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Speaker 1: This is Sounders Weekly with your host Jackson Felts.

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Speaker 2: Good Eden, everybody, welcome into Sounders Weekly. Thanks for staying

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Speaker 2: up late with us here tonight, late on a Tuesday

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Speaker 2: night after that cracking game. We appreciate you stay in

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Speaker 2: tuned here to Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.

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Speaker 2: This is Sounders Weekly. My name is Jackson Felts. I'm

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Speaker 2: here for the next hour. Then Keiley Dunning will take

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Speaker 2: over for Rain Weekly in an hour to talk about

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Speaker 2: what's going on with the Rain, who with a draw

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Speaker 2: over the weekend nearly clinched a playoff Bertha. Also, there

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Speaker 2: is some major, major news, you know, let's just share

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Speaker 2: that before we get into Sounders Weekly and turn our

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Speaker 2: entire attention for the next hour to the Sounders. The massive,

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Speaker 2: massive Rain news that came out yesterday morning is that

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Speaker 2: their captain, the og, the legend, Lou Barnes, a longtime

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Speaker 2: center back, excellent defender for Seattle Rain, She's gonna be

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Speaker 2: retiring from pro soccer at the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: Sure Keeley Dunning will have some more on that and

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Speaker 2: the Rain, as they have just a couple more matches

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Speaker 2: left in the season before the playoffs begin. And they

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Speaker 2: nearly have a spot clinched after a draw this last weekend. Okay,

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Speaker 2: that's what's going on in an hour with Rain Weekly.

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Speaker 2: This is Sounders Weekly, and we are talking about a

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Speaker 2: hot Sounders team. This is a team right now in

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Speaker 2: Seattle that we kind of It's funny. A couple weeks ago,

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Speaker 2: we kind of looked at the standings, I should say,

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Speaker 2: after the Porland game. We looked at the standings and said,

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Speaker 2: all right, you know, now we've kind of locked in

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Speaker 2: that five seed. It wasn't fully locked in yet, but

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Speaker 2: even with a draw in one of the last two

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Speaker 2: games RSL, which was this last weekend, and then New

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Speaker 2: York City coming up on Decision Day, if you got

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Speaker 2: one point in either of those two games, you're locked

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Speaker 2: into the five seed.

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Speaker 3: So we were.

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Speaker 2: Probably in the kind of an interesting mental place at

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Speaker 2: that moment coming that was coming out of the Porland game.

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Speaker 3: Then of course you get the nothing.

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Speaker 2: Win over RSL, and now we are fully locked into

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Speaker 2: the five seed for the Sounders.

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Speaker 3: That is done. That is over. That is kaputt.

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Speaker 2: And you know, now it's sort of the situation going

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Speaker 2: into a decision day.

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Speaker 3: It's weird.

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Speaker 2: We have absolutely nothing to play for, and I think

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Speaker 2: the focus for head coach Brian Schmetzer will be very

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Speaker 2: much on the side of let's make sure that this

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Speaker 2: team is playing at the quality and the level it

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Speaker 2: needs to because I mean, shoot, people, two weeks from

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Speaker 2: last weekend, that is the start of the playoffs. We're

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Speaker 2: a week and a half away from the playoffs beginning.

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Speaker 2: And this team, you look at the standings right now,

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Speaker 2: this team doesn't have a lot of options of what's

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Speaker 2: gonna happen, you know, because LAFC right now is at

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Speaker 2: fifty nine points in third. Minnesota is in fourth place

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Speaker 2: with fifty eight points. San Diego is in second with

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Speaker 2: sixty points. Those are the potential three opponents for the Sounders.

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Speaker 2: Everybody's on thirty three games. Everybody has one game left,

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Speaker 2: and if you kind of break it down, because let's

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Speaker 2: just look here and let's see who each of these

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Speaker 2: teams have. So San Diego on their decision day match,

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Speaker 2: going to Portland to face the Timbers. So there's that. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: you have LAFC, who are one point back of San

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Speaker 2: every one of them is on the road. And for

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Speaker 2: At this moment, that's Minnesota. But listen, it's craziness of

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Speaker 2: Decision Day. There's three teams within two spots two points

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Speaker 2: right because this is a team. Over the course of

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Speaker 2: there in out. Albert Rusnak was missing from suspension. We've

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Speaker 2: with the United States men's national team. Awesome to see him.

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Speaker 2: There lots of other players on international duty. I think

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Speaker 3: So you have all of this together.

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Speaker 2: You want this team to be both available and healthy

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Speaker 2: Back for the start of the playoffs, but that's a

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Speaker 2: lot of TBD right now. But Jackson Reagan played well.

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Speaker 2: I thought that Alex Roldan sliding into that center back spot.

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Speaker 2: with Ari Lillionwall. We also, by the way, have a

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Speaker 2: new debut coming up here on Sounders Weekly later tonight.

