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

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

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Speaker 1: Weekly with your host, Jackson Felts.

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Speaker 2: Good in and everybody, welcome in. Welcome back Sounders Weekly,

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Speaker 2: Jackson Felts. Great to be back with you for the

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Speaker 2: first time in twenty twenty six. It has been a

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Speaker 2: long offseason, short off season in the context of pretty

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Speaker 2: much all MLS off seasons, but boy it has felt long,

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Speaker 2: and we are back ready to get going on the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six MLS season. And boy, there are lots

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Speaker 2: of changes not only to this roster for the Sounders,

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Speaker 2: but to this league overall, and we're gonna be diving

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Speaker 2: into all of that, including especially a lot of the

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Speaker 2: roster stuff here in our season debut of Sounders Weekly,

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Speaker 2: Jackson Felt with KJR here to take you for the

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Speaker 2: next hour.

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Speaker 3: We will of course have rain Weekly with Kiey.

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Speaker 2: Dunning coming up after this show in one hour from

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Speaker 2: right now to cover all things rain FC. There are

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Speaker 2: a lot of things to talk about. Let me quickly

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Speaker 2: start off with this just because it popped into my

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Speaker 2: I will forget about it later. We have renamed our

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Speaker 2: podcast and live stream pages, so I know normally what

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Speaker 2: you what you've always done if you've gone on and

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Speaker 2: gotten this show later on after it airs, is you've

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Speaker 2: gone onto the Sounders Weekly podcast show page. Well, that

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Speaker 2: podcast page now includes a lot of different things. It

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Speaker 2: includes Sounders Weekly, it includes Rain Weekly, it includes full

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Speaker 2: game broadcasts, it includes postgame shows. I believe it will

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Speaker 2: include Rain broadcast. It's all encompassing for all Seattle soccer.

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Speaker 2: So we have decided to rename that podcast page Seattle

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Speaker 2: Soccer Shows. So look up Seattle Soccer Shows wherever you

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Speaker 2: get your podcast and Seattle Soccer shows will have this show.

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Speaker 3: We'll have Rain.

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Speaker 2: Weekly, we'll have all games, will have postgame shows. Look

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Speaker 2: up Seattle Soccer Shows wherever you get your podcasts, and

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Speaker 2: through kjar. The other thing that we've done is sometimes

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Speaker 2: you know that we'll have Sounders games on the streaming

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Speaker 2: via stream channel on the iHeartRadio app. We've also renamed

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Speaker 2: that page to Seattle Soccer Radio, so it's easy podcasts

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Speaker 2: Seattle Soccer shows live, Seattle Soccer Radio. You'll hear me

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Speaker 2: be throwing to those two pretty much every single show

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Speaker 2: throughout this year. Seattle Soccer Shows for podcasts, Seattle Soccer

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Speaker 2: and roally. Not every game we'll be on the Seattle

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Speaker 2: Soccer Radio page, but just some of them will throughout

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Speaker 2: the course of the season. You guys know how it goes,

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Speaker 2: all right, that's the first thing to kind of get off.

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Speaker 2: The next thing is going to be the schedule change.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, we have a packed show tonight.

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Speaker 2: We're going to be joined by a big round table

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Speaker 2: coming up here in just about ten minutes. We will

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Speaker 2: be joined, of course, as always, by Ari Lillianwall of

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Speaker 2: Lobbing Scorchers. He also is a writer and editor for

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Speaker 2: MS soccer dot Com. He's also a fantasy football champion.

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Speaker 2: I have it written into the agreement that I must

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Speaker 2: call him that every single time he joins. For today

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Speaker 2: and we will be joined by mister Everything he knows

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Speaker 2: all when it comes to transfers and information. He reported

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Speaker 2: last night about the read Baker Whiting move.

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Speaker 2: Sports Polso and Sounder at Heart. So we'll have Ari Lillienwall,

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Speaker 2: will begin at six o'clock before kickoff of six twenty five.

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Speaker 2: So that's how you can listen to this Sunday's game

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Speaker 2: as we stand on February eighteenth, just a few days

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Speaker 2: Keeley dunning Well, we went over all those massive roster

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Speaker 2: it is my absolute pleasure now to do what we

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Speaker 2: is the host of Lobbing Scorcheres. Ari Lillienwall, who is

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Speaker 2: a Fantasy Football League champion. Welcome one, Welcome all, Ari,

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Speaker 4: I love that introduction.

