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Speaker 1: Coming to you live from our Elliot 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 even everybody, welcome into Sounders Weekly. Good to have

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Speaker 2: you with us here late on this Wednesday night, Jackson

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Speaker 2: Feltz talking Sounders FC soccer. For the next hour here

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Speaker 2: on KJR. Of course we'll have Rain Weekly with Kighley

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Speaker 2: Dunning coming up here in an hour at nine pm

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Speaker 2: here on the station. But for the next hour it's

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Speaker 2: all Sounders. We're gonna be having a fun show tonight.

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Speaker 2: In a few minutes, you're gonna be hearing from the goalkeeper.

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Speaker 2: Andrew Thomas. Had a great conversation with him after training

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Speaker 2: yesterday before the team left for Vancouver today for the

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Speaker 2: CONCA Calf game tomorrow. If you got all that, there'll

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Speaker 2: be a test later. Andrew Thomas, great conversation with him,

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Speaker 2: and he is the new starting goalkeeper. We talked about

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Speaker 2: that transition from being the backup last year to the

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Speaker 2: starter of this year while still having Stephan Fry around.

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Speaker 2: What was that transition like the sort of you know,

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Speaker 2: passing of the baton in the playoff series against Minnesota

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Speaker 2: last year and also the great start for this team.

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Speaker 2: Clearly another victory this last weekend, won nothing in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 2: Andrew and I have a great conversation about that and

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Speaker 2: overall defensively two clean sheets in the first three games.

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Speaker 2: As the team enters concacaff action tomorrow against Vancouver, we'll

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Speaker 2: talk about that coming up here in a bit tonight.

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Speaker 2: Ari Lillianwall, you all know, major League Soccer dot com

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Speaker 2: writer and editor there host of the podcast Lobbing Scorchers, Ario,

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Speaker 2: will join us as he usually does. We will talk

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Speaker 2: about concacaff's starting up against Vancouver tomorrow, and of course

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Speaker 2: we are going to be diving deeper into the opponent,

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Speaker 2: and that will not come in the form of an

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Speaker 2: Apple TV broadcaster. That will come in the form of

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Speaker 2: my good friend Michael McCall. Michael McCall runs aftn UP

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Speaker 2: in Canada. He has been covering the Vancouver white Caps

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Speaker 2: for two decades up there north of the border and

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Speaker 2: always when the Sounders play the white Caps. We talked

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Speaker 2: to Michael about the situation, not only about the game though.

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Speaker 2: Today with Michael, I want to hopefully have time to

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Speaker 2: fit in I take some extra time in a cut

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Speaker 2: Ari short tonight, so we get some extra time with

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Speaker 2: Michael to ask if the Vancouver white Caps are going

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Speaker 2: to stay in Vancouver. There is a major stadium issue

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Speaker 2: with the white Caps. And listen, we here in Seattle

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Speaker 2: know with the SuperSonics, Vancouver knows what the Vancouver Grizzlies.

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Speaker 2: Whenever there is a stadium situation with a team and

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Speaker 2: the league doesn't like the venue that they're playing in,

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Speaker 2: things are nerve wracking. We will talk to Michael McCall

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Speaker 2: on if the white Caps will be staying in Vancouver.

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Speaker 3: A lot to get to there.

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Speaker 2: Over the course of the show with Andrew Thomas, Ari,

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Speaker 2: Lillian Wall and Michael McCall i mentioned Vancouver tomorrow. We're

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Speaker 2: not going to have a radio broadcast for that, so

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Speaker 2: folks you can watch that on Fox Sports two and

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Speaker 2: TUDN for tomorrow's CONCA calf game seven pm kickoff for

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Speaker 2: the Sounders at BC Place against Vancouver. This is Leg

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Speaker 2: one in the CCC Round of sixteen. Leg two will

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Speaker 2: be next Wednesday in Spokane. Of course, because Lumenfield is

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Speaker 2: having grass put down for the World Cup. That's why

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Speaker 2: the Sounders are on this extended road trip, so thus

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Speaker 2: still no home games at lumin for the Sounders. They

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Speaker 2: will be playing the home leg there of the Conca

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Speaker 2: Calf champions Cup Round of sixteen against Vancouver next Wednesday

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Speaker 2: in Spokan. That's also the reason we will not be

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Speaker 2: having a Sounders weekly show next week because the game

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Speaker 2: is on Wednesday evening, So that's Conca Calf tomorrow and

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Speaker 2: next Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: In between that is the Sounders next MLS game.

