2: So Messi does this interview with an American news outlet,

657
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Speaker 2: which he rarely does, and they were asking him him

658
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 2: about how MLS can improve and how MLS can take

659
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Speaker 2: the next step. And I want to read you this

660
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 2: quote and we'll kind of in for everybody out there,

661
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Speaker 2: read the quote and we'll kind of talk about what

662
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Speaker 2: it could mean for the future this league. Seeing as

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Speaker 2: how much power Messi has. He says, well, for starters,

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Speaker 2: every team should have the opportunity to bring in players

665
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Speaker 2: and sign whoever each team wants without limitation or rules

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Speaker 2: for players to bring them in. I don't think that

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Speaker 2: today all the teams in the United States, all the clubs,

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Speaker 2: have the power to do that. And I think that

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Speaker 2: if they were given the freedom, many more important players

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Speaker 2: would come and help the growth of the United States.

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Speaker 2: And we know the power Messi has with Papa garber Ari,

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Speaker 2: and I'm wondering if he can get in Don's ear

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Speaker 2: and make actual change on the roster rules.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think if there's one person on the planet

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Speaker 4: Earth who they might actually give credence to saying that,

676
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Speaker 4: it would be Lionel Messi. A lot of what their

677
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 4: job has been has been to specifically keep him happy.

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Speaker 4: So if he's coming out there and he's saying it,

679
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Speaker 4: maybe we will see some movement on that front. I

680
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Speaker 4: think we all want to see the league get to

681
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Speaker 4: a place where teams have more freedom to spend the

682
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Speaker 4: money they want to bring in higher quality players and

683
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Speaker 4: move the league forward in that way. At the same time,

684
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Speaker 4: like I do, there is logic behind why they've put

685
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Speaker 4: an emphasis on parody in on like what's still a

686
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Speaker 4: relatively young league. It's only been around for the last

687
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Speaker 4: thirty years or so, so there are there are valid

688
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Speaker 4: reasons why ownership of these teams want there to be

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Speaker 4: a system that perpetuates parody.

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Speaker 3: In the league.

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Speaker 4: And I get that, But I do think that to

692
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Speaker 4: move the league forward ultimately in the way that we

693
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 4: all want, they're going to have to loosen the restrictions

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Speaker 4: like Messi is talking about, And I, you know, I

695
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Speaker 4: don't think it's the type of thing where they're going

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Speaker 4: to do it all at once. I think it's going

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Speaker 4: to be a more gradual shift, and hopefully they've already

698
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Speaker 4: been working working towards that, but maybe the sex, but

699
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 4: that would be that would be cool. I think it

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Speaker 4: is something that as fans of the league, we all

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Speaker 4: want to see because you know, I've never liked the

702
00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 4: idea that unambitious owners who just don't want to spend

703
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 4: get rewarded for that and have a system that encourages that.

704
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Speaker 4: So whatever we can do to get away from that,

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Speaker 4: I'm I'm fully in favor of it. So I like

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Speaker 4: that Messi's talking about it.

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Speaker 2: Sure, the reality, for my opinion is that Montreal should

708
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 2: not have any chance to win if they don't spend

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Speaker 2: any money, which they haven't spent money in years, And

710
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:47,839
Speaker 2: it's sort of like, all right, well, if you're not

711
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,399
Speaker 2: going to invest and you're not going to spend money,

712
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,719
Speaker 2: you don't deserve to have a chance. And you know,

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Speaker 2: I like the idea of of of exactly what you're

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00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 2: saying there. I guess I'm wondering as we wrap tonight,

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Speaker 2: you know what is the first step in that? Is

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Speaker 2: it getting rid of the dp GAM TAM model and

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00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 2: just going to one flat salary cap? Is that kind

718
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 2: of I mean to mimic the NFL in that sense,

719
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:13,919
Speaker 2: is that the obvious first easy step, or is maybe

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Speaker 2: is it kind of smaller steps first to just maybe

721
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Speaker 2: eliminate DPS or eliminate one of those various weird mechanisms first,

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Speaker 2: or can you do it all at once?

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Speaker 4: I don't think you can do it all at once,

724
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Speaker 4: and I don't think they would try and do it

725
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 4: all at once. Yeah, they've been taking steps in recent

726
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 4: years to try and address stuff like this. I mean,

727
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 4: the DP rules themselves and allocation money. All that stuff

728
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,120
Speaker 4: is designed to let teams spend a little more money

729
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Speaker 4: on certain roster spots. The question is like, how do

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Speaker 4: you get it to a point where you're allowed to

731
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Speaker 4: do that more holistically with your full roster? And to me,

732
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Speaker 4: it just seems like, regardless of what we all want,

733
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Speaker 4: they're committed to making that a more gradual process then

734
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Speaker 4: probably you or I or most fans would like. But

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Speaker 4: if you're talking, if we're talking about it from a

736
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 4: perspective of what's actually gonna happen, I don't think it's

737
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 4: a rip the band aid off type situation. They have

738
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Speaker 4: their their reasons for not doing that, mainly to protect

739
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 4: the interests of these owners who they they a lot

740
00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:20,240
Speaker 4: of them want assist him, like I said that perpetuates parody,

741
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 4: and I don't really see that changing unfortunately.

