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Speaker 1: Coming to you live from Orelliot Avenue Studios of Sports

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

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Speaker 1: with your host Jackson felt Good.

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Speaker 2: Even everybody, welcome into Sounders Weekly. Jackson Feldts here on

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Speaker 2: this Wednesday night talking Sounders Soccer. For the next hour

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Speaker 2: here on KGr, we'll of course have Rain Weekly with

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Speaker 2: Kiey Dunning coming up in an hour to talk about

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Speaker 2: the Rain entering the playoffs as well. But the Sounders

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Speaker 2: are starting their journey in the twenty twenty five Audy

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Speaker 2: MLS Cup Playoffs that will begin next Monday, and we

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Speaker 2: now know the opponent.

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Speaker 3: It took a few hours after.

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Speaker 2: The Sounders beat New York City, but it is Minnesota,

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Speaker 2: Minnesota United. The Loons will be Seattle's opponent here in

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Speaker 2: the first round, best of three series. First game is

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Speaker 2: going to be in Minnesota, second game back in Seattle.

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Speaker 2: Third game would be back in Minnesota if necessary. Let's

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Speaker 2: give you that schedule and all of the details and

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Speaker 2: what I can tell you about our broadcast details. Game

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Speaker 2: one next Monday, October twenty seventh. We gotta wait a

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Speaker 2: little more than just this weekend. It is all the

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Speaker 2: way into next week. Is game one in Minnesota that

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Speaker 2: will have a five to thirty Providence Swedish premat show

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Speaker 2: and six o'clock kickoff over on our sister station of

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio nine fifty kr AM nine to fifty am

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Speaker 2: next Monday night for Sounders Minnesota Game one. Folks, you

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Speaker 2: can also listen in Spanish language on LRA thirteen sixty

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Speaker 2: And I will mention MLS Season Pass on Apple TV

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Speaker 2: is where you usually watch these Sounders games. If you

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Speaker 2: are an Apple tz TV subscriber but you don't have

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Speaker 2: Season Pass, you can watch these games.

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Speaker 3: Listen. This is real simple for folks.

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Speaker 2: I love the decision by Apple to do this to

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Speaker 2: get more eyes on the product. You just need Apple

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Speaker 2: TV in order to watch these games. You don't have

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Speaker 2: to have Season Pass and you don't have to have

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Speaker 2: that expensive package.

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Speaker 3: All you need is Apple TV.

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Speaker 2: So and I'm sure there's some sort of free trial

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Speaker 2: somewhere you can get on so in case you don't

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Speaker 2: have Apple TV, but I would recommend it. Apple TV

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Speaker 2: has some amazing TV shows and movies. Their hit rate

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Speaker 2: for great shows is phenomenal, So listen. Just get Apple

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Speaker 2: TV and you can watch all not only the Sounders,

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Speaker 2: all the MLS playoff games and that includes next Monday,

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Speaker 2: October twenty seventh, Sounders Minnesota Game one. Again, we'll have

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Speaker 2: that nine to fifty km on the radio side, all right,

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Speaker 2: So that is the broadcast details for game one. Game

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Speaker 2: two will then be at lumin Field on Monday, November three,

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Speaker 2: So it's back to back Monday night football games. Football

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Speaker 2: games for the Sounders in Minnesota here in this first round,

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Speaker 2: and then Game three, if necessary, would be later that week.

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Speaker 2: I believe there in early November. But hopefully the Sounders

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Speaker 2: can dispatch the Minnesota and move past them here in

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Speaker 2: this five four game. We're gonna be previewing this playoff

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Speaker 2: series for most of the night. In just a moment,

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Speaker 2: and there he is on hold, Steve Zachawani, the Flying Winger,

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Speaker 2: the Sounders legend, the great broadcaster who also does the

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Speaker 2: Sounders podcast.

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Speaker 3: We'll have Steve.

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Speaker 2: Zakawana here in just a moment, Ari Lillianwall, Major League

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Speaker 2: Soccer dot Com and the podcast Lobbing Scorchers. He will

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Speaker 2: join us to talk about this series and lots of

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Speaker 2: other MLS playoff series questions that I have for him,

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Speaker 2: and I want to ask Ari Lillianwall if Christian Roldan

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Speaker 2: has locked up a spot on the United States men's

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Speaker 2: national team because listen, last week we saw Christian Roldan

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Speaker 2: game Pachettino. Mauricio Pochettino, the head coach for the US,

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Speaker 2: had glowing comments about Christian Roldan, And we're also, by

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Speaker 2: the way, going to round out the night by hearing

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Speaker 2: from Christian Roldana talking about that experience with the United

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Speaker 2: from Christian Roldon later on tonight as well as he

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Speaker 2: may have locked up a spot there for the World

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Speaker 2: Cup with the United States, which, by the way, have

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Speaker 2: a game in Seattle. All right, but joining us right

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Speaker 2: here on Sounders Weekly to begin the playoff talk and

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Speaker 2: New York City. It's our good friend. He is a

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Speaker 2: broadcast analyst, he is the former winger, he is the

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Speaker 3: Stevie. What's going on, man, how are you?

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Speaker 4: That's great to be on. Thanks having me man.

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Speaker 3: Well Steve. Let's quickly start THEA.