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Speaker 5: That's probably my favorite introduction that you've ever given me Gee,

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Speaker 3: Take this, Nico, you want to pop in, not at all.

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Speaker 2: Well, if it isn't clear already, we all play in

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Speaker 3: Let's start with Ari.

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Speaker 2: You know, I think one of the big general questions

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Speaker 4: Well, I think when you're looking at this roster. I

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Speaker 6: Well, other than a lot of rain, Jackson, it was

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Speaker 7: Look, I think it was a masterful move from the

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Speaker 4: You have, yes, absolutely right. You have the Falsa Davis

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Speaker 7: It's a great opportunity for Oben and it is a

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Speaker 3: How do are you that high on this.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I totally agree. There's just not all that

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure how he's doing now. But yeah, they're

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Speaker 4: You know, you see him go elsewhere in Europe all

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Speaker 6: He is going to be that next central defensive, central

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Speaker 2: Read Baker Whiting. You had the report there on Sunday

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Speaker 7: Reed is a very talented player. He is a prospect

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Speaker 7: a part of this organization for a long time.

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Speaker 4: He has a lot to do with the interest in

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Speaker 4: a guy like RBW. For Nashville. It's a win win

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Speaker 4: for the for the club and for the player.

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Speaker 7: When you look at RBW and the minute he had

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Speaker 7: this season or the potential minutes he had this season,

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Speaker 7: there was no guarantee right whether it was the right wing,

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Speaker 7: left wing position, or left wing back, there was no guarantee.

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Speaker 7: And so in Nashville he fitsed with bj callahan system.

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Speaker 4: He fits in.

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Speaker 7: For a team that could give him I don't know

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Speaker 7: a thousand plus minutes in my opinion.

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Speaker 4: In nonetheless, so it's a win win.

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Speaker 7: The Sunders get eight hundred thousand dollars on a cash

447
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Speaker 7: transfer for a player that they developed that at one

448
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Speaker 7: point he was expected to go to Europe, but unfortunately, because.

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Speaker 4: Of injuries.

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Speaker 7: The way sometimes playten goes, he was unable to be

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Speaker 7: a statement player. It did valid him a little bit.

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Speaker 7: For me, this is a huge, big win for the

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Speaker 7: Sounders and for the player to go to Nastro.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think I think you're right about that, Nico.

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Speaker 2: That's Nico Moreno sports postal sounder at heart. We also

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Speaker 2: on this roundtable have Ari LULLINWELLMLS Soccer dot Com and

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Speaker 2: Loving Scorchers and Ari's coast on Loving Scorches. Noah Rife

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Speaker 2: here on the round table as well. You're listening to

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Speaker 2: the season debut of Sounders Weekly here on ninety three

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Speaker 2: point three KJRFM. Here with myself Jackson Felts. All right, gentlemen,

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Speaker 2: let's let's go around to Nico. By the way, I

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Speaker 2: agree with everything said there. I think it's such a

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Speaker 2: big win for both clubs and for Reid himself too.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the offense, and I'll start with Ari

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Speaker 2: and then no need for me to jump back in,

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Speaker 2: will go Ari, No, and Nico. I want to talk

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Speaker 2: about the offense because right now you have Pedro de Levego,

468
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Speaker 2: who's gonna be out for a while longer with his

469
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Speaker 2: broken kneecap after his you know, he broke it during

470
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Speaker 2: the Decision Day match at New York City last year.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna be out a while into twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: So right now, you got Rothrock, you got Ferreira, you

473
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Speaker 2: got Rusnki, got Morris, you got Mazowski, Osase day Rosario

474
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Speaker 2: has had a nice preseason. You have Georgi some other people,

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Speaker 2: you know, kind of being part of that attack as well.

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Speaker 2: I kind of want to just gauge how we feel

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Speaker 2: about this offense. And the offense did very, very well

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five, club recording goals. You know, going

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Speaker 2: into twenty six, are we confident in this unit already?

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Speaker 3: Start with you, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think one of the most exciting developments of the

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Speaker 5: preseason has been the development of Osase. I think calling

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Speaker 5: it a nice preseason is selling it short. Yeah, a

484
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Speaker 5: little bit. He's been flat out dominant during preseason. You know,

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Speaker 5: it's preseason, so doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to

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Speaker 5: translate to the regular season. But when you watch these

487
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Speaker 5: preseason games, the extent to which he was flat out

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Speaker 5: dominating and taking over the games, it was notable even

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Speaker 5: with the preseason caveat, and so that's exciting.