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Speaker 2: You know, we bounce around. We always have MLS Season

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Speaker 2: Pass on Apple TV. Broadcasters. Jessica Charman is a broadcaster

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Speaker 2: I believe, a former play by play voice of Charlotte

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Speaker 2: for our final segment tonight to preview Sounders and New

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Speaker 2: York City. And I think one of the interesting questions

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Speaker 2: You don't want to go out and play your backups

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Speaker 2: Well, Love Ari will love Jessica coming up later tonight

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Speaker 2: to talk about everything going on. But the RSL to

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Speaker 2: absolutely should have had a second goal in STARSL. You

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Speaker 2: that would have been nice for Jordan Moore's confidence to

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Speaker 2: he got healthy. Great to have him back out there

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Speaker 2: we couldn't get that second goal against Portland. Yes, we're

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Speaker 2: winning these games, but it's about putting them away. You

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Speaker 2: We know, of course Austin that should have been a draw.

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Speaker 2: That turned into a loss Vancouver. We were up two

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Speaker 2: to one. Sounders I think have a right now issue

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Speaker 2: That is kind of the one major concern I have

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Speaker 3: They did it to Miami in the League's Cup final.

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Speaker 2: They have the players, they have the health, they have

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Speaker 3: And City's a good team and we're gonna get into it.

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Speaker 2: But I think the Sounders have it in them to

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Speaker 2: the horses back. Albert's back from suspension, Christian will be back,

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Speaker 2: It is, by the way, and I can't say this enough.

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Speaker 2: Over the next week, this is going to be a

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Speaker 2: the Sounders potentially, you know, you go on the road,

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Speaker 2: you defend welly, a penalty kick, shootout win. Ultimately you

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Speaker 2: come home looking for a two zero sweep. I would

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Speaker 2: tonight's show. What do you say we shift gears here

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Speaker 2: in Sounders Weekly and enough hearing from me about that

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Speaker 2: it. It was a great goal from Paul Rothrock. Awesome to

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Speaker 4: All of the games at home are critical. You can't

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Speaker 3: And then what did you think of a celebration for

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Speaker 5: Nobody knows Jordan Morris as well as you do. That

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Speaker 3: That's good stuff there.

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Speaker 2: From head coach Brian Schmitzer after the win over Salt Lake.

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

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Speaker 3: I'm doing good, Jackson.

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Speaker 6: I'm looking forward to this decision Day. I feel like

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Speaker 2: That's kind of what I opened the show with, is

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Speaker 3: This game against oursl one nothing.

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Speaker 6: I thought it started out excellent, like the first thirty

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Speaker 3: Game where you have the lead, and then that's exactly it.

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Speaker 2: That's my whole issue right now is man, we're a

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Speaker 6: or when defense really comes into play, But I mean,

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Speaker 6: they'll at least give himselves a fighting.

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Speaker 3: Chance if they can.

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Speaker 2: If they can attack like Ari lillianwall is our guest.

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Speaker 2: He's a writer and editor for MLS Soccer dot com.

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Speaker 2: He hosts the podcast Lobbing Scorchers. Get it on the

442
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Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app and subscribe to the Lobbing Scorchers page on YouTube.

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Speaker 2: And I think, Ari, you're rounding out the Sounders conversation

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Speaker 2: before we look ahead to New York City and Decision Day.

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Speaker 2: You know, I kind of look at this and I say,

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Speaker 2: if we get Kim or Yamar back to go next

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Speaker 2: to Jackson, you have new who, you have Alex rol Don.

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Speaker 2: You know, you have Christian Rodan and Obed Vargus in

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Speaker 2: the holding midfield.

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Speaker 3: Then you look at that four.

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Speaker 2: Up top and I kind of see five people to

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Speaker 2: go in four spots. You have Jordan up top, and

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Speaker 2: then you know you have kind of a it really

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Speaker 2: does break down to four for three because you have

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Speaker 2: Peter dal Lavega, you have Albert Rusnak, you have Paul Rothrock,

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Speaker 2: and you have Heesus Frera.

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Speaker 3: Those four to go in three spots? Uh do you?

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Speaker 2: I mean, since they're all available this week, what do

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Speaker 2: you do with your Brian Schmitzer.

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Speaker 6: It's a it is a tough question for me personally,

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Speaker 6: the setup I like the most is is Dey la

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Speaker 6: Vega Russnack, Ferreira with Morris up top. I just think,

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Speaker 6: heyis Ferreira has shown such just like dependability in that

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Speaker 6: wide channel this year and I really like what he

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Speaker 6: brings there. And Rothrock, I mean, he's earned starting, really

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Speaker 6: started a bunch of games this year. But I think

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Speaker 6: his skill set, if you if you're talking about between

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Speaker 6: him and Ferira, his skill set would lend itself better

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Speaker 6: to a super sub. So that's what I would do

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Speaker 6: as a first choice. But I mean, I'm sure there's

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Speaker 6: gonna be the further they make in the playoffs, there's

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Speaker 6: gonna be games probably where Rothrock starts and Feria comes

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Speaker 6: off the bench, or they run another setup.

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Speaker 3: But that's how I like it as the first choice. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think you're right.