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Speaker 2: So much of tonight's show and this interview is going

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Speaker 2: to be centered around the Minnesota playoff series, the two

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Speaker 2: What are your thoughts and takeaways from that?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think, you know, dere Jackson, I think a

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Speaker 4: bit of a lull after the League Cup. We couldn't

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Speaker 4: I think you know, there's not been great performances, right,

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Speaker 4: It's not being gare of your seat exciting sort of soccer.

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Speaker 4: But it's not been about that. It's been about finding

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Speaker 4: sometimes in the playoffs we've done over the years, you've

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Speaker 4: I think it was also great to see of course

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Speaker 4: you couldn't ask to enter the posts in any better

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Speaker 2: I think that's one of the biggest takeaways, Steve, is

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Speaker 2: the fact that you know, and we said it on

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Speaker 3: Needed something to give him a boost.

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Speaker 2: And I'm sure you can speak to it as as

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Speaker 2: there's no better time to do that than right before

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Speaker 4: Yeah, there really isn't. And he's such a streaky player, Jordan,

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Speaker 4: need Jordan Rice. It was last year where you know,

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Speaker 4: a guy who over the years, I think, you know,

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Speaker 4: hoping this guy's the limit for Jordan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you gonna need Jordan Morris to be playing at

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Speaker 2: a very talented attacking group, but without that oomph of

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Speaker 3: Steve.

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Speaker 2: When we look at this Minnesota team and we've seen

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Speaker 2: when you look at the group of attacking players that

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Speaker 2: I just spread out there, I'm wondering the confidence level

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Speaker 2: a Minnesota team that rarely gets broken down.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'll give them a lot of credit. You know, Minnesota,

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Speaker 4: But they were a team that is not pleasing on

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Speaker 4: going to say, Wow, they're not they're not Miami, they're

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Speaker 4: But they're very, very effective. You know, we had a

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Speaker 4: respect to. But with that said, I fancy our attacking

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Speaker 4: You know, when you have the way Hey Suis Fherrus

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Speaker 4: Christian al But is the best dual midfield Tanamy the

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Speaker 4: not far behind then above that rough Rock always finds

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Speaker 4: a way to get done. Jordan's back on form. You

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Speaker 4: probably have a guy on a bench in Masofski who

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Speaker 4: at one point was threatening to break the club's all

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Speaker 4: time single season scoring record. Is what sixteen goals this year,

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Speaker 4: So I think you're looking at those kinds of weapons.

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Speaker 4: You're going into the playoff battle with that branch medal

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Speaker 4: and the staff have to feel really good about that.

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Speaker 4: And again, I think as good as Minnesota has been,

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Speaker 4: be about. They're not going to try and go tall

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Speaker 4: to all they even at home, They're probably going to

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Speaker 4: a case of can you break them down? And again,

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Speaker 4: then players we've listed just now, you've gone into the

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Speaker 4: season building the team for these moments. It's a group

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Speaker 2: That's kind of where I'm at is the element of

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Speaker 2: you know, this team plays so defensive in Minnesota and

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Speaker 2: in the playoffs. You know, yes, defense wins championships. We

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Speaker 2: you also need playmakers and you also need guys to

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Speaker 2: I mean Steves Jackson, Reagan's coming off maybe his best

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Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you, Bob. Always a pleasure off season.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff there from Steve Zachwani. Love having Steve on

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Speaker 2: the show. We'll also continue talking about the playoff series

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Speaker 2: and the rest of the Western Conference with Ari Lillian Wall.

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Speaker 2: He's a writer and editor for mlssoccer dot Com. He

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Speaker 3: Welcome back Sounders Weekly.

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Speaker 2: Jackson Feldt's good be with you here on this Wednesday

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Speaker 2: night previewing the Sounders first round playoff series against Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: It'll be the Loons the four seed, hosting the Sounders,

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Speaker 2: next Monday, October twenty seventh at six pm, and then

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Speaker 2: November third will be Game two back at Sloomin Field

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Speaker 3: That was so fun.

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Speaker 2: so folks can go back and listen to that watch along.

435
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Speaker 2: But it was very, very fun, all right, Ari, we

436
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,160
Speaker 2: got to start with Seattle.

437
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Speaker 3: Minnesota is the opponent.

438
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Speaker 2: As we have said now for multiple shows, you wanted

439
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Speaker 2: the Loons. Why do you want the Loons handicap this

440
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Speaker 2: series for us?

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Speaker 5: I just think the Loons have They have one of

442
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Speaker 5: the most unique styles, some of the most unique tactics

443
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Speaker 5: in the league. And we saw that when Seattle played

444
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Speaker 5: them twice this year, and Minnesota beat Seattle both times.

445
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Speaker 5: But I thought in the first game Seattle really did

446
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Speaker 5: not have much of a concept of how to play

447
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Speaker 5: against this team. I thought the second game was much

448
00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:58,520
Speaker 5: better and they had figured out the blueprint to playing

449
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Speaker 5: against them a little bit more. I know they lost

450
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Speaker 5: the game, but the way they played I thought was

451
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Speaker 5: much better, and I will take that matchup against them.

452
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Speaker 5: Compared to a team like San Diego or LAFC or

453
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Speaker 5: Vancouver who have all this attacking firepower, Minnesota really don't

454
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Speaker 5: have that as much, especially since they sold Tawny to

455
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Speaker 5: a Spanish club in La Liga so I think it

456
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Speaker 5: is a good matchup for Seattle comparatively to those other teams.