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Speaker 4: It presents an interesting.

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Speaker 5: Tactical wrinkle because I think we've all we think of

492
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Speaker 5: Jordan Morris as the starting number nine on this team,

493
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Speaker 5: and in preseason they've been running Jordan Morris out wide

494
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Speaker 5: in Osase de Rosario up top, and it looks fantastic

495
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Speaker 5: to the point where I don't think you can run

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Speaker 5: a starting eleven out there for the season opener without

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Speaker 5: Osase de Risario in it. So we'll see how much

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Speaker 5: he can kind of carry that over from the preseason

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Speaker 5: into the actual regular season games. But if he does,

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Speaker 5: then I think that's going to elevate this attack quite

501
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Speaker 5: a lot. So I'm pretty excited to see how that

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Speaker 5: pans out. I think the rest of the offense, I mean,

503
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Speaker 5: you have pretty known commodity. Albert Rusknack's been putting up

504
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Speaker 5: ten ten seasons for years now. Jordan obviously most goals

505
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Speaker 5: scored in the history of the club. Hesus Ferrero. I

506
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Speaker 5: think all of us on this panels think that he's

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Speaker 5: going to take a step forward this year as far

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Speaker 5: as statute production.

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Speaker 4: So I'm just I'm just.

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Speaker 5: Hopeful that they're gonna be able to carry over what

511
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Speaker 5: they did last year and into this year, because there

512
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Speaker 5: really was some excellent attacking soccer played by this team

513
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Speaker 5: last year, especially in League Cup, and I think that

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Speaker 5: with Osase stepping.

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Speaker 4: Forward, they should be able to.

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Speaker 5: I don't know if they'll get all the way to

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Speaker 5: that level that they had when Da l Veago was

518
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Speaker 5: in there, but I think they should be able to

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Speaker 5: get pretty close. And honestly, who knows what Osase's feeling

520
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Speaker 5: is that's what we're going to find out.

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Speaker 6: Get ready to shake n bake brother, I am. I'm

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Speaker 6: all in on the Osase de Rissario. Look, Jordan Morris

523
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Speaker 6: has been playing out on that wing. He's been looking fine. Frankly,

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Speaker 6: I think his kind of shifts back out there isn't

525
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Speaker 6: something that I'm super excited about. I really do see

526
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Speaker 6: him as that target nine, but man, it's undeniable. Osase

527
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Speaker 6: had looked incredible and it's not even it's exactly what

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Speaker 6: always said. It's not even that he's dominating preseason, it's

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Speaker 6: that he's taken a full step forward in this offseason.

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Speaker 6: He looks like a different player. He is way more aware.

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Speaker 6: He is way better at his hold up play, which

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Speaker 6: I didn't even think was possible. He's this big, strong

533
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Speaker 6: body who can just push forwards. He's good with his feet.

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Speaker 6: I'm really excited about that. I also am excited about Georgie,

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Speaker 6: but not necessarily as a starter. I think he is

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Speaker 6: going to be an insane super stuff. That's the way

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Speaker 6: I see his role, and I think there's like a

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Speaker 6: lot of value in that that not many people are seeing.

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Speaker 6: They want him to start. They wanted to play as

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Speaker 6: many minutes as possible. Jackson, I gotta be honest with you.

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Speaker 6: If he can come in reac Havoc for forty minutes,

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Speaker 6: thirty minutes, get some goals, generate some chances when you

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Speaker 6: know you're stuck and you're maybe you're in Colorado and

544
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Speaker 6: it's Neil Mill and you just need that energy.

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Speaker 4: I love that.

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Speaker 6: I'm really interested to see roth Rock too. He was

547
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Speaker 6: dropping back a line, playing it less back in the

548
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Speaker 6: final scrimmage of preseason. With Red being gone, you.

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Speaker 4: Never know what's going to happen there. It's a clogged

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Speaker 4: up wing and when.

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Speaker 6: Petro de Lavigo eventually comes back, who knows whose job

552
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Speaker 6: that's gonna be. So I do feel confident in this attack.

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Speaker 6: There's gonna be a lot of new looks this year,

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Speaker 6: and I'm just excited to see how many goals this for.