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Speaker 2: We will have a broadcast for that, and that has

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Speaker 2: the Sounders facing off against the San Jose Earthquakes this

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Speaker 2: Sunday at four pm. We will have a Providence, Swedish

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Speaker 2: premat show of three and that will be over on

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Speaker 2: our sister station, Sports Radio nine fifty KJR am SO

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Speaker 2: nine fifty AM this Sunday three thirty pre game four

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Speaker 2: o'clock kickoff Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes folks. You can

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Speaker 2: also watch the match on the Apple TV app and

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Speaker 2: also listen in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty.

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Speaker 2: And we'll mention that Sunday's match is presented by the

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Speaker 2: Western Washington Toyota Dealers, so that's for Sunday. We'll probably

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Speaker 2: get a thought from Ari Luenwall on the Earthquakes as well.

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Speaker 3: When we have time.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned we're gonna hear from Andrew Thomas before we

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Speaker 2: do hear from him. Quickly thoughts on that Saint Louis game,

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Speaker 2: such a gritty defensive win. Obviously, Jamar Gomez Andrade goes

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Speaker 2: Ki Hee. So for the Sounders in that game, you

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Speaker 2: have to have Jackson Reagan as one of your center backs.

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Speaker 2: He had a great game. Alex Schroldan slid in to

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Speaker 2: great job stepping in. Kalani Cozienzi comes off the bench.

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Speaker 2: We already know that he is so tight on that

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Speaker 2: depth chart with Alex schrodnet right back, so he is

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Speaker 2: not that much of a minus option when he comes

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Speaker 2: off the bench. He comes on and he scores the goal,

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Speaker 2: a great goal there early in the second half as

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Speaker 2: the Sounders grabbed the one nothing lead, and then it

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Speaker 2: was just gritty, It was nasty, it wasn't pretty, and

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Speaker 2: it was a great defensive win at the Sounders smash

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Speaker 2: and grab a one nothing victory. In Saint Louis, and

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Speaker 2: they start the season now two one and zero with

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Speaker 2: wins over Colorado and Saint Louis, and then that loss

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Speaker 2: So six points three games, you're averaging two a game.

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Speaker 2: If you do that over the course of the season,

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Speaker 2: you're going to be challenging for a supporter shield. Not

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Speaker 2: a bad start for the Seattle Sounders and a great

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Speaker 2: gritty win there in Saint Louis.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely loved it.

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Speaker 2: Talked yesterday after training with Andrew Thomas about that win,

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Speaker 2: about the defensive performance in that game, and lots more so.

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Speaker 2: Here was my conversation with the Sounders new starting goalkeeper

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Speaker 2: Andrew Thomas.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's phenomenal. It was not the most

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Speaker 4: beautiful games, and sometimes those can be the most satisfying though,

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Speaker 4: you know, when you've had to grind out, But then

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Speaker 4: you know, the individual performances that people put in limited

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Speaker 4: the number of chances that they had to nothing overly challenging,

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Speaker 4: because it didn't have to be perfect. Yeah, it wasn't

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Speaker 2: You know, when Yamar goes down with the injury, Alex

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Speaker 2: has to slide and Colonie comes on. How does that

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Speaker 2: Zooming out from that game into the whole start of

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Speaker 2: you felt like you've now done in goal as the

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, obviously it's good to get a couple

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Speaker 4: people in front of me. Obviously, it takes the collective.

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Speaker 4: I don't think that any of the clean sheets I've

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Speaker 4: the most important thing is that where we've won a

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Speaker 4: momentum that we can we can pick up from an

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Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, that'll be fun to kind of look back

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Speaker 2: the process of you becoming the starting goalkeeper. Obviously when

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Speaker 2: that exactly go with with you becoming the starting goalkeeper?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think I came into preseason with the

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Speaker 4: going to change irrespective of you know, Steph Re's signing

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Speaker 4: when I'm resigning, and you know, I'm obviously thready said

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Speaker 4: because we have a great relationship and I love welcome

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Speaker 4: of that, I guess, Yeah, it wasn't.

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Speaker 2: It was kind of funny because in that last game,

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Speaker 3: I'm interpreting that moment. Yeah, he did a little bit

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Speaker 4: No, it was just a case. I mean, that was

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Speaker 4: But yeah, that was obviously not on my mind.

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Speaker 4: So it was like, how can I try and help

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Speaker 2: And now here we are, where we're starting CONCACAF Action

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Speaker 2: and CONCA Calf League's Cup, Open Cup. These have been

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Speaker 2: now it's flipped. Steph's the CONCA Calf keeper. You're the

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Speaker 2: regular season guy. So here we are, CONCACAFF game coming

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Speaker 2: up in Vancouver. You're not the guy you're looking to

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Speaker 3: What's that like?