457
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Speaker 5: That doesn't mean it's going to be an easy runaway series,

458
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Speaker 5: but I like their chances better against this team than

459
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Speaker 5: a few of those other teams.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the simple question when you talk about the

461
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Speaker 2: lack of Minnesota weapons is do Seattle or does Seattle

462
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Speaker 2: have the weapons? Because you know, not having Pedro de

463
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Speaker 2: la Vega. You know, I'm wondering if you look at

464
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Speaker 2: that group of Jordan and Paul heyesus Albert in between them,

465
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Speaker 2: with Christian obet As you're holding in fielders, is that

466
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Speaker 2: enough firepower in a starting lineup to get past the

467
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Speaker 2: Minnesota Minnesota team in a three game series.

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Speaker 5: I think it is. I think having to play it

469
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Speaker 5: without de la Vega, which looks like they're gonna have

470
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Speaker 5: to do that, that's unfortunate and it does make it

471
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Speaker 5: a lot harder, not just against Minnesota, but against any

472
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Speaker 5: of these teams that they're gonna have to play in

473
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Speaker 5: the playoffs should they make it past Minnesota.

474
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Speaker 4: But I do think this.

475
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Speaker 5: Team has played with with without da la Vega quite

476
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Speaker 5: a bit since he's been on the team, and that

477
00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:25,040
Speaker 5: is a position group where this team does have maybe

478
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Speaker 5: even more depth than than other spots on the roster.

479
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Speaker 5: I mean, you've got Paul Rothrock and Georgie Manongu can

480
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Speaker 5: play that spot. And then I asked, I don't know

481
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Speaker 5: what you think, but I think Ryan Kent, if he's

482
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Speaker 5: able to come back, I feel like that could be

483
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Speaker 5: a potential X factor that people aren't even considering. He's

484
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Speaker 5: at the end of the timeline that they gave with

485
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Speaker 5: that injury, so he should theoretically be back for the playoffs,

486
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Speaker 5: and I think that could actually meaningfully give the team

487
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Speaker 5: a boost, particularly playing without Pedro de la Vega.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Ryan Kent's funny because he started off,

489
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Speaker 2: you know, Gangbusters, and we're like, oh my gosh, this

490
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Speaker 2: guy's playing like a DP and then a player for

491
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Speaker 2: those uninitiated, you know, very very expensive, high priced, great player,

492
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Speaker 2: and then it kind of just fell off a cliff.

493
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Speaker 2: And I don't know, I'm not expecting much of anything

494
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Speaker 2: out of Ryan Kemp, but Georgie's a good shout. You know,

495
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Speaker 2: he's back from international duty and you know would expect that.

496
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Speaker 2: But yeah, you know, it's it's a Minnesota team that

497
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Speaker 2: has a certain style and they don't have the offensive

498
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Speaker 2: firepower pieces like a Jordan Morris, you know.

499
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Speaker 3: So that's one of the interesting things.

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Speaker 2: I mean on Minnesota Ari, you know, given the style

501
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Speaker 2: they play, what is the ceiling from Minnesota do they

502
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Speaker 2: have with their style what it takes to maybe get

503
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Speaker 2: far in the playoffs.

504
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Speaker 5: I've been on the record as skeptical of their chances

505
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Speaker 5: of making a deep run in the playoffs. I just

506
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Speaker 5: think when you play against the ball as much as

507
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Speaker 5: they do, there's gonna come a point where you're playing

508
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Speaker 5: teams where you're gonna need to be able to play

509
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Speaker 5: with the ball and not just rely on yielding all

510
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Speaker 5: the possession and striking on these counters and obviously their

511
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Speaker 5: lead on set pieces. So I mean, I think I

512
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:04,439
Speaker 5: tend to think a style like that is going to

513
00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:07,040
Speaker 5: run into roadblocks in the playoffs, but I could be wrong.

514
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Speaker 5: I mean, they've been proving me wrong for a while

515
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Speaker 5: this year, because I've been saying this for a long time,

516
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Speaker 5: but they have fallen off in the last month or so.

517
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Speaker 5: I think you've seen kind of the potential limitations of

518
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Speaker 5: how they do it because their tactics are just so

519
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:24,400
Speaker 5: exaggerated even compared to teams who are kind of counterattacking

520
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,520
Speaker 5: set piece oriented teams. They lean into that so heavily.

521
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Speaker 5: I don't know how far that can take them. We're

522
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Speaker 5: gonna find out, but I am skeptical.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's totally fair.

524
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Speaker 2: I always look at defense wins championships, and yes, they

525
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 2: don't have any offense, or they don't have much of

526
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Speaker 2: an offense, but boy they're good on set pieces, and

527
00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:46,919
Speaker 2: boy they have a good defense, and that just scares me.

528
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Speaker 2: But you know, I do like ari how the brackets

529
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Speaker 2: set up for Seattle, because I don't buy. I mean,

530
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Speaker 2: San Diego has seemingly fallen off a little bit. I

531
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Speaker 2: get what they did to Portland, but that's the freaking Timbers,

532
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Speaker 2: and they're horrible.

533
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Speaker 3: I don't know.

534
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Speaker 2: I just look at the bracket and avoiding Vancouver and

535
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,959
Speaker 2: LAFC and that side of the bracket. I kind of

536
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:09,679
Speaker 2: like how this thing sets up for Seattle. They just

537
00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:12,840
Speaker 2: have to hit on all cylinders, and they can't have

538
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,080
Speaker 2: Jordan Morris disappearing. They need Jordan Morris to continue to

539
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Speaker 2: do what he did in New York City. But if

540
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Speaker 2: they're firing Brian Schmeitzer playoff soccer ball, this is a

541
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Speaker 2: team I think that can make a West final and

542
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Speaker 2: then anything can happen in a final.