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Speaker 4: I do think they can break that record Jackson. When

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Speaker 4: I they see what do you say Hawks? When I

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Speaker 4: say see what do you say?

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Speaker 3: Hawks?

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Speaker 4: That's right? And I think the Seahawks.

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Speaker 7: Who, by the way, champs of the Super Bowl, they

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Speaker 7: had a two men's punch in K nine in Sharpernay.

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Speaker 7: I think that the Founders are gonna have a Jordan

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Speaker 7: Morris and Osa said, Sarrio want two punch.

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Speaker 3: The same thing you.

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Speaker 7: Saw from the Hawks, super Bowl champs, you will see

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Speaker 7: from the Founders, because look, I really do think that

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Speaker 7: it's gonna be a two man system.

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Speaker 4: Right, is gonna provide speed.

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Speaker 7: Someone who could get behind the center backs, someone that

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Speaker 7: can stretch our defenses. Osace is gonna bring the guy

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Speaker 7: that's gonna be a big win in the A team.

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Speaker 7: He's gonna provide a lot of hold up play, and

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Speaker 7: you're gonna have to go off the wet game to

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Speaker 7: game and that's gonna decide what happens on the wing

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Speaker 7: for Rock Rock Georgia Benungu, paul A Riola, all the

576
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Speaker 7: options you have out wide, and it'll it's all gonna

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Speaker 7: come back to who is playing at the nine. So

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Speaker 7: I'm just excited because whenever you have two top players

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Speaker 7: that can provide a specific profile, a specific number of

580
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Speaker 7: tools to change the game, man, that's a big win

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Speaker 7: for the team. So I'm just excited to see it

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Speaker 7: because Osace has been good all pre season, but I

583
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Speaker 7: still believe in Jordan the nine and Jordan who's gonna

584
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Speaker 7: want to have that ability to say, Hey, I'm the

585
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Speaker 7: best score for this team. And whether I'm out wide

586
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Speaker 7: at an inverted winger where I'm going to cut inside

587
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Speaker 7: provide some goal scoring, or I'm the nine giving you

588
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Speaker 7: that guys are going to starch out defenses, it's a win.

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Speaker 7: So competition makes good teams. Competition makes championship teams, and

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Speaker 7: you will see that from the sound of this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like where you went with that, Nico. I

592
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Speaker 2: think that's a good shout for for all you guys.

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Speaker 2: They're on the development osase and how this can turn

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Speaker 2: into a different but better attack with that punch of

595
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Speaker 2: osase now in there. And we'll see kind of how

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Speaker 2: they all figure out the spots. And we know with

597
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Speaker 2: the return of Paul Ariola, you can end up, you know,

598
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Speaker 2: putting wing backs out there, and he can go at

599
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Speaker 2: the wing back spots, and Rothrock can play wingback, Alec

600
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Speaker 2: Trodan can play wing back. We'll see how Brian Schmitzer

601
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Speaker 2: exactly organizes his team with various lineups. And that leads

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Speaker 2: me to the last question just thirty seconds from each

603
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Speaker 2: of you. The goalkeeper, because Brian Schmitzer was on KJR

604
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Speaker 2: last night and he and bounced that Andrew Thomas will

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Speaker 2: be starting in goal for the Seattle Sounders.

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Speaker 7: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Does anybody have a problem with that? Does anybody think

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Speaker 2: it should still be the old garden? Stephan Frye, I

609
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Speaker 2: guess speak now or forever hold your piece if you

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Speaker 2: think it should be, Steph.

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Speaker 4: I think it's Andrew Thomas's job.

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Speaker 2: The silence speaks for himself exactly. Anybody, are just Andrew

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Speaker 2: Thomas stepping in front of for Stephan Frye after all

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Speaker 2: these years, Uh confident in that move. And a quick

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Speaker 2: thought from each of you guys on Andrews Thomas.

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Speaker 5: I'm excited for him to be the starter because of

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Speaker 5: what he brings in terms of penalties. You know, I

618
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Speaker 5: think we saw that in the Open Cup last year

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Speaker 5: and even in the shootout in the playoffs where he

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Speaker 5: went head to head with Dame Saint Clair. That's a

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Speaker 5: that's an X factor, that's a game changer. That's the

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Speaker 5: type of thing that can get you a trophy that

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Speaker 5: you otherwise wouldn't have won. So the fact that he

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Speaker 5: appears to be so elite at that, I think that's

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Speaker 5: probably what.