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Speaker 2: It is just so tough, and maybe you know, there

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Speaker 2: is an element of oh Beed Vargas coming back from

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Speaker 2: the U twenty World Cup with Mexico, Christian Roaldon coming

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Speaker 2: back from his United States men's national team duty. Maybe

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Speaker 2: there's a situation where we have to slide Albert Rusnack

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Speaker 2: back and this isn't an issue yet, but I think

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Speaker 2: that is a very real question come a week and

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Speaker 2: a half from now, when you're playing one of San

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Speaker 2: Diego LAFC and Minnesota in the first round of the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Two weeks ago when we spoke, we didn't have a

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Speaker 2: show last week. But two weeks ago when we spoke,

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Speaker 2: I asked you who you wanted, and you said Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: If the playoffs started this minute, it would be Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: Are you still on Minnesota?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: No, I still have been saying that that's my preferred matchup.

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Speaker 6: Doesn't mean it's gonna be an easy matchup. It doesn't

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Speaker 6: mean they're gonna be guaranteed to beat him. This is

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Speaker 6: a team that beats Seattle twice this year, but that's

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Speaker 6: almost one thing in favor of the matchup. I think

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Speaker 6: it's pretty hard to beat the same team three times

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Speaker 6: in a row and they're gonna get to the two

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Speaker 6: fracks at least at this team. So I just feel

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Speaker 6: like it's more about how good I think the other

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Speaker 6: teams are than thinking that Minnesota is going to be

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Speaker 6: an easy matchup or a pushover. But I also think

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Speaker 6: tactically as well, it's the best matchup and you don't

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Speaker 6: have to deal with guys like Denny Bowanga and Andrews Dryer,

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Speaker 6: So I'll take it.

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Speaker 8: Well.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you see LAFC go out on Sunday and

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Speaker 2: lose one nothing against Austin, and I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: I was, as I was kind of thinking through this

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Speaker 2: interview a couple of days ago, I thought the question of, well,

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Speaker 2: you know, who's your odds on favorite to win the

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Speaker 2: West right now? Was so obviously LIFC. After that really

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Speaker 2: poor loss to Austin. Is LAFC still the favorite?

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Speaker 6: I mean, I tend to think that Austin result is

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Speaker 6: an outlier. They had been so hot for a lot

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Speaker 6: of games before going into that game, so definitely was

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Speaker 6: surprising to see that result. I didn't see that game,

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Speaker 6: so I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I definitely

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Speaker 6: it does not make me think any less of their

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Speaker 6: playoff credentials. Really, I still think when you have the

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Speaker 6: Denny Bolonga Sun Hong Min duo, you're honestly probably going

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Speaker 6: to be the favorites going into most games you've played.

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Speaker 3: They certainly are.

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Speaker 2: Ari Let's continue and let's look ahead to the decision day,

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Speaker 2: and there's gonna be a lot of drama in Decision Day.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned in the previous segments San Diego at sixty,

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Speaker 2: LAFC at fifty nine, Minnesota at fifty eight. Yeah, that

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Speaker 2: will be very, very fun to watch for us, And

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Speaker 2: to go back to your common at the start of

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Speaker 2: the interview, a little bit stress free while watching the

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Speaker 2: Sounders game against New York City. Now on the other side,

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Speaker 2: where the Sounders just want a good run of form

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Speaker 2: going into the playoffs. New York City meanwhile, sitting in

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Speaker 2: fifth place in the East with fifty six points. They

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Speaker 2: are tied on points with Charlotte in fourth. They are

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Speaker 2: three points ahead of Orlando and seventh, two points ahead

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Speaker 2: of Nashville and sixth. So this is a New York

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Speaker 2: City team. Ari, maybe you can shed some light on

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Speaker 2: how good they are, and I imagine they're gonna be

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Speaker 2: playing pretty hard to try to get up to that

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Speaker 2: four spot this weekend.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: No, they're in kind of the opposite situation as Seattle.

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Speaker 3: They need to win this game.

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Speaker 6: They're fighting with Charlotte and Nashville for top four and

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Speaker 6: home field advantage in the first round, so they're gonna

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Speaker 6: be going for this game. It's kind of a gotta

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Speaker 6: habit game, probably as far as they're concerned a bit,

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Speaker 6: just because they have home field advantages right there if

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Speaker 6: they win this game, so they're gonna be going for it,

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Speaker 6: and I think they're kind of a team that gets

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Speaker 6: left on more than they should. I was talking to

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Speaker 6: Nico Moreno about it on my Kickoff show this morning.

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Speaker 6: But I think Alonzo Martinez there starting striker, might be

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Speaker 6: the most underrated player.

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Speaker 3: In the whole league.

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Speaker 6: Had seventeen goals this year after having sixteen goals last year,

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Speaker 6: so he's very legit.

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Speaker 3: He's one of the best.

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Speaker 6: Number nines that Seattle's going to have to deal with

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Speaker 6: all year, and it'll be I think it'll be a

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Speaker 6: good test for maybe a guy like Stu Stewart Hawkins,

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Speaker 6: who with all the CB injuries and absences and stuff,

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Speaker 6: he might actually get a chance to play in this game.

