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Speaker 1: This is Tony Pike sincey three sixty about Cincinnati. From Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: this is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Hi, Hello, welcome in our number three on a Friday,

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Speaker 2: a Friday edition here of Sincy three sixty and the

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Speaker 2: start of our three means we talk to the voice

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Speaker 2: of the Orange and Blue, Tom Galaid. Tommy g joining

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Speaker 2: us now for his typical Friday spot at two o'clock. Tommy, Tommy, Tommy,

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Speaker 2: how are we doing on this Friday afternoon? Happy Friday,

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Speaker 2: my friend. The weekend is looming, the sun is shining

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Speaker 2: after all that rain all week.

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Speaker 3: Maybe maybe it'll dry up a little bit. But life

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Speaker 3: is good. We have a Sunday game on tap, the

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Speaker 3: big Spotlight game from here. Yes, soccer. So life's good,

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Speaker 3: my friend, and I'm here with you in our number three.

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Speaker 3: I don't know where Pike is whatever, worried about that

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Speaker 3: another day, but often running in our number three.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to ask you about the Sunday night

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Speaker 2: soccer in the Spotlight in just a moment. But first

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Speaker 2: let's go back to what happened last week and Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: It was freezing cold. How much did that play a factor?

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Speaker 2: And what really went wrong up there against Minnesota last weekend.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I have a hard time.

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Speaker 3: I mean, pony fingers are feeling that the weather hadn't

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Speaker 3: much of anything to do with it, But look, both

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Speaker 3: teams had to deal with it. Is Minnesota more adjusted

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Speaker 3: to it, maybe because they're there all the time, sure,

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Speaker 3: or why not, But I don't think that it has

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Speaker 3: anything to do with the weather. The team just frankly

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Speaker 3: didn't play very well. Now they're missing one of their

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Speaker 3: best players in the vander But I thought the midfield

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Speaker 3: didn't do enough in the game, and that Minnesota's midfield

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Speaker 3: was better. And you know, maybe that's where wherever Minnesota

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Speaker 3: United won the match, you know, or at least kept

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Speaker 3: from being very good that day.

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Speaker 4: You know, they they.

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Speaker 3: Won on a rebound that man or maybe was not offside,

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Speaker 3: but you know, probably not. And that was the one opportunity,

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Speaker 3: but they took advantage of it, and fal Cincinnati had

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Speaker 3: a couple opportunities to score, didn't take advantage, you know,

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Speaker 3: a couple of good saves there by their goalkeeper, and

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Speaker 3: the team just wasn't good enough. I'm not saying number two.

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Speaker 3: And I think you know, Patt Newton knew it. The

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Speaker 3: You hit the panic button after that. No, but you

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Speaker 3: have an opportunity to come home and be better.

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Speaker 2: Well, on top of that, you mentioned everybody has to

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Speaker 2: deal with it, that includes the broadcasters. And it felt

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Speaker 2: to me, Tommy, like one of you was woefully unprepared

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Speaker 2: for the cold. And of course we're talking about your partner, Kevin.

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Speaker 2: How much of an impact do you think that ad.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think at times he was freezing,

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Speaker 3: he was freaking. He didn't want to admit it. You

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Speaker 3: because he didn't bring gloves, and he thought it was

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Speaker 3: funny that I brought gloves. I'm like, dude, it's twenty

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Speaker 3: which is Minnesota Tiko Stadium. You know where it gets

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Speaker 3: cold when you open the windows. It's like the Dad rule,

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Speaker 3: I get, you know, somewhere like we played a game

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Speaker 4: It was so cold, and you.

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Speaker 3: Know, Chicago, you're there off the lake and the winds

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Speaker 3: the first thing that gets cold? Figure, it's the first

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Speaker 2: Cold and on top of that, I mean it furthers

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Speaker 2: know well, which is feet heat. Let's go to Evander.

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Speaker 2: What's the latest on Evander and his injury and do

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Speaker 2: we expect him to be available this weekend?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, kind of a waiting word as to

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Speaker 4: Injury was not serious.

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Speaker 3: Uh so you know there's thought that he'll be available

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Speaker 3: matter who you have stepping in for him, there's going

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Speaker 3: and you know, I think Dotto had a tough game

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Speaker 4: It's asked how he can be better and be more

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Speaker 3: And if Evander's back, then that's great news because you're

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Speaker 2: I also saw the move announced yesterday with Liverpool, which

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Speaker 2: of course one of the biggest, if not the biggest

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Speaker 2: can you tell us about Fabian Morosick? Did I say

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Speaker 2: that correctly? I don't know how to say his name.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's close. Listen.

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Speaker 3: He comes in as another opportunity to add some depth

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Speaker 3: I think I think you got it right though, Merosick. Okay,

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Speaker 4: He's out on loan.

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Speaker 3: He's over in Ireland getting opportunities to play and reps

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Speaker 3: You know that what Evan started four games last year

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Speaker 4: And so they.

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Speaker 3: Bring in Fabian and and he'll be that number three goalkeeper.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean obviously when you see that that

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Speaker 3: And Paul's obviously proven to be an amazing asset for

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Speaker 2: When Pat did talking to Tom Gallairder, the voice of

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Speaker 2: FC Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati Back in Action coming up on

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Speaker 2: Sunday Night, more on that in a moment, Tommy, what

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Speaker 2: was your reaction when you saw this week that a

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Speaker 2: fan favorite Yu Yah Kubo announced that he's retiring from soccer.

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Speaker 4: What did you think did a little bit interesting? Right?

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Speaker 4: Thirty one years old they decided to call quit?

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Speaker 3: You know, you're yeah, just a great citizen, great role model.

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Speaker 4: I think had had an awesome career with that.

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Speaker 4: Know, without having talked to you.

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Speaker 3: And I think that that walk. He was a quiet

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Speaker 3: part of some pretty good teams as well.

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Speaker 2: FC Cincinnati beck on the pitch against Toronto this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Before we get into what all is entails in a

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Speaker 2: Sunday night soccer matchup, give us the scouting report on

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Speaker 2: Toronto this year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Toronto's starting a season with three straight

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Speaker 4: And you know, so they've lost their first two.

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Speaker 3: That their team that didn't do well last year, struggled

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Speaker 2: Well, if there's one thing that this city loves, not

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Speaker 4: And no, it should be pretty cool.

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Speaker 2: And now that this has happened and the damn is

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Speaker 3: Well, I mean, you know, I sit here in my office,

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Speaker 2: Sure, Yeah, I mean do you maybe just kind of

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Speaker 4: Be a probably a good idea. Yeah, He's probably it's

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Speaker 3: There's been a couple of limited edition Tommy G bellaheads

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Speaker 3: all the time, one of one wow, that have been

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Speaker 4: They're pretty they're pretty nice.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so you know, I know these things take a

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Speaker 2: Well, as long as Kevin's side features him wearing ankle socks,

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Speaker 2: that would be the most important key.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely got that right, Tommy G.

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Speaker 2: On the call coming up this weekend Sunday night, I

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Speaker 2: believe six thirty airtime right here, on ESPN fifteen thirty. Tommy,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for making some time have fun

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Speaker 2: this weekend. I appreciate it. Yeah, also my pleasures always.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it again next week.

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Speaker 4: Can't wait.

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Speaker 2: That is Tommy G the voice of FC Cincinnati. Our

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Speaker 2: three continues next right here on the Home of the Bengals.

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Speaker 2: In the Home of FC Cincinnati, ESPN, fifteen thirty