543
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, I don't see why not. I've learned

544
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Speaker 5: better than to doubt this team when it comes to

545
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Speaker 5: tournament play. It seems like it seems like in the

546
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Speaker 5: Brian Schmetzer era, every time they're in a tournament, it

547
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Speaker 5: doesn't really seem to matter what the form is going

548
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,879
Speaker 5: into it, or how the season has gone or anything

549
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:44,800
Speaker 5: like that. They just find this other level. We saw

550
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Speaker 5: it in League's Cup this year, So I mean it

551
00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 5: is a little bit more daunting this year because they

552
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Speaker 5: did finish in fifth. They're gonna have to travel for

553
00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,520
Speaker 5: these games, but you know, I really don't think that

554
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Speaker 5: makes that much of a difference as far as their chances.

555
00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,879
Speaker 5: I think this is a team that knows how to

556
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Speaker 5: get results in these situations. So, I mean, with LAFC

557
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 5: and Vancouver also in the West, I think those are

558
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 5: gonna be two kind of juggernaut type teams that you're

559
00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:12,560
Speaker 5: gonna have to get past. But I don't think it's.

560
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Speaker 3: An unmanageable road.

561
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Speaker 5: I think a run DOWMLS Cup, it's it's in the

562
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Speaker 5: cards if nothing else.

563
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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I think it's it's somewhere in that deck

564
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 2: and we just got to see if that card ends

565
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Speaker 2: up getting shown, and they have to play their best

566
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Speaker 2: in order to get that card flipped. Ari Lillianwall is

567
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Speaker 2: our guest. He's a writer and editor for MLS Soccer

568
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Speaker 2: dot com. He also hosts the exceptional podcast Lobbing Scorches.

569
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Speaker 2: You can get it where every gear podcasts, including the

570
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app. They also have the YouTube show Lobbing Scorches.

571
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Speaker 2: Subscribe to it on YouTube. You'll be notified when they

572
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Speaker 2: go live on Monday mornings with Kickoff and Thursday nights

573
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Speaker 2: with Under the Lights. Ari.

574
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Speaker 3: I mentioned Portland a minute ago.

575
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Speaker 2: They lost for nothing on Decision Day at home to

576
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Speaker 2: San Diego, the one seed they because of that have

577
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Speaker 2: fallen all the way into the play in game. How

578
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 2: quickly do the Portland Timbers crash out of this postseason?

579
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Speaker 5: I mean, that's a good question. It's funny you asked,

580
00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 5: because I was actually just watching catching up on Phil

581
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Speaker 5: Nevil's postgame.

582
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Speaker 3: Press conference after that four zero.

583
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Speaker 5: Loss to San Diego. Needless to say, he was not

584
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 5: happy with the state of affairs. But it is as

585
00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,480
Speaker 5: an interesting situation for them because Phil Nevill himself has

586
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 5: said multiple times, including as recently as a couple of

587
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Speaker 5: weeks ago, that if they fall into the wildcard round

588
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Speaker 5: in the playing game, then that's a failure. So that's

589
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Speaker 5: where they are right now. That's actually what ended up happening.

590
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Speaker 5: I think he probably thought that that wasn't gonna happen

591
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Speaker 5: when he said that, But now they're going to be

592
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 5: scrapping it out with Rial salt Lake and it's it's

593
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,359
Speaker 5: interesting times for the Timbers because if you have to

594
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Speaker 5: think that Phil Nevil's kind of coaching for his job there,

595
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Speaker 5: if they make a good run and improbable, kind of

596
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 5: underdog Cinderella run in the playoffs and they make it

597
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Speaker 5: to the conference final or maybe even MLS Cup. If

598
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Speaker 5: they do that, then I think Phil Nevill can probably

599
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Speaker 5: preserve his job. But if they crash out in the

600
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Speaker 5: wildcard round, or even if they make it past Real

601
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 5: falt Lake and then lose in round one, I think

602
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Speaker 5: you might be looking at a new coach for the

603
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,760
Speaker 5: Portland Timbers in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: I mean that game, actually, I just looked it up,

605
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Speaker 2: and I don't pay too much attention to what the

606
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,359
Speaker 2: Timbers are doing when they aren't losing. That game in

607
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 2: Portland does kick off here in about ten minutes, So

608
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Speaker 2: for folks MLS season Pass, Apple TV, Timbers, Salt Lake

609
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,000
Speaker 2: that playing games just starting, and we'll all be RSL

610
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Speaker 2: fans to just, you know, eliminate Portland right off the bat.

611
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Speaker 2: The winner of that game will face San Diego, and

612
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,280
Speaker 2: then that San Diego team, if they get past them,

613
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Speaker 2: would face the winner of Sounders Minnesota. That's how it

614
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 2: all shakes out in the other side of the West bracket, though,

615
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 2: Ari Austin LAFC is very interesting to me because Austin

616
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 2: beat LAFC twice in the regular season.

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Speaker 3: So is this just a case of.

618
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Speaker 2: You know, one off game and you can't put anything

619
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Speaker 2: into it, or does Austin have a shot to make

620
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Speaker 2: it three for three and knock out LAFC.

