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Speaker 1: Tony Pike Cincy three sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati. This

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Speaker 1: is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back.

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Speaker 3: Let's get started our number three Sincy three sixty on

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Speaker 3: a Friday, which means you already know what time it is.

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Speaker 3: The voice of FC Cincinnati, the Orange and Blue. Tom

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Speaker 3: Galltder standing by to.

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Speaker 2: Join us right now. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy.

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Speaker 4: What's going on, Tony, Tony, Tony. What a beautiful Friday afternoon.

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Speaker 4: The sun is shining.

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Speaker 5: FC Cincinnati won their home opener, and here head on

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Speaker 5: the road for the first MLS road game of the

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Speaker 5: year to the Twin Cities, which is beautiful land of

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Speaker 5: a thousand legs.

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Speaker 4: But it's going to be so cold tomorrow that I

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Speaker 4: have a bone to pick.

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Speaker 5: With these Major League Soccer schedule make here sending us

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Speaker 5: to Saint Paul, Minnesota in week two of the season.

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Speaker 3: Now, I'm gonna get this out of the way early,

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Speaker 3: because from the last time we spoke, there has been

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Speaker 3: eleven goals scored by FC Cincinnati.

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Speaker 2: There has been zero surrendered.

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Speaker 3: And yet I thought maybe when we got you on

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Speaker 3: the phone today that your voice would be a little raspy,

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Speaker 3: maybe a little off because you've had to yell and

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Speaker 3: call so many goals. And then I wondered, well, let

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Speaker 3: me just let me just follow with Tommy's social media

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Speaker 3: feed and maybe we'll see the booth cam from the

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Speaker 3: nine nil victory over the course of the weekend. Yet

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Speaker 3: we didn't get the boothcam after nine goals, Tommy, what happened?

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Speaker 5: I know, well, it's a fair question, and I appreciate you.

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Speaker 5: You start, you know, you keep me accountable, right, and

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Speaker 5: we got to start the interview with accountability.

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Speaker 4: And the reality is that life's busy. Man.

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Speaker 5: I just called that game on Wednesday night, and I'm

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Speaker 5: on the road here. We're taking off any minute now

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Speaker 5: for Twin City. So just because of the turnaround of

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Speaker 5: the prep time for Minnesota match, listen, I got to

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Speaker 5: take care of the voice first, foremost, and listen, it

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Speaker 5: sounds like I'm in mid season form, right. I'm not

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Speaker 5: speak after eleven goals until last time we talked, didn't.

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Speaker 5: I didn't cancel. I didn't cancel on you guys in

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Speaker 5: order to preserve my voice for calling more goals tomorrow

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Speaker 5: because I'm thinking two or three tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, there's gonna be more strained on a voice.

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Speaker 5: But I'm here, I got pro so listen the booth

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Speaker 5: caam just might not happen from that game because nine

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Speaker 5: of it, and just yeah, it's it. Just it didn't

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Speaker 5: fit in the schedule. So I'll be accountable. It's on

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Speaker 5: me and there's nobody else to blame but to be

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Speaker 5: resumed soon.

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's let's let's go back even further. Let's go

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Speaker 3: back to the MLS opener. It took a little bit

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Speaker 3: to get the offense going, but dank scores in the

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Speaker 3: eightieth Haglandads won in the ninetieth they get a clean

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Speaker 3: sheet on the defensive side of the ball. What did

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Speaker 3: you make from the MLS opener at t qol Stadium

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the defense was as to be expected

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Speaker 5: and everybody did their job room and made a couple

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Speaker 5: off his season. The back line was was very good.

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Speaker 5: Miles was fantastic. He was honored with Team of the

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Speaker 5: Match day honors because of the way he played on

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Speaker 5: the back line and deservedly so. I thought you know

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Speaker 5: he was very much informed. Sammguide hippavel Buka did exactly

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Speaker 5: what they were asked to do and and the team

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Speaker 4: Of Evander early.

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Speaker 5: And I think everybody thirteen minutes into the game was

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Speaker 5: went down and immediately called for a medical staff. You know,

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Speaker 5: you don't call for the medical staff with the new

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Speaker 5: rules because if they come out, you don't leave. You

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Speaker 5: have to sit out for two minutes. So your team's

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Speaker 5: But he felt something and felt the need to come out,

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Speaker 5: so they were able to overcome that dout of violence

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Speaker 5: so one was fine and two was the icing on

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Speaker 3: With Evander and leaving the field. Where does that stand

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Speaker 4: Uh? Yeah, you know they said that be of the

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Speaker 5: You know, nothing too serious there, So they'll continue to

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Speaker 5: he's close but not there, and you're playing someone that's

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Speaker 4: Gonna push him?