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Speaker 4: I'm most excited about.

627
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Speaker 6: Noah, any dude who dislocated sinky, plips it back in

628
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Speaker 6: and then goes and saved two more shots and a

629
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Speaker 6: pen they shoot out in the playoffs, he can start.

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Speaker 4: In my book, Nico, I'm just curious, and who's going

631
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Speaker 4: to be the captain.

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Speaker 7: I think Andrew tomach is without a doubt, it's going

633
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Speaker 7: to be the number one christ the well I hope so.

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Speaker 4: But I think that there is that coning to be had.

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Speaker 4: So for me, Andrew Thomas is going to be the keeper.

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Speaker 4: It's his time. There's a new watch.

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Speaker 7: If you haven't seen this under a hard new magazine

638
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 7: with Andrew Thomas Batman on the cover, you should know that.

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Speaker 4: It's Thomas's time. It's simple as that.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, last thing for each of you already

641
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Speaker 2: know a Nico real quick, just quickly, quickly call your shot.

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Speaker 2: Where does the Sounders twenty twenty six MLS campaign and already.

643
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 4: Go as conquer cap champions Cup champions?

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Speaker 3: Whoa goodness, gracious mile min.

645
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Speaker 4: Fourth in the West and we win MLS Cup.

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Speaker 7: I say the Sounders are fourth in the West, but

647
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Speaker 7: they go to the Western Conference Championship final and then

648
00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 7: lose it. They don't quite get there, but they at

649
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Speaker 7: least get to the Western Conference final.

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Speaker 2: Hey, listen to the thanks you measure two of the

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Speaker 2: three of you, two of the three you have us

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Speaker 2: winning trophies this year. I will absolutely take that in

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Speaker 2: our season ending roundtable that we do nine months from now.

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Speaker 2: Ari Lillianwall follow him on social Blue Sky. Ari Lillianwall

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Speaker 2: Great stuff There, writer and editor for MLS Soccer dot Com.

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Speaker 2: He also hosts the podcast Lobbing Scorches alongside his coast

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Speaker 2: Noah rife. You can get Lobbing Scorches wherever you get

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Speaker 2: your podcasts, including the iHeartRadio app. Also subscribe to the

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Speaker 2: Lobbing Scorches YouTube. They go live on Monday mornings with kickoff.

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Speaker 2: They have the Under the Light Show on Thursday nights.

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Speaker 2: The man who joins them for the Monday morning kickoff

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Speaker 2: is Nico Moreno, our third person on the Roundtable tonight.

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Speaker 2: Nico of course with Sportspolso and Sounder at Heart and again,

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Speaker 2: as he mentioned, check out Sounder Aheart dot com for

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Speaker 2: their new magazine. It is very very cool, awesome job

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Speaker 2: by everybody at Sounder at Heart putting that new magazine.

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Speaker 2: I couldn't put it down when I got home from

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Speaker 2: my copy from Jeremiohshan. It is very very well done.

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Speaker 2: Congrats to all with Sounder a Heart gentlemen, Thank you

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Speaker 2: so very much, Ari, Noah, Nico look forward to seeing

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Speaker 2: you Luhman on Sunday night.

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Speaker 4: Thanks. Jackie will be there.

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Speaker 2: Wonderful stuff there from Ari, Noah and Nico. I gave

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Speaker 2: Ari's socials. Noah is I just take photos there on

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Speaker 2: Blue Sky and socials, and then Nico is at l

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Speaker 2: Rolo and w E, L R, O, L O n W.

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Speaker 3: Thank you to all of them.

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Speaker 8: All.

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Speaker 2: Right, let's turn the page and let's talk about this

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Speaker 2: game coming up on Sunday and really talk about the

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Speaker 2: entire season ahead. As always, for our last segment here

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Speaker 2: during Sounders Weekly, we talk to Apple TV broadcasters and

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Speaker 2: by the way, MLS season pass that's gone.

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Speaker 3: You no longer need a subscription to pay for and

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Speaker 3: see MLS games.