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Speaker 5: I mean, to me, the fact that they beat LAFC

622
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Speaker 5: twice this year feels like kind of an outlier. I

623
00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 5: had forgotten about that that they ended up doing that.

624
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 5: And I don't know if those games happened before or

625
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 5: after they got sun young men on the team, But

626
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Speaker 5: I don't know. I don't really read too much into that.

627
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 5: I think LAFC They've been probably the hottest team in

628
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 5: the league since Sun got to the team. They have

629
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Speaker 5: the best one two punch one two duo that we've

630
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Speaker 5: seen an MLS in a while. Frankly, so, I think

631
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Speaker 5: they are still a front runner, if not the front

632
00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 5: runner in the West, and I would be pretty surprised

633
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 5: if Austin gives them much of a fight. I don't

634
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Speaker 5: think Austin has nearly enough firepower to keep up with

635
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Speaker 5: this LAFC team over a best of three series.

636
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Speaker 3: You're probably right, but a man can dream.

637
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Speaker 2: I will say that one of Austin's wins, one nothing,

638
00:28:55,760 --> 00:29:00,440
Speaker 2: was on October twelfth, just ten days ago. You look

639
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 2: at lafc's lineup in that game, and it didn't include

640
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 2: the Sun, and it didn't include you know, Bu Wongga.

641
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 2: It had Boba Ce tailman Moran Delgado is the attacking foursome.

642
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 2: That's just an entirely different LAFC team. So you're probably

643
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 2: right on that. Well, look at overall these playoffs are

644
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's one of the ones that I'm most

645
00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:24,520
Speaker 2: interested in. As you look at the entire playoff bracket,

646
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 2: maybe where do your eyes go? What are the most

647
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Speaker 2: or what is the most interesting series in the first

648
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Speaker 2: round to you.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I think this Inner Miami Nashville sc matchup

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Speaker 5: that you we got coming up on Friday, that is

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Speaker 5: a pretty tasty one. And uh, I just think there's

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Speaker 5: so much pressure on Inner Miami in the playoffs this

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Speaker 5: year more than any other team. Frankly, they have to

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Speaker 5: win MLS Cup, not just for kind of validation of

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Speaker 5: their project. But you've got Serdio Busquetz retiring, you got

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Speaker 5: Jordi Albo retiring. This is kind of their last chance

657
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Speaker 5: to get a trophy with the Barca Boys intact as

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Speaker 5: it's been as a and constituted. So if I had

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Speaker 5: to pick one, that would probably be it. But then

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Speaker 5: you also have a hell is real matchup in the

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Speaker 5: East FC Cincinnati versus Columbus Crew. So anytime you get

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Speaker 5: a Darby in the playoffs, that's gonna be some appointment viewing.

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Speaker 2: Oh I love that Cincinnati Columbus. I love rivalries there

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Speaker 2: in that first round. That's great. Remind me Miami lost

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Speaker 2: in the first first round last year due Atlanta.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, to Brad Guzan in number nine Steed Atlanta United.

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Speaker 2: This is probably a two second answer. Messi's MVP more

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Speaker 2: or less obvious than last year.

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Speaker 3: I would say just as obvious. Yeah, it's pretty obvious

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Speaker 3: Messi as the MVP.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, that is interesting that Miami couldn't get out

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Speaker 2: of the first round last year, and if this is

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Speaker 2: the last run with that group they cannot that's a

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Speaker 2: good Nashville team. Nashville Ari right, they were towards the

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Speaker 2: top of the Eastern Conference mode for most of the year.

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Speaker 2: That's a very interesting series. I hadn't really considered that

677
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Speaker 2: being the most interesting in the bunch, but I think

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Speaker 2: you're probably about that. Hey, dude, let's wrap it up

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Speaker 2: with this really quick. In our next segment, we're gonna

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Speaker 2: hear from Christian rolled On. He got back from the

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Speaker 2: United States men's national team last week, did a press conference.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna play that where he talks about.

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Speaker 2: His time with the United States, and I am thinking

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Speaker 2: that this guy may have just locked up a spot

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Speaker 2: on the World Cup roster after the performance he put

686
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Speaker 2: together with the United States there on international duty over

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Speaker 2: the last couple of weeks. He gets a couple assists,

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Speaker 2: and I think right now, if I'm a betting man,

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Speaker 2: he may even start for the United States in that

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Speaker 2: game in Seattle. Based on what you saw from Christian

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Speaker 2: with the US over the last couple of weeks, do

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Speaker 2: you think he's clinched a spot on that roster.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, we're both admittedly biased, but I agree

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Speaker 5: with you. I thought I thought that Australia friendly was

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Speaker 5: the best he's ever looked for the national team. It's

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Speaker 5: frankly what we all in Seattle have known he could

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Speaker 5: do if he was actually given a chance at his

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Speaker 5: preferred position and got some extended run. So, as it stands,

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Speaker 5: if I had to guest today, yeah, he would be

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Speaker 5: definitely on the World Cup roster. He would have a

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Speaker 5: very good argument to start. You know, a lot could

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Speaker 5: change between now and the World Cup, but as it

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Speaker 5: stands right now, I definitely think he's at least earned

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Speaker 5: the right to be in that conversation and to keep

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Speaker 5: getting to keep getting called in. Absolutely, And the cool

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Speaker 5: thing about it is Pashettino actually seems to rate him.