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Speaker 5: I'm not the doctor, I don't pretend to be one,

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Speaker 5: but I don't know that you would push him and

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Speaker 4: You know, I don't think anybody would do that.

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Speaker 5: Right, if it's December and it's the MLS Cup final,

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Speaker 5: well different story, right, he doesn't have to play an

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Speaker 5: our game after that. But it's you know, February, late

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Speaker 5: because you're adding a couple of games against Te Grace,

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Speaker 5: So I think that they're gonna be cautious with him.

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Speaker 5: But the great news was that Monday when they did

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Speaker 5: the scams, there was nothing you know, seriously damaged that

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Speaker 5: was a cause of concern for a long term rehab.

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Speaker 5: So I think he's hungry to get back out there

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Speaker 5: because certainly disappointed only playing thirteen minutes in an MLS opener.

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Speaker 4: But I imagine we'll see him back out on the

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Speaker 3: You mentioned t Grace. That's because FC Cincinnati has advanced

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Speaker 3: into the conquer CAFF Champions Cup, into the round of sixteen.

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Speaker 3: They do so with a nine nil victory Tommy. Eight

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Speaker 3: different FC Cincinnati players score, and what's even more remarkable,

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Speaker 3: they hold the opponent to zero shots on goal. Regardless

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it was, and listen, we talked about it last

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Speaker 4: It away early. They left no doubt in the series.

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Speaker 5: To find a way to win five nil and and

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Speaker 4: I mean, how much fun was it watching all the

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, some some of who which are on

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Speaker 4: That was awesome.

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Speaker 5: So I think it was a lot of fun to

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Speaker 5: But I think the tough part is, and Kevin talked

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Speaker 4: We know what they bring, we saw it a couple

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Speaker 5: But these other games are going to uh, these MLS games,

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Speaker 4: We haven't seen it with us since Hanny in the

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Speaker 5: But then you turn around, you're gonna have a league

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Speaker 5: I think is the key word here. Pa talked about it,

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Speaker 3: sixteen that is a date set is that still to

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Speaker 3: be determined? We know the opponent obviously, how does that

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so the dates are set and we're kind of

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Speaker 4: They know exactly what to expect from Avil situation.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, it will be March twelfth of March nineteenth,

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Speaker 5: and we're kind of waiting on Conkcaft to get those

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Speaker 4: But that part is set.

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Speaker 3: Looking forward to now the weekend back to MLS play

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Speaker 3: a road trip, as you mentioned, to Minnesota. It's been

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Speaker 3: a clean start. As we mentioned for FC Cincinnati used

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Speaker 3: the term professional. What needs to be done? Where can

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Speaker 3: they improve in their game? As you now make the

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Speaker 3: road trip to Minnesota.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's a quick start, right, and everybody's

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Speaker 5: Tomorrow's four degrees in Saint Paul, So you better believe

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Speaker 5: I have all the layers, you know, fast in the

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Speaker 4: So you know, both teams are gonna have to deal

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Speaker 5: I think the interesting part when you look at Minnesota

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Speaker 5: is well, James Rodriguez play. He practiced this week for

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Speaker 5: the first time since being transferred in Obviously he's a

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Speaker 4: So I think we'll be involved. Will he be in

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Speaker 5: We'll have to, you know, see when a lineup cards

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Speaker 4: No, you do right. You want them chasing your understandings.

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Speaker 5: And you know, my son joking with me, but he's like, hey, yes,

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Speaker 5: So now, I think all of these games are are

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Speaker 3: I haven't got your thoughts. You guys got a new

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Speaker 5: You know, I think you know, Guardians didn't really make

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Speaker 4: So that's exciting. But you know, a lot of things

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Speaker 5: I think for the Guardians to be a true contender,

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Speaker 5: You're going to be in there early, right, you know

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 4: Make sure it's good.

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Speaker 3: It's a it's a four to thirty start. FC Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: on the road at Minnesota United. That is the voice

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Speaker 3: of FC Cincinnati, Tom Gallader. Tommy, thanks so much for

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Speaker 3: your time. Get three more and we'll talk again next week.

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Speaker 4: Absolute pleasure, My guys, Talk to you soon. There.

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