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Speaker 2: All you need is Apple and which you should already

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Speaker 2: be subscribing to because their TV shows are absolutely tremendous

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Speaker 2: ted Lasso shrinking for all mankind. I could go on

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Speaker 2: and on and on so many great movies and TV

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Speaker 2: on Apple TV. So if you if you have Apple TV,

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Speaker 2: you can watch all MLS games for free. You don't

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Speaker 2: need an extra one hundred dollars season pass. Have Apple

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Speaker 2: TV watch all the games, simple as that. So the

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Speaker 2: person who's gonna be calling it the game this coming

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Speaker 2: Sunday evening for Sounders in Colorado is Danny Higginbotham, and

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Speaker 2: he is going to be joining us next to talk

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Speaker 2: about the start of the MLS season. That continues on

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Speaker 2: Sounders Weekly, which will wrap up with our final segment

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Speaker 2: next on Sports Radio ninety three point three.

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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 to Sounders Weekly. Debut episode of twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Oh it's great to be back here. Ninety three point

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Speaker 2: three kjr FM. Jackson Feltz taking you through it. In

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Speaker 2: case you anything on the show tonight. Check out Seattle

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Speaker 2: your podcasts. And you don't want to miss the man

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Speaker 2: joining us right now. He's a broadcaster with Apple TV.

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Speaker 2: It was MLS Season Pass, but now you don't need

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Speaker 2: the extra hundred dollars MLS Season Pass package. You can

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Speaker 2: just subscribe to Apple TV, which, as I mentioned earlier,

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Speaker 2: you should be already. Apple TV is tremendous. And the

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Speaker 2: man who calls matches and we'll be calling Seattle Sounders,

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Speaker 2: Colorado Rapids this Sunday evening joined us right now. A

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Speaker 2: long time player in the English Premier League, Danny higginboth

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Speaker 2: and joins us right now here on KJR.

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Speaker 3: Danny, good to have you here on the show.

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Speaker 8: Unlike Rise Jason, it's a pleasure to be on.

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Speaker 7: It.

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Speaker 8: Can't believe low quickly the seasons come around again. It

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Speaker 8: just feels as though as though he stucked about a

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Speaker 8: week ago, and hey we are and you know, it's

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Speaker 8: just so much, so much going on in the league. Players,

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Speaker 8: players come into the league, and you know, obviously players

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Speaker 8: players go in from the league, and you know, teams

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Speaker 8: just get in play to make themselves better all the time.

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Speaker 8: So I think it's gonna be another very fascinating season.

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Speaker 8: And then obviously got the World Cup come into America

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Speaker 8: as well in between it all. So it's a huge

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Speaker 8: year for football lots for sure.

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Speaker 2: It's just a massive year. I mean, we cannot wait

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Speaker 2: for the World Cup here in Seattle. Obviously, we have

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Speaker 2: a bunch of games, including the United States playing a

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Speaker 2: group stage game here at Lumen Field. It's just it's

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Speaker 2: gonna be an epic, epic season of soccer and we

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Speaker 2: hope that we're able to raise another trophy here in

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Speaker 2: Seattle like we did with Leagu's Cup last year. Danny,

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Speaker 2: let's just get your view from twenty five thousand feet

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Speaker 2: as somebody who has commentated on this league watched this

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Speaker 2: league for a long time, we obviously are looking at

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Speaker 2: a Miami freight train that made obviously the league's Cup final,

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Speaker 2: lost to the Sounders here and then goes and wins

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Speaker 2: MLS Cup. They enter twenty twenty six looking slightly different.

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Speaker 2: How heavy are Miami the favorites in Major League Soccer

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six with the couple changes that they've

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Speaker 2: gone under.

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Speaker 8: I think I think it'd be very hard push to

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Speaker 8: put another team at favorite. I think what they've done

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Speaker 8: in the off season of players that they've brought in,

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Speaker 8: they mean business. I think they mean business, not just

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Speaker 8: not just on not just on the domestics from either

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Speaker 8: as in terms of just like with them, and that's

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Speaker 8: I think they they want to they want to go

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Speaker 8: to that next level, and I think they believe that

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Speaker 8: they can do that. They've brought some great additions into

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Speaker 8: a club. Obviously, you know, they've still got one of

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Speaker 8: the greatest of it not the greatest ever player to

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Speaker 8: play the game, in MESSI is just is like fine,

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Speaker 8: why just such an intelligent player. They're just going to

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Speaker 8: be a real force to be reckoned with they're in

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Speaker 8: a really, really good, strong place.