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Speaker 5: He said at a press conference that he considers Christian

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Speaker 5: Roldan the perfect player, which, yeah, I think we all

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Speaker 5: agree with that out here, but the rest of the world,

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Speaker 5: in the international football community, they they don't know about that.

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Speaker 5: So I just appreciate act. I've had my issues with

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Speaker 5: Pochettino at times, I've given him a bit of a

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Speaker 5: hard time, but like I respect how he's handled not

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Speaker 5: just this situation with Christian, but he takes an objective

715
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Speaker 5: look at this playerpool and he calls in and he

716
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Speaker 5: thinks is the right decision to call in, So I

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Speaker 5: can at least respect that.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's pretty cool what Christian Roldan's doing, and hopefully

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Speaker 2: he does make that. Ari, We'll let you go because

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Speaker 2: we're now gonna hear from Christian Roldan. So have a

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Speaker 2: good rest ever your week, enjoy the playoff slate starting

722
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Speaker 2: here with Portland RSL in a few minutes, and we'll

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Speaker 2: talk to you next week.

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Speaker 5: My friend, you got it, Thanks Jackson.

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Speaker 2: It's good stuff there from Ari Lillianwall. He's a writer

726
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Speaker 2: and editor for MLS Soccer dot com. He hosts the

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Speaker 2: podcast Lobbing Scorchers. Get it on the iHeartRadio app and

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Speaker 2: wherever you get your podcasts. All right, we talked there

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Speaker 2: about Christian Roldan. Let's continue talking about Christian Roldan and

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Speaker 2: the hope he has of being on that World Cup roster.

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Speaker 2: After an amazing time on international duty in US camp

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Speaker 2: over the last couple of weeks. Christian Roldon is next

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Speaker 2: to your on Sounders Weekly Sports Radio ninety three point

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Speaker 2: three KJRFM.

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

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Speaker 1: fc CL's Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to Sounders Weekly. Jackson Feltz here. Good to

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Speaker 2: be with you here on this Wednesday night. As a reminder,

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Speaker 2: we're gonna have Rain Weekly with Kiey Dunning coming up

740
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Speaker 2: here in just about twenty fifteen, twenty minutes or so,

741
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Speaker 2: as she will look ahead to the rain starting the

742
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Speaker 2: playoffs in the NWSL there they locked up their spot

743
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 2: this last week, so the Sounders starting their playoffs the

744
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Speaker 2: rain looking ahead to their playoffs. It's a playoff soccer

745
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Speaker 2: time here in Seattle, as the weather is certainly turning

746
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Speaker 2: as we look outside, and we all know, you know.

747
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Speaker 2: One of the interesting things about the Sounders playoff series

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Speaker 2: here against Minnesota, as I mentioned, the Sounders have the

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Speaker 2: first game of the first round against Minnesota there on

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Speaker 2: October twenty seventh, that's next Monday, and then the following

751
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Speaker 2: game is also on the following Monday in Seattle. On

752
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Speaker 2: November three, in this kind of home away home to

753
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Speaker 2: the higher seed, so Minnesota Seattle Minnesota series here in

754
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Speaker 2: the first round. This weird best of three in the

755
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 2: first round and then single elimination after that. I hate it,

756
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Speaker 2: but you know that's just me anyway. So one of

757
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 2: the things is the fact that the first game is

758
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 2: next Monday, as opposed to this Saturday. Like if it

759
00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: was three days away, the playoff would be so bold

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Speaker 2: in my mind right now, and it would be just

761
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,200
Speaker 2: emphasized of we're three days away from a playoff game.

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Speaker 3: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: The fact that it's next Monday, like my brain is

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Speaker 2: sort of treating it like, Okay, it's next week in

765
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Speaker 2: some sort of way.

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Speaker 3: It's weird.

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Speaker 2: But you know, one of the things that is falling

768
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Speaker 2: out about that is the fact that it's allowing my

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Speaker 2: brain to kind of incorporate lots of other things going on,

770
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Speaker 2: including Christian Rolldon's performance with the United States men's national team.

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Speaker 2: And we spoke with Ari Lillienwall in that previous segment

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Speaker 2: about it, and you know, one of the things that

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Speaker 2: I wanted to do here I always like playing play

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Speaker 2: in the player interviews, and I know we had Steve

775
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Speaker 2: Zachowani on earlier. But last week we had the chances

776
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Speaker 2: reporters to catch up with Christian Rolldon about his time

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Speaker 2: with the national team. And yes, he was not the

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Speaker 2: Sounders team that went and beat Minnesota or sorry, beat.

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Speaker 3: New York City FC two to one last weekend.

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Speaker 2: But I think what there is so much of right now,

781
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Speaker 2: the emphasis of my brain is understanding what last week

782
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 2: may have meant. So the last two weeks may have

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Speaker 2: meant for Christian Roldan as it relates to a guy

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Speaker 2: who was really trying to on that kind of periphery

785
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Speaker 2: of the national team. Will he be on the national

786
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Speaker 2: team for the World Cup? Maybe in, maybe out? And

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Speaker 2: he goes out and he has as we were just

788
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Speaker 2: talking about that fantastic performance against Australia, the two assists,

789
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Speaker 2: clearly a veteran leader there in that locker room and

790
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Speaker 2: all of these things, and all this time with the

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Speaker 2: national team. When he got back to Seattle and we

792
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Speaker 2: had the chance to talk to him at a press conference,

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Speaker 2: it does feel like a guy who may have just

794
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Speaker 2: locked up his spot. So this is some really good

795
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Speaker 2: stuff here from Christian Roldan talking about his time with

796
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Speaker 2: the national team, talking about his influence in that clubhouse,

797
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Speaker 2: talking about his relationship with head coach Mauricio Pochettino. Some

798
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Speaker 2: really cool stuff here from Christian rolled on as for

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Speaker 2: a moment, we turned the attention from the playoffs starting

800
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Speaker 2: next Monday, and we do look at something very cool

801
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 2: that happened to a Sounder legend.