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Speaker 6: I think Snager Bernell is going to be back, so

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Speaker 6: I'm hoping that Seattlefield's a lineup like that and get

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Speaker 6: some experience and minutes for guys who can play in

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Speaker 6: a situation where it's high stakes. You're going to be

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Speaker 6: playing against a team that needs the game and is

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Speaker 6: going to be going for it, but realistically the result

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Speaker 6: of this game, it doesn't matter for Seattle points wise.

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Speaker 6: It matters performance wise to like get the vibes going

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Speaker 6: in a good direction going into the playoffs, but points wise,

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Speaker 6: it doesn't really affect anything. So you can I think

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Speaker 6: you can afford to like be creative with your lineup

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Speaker 6: in this situation, maybe more than you normally would, but

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Speaker 6: like with the with it in your mind too that

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Speaker 6: you do need to play well and you can't have

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Speaker 6: a situation right where you get too crazy.

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Speaker 3: With the lineup and then get blown out. You don't

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Speaker 3: want that.

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Speaker 6: But I think there's a balance there where you can

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Speaker 6: take advantage of the fact that points wise, it doesn't

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Speaker 6: really affect you either way.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it really is that weird setting, and you see

585
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Speaker 2: it in the NFL a bunch in that final week.

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Speaker 2: And that's why you know our league and the other

587
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Speaker 2: leagues do the smart thing where you don't play the

588
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Speaker 2: final week of the regular season in fantasy because like

589
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Speaker 2: fantasy football, because you know that teams are going to

590
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Speaker 2: be resting and doing weird things, and you know sometimes

591
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Speaker 2: when you're locked into something other than the top seed,

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Speaker 2: there is that dynamic of of do you rest guys

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Speaker 2: versus do you get guys good in form? I'm it's

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Speaker 2: such an intriguing proposition, you know, for for Brian Schmitzer

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Speaker 2: to you know, maybe get experience versus you know, get

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Speaker 2: guys playing their best.

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Speaker 3: I think you gotta start Jordan Morris because you got.

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Speaker 2: To get him feeling himself and I mean, gosh, to

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Speaker 2: miss that penalty and not score, or not miss the

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Speaker 2: penalty but have it saved and and then not score

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Speaker 2: and still you mentioned having not scored since he got back.

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Speaker 3: I need to see Jordan get in a good run

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Speaker 3: of form.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I would like to see Albert Russ

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Speaker 2: not getting a good run of form after he missed

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Speaker 2: this last week. And you add these things together, maybe

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Speaker 2: maybe it is Snyder and you let Christian take a

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Speaker 2: breather after traveling with the US or obed after traveling

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Speaker 2: with the Mexico there at the U twenty World Cup,

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Speaker 2: it's there. I think you nail that that there is

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Speaker 2: a balance, and it's gonna be interesting to see what

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Speaker 2: that balance is. From Brian Schmitzer ari as we wrap

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Speaker 2: it up and take a look at kind of the

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Speaker 2: wider Eastern conference, I asked you about the favorite there

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Speaker 2: in the West, but for the East, Philadelphia wins the

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Speaker 2: Supporter Shield. They have that going into decision today they

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Speaker 2: wanted a couple weeks ago. You have Cincinnati and Miami

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Speaker 2: both second and third with sixty two points, and then

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Speaker 2: as I mentioned, Charlotte and New York City with fifty

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Speaker 2: six points and fourth and fifth. Philly's obviously the shield winner.

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Speaker 2: Miami has messy. Who do you see coming out of

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Speaker 2: the East at this moment.

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Speaker 6: I think Philadelphia and Miami are the front runners, But

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Speaker 6: if I had to pick a dark horse, I would

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Speaker 6: say Charlotte SC. I think they've sneakily been one of

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Speaker 6: the hottest teams in the league for the entire second

627
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Speaker 6: half of the season. They've got their striker Toplamatti, who

628
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Speaker 6: replays Patrick Augimond.

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Speaker 3: He's been playing out of his mind.

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Speaker 6: He looks like one of the best attackers in MLS.

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Speaker 6: And they're really really good defensively. So they're like a

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Speaker 6: really complete team that it seems like could do well

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Speaker 6: in the playoffs. They'd really I think, solidified themselves as

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Speaker 6: like an upper tier club in the league this year.

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Speaker 7: But I mean.

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Speaker 6: Philadelphia, they won the Supporter Shields, so they could obviously

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Speaker 6: make a run. And then anytime you have Lionel Messi

638
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Speaker 6: in a tournament, he can just go supernova for any

639
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Speaker 6: seta games and get you over the line. So though,

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Speaker 6: if I had to pick three front runners that would

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Speaker 6: be it would be Silly and Miami, with Charlotte as.

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Speaker 3: The dark horse.