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Speaker 2: Danny, Let's talk about challenge to them. And obviously the

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Speaker 2: first name is Vancouver white Caps just because they came

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Speaker 2: out of the Western Conference last year, LAFC. And of

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Speaker 2: those teams that we can talk about challenging Miami for

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Speaker 2: trophies this year is Seattle in the same group and

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Speaker 2: in the same conversation as the LAFC, the Vancouver, the

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Speaker 2: San Diego potentially for challenging. Is Seattle going to be

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Speaker 2: one of those teams in that conversation, I.

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Speaker 8: Would like to think. So, you know, you look at

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Speaker 8: their team, they've got a very good They've got a

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Speaker 8: very good team there, there's no question about it. The

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Speaker 8: plays that they that they've brought in, I think obviously

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Speaker 8: when you when you look at it as well, you

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Speaker 8: know they've lost Bargas, who was such a magnificent play

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Speaker 8: was just an absolute joy to watch. But I think

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Speaker 8: it's all about it's all about getting the balance track

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Speaker 8: because I think if you look at a play like

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Speaker 8: Rishnak obviously last season to make this season got eleven

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Speaker 8: goals and ten of fists, and then you look at

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Speaker 8: a play like Rarara, can those two mixed together because

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Speaker 8: if they can, you know, there's a lot to be

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Speaker 8: said that they're attacking intent. And then obviously you've got

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Speaker 8: You've got Morris, who can either play on the left

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Speaker 8: wing or can play at front. You've got the Rosario

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Speaker 8: as well, so you have a number of players. Defensively,

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Speaker 8: I think they're strong, you know, I think they've got

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Speaker 8: an outstanding sent about partnership. If you look at game

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Speaker 8: out and you look at Reagan, I think they're very good.

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Speaker 8: Alex rolled on at the right back position, loves flying

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Speaker 8: forward and a lot of their attack comes down that side.

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Speaker 8: And we know we've knew who he. I think he

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Speaker 8: excites everybody when he goes forward and everybody gets excited

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Speaker 8: by it. But he's one of the best one on

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Speaker 8: one defenders that you'll find, and a lot of time

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Speaker 8: still sort of just step him to make that back through.

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Speaker 8: So I don't think there's any doubt about it. They

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Speaker 8: will have they will have expectations to do very well

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Speaker 8: this season. They're one of the biggest clubs in MLS.

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Speaker 8: Their support is absolutely magnificent, so they will they will

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Speaker 8: have expectations on themselves for sure, Danny.

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Speaker 2: As we look at this game coming up on Sunday

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Speaker 2: night at Lumenfield the season oh season opener between the

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Speaker 2: Sounders and Colaud of Rapids kick off just after six o'clock.

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Speaker 2: You'll have it there for Apple TV. We will have

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Speaker 2: it here on ninety three point three KJR FM. I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, I think you hit the nail on the

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Speaker 2: head when You're talking about how this midfield works together.

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Speaker 2: And I'm wondering, as a former player at the highest

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Speaker 2: level of soccer on the globe, you know, how much

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Speaker 2: is there going to be a learning curve do you

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Speaker 2: think for this team replacing o bed Vargas just a

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks before the season starts, he gets sent

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Speaker 2: to Athletico Madrid and Hasani Dotson or whoever else it

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Speaker 2: is starting next to Christian Rodon in that midfield. You

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Speaker 2: know what should Sounder fans be expecting in terms of

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Speaker 2: that cohesion. Having to replace a long time starter so

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Speaker 2: close to a season starting.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it is very difficult for I want to give

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Speaker 8: an unbelievable amount of credit to Christian Rising. You know,

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Speaker 8: he's a player that you would expect him to be

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Speaker 8: going to the World Cup. I think is even the

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Speaker 8: conversation to be had, does he potential to make that

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Speaker 8: stard eleven. He's just been absolutely outbounded. And the biggesting

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Speaker 8: that I can give to him is and I think

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Speaker 8: it's about a few players before real top class players,

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Speaker 8: I'll call them comeleons, and they can basically blending to

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Speaker 8: whatever the situation demands. So when I look at a

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Speaker 8: play like Tristan road and you look at obviously Dotson,

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Speaker 8: you look at the fact that Bargas has gone two

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Speaker 8: very different players, But I think what you've got on

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Speaker 8: Tristan road On is a player that within that midfield too,

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Speaker 8: that can adjust to whoever his partner is. Publicly at

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Speaker 8: Dotson to get forward. Obviously, coming in from from Minnesota,

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Speaker 8: I think he'll he'll advance when he can, will put

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Speaker 8: himself about, and he's not a very shut and distance.