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Speaker 3: Christian rolled on.

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Speaker 2: Here was his visit with the media last week, Christian

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Speaker 2: Roldan talking about his experience with the United States men's

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Speaker 2: national team.

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Speaker 6: Timing and football is everything right? You know, I get

807
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 6: invited to a camp in September. Last minute, I felt

808
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Speaker 6: like I got a good camp. But now after this camp,

809
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 6: you know, you feel like you took advantage of an opportunity.

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Speaker 6: So I'm excited. We'll see, you know, if my name

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Speaker 6: is selected for the November camp. But it feels good

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Speaker 6: to not only contribute in training and camp and being

813
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Speaker 6: a good presence within camp, but also contributing on the

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Speaker 6: field stat wise. Right, I'm a player that probably doesn't

815
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Speaker 6: necessarily get a lot of stats here with Sounders or

816
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 6: national team, so it finally feels good to contribute in

817
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 6: that way and and hopefully people are feeling uh my

818
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Speaker 6: presence on the team, whether it's on the field or

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Speaker 6: off the field.

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Speaker 7: I was really understood where to play, how to play you.

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Speaker 7: He's even been us vocal as any coach has ever been.

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Speaker 7: You know, what is the relationship there and how has

823
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Speaker 7: that been that he's been able to like get the

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Speaker 7: best out of you?

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: The really the relationship with with Borchettino is is is incredible.

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Speaker 8: Right.

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Speaker 6: Uh from the minute he the minute I stepped into camp,

829
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Speaker 6: I really felt comfortable and confident with him.

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Speaker 8: Uh.

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Speaker 6: He gave me that that confidence to to really step

832
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Speaker 6: forward and and believe that I can make the squad.

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Speaker 6: And as a player, right, you you want to feel

834
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Speaker 6: that confidence. You want to feel like that if your

835
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Speaker 6: your name is called, he's gonna he's gonna believe that

836
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Speaker 6: you're gonna get the job done. And so that was

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Speaker 6: my mindset right going into camp. Mindset when he when

838
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Speaker 6: my name was called, Uh, to be able to contribute.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, from the first from the first minute, I

840
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Speaker 6: felt really good about.

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Speaker 8: Just being in camp overall.

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Speaker 6: And uh, and you know, obviously the coach of that

843
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 6: magnitude believes in you.

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Speaker 8: You know you you want to deliver for him.

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Speaker 2: He had some pretty glowing comments about you after the game.

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Speaker 2: What was your conversations like with him after that performance.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, a lot of him, him understanding that moment, him

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Speaker 6: him really believing.

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Speaker 8: That I was going to get the job done right.

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Speaker 6: As a coach, I think instilling confidence is a real

851
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 6: important thing, especially with guys that maybe are on the fringe.

852
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Speaker 6: So getting that sense from him was was really nice. Obviously,

853
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 6: hearing his remarks after the game very nice as well.

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Speaker 8: You know, he's he's.

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Speaker 6: A h a person that has seen so many great

856
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 6: players throughout throughout his time as a coach and as

857
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Speaker 6: a player as well. So for him to be saying

858
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Speaker 6: those things right, you know, it means the world. But again,

859
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Speaker 6: I have to deliver if he continues to say those

860
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Speaker 6: those types of things about me.

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Speaker 2: There is a large part of that group that's a

862
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Speaker 2: younger group. Do you feel like a veteran leader when

863
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Speaker 2: you go into that locker room?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: I mean, look, I've been to a World Cup. I'm

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Speaker 6: now thirty. You know, I think Tim and maybe Matt

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Speaker 6: Turner are the only two guys that are older than me.

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Speaker 6: You know, I probably haven't played in as many important

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Speaker 6: games as those two guys, but I've been around those

870
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Speaker 6: those types of games, and so I definitely feel like

871
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Speaker 6: a presence over there in terms of leadership, being vocal,

872
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Speaker 6: trying to get the guys you know, on the same

873
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Speaker 6: page in that moment, whether it's in the locker room

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Speaker 6: or on the field.

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Speaker 8: So understanding my role.

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Speaker 6: You know, maybe I don't see a game, but how

877
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Speaker 6: can I still impact the group?

878
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Speaker 2: How does Brian Schmitzer in his coach style compare it

879
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Speaker 2: all maybe or contrast with with Puchatino.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a look here at a club level, you

881
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 6: have a whole lot more time to work on things,

882
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 6: and so it's very organized in that sense, right.

883
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:14,759
Speaker 4: Uh.

884
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 8: Specific days are are for building out of the back.

885
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 6: Other days are for pressing, you know, other days are

886
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Speaker 6: for finishing attacks. You know, with with bus Chatino, you

887
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Speaker 6: have to kind of fit everything all into you know,

888
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 6: one or two days at times, and so that's that's

889
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 6: the that's the tough part of.

890
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:33,839
Speaker 8: Being a manager at the international level.