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Speaker 2: Well, Charlotte's former broadcaster Jessica Charman is going to join

644
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Speaker 2: us in our next segment. She's calling Seattle, New York

645
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Speaker 2: City coming up for EMLA season past this weekend. So

646
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Speaker 2: definitely get a hurt two cents on Charlotte there, But

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Speaker 2: good thoughts, Ari. We'll talk next week when the whole

648
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Speaker 2: field is set and we know exactly who Seattle is

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Speaker 2: gonna be facing. It's gonna be a fun decision day,

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Speaker 2: and to echo your words at the start, maybe a

651
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Speaker 2: little bit more relaxing than it usually is. So let's

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Speaker 2: all have a nice relaxing decision day together. I know

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Speaker 2: you won't be relaxed. You'll be watching every single game,

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Speaker 2: I assume, with an absolutely Madman TV experience with all

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Speaker 2: the games on.

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Speaker 3: So enjoy it, my friend. Try to stay as relaxed

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Speaker 3: as you can. Thanks Jack, and looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: Good stuff there from Ari, and I believe, by the way,

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Speaker 2: Lobbing Scorchers, his show there on YouTube will have a

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Speaker 2: live stream to react to everything going on on Decision Day,

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Speaker 2: so Ari and Noah will have that as you can

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Speaker 2: subscribe to Lobbing Scorches.

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Speaker 3: I might even pop into that.

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Speaker 2: Ari protexted me earlier today and said, by the way,

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Speaker 2: do you want to jump in on this on Saturday?

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Speaker 2: So that will be fun there on Saturday. That will

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Speaker 2: be on the later slate because the Sounders do have

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Speaker 2: that game. It's gonna be a Providence Swedish premat show

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Speaker 2: of two thirty kickoff of three o'clock for the Sounders game.

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Speaker 2: They're in New York City, so that's our radio broadcast

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Speaker 2: over a nine to fifty kjar am folks. You can

672
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Speaker 2: also watch it MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV

673
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Speaker 2: app and listen in Spanish language on Lray thirteen sixty

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Speaker 2: and Saturday's match is presented by the Western Washington Toyota Dealers,

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Speaker 2: so that game's in the earlier slate because Sounders are

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Speaker 2: in that East Coast game.

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Speaker 3: Against New York City.

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Speaker 2: The West Coast Decision Day games all start at six

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Speaker 2: o'clock so that lobbying scorches live stream there at six o'clock.

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Speaker 2: That will be a lot of fun and I'll pop

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Speaker 2: into that and we'll all react to see what happens

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Speaker 2: between San Diego and Portland, Minnesota, the LA Galaxy and

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Speaker 2: of course LAFC Colorado, as those three spots will get

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Speaker 2: figured out and the Sounders will know who they then

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Speaker 2: end up facing. All right, that will do it for

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Speaker 2: this segment here at Sounders Weekly. I mentioned our next guest,

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Speaker 2: Jessica Charman. She is a former voice of Charlotte FC.

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Speaker 2: She now is a broadcaster for MLS Season Pass on

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Speaker 2: Apple TV. She knows all about this game here coming up,

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Speaker 2: and you gonna pick her brain a little bit on

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Speaker 2: the rest of the Eastern Conference. She knows it well

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Speaker 2: and if Ari is right, Charlotte may be a dark

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Speaker 2: horse to go to MLS Cup. Jessica Charman, we'll talk

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Speaker 2: about decision day ahead next here on Sounder's Weekly Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio ninety three point 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 Clle's Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, Sounders Weekly. Jackson felt good to have you

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Speaker 2: with us here on this Tuesday night, staying up late

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Speaker 2: here for us thanks to our guests so far this evening.

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Speaker 2: Ari Lillian Wall popping on there a reminder that we'll

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Speaker 2: have rain weekly with Kiey Dunning coming up here in

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Speaker 2: just about fifteen minutes here on ninety three point three

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Speaker 2: KJR FM. But it is time to look ahead to

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Speaker 2: decision day for the Seattle Sounders at New York City

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Speaker 2: FC coming up this Saturday. Sounders are gonna be in

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Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference slate of games at three pm. That

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Speaker 2: is because they're the one Western Conference team facing an

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Speaker 2: Eastern Conference team. Somebody had to cross over and the

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Speaker 2: Sounders are that team. So for that match broadcast, it

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Speaker 2: will be a two thirty Providence, Swedish pre match show

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

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Speaker 2: Sports Radio nine to fifty kr AM. We'll mention also

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Speaker 2: that this match is presented by the Western Washington Toyota Dealers. Also,

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Speaker 2: you can listen in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen

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Speaker 2: sixty and watch the match via MLS Season Pass on

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Speaker 2: the Apple TV app. And the person who is going

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Speaker 2: to be calling that match Seattle at New York City

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Speaker 2: FC is Jessica Charman. She is a former Charlotte FC

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Speaker 2: broadcaster now with MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, and

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Speaker 2: Jessica joins us right here for the first time on KJAR.

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Speaker 3: Jessica, Welcome to Sounders Weekly.

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Speaker 8: How are you Birthly, I'm amazing.

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Speaker 7: Secondly, no shade at all.

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Speaker 8: If people want to hit the local radio option, absolutely

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Speaker 8: do it. It's one of my favorite features at season bars.