742
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 2: No, I think you're right, and it's sad. And then

743
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 2: maybe Messi has the power to do something, but I mean,

744
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 2: that would be a hell of a lot of power

745
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,759
Speaker 2: if he was to force some kind of move like that,

746
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 2: but I don't know. I guess we'll see good good

747
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:38,919
Speaker 2: riffing on that though. And that was that was good.

748
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 2: Let's uh, let's let you go. We'll come back next

749
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Speaker 2: Wednesday and next Tuesday next to the next week's show

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00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 2: will be the day after the Sounders Game two. And

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00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 2: I will just say this, Ari, I hope that we

752
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 2: are not doing our annual season ending roundtable, so hopefully

753
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 2: we are talking over the phone again and not in

754
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 2: person with the whole group as this. Hopefully the season

755
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 2: is not coming to an end next Tuesday, next Monday

756
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 2: night at there at lumin So have a good rest

757
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 2: of your week and I'll see you at the stadium

758
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,720
Speaker 2: next Monday. You got it, Thanks Jackson, It's good stuff

759
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 2: there from Ari Lillian Wall. Yeah, hopefully next week we

760
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 2: are not doing that annual roundtable with Ari and Nico

761
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,759
Speaker 2: and Anders. I definitely want to stay away from that

762
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 2: next week, we just have to win, have to win

763
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 2: on Monday. I know it's gonna be an ugly game.

764
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 2: I know it's gonna be rainy, but we have to win.

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Speaker 2: Stack one more break here in Sounders WEEKLU we'll wrap

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Speaker 2: up the show next Remember we have rain Weekly coming

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00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,359
Speaker 2: up at eight pm as well. Here on kjr more

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Speaker 2: coming up Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.

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Speaker 1: Back to Sounders Weekly on your home for sunders fc

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00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: cvil's Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM.

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00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 2: Welcome back, Jackson Feltz here Sports Radio ninety three point

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00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 2: three KJRFM, Sounders Weekly, talking all things Sounders Soccer. We

773
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,879
Speaker 2: thank Ari Lillian Wall for joining us there. In that

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00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,880
Speaker 2: previous segment, why don't we hear from a couple of

775
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 2: Sounder players. This was after the Game one loss and

776
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,360
Speaker 2: the playoffs to Minnesota on Monday. It's now do or

777
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 2: die for the Sounders in Game two next Monday. But

778
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 2: after the game, Jackson Reagan and Albert Rusnak sat down

779
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 2: with the media and talked about the heartbreaking penalty kick

780
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,040
Speaker 2: shootout loss in Game one.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the game went exactly. Are we prepared

782
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:25,600
Speaker 5: for it?

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00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 6: And then what we expected all week, what we trained,

784
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 6: you know, this is playoffs, and I think away from home,

785
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 6: I think.

786
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 5: We created enough chances to score at least a goal.

787
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 6: And I feel like one goal could be enough and games,

788
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 6: uh like like tonight, one could be enough to win it.

789
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 6: So yeah, I mean we have we have a home

790
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 6: game coming up on Monday. We'll prepare for it, you know,

791
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:54,440
Speaker 6: we'll watch film and uh, we'll try and improve on

792
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,400
Speaker 6: tonight's performance and uh and when the next.

793
00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 7: Game with that, Albert, with you guys having the chances

794
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:04,839
Speaker 7: and also being able to defend them a little bit

795
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 7: better on the set pieces, do you feel that there's

796
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 7: much too that you need to correct for game two

797
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 7: or is it just a matter of you know, getting

798
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,759
Speaker 7: getting those getting that all in them.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't think there's there's much to be corrected, honestly.

800
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 6: You know, as I said, we'll watch sometimes how you

801
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 6: how you feel as a player in a game, and

802
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 6: how you think the game is going. It's not always

803
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 6: you know, one hundred percent right, But yeah, I thought

804
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 6: we created chances. You know, we they're going to defend

805
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 6: with eleven guys for ninety minutes and and it's not

806
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 6: easy it's not easy to break down eleven eleven men defending,

807
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 6: but that's what we spend doing all week, you know,

808
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 6: and trying to find solutions and uh and ways we

809
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 6: can create more chances than in previous games.

810
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 5: And I think we did that. So you know, whether

811
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 5: it's the.

812
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:03,200
Speaker 6: The end product, show, the decision making, whatever that is,

813
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 6: we'll watch film, we'll correct that and then we'll be better.

814
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 8: Next to Yeah, Jackson, what did you make of the

815
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 8: way that Minnesota attack? They obviously said the one breakaway,

816
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 8: but other than that, there wasn't a ton that gave

817
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,839
Speaker 8: you guys trouble, Like, did they do anything different offensively

818
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 8: that you.

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00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,800
Speaker 9: Guys were surprised by or No, it was nothing surprising.