891
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Speaker 6: You don't get to see those guys on an everyday basis,

892
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 6: so you have to rely on, you know, what people

893
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 6: say about about others, about the players. You also have

894
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 6: to rely on what you see, and so trainings are

895
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:50,600
Speaker 6: extremely important and so the emphasis is always, hey, how

896
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:53,439
Speaker 6: do you train? If you train well, you might play

897
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 6: and so you know all together, right, and you know

898
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,839
Speaker 6: we see it with a lot of South American coaches, right.

899
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Speaker 8: Intensity is always is always so important. How you how

900
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Speaker 8: you commit, how you.

901
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:12,040
Speaker 6: Show yourself in trading, how you display yourself each and

902
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:17,279
Speaker 6: every training session. Those things are vital to to see

903
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 6: in the field. And so you know, slightly different, right.

904
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Speaker 6: I think the beta manager as a as a at

905
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 6: the international level is always tough because you don't get

906
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Speaker 6: to have all the days with with those players.

907
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Speaker 3: Well, that's awesome stuff there from Christian rold On. So

908
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 3: happy for him.

909
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 2: And you know, as I was talking about there earlier

910
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 2: with Ari, I'll repeat my thoughts is I think he's

911
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 2: locked up his spot.

912
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 3: We'll see what happens, and you hope that no injury

913
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Speaker 3: gets in the way.

914
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Speaker 2: But based on what he's done, and I mean, Aliston,

915
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 2: I'm a Tottenham Hotspur fan and I cheered from Risio

916
00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 2: Pochettino teams for years and I think it's a guy

917
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 2: who understands certain moments and I think he understands that

918
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Speaker 2: it's a United States team in the World Cup that's

919
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 2: gonna be playing their first game in the group stage

920
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, and then the second game of the

921
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 2: group stage is in Seattle, and I think there is

922
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Speaker 2: a tangible value and I think Manicio Pachettino understands this.

923
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Speaker 2: There is a tangible value in having Christian rolld On

924
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:21,360
Speaker 2: on your roster, and not only on your roster right now,

925
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Speaker 2: if there is. I don't think there's any Vegas odds,

926
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Speaker 2: but if there were Vegas odds, I would put money

927
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Speaker 2: down on Christian rolled On being a starter, not just

928
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 2: playing off the bench. I think he will honestly start

929
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Speaker 2: that second group stage match for the United States in Seattle,

930
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Speaker 2: because I think that Pachettino understands the value that a

931
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Speaker 2: guy like Christian Roldan can bring to his team in

932
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 2: that kind of a moment, in that kind of a

933
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 2: game in Seattle specifically. So I think it's awesome for

934
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 2: Christian Roldan and he earned that spot, and he had

935
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 2: just a fantastic last couple weeks with them, and awesome

936
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 2: to play that conversation and be able to talk to

937
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 2: him out there last week.

938
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Speaker 3: At Long Acres.

939
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 2: So wanted to get that in here into Sounders Weekly

940
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:08,040
Speaker 2: this week, because Yeah, the the focus for me. You know,

941
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 2: the playoffs don't start funtil next week, and I get it,

942
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 2: it's next Monday.

943
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 3: But it's next week.

944
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 2: Sounders Minnesota first game, first round. It begins next Monday

945
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 2: night in Minnesota.

946
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 3: Again.

947
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 2: That will have a provident Swedish premat show of five

948
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 2: point thirty and a kickoff of six o'clock over on

949
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 2: our sister station of Sports Radio nine to fifty KJRM,

950
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 2: so nine to fifty am next Monday night for some

951
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 2: Monday night playoff football Sounders Minnesota game one folks. You

952
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:44,360
Speaker 2: can also watch there on Apple TV. You don't even

953
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 2: need MLS season pass. You can watch all the playoffs,

954
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 2: including this game, for free on Apple TV. You just

955
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 2: need to be an Apple TV subscriber to watch Sounders

956
00:44:56,760 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 2: Minnesota and all playoff games next Monday night.

957
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:01,879
Speaker 3: So that's great, folks.

958
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 2: You can also listen in Spanish language on LRA thirteen sixty.

959
00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,360
Speaker 2: All right, So that is the game coming up. The

960
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 2: first playoff game, Game two would be on Monday, November

961
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:15,200
Speaker 2: third at lumen Field, and then game three, if necessary,

962
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 2: is later that week. We'll preview Game two and we'll

963
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,719
Speaker 2: look ahead to Game two and have more details on

964
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 2: that next week, But for now the focus is going

965
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:29,399
Speaker 2: to shift to next Monday night in Minnesota for Game

966
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Speaker 2: one of the playoffs which begin there in Minnesota. Two

967
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 2: final notes before we end tonight's show. First, that Sounders

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00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 2: FC Soccer is presented by Provident Swedish, the official healthcare

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00:45:39,239 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 2: partner of Sounders FC. Second, michelob Ultra is ninety five

970
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Speaker 2: calories and two point six grams of carbs.

971
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Speaker 3: It's only worth it if you enjoy it, all right.

972
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,359
Speaker 2: We will talk to you next Monday for Sounders Minnesota

973
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 2: Round one, Game one of the playoffs and this first

974
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:57,360
Speaker 2: round best of three. So have a good rest of

975
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 2: your week everybody. We'll talk to you next Monday. But

976
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Speaker 2: right here and right now, it's Rain Weekly with Kie

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Speaker 2: Dunning coming up next on Sports Radio ninety three point

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