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Speaker 8: I think it's such an important thing to have as

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Speaker 8: a former radio person. So if you want the Seattle

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Speaker 8: Central version, go ahead and switch it over. But I

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Speaker 8: promise I am doing all my prep work to make

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Speaker 8: sure that you can tell that I am well.

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Speaker 7: Versed in your site.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're excited to hear you.

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Speaker 2: I do wish the you know, if our friend Kirk

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Speaker 2: is listening. I wish that the radio option was available

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Speaker 2: for road games too.

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Speaker 3: I think it is still only available for home games.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, many home games. And that was my biggest when

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Speaker 8: I was a radio person too, because at the end

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Speaker 8: of the day, the road temes are the ones where

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Speaker 8: it's more complicate. Those are the ones that you have

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Speaker 8: less of your fans in the stadium, right. But I

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Speaker 8: think there's issues with the actual physical dynamics of it.

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Speaker 8: It's a little bit more complicated than maybe we realized, Jess.

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Speaker 2: Because this is the first time we've had a chance

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Speaker 2: to chat on Sounders weekly. Let's just get your two

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Speaker 2: cents and your perspective on our Seattle Sounder out here

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Speaker 2: and what the Eastern Coast vibe and view is of

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Speaker 2: our rave Green squad here in Seattle.

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Speaker 7: Well, first day, I.

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Speaker 8: Was delighted to have an opportunity to commentate the game

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Speaker 8: last time out of Limonfield against Rail Salt Lake, and

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Speaker 8: I know it was a completely different side. Brian told

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Speaker 8: us eleven players unavailable for selection. That's absolutely wild for

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Speaker 8: a game, But the fact that Seattle was still abled

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Speaker 8: to get the result out get a clean sheet show

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Speaker 8: a lot of resilience. I mean, it was a crazy

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Speaker 8: wild ride. I feel like the Seattle fan from getting

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Speaker 8: up in the fourth minute missing a penalty, I'll say

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Speaker 8: saved the penalty.

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Speaker 7: As a former goalkeeper, he did not miss it. It

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Speaker 7: was safe. And then the ball in the back of

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Speaker 7: the net from.

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Speaker 8: Rail Salt Lake right afterwards.

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Speaker 7: It was a roller coaster. But I feel that's kind

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Speaker 7: of been a little bit of.

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Speaker 8: Seattle season right There's been a lot of high not

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Speaker 8: many deep, deep loads, but a little bit of adversity

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Speaker 8: here and there.

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Speaker 7: But what I like about this Seattle.

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Speaker 8: Side and any Brian Spencer side is the fact that

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Speaker 8: they are so well organized, so well discipline that even

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Speaker 8: if you take out three, four or five starting players,

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Speaker 8: they're still able to understand the system, They're still able

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Speaker 8: to play with their resilience, they're still able to grind

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Speaker 8: out results. And I think that's a credit to the

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Speaker 8: identity of this side and what they can do on

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Speaker 8: a week in, week out basis, and also the way

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Speaker 8: that this has been built with that squad depth, that

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Speaker 8: you have that rotational piece, And I mean, I'm excited

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Speaker 8: to watch them coming against New York City, who I

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Speaker 8: feel like are one of the quiet sleepers in the

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Speaker 8: Eastern Conference as well, because they have had that sort

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Speaker 8: of turbulency of a season, a new coach coming in

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Speaker 8: in Pascal Jansson, up and down results, but also finding

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Speaker 8: a little bit of a footing, and they have an

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Speaker 8: opportunity to push for a fourth place spot, which I

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Speaker 8: know Seattle doesn't, which makes it a really interesting tactical matchup,

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Speaker 8: particularly with it being played at City Field, which makes

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Speaker 8: things a little bit more difficult, I should say for opponents.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's such an interesting chess match, Jessica that's going

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Speaker 2: to happen between the coaches. Because for Seattle it's locked

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Speaker 2: into the five seed. The only thing really deeply important

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Speaker 2: about decision day is watching what happens at six pm

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Speaker 2: with all the rest of Western Conference games and figuring

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Speaker 2: out if it's Minnesota, San Diego or LAFC will be

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Speaker 2: facing a week and a half from today for New

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Speaker 2: York City, you know, to kind of continue off of

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Speaker 2: the point you were just making. It has been up

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Speaker 2: and down, and it has been a situation where they

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Speaker 2: can capture a four seed, which means the home field

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Speaker 2: advantage in that first game, first round, best of three.

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Speaker 2: So what does New York City do in this game

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Speaker 2: that maybe Seattle doesn't is is it absolutely going forward

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Speaker 2: from front foot from the first second of this game

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Speaker 2: where Seattle may play a little bit deeper.

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Speaker 7: Well, I think the.

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Speaker 8: First thing is that as much as Seattle can't play

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Speaker 8: for anything in terms of positioning in the standing, locked

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Speaker 8: into that fitth spot, as we know with any American

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Speaker 8: sport when it comes to playoff times. But always talking

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Speaker 8: about the momentum that you have to build, and the

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Speaker 8: worst thing for Seattle, in my opinion, would be to

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Speaker 8: have a poor performance a poor result going into play,

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Speaker 8: because you don't want.