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00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 9: It's all just I mean, it's just set pieces and

821
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 9: they're just looking to get something scrappy. They're not building

822
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:34,560
Speaker 9: out and trying to break the teams down. It's really

823
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,600
Speaker 9: just when you see they have a free kick at

824
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 9: midfield in their own half and they just lump it

825
00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 9: as far as they can. So there's no, it's nothing surprising.

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Speaker 9: I mean, we knew it was going to be like that.

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Speaker 9: I felt that the defense and the team as a

828
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 9: whole handled it.

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Speaker 10: Well, so you guys are gonna have to play this

830
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 10: team twice and you're gonna have to win twice. So

831
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 10: what did you learn by playing against them that you

832
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,799
Speaker 10: can use on the next two games too to beat them.

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00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 9: I don't think we learned anything tonight that we didn't

834
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 9: already already know. I think it's just about execution now,

835
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 9: and I think it's hard. I mean, this is such

836
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 9: a results oriented business, especially in the playoffs, but sometimes

837
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 9: you have to be happy with I think how we

838
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 9: approach the game and the process and the tactics, and

839
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 9: I think we created chances and we just need to execute.

840
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:30,760
Speaker 9: So I think we'll I mean, we'll make some changes

841
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 9: some slight tweeks, but I think overall, I'm happy with

842
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 9: the way that the team played and I thought we

843
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 9: deserved more than a loss. I think it's one of

844
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:43,359
Speaker 9: those that if it goes to one hundred and twenty

845
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 9: minutes instead of straight to penalties, I think we have

846
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 9: a good chance of getting a win based on how

847
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 9: the game was going.

848
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,600
Speaker 2: Well, there you go, Jackson Reagan Sounders defender Albert Rusnak

849
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 2: Sounders midfielder talking about the game one loss there in

850
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:02,080
Speaker 2: Minnesota on Monday game to ahead it is do or

851
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:06,280
Speaker 2: die for your Sounders, win or the season is over.

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00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 2: That will be a seven fifty five kickoff there at

853
00:43:09,719 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 2: Luminfield on next Monday night, November three. We're gonna have

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00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 2: the broadcast for you starting with a Providence Swedish premat

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00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 2: show of seven thirty. And that's not gonna be on

856
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 2: terrestrial radio. It's gonna be on the stream. So you'll

857
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:26,359
Speaker 2: either need to go to the iHeartRadio app or iHeartRadio

858
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,760
Speaker 2: dot com look up Sounders FC radio and the stream

859
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 2: channel for Sounders FC radio should pop up there and

860
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 2: that is where we will have the broadcast for you

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00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,320
Speaker 2: starting at seven thirty next Monday. Folks, you can also

862
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 2: watch the match MLS Season Pass on the Apple TVP

863
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 2: and listen in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty.

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Speaker 2: That is next Monday, do or die, win or the

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Speaker 2: end tonight's show, wanted to share something that I've been missing.

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Speaker 2: Stephen Fry was cell rated with the MLS Impact Award

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Speaker 2: As part of this out he donated fifty thousand dollars

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Speaker 2: the latest Scarves Fighting Cancer efforts as well leased another

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Speaker 2: fifty thousand dollars. So in this it's just an amazing

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Speaker 2: the funds going to the Kick Childhood Cancer campaign and

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Speaker 2: Seattle Children's Hospital and the efforts to end this. I mean,

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Speaker 2: The Celebrity Impact Award they're going to Steph Frye and

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Speaker 2: helping raise over a half million dollars for the life

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Speaker 2: saving research. Steph was honored with that, and it's just

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Speaker 2: it's awesome the efforts. We'll mention. The Scarves Fighting Cancer

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Speaker 2: annual auction with Zach Scott is coming up very soon,

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Speaker 2: I believe, so make sure to subscribe and check out

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Speaker 2: Scarvesfighting Cancer dot com Scarvesfighting Cancer dot com Christine's amazing

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Speaker 2: efforts there. The auction is going to be starting soon,

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Speaker 2: I believe, so make sure to be watching that website again,

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Speaker 2: Scarvesfightingcancer dot Com because amazing work being done to kick

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Speaker 2: childhood cancer on all fronts. And congratulations to Stephan fry

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Speaker 2: as well. A couple final notes before we end Tonight's show.

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Speaker 2: Senator's FC Soccer is presented by Providence Swedish, the official

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Speaker 2: healthcare partner of Sounders FC. Also michelob Ultra is ninety

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Speaker 2: five calories and two point six grams of carbs. It's

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Speaker 2: only worth it if you enjoy it. That'll do it.

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Speaker 2: Fortnight's Sounder's Weekly Show. Check out the podcast Sounder's Weekly

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Speaker 2: Wherever you Gear Podcasts. In case you missed our wonderful

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Speaker 2: guest tonight, Jamie Watson, Arilllinwall or those players speaking a

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Speaker 2: moment to go, we will talk to you next Monday

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Speaker 2: night at seven point thirty on the stream channel. Have

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Speaker 2: a very good rest of your evening. But Rainweekly is

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