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Speaker 8: They'll bring a little bit of aggression as well, so

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Speaker 8: it will be it will be fascinating to see how

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Speaker 8: that works out. But I just think when you have

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Speaker 8: a play like Tristan road On in that position, what

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Speaker 8: you're always looking for in partnerships is opposite, if that

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Speaker 8: makes sense. So if you're playing with two center forwards,

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Speaker 8: you want one that's going to stretch the game. You

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Speaker 8: want one that's going to drop deep. If it's you know,

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Speaker 8: if it's Dotson and and dots And is like, okay,

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Speaker 8: I'm be this attacking midfielder is brought in to be

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Speaker 8: this attacking midfielder in advance, well that's gonna be no

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Speaker 8: problem for Christian Roldan at all. And even if it's

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Speaker 8: somebody else that comes into to play in that midfield

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Speaker 8: two or even three at times regarding how the team

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Speaker 8: wants to set up, he just adjusts. And that for

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Speaker 8: me is a sign of such a such a good

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Speaker 8: play but not just that, such an intelligent player as well,

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Speaker 8: because I think he's probably hitting his peek a little

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Speaker 8: bit later than most footballers do.

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Speaker 2: Well, we hope that he brings out the best in

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Speaker 2: Hasani Dotson, and the best in Sneinerbernew, the best in

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Speaker 2: Nikola Pikovich whoever ends up playing next to him and

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Speaker 2: is able to be that kind of opposite type player.

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Speaker 2: We hope that that has good results because it's going

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Speaker 2: to be real hard to make up for Obed Vargas

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Speaker 2: Danny have a great call on Sunday. I'll tell everybody

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Speaker 2: again you don't need to purchase mls season pass this year.

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Speaker 2: Just make sure you have Apple TV, which I would

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Speaker 2: imagine hopefully you all have already. It's a tremendous network there,

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Speaker 2: awesome streaming service with great shows. And if you have

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Speaker 2: it then you can watch all MLS games for free

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty six. And you can watch this Sunday

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Speaker 2: just after six pm kickoff Danny.

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Speaker 3: He will have the call for sounders. Call a lot

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Speaker 3: of rapids. Danny, appreciate the time, really good insight, Thanks

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Speaker 3: so much for the visit.

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Speaker 8: Absolute pleasure anytime.

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Speaker 2: Danny Higginbotham. Great stuff there from the Apple TV broadcaster.

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Speaker 3: He'll be on the.

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Speaker 2: Call for sounders Colorado coming up this Sunday evening out

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Speaker 2: there at Lomenfield. Excited to finally be back to finally

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Speaker 2: getting this season underway coming up on Sunday. Gosh, it's

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Speaker 2: another season here. We started these broadcasts here on KJR

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Speaker 2: back in twenty eighteen. I've been doing shows here since

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Speaker 2: Radio Cascadia Live in twenty seventeen, and here we are now.

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Speaker 2: A couple quick notes before we end tonight's show. Sanders

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

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Speaker 2: partner of Sounders FC also michelob Ultra is ninety five

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

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Speaker 2: worth it if you enjoy it, all right. We will

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Speaker 2: talk to you on Sunday night. Sounders Colorado Rapids get

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Speaker 2: in the season underway at Luminfield, Folks. As I said,

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Speaker 2: you can watch the match via Apple TV. No more

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Speaker 2: season pass if you subscribe to the streaming service Apple TV.

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Speaker 2: You can watch all matches in twenty twenty six right

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Speaker 2: there on Apple TV. No extra cost for MLS season pass.

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Speaker 2: But you can listen to the match right here Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio ninety three point three kjr FM. The Providence Swedish

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Speaker 2: premat show will begin at six o'clock before kickoff of

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Speaker 2: six twenty five. You can also listen in Spanish language

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Speaker 2: on l Ray thirteen sixty. We will talk to you

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Speaker 2: on Sunday evening right here on ninety three point three KJRFM.

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Speaker 2: But for right here and right now, it's Keeley Dunning

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Speaker 2: coming up next with Rain Weekly on Sports Radio ninety

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Speaker 2: three point three KJRF