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Speaker 7: To be licking your wounds after decision there.

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Speaker 8: You want to be playing your best possible soccer with momentum,

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Speaker 8: with belief, even if you're going on the road in

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Speaker 8: the first game of that round of three.

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Speaker 7: So I don't think this is a match where they

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Speaker 7: have nothing to play for.

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Speaker 8: They definitely have all the best to play for with

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Speaker 8: the momentum and bringing in, you know, potential starters that

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Speaker 8: weren't available last time out back into the team to

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Speaker 8: get their feet wet again. But for New York City,

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Speaker 8: anytime they play at home, I just feel like, again,

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Speaker 8: I don't want.

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Speaker 7: To pop on about.

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Speaker 8: The field, and I've been told it's not actually that different,

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Speaker 8: but there's just a sense when you commentate games.

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Speaker 7: I haven't done one.

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Speaker 8: At City Field, but I've done a lot at Yankee

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Speaker 8: Stadium this season.

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Speaker 7: It just moves so much faster.

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Speaker 8: The transitional moments are so much quicker. The ball seems

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Speaker 8: to go. You know, one minute your goalkeeper's got a

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Speaker 8: ball of the boots. The next thing you have an

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Speaker 8: attacking opportunity. So the route one directness of play is

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Speaker 8: really important, and I think that that's something that Seattle

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Speaker 8: is going to have to be aware of defensively.

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Speaker 7: There are a couple of moments against rel Salt Lake

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Speaker 7: where I.

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Speaker 8: Feel like Railway able to play the ball long catch

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Speaker 8: a little bit off guard. But on the flip side,

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Speaker 8: I think there are players on the Seattle side that

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Speaker 8: can be really really dangerous in transition as well. So

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Speaker 8: picking the transitional moments and finishing your opportunities when you

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Speaker 8: get them. Because New York City scores a lot of

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Speaker 8: goals and recently they've been pretty good in front of

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Speaker 8: frame in all the games that I've been working on,

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Speaker 8: So I would say making sure that when you get

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Speaker 8: opportunities that you finish them. It's going to be pivotal

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Speaker 8: in this game, because, as you know, you can't allow

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00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 8: a team. I think back to the penalty and the

855
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Speaker 8: miss penalty and how that was an opportunity to get

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Speaker 8: a two nail cushion last time out for Seattle.

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Speaker 7: I don't think that's something.

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Speaker 8: That New York City allows you to get away with.

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Speaker 8: If you get a two nil, if you don't get

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Speaker 8: a two nail cushion over them. Things get a lot

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Speaker 8: more difficult in a game against an opponent like New York.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's interesting, Gosh, if the Sounders went into this

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Speaker 2: game needing three points, I'd be real scared just based

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Speaker 2: on that. I hadn't even considered the stadium dynamics. I mean,

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Speaker 2: we have a situation up here where we play at

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Speaker 2: lumen Field, a little bit more spacious, big stadium, NFL stadium.

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Speaker 3: And then there's also.

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Speaker 2: And then you have a Starfire sports car Complex down

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Speaker 2: south about twenty minutes south in Tuckwilla. That's a much

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00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 2: different stadium when it comes to dimensions and games play

871
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:11,040
Speaker 2: completely differently. So it definitely, you know, screams of that

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00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:14,440
Speaker 2: needing to be aware of how the stadium plays games

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00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 3: Really good insight there, Jessica.

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Speaker 2: What we have you You mentioned you called a lot

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Speaker 2: of games at Yankee Stadium. I know you're a format

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00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 2: former Charlotte FC broadcaster. I love your two cents on

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Speaker 2: the Eastern Conference. I was just talking with our good

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Speaker 2: friend Ari Lillianwall, who hosts a podcast and writes for

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Speaker 2: emilssoccer dot com. I had him on about twenty minutes ago,

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Speaker 2: we were talking about the East and how you know

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Speaker 2: there's Philadelphia, the Shield winners, there's Messi in Miami, and

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Speaker 2: he said the dark horse to win the East is Charlotte.

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Speaker 2: And I'm wondering if somebody who knows that organization intimately,

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Speaker 2: how do you see the East shaking out? And is

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Speaker 2: Charlotte a legitimate contender to win the East?

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Speaker 8: Okay, that is a love of respect to your previous guest,

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00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:59,760
Speaker 8: But did he watch Charlotte versus DC.

889
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 7: Because that was not a good show. I'm being perfectly recent.

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Speaker 8: The win streak was absolutely incredible, and I'll say something

891
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 8: about Charlotte fe they have this ability to grind get results,

892
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:21,040
Speaker 8: and I mean nine straight wins absolutely remarkable, almost unprecedented.

893
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 8: Were almost able to get the ten straight wins, obviously,

894
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Speaker 8: but in that streak they showed a lot of resilience,

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Speaker 8: they showed character.

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Speaker 7: It wasn't always convincing in the style of play, and

897
00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 7: they went back to.