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean my attention festival is on the game

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Speaker 3: It's the reverse, is true.

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Speaker 4: The Goalkeepers Union exactly, the Goalkeepers Union and you know

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Speaker 5: on it is obviously so high, and Seattle in twenty

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Speaker 5: twenty two, like you mentioned, they're the only MLS club

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Speaker 5: that's ever been able.

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Speaker 3: To pull it off.

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Speaker 5: So I think being able to be a two time

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Speaker 5: winner of this tournament that would just further enhance this

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Speaker 5: team status league wide, but also continentally. It's an international tournament,

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Speaker 5: so if there's one that I want to see them

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Speaker 5: really make a run at it would be this one.

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Speaker 5: It is just gonna be tough for them given all

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Speaker 5: the injuries they have at the moment. But if they

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Speaker 5: can get through this Vancouver series, I think, you know,

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Speaker 5: they have as good a chance to make a run

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Speaker 5: as anybody. You know, you've got LAFC and Inner Miami

447
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Speaker 5: also in this tournament. Yeah, so that's gonna be that

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Speaker 5: would be tough to deal with at some point, and

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Speaker 5: you've also got a lot of really good Lega Mechi's teams.

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Speaker 5: But we saw that this team can do it in

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Speaker 5: this tournament. They've historically performed pretty well in this tournament,

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Speaker 5: even outside of the years that the year that they

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Speaker 5: won it, this has been a tournament where they've done

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Speaker 5: pretty well. So I think it would mean a lot

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Speaker 5: for them to make another run.

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Speaker 3: It's just gonna be really.

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Speaker 5: Difficult with where they're at with personnel right now. But

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Speaker 5: I also don't think they're so far up against it

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Speaker 5: that they that they can't get it done.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I know for sure, I would agree with that.

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Speaker 2: I also think Vancouver is situated very very well for

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Speaker 2: their own run at it. I'll be interested to ask

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Speaker 2: Michael in a few minutes what his perspective is and

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Speaker 2: if he thinks that they have the roster that can

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Speaker 2: go do what they didn't do last year and actually

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Speaker 2: go finish the job and win the thing. Ari Lunn

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Speaker 2: was our guest MLS Soccer dot Com and lobbing scorchers. Ari,

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Speaker 2: let's talk about the next MLS opponent for the Sounders.

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Speaker 2: It's Vancouver tomorrow and then the San Jose Earthquakes on

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Speaker 2: Sunday in San Jose. And Ari, this is a San

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Speaker 2: Jose team. I mean, Bruce Arena is just doing his

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Speaker 2: thing and they're off to a roar and start.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, this is one of the teams I was probably

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Speaker 5: the most wrong about when I was doing my preseason

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Speaker 5: predictions or how I was thinking about these teams. I

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Speaker 5: felt like this Quakes team had a really rough offseason.

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Speaker 5: They accidentally lost Christian Espinoza, who was their best player,

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Speaker 5: due to a clerical error where they forgot to pick

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Speaker 5: his contract off ball, so that's tough, and then they

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Speaker 5: had to sign They had to offload Tijo Arongo just

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Speaker 5: a couple of weeks after he signed an extension with

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Speaker 5: them due to personal reasons. So that just felt like

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Speaker 5: a tough way to go into the season losing that

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Speaker 5: much attacking firepower, and Joseph Martinez left as well. He

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Speaker 5: had I think fifteen goals for them last year, so

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Speaker 5: I thought they were gonna struggle this year. But they've

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Speaker 5: honestly been pretty electric so far, and a big reason

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Speaker 5: for that is Timo Werner. I mean, they went out

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Speaker 5: and got him kind of, I think, to help offset

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Speaker 5: all the losses that they had, and you know, I

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Speaker 5: was a little skeptical that that could move the needle

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Speaker 5: as much as it looks like it might. He's looked

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Speaker 5: really good so far. He already has to assists and

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Speaker 5: they're both really like high level, top class type of assists.

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Speaker 5: So if they get him and contributing regularly with the

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Speaker 5: rest of the pieces that they have on offense, and

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Speaker 5: you know, I think I probably underestimated Bruce Arena. This

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Speaker 5: guy's just the MLS goururu. You probably have a certain

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Speaker 5: type of floor there. And now with the roster that

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Speaker 5: they have and Timo Werner in the mix, it looks

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Speaker 5: like they're set up to be a lot better than

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Speaker 5: people thought they would be, including myself. So all that's

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Speaker 5: to say, it's gonna be another tough road game. This

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Speaker 5: is a really tough part of the schedule for Seattle,

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Speaker 5: especially because they're traveling through all these games too. So

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Speaker 5: this is this is a gauntler right now.