898
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 8: Their defensive principles that I think was very good in

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Speaker 8: the twenty twenty four campaign.

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Speaker 7: The issue with Charlotte.

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Speaker 8: Now is after they had that result, it was New

902
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Speaker 8: York City that broke their win streak. It was New

903
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Speaker 8: York City, your opponent this weekend, that was able to

904
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Speaker 8: stop them setting history. They kind of hit a bit

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Speaker 8: of a downward pattern and the play wasn't as good

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Speaker 8: against DC. I don't think they pick up three points

907
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 8: in that game unless DC goes down to nine players,

908
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 8: including a red card for a goalkeeper but picking up

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Speaker 8: the ball outside of the box. I'm sorry, Like I'm

910
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 8: also goalies getting red cards as a former goalkeeper, but

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00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 8: that was one of the wildest red cards I've ever seen. Like,

912
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Speaker 8: just to lose your bearings that much in an important

913
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Speaker 8: game summarizes DC season. But Charlotte has some star power

914
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Speaker 8: the likes of Wilfrid Zaha. I know he's a bit

915
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,919
Speaker 8: of an interesting character to watch from neutral perspectives, but.

916
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Speaker 7: Has a lot of quality in him.

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Speaker 8: And then their newest signing, Dan Tookla Matty really good upfront.

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Speaker 8: But I think for me, Philadelphia Union has been the

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Speaker 8: most consistent team. That's why they've won the support his shield.

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Speaker 8: It's going to be a really interesting matchup because it's

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Speaker 8: Philadelphia playing Charlotte on Decision Day. In Charlotte, everyone knows

922
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Speaker 8: how cool Banks of Americans Stadium is. That's a fortress,

923
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Speaker 8: so to say, for those fans. So I'm going to

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Speaker 8: go out on a women say I think that Philadelphia

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Speaker 8: wins that game and therefore Ari was incorrect. And I

926
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Speaker 8: know that doesn't mean anything for the actual playoffs, but

927
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Speaker 8: I think that's going to be a difficult one for me.

928
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Speaker 7: I think I like him.

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Speaker 8: Maybe again it's that English ree snobbery and me, but

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Speaker 8: I think the most consistent team has the best opportunity

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Speaker 8: to set foot in the East. So I'm going to

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Speaker 8: go with Philadelphia not only being the supported Shield winners,

933
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Speaker 8: but also getting it done and topping the East and

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Speaker 8: getting a spot in the MLS Final.

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Speaker 3: Jessica, we have thirty seconds left here.

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Speaker 2: I got to know, as a broadcaster for Decision Day,

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00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,719
Speaker 2: do you focus in on one game, one game only

938
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 2: or do your eyes you know during the game, will

939
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Speaker 2: they drift it all towards other games?

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Speaker 8: I think based on what we're going to be asked

941
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Speaker 8: of in terms of the package and being able to

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Speaker 8: do a lot of score bugs and bug drop, I'm going.

943
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Speaker 7: To have to know every story.

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Speaker 6: Legs.

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Speaker 8: I'm with a son, so I'm very relieved that I'm

946
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Speaker 8: calling Seattle, who I prepped for very hard last week

947
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,399
Speaker 8: and New York City, who I've done three or four

948
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Speaker 8: games of so that I can give myself a little

949
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Speaker 8: bit of time. That it's my first decision day for MLS.

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Speaker 8: I am so privileged to have a chance to do it.

951
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:47,920
Speaker 8: But yeah, it is going to be a wild ride,

952
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 8: and I'm excited for all of the obstacles, particularly on

953
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Speaker 8: the western side of things that can really switch things

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Speaker 8: up in terms of standing.

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Speaker 2: So crazy for the games at six pm. Jessica, have

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Speaker 2: a great call for MLS Season Pass. We'll be watching

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Speaker 2: and enjoy the craziness starting at three pm Pacific.

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much. Have a good one, guys, Jessica Sharman.

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Speaker 2: She is a broadcaster MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.

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00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:12,640
Speaker 2: We thank her for her time. Looking ahead to Sounders

961
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Speaker 2: New York City FC on Decision Day three pm. We

962
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 2: will have the game for you over on Sports Radio

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Speaker 2: nine fifty KJR AM.

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Speaker 3: Couple notes before we end tonight's show.

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Speaker 2: Sounders FC Soccer is presented by Providence Swedish, the official

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00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:29,520
Speaker 2: healthcare partner of Sounders FC. Also michelob Ultra is ninety

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

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Speaker 2: only worth it. If you enjoy it all right, We'll

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Speaker 2: talk to you at two point thirty on Saturday for

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00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 2: Sounders New York City FC. That's the pregame. We'll talk

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Speaker 2: to you over on nine to fifty am for that,

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Speaker 2: But for right here and right now, the focus shifts

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Speaker 2: from the Sounders to the Rain, who are looking ahead

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Speaker 2: to the playoffs as well. Kiley Dunning will have Rain Weekly,

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Speaker 2: which kicks off next on Sports Radio ninety three point

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Speaker 2: three KJRFL