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Speaker 2: They certainly is, and Bruce Arena is just doing what

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Speaker 2: Bruce Arena does. Let's let's quickly go back to that

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Speaker 2: Christian Espinosa situation. So you said it was a clerical

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Speaker 2: error where they just did they forget.

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Speaker 3: To pick up the option?

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Speaker 2: Do they mean not to get what happened with Christian

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Speaker 2: Espinoza because I didn't hear about this.

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Speaker 5: As I understand it, and this was reported they there's

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Speaker 5: a certain date or deadline that you need to pick

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Speaker 5: up a contract option by and they were planning on

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Speaker 5: picking up Christian, you know, those options, and I guess

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Speaker 5: they just didn't. I don't know for sure if it's

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Speaker 5: because they forgot or what happened, but as I understand it,

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Speaker 5: they were trying to keep him and they accidentally let

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Speaker 5: him get the free agency and he signs in Nashville,

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Speaker 5: s seas So that seems like pretty disastrous at the time.

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Speaker 5: I think you got to give him credit for weathering

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Speaker 5: that and coming out to start the season as strong

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Speaker 5: as they have like it. It was a crazy situation that.

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Speaker 2: Is crazy, embarrassing and unbelievable. That's insane, but hey, it's

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Speaker 2: working out for him in you know, three Oho to

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Speaker 2: oh and they're doing well so far, so we'll see

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Speaker 2: how far Bruce Arena can take it. And Timo obviously

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Speaker 2: a massive shocking addition, but massive addition that's working out

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Speaker 2: for San Jose.

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Speaker 1: Ari.

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Speaker 3: Let's just jump around quickly the rest of the league.

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Speaker 2: A lot of results, maybe I'd love if you have

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Speaker 2: there's one specific one of these that I'm gonna list

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Speaker 2: that you want to touch on. Great, but there's definitely

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Speaker 2: ones that I wanted to list. We have real salt Lake,

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Speaker 2: who I didn't. I mean, I was like, like Santo,

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Speaker 2: you were for San Jose. I was that on salt Lake.

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Speaker 2: But they get another win beating Atlanta three to two

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Speaker 2: on the road. You have a couple of blowouts in

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Speaker 2: the form of the Colorado Rapids getting a four to

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Speaker 2: one win over the Galaxy. You have Montreal with a

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Speaker 2: three to nothing win at New York. A couple of

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Speaker 2: big blowouts there. Maybe if any of that or something

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Speaker 2: else are he stood out to you about Major League

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Speaker 2: Soccer this last weekend.

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Speaker 5: For me, it's real Salt Lake again, the first one

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Speaker 5: that you mentioned. I'm kind of buying this team right now.

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Speaker 5: We saw what their young guys can do. In the

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Speaker 5: game against Seattle. They scored both of those goals and

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Speaker 5: helped them win that game against the Seattle team that

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Speaker 5: had a lot more experience than them. I know Seattle

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Speaker 5: always struggles at RSL, but that was still an impressive

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Speaker 5: performance from them. And then in this Atlanta game they

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Speaker 5: did it again. Their homegrown kids were playing out of

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Speaker 5: their minds. One of the kids who scored against Seattle

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Speaker 5: scored against Atlanta. And then this new DP signing that

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Speaker 5: they have looked incredible honestly in that game. So you

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Speaker 5: throw him in there, and Diego Luna is coming back,

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Speaker 5: and all these young guys, it seemed to be breaking

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Speaker 5: out at the same time, one of whom is Xavier Gozo,

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Speaker 5: who I think is by far and away one of

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Speaker 5: the best prospects, are probably the best prospect in MLS

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Speaker 5: right now. There, it looks like Papulo Mastrooni's kind of

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Speaker 5: cooking with something with that team, and I didn't expect

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Speaker 5: that either, But like when you have when you commit

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Speaker 5: to youth development, you have these young guys come up

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Speaker 5: and they break out like this. This is what can happen,

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Speaker 5: especially if you hit on your DP signing. So honestly,

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Speaker 5: I would not be surprised if RSL sustains some of

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Speaker 5: the at least a lot of this level, because they

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Speaker 5: seem to have the pieces to do it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sort of like last year.

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Speaker 2: Was it like Game two or Game three that the

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Speaker 2: Sounders faced Charlotte and it should have been a win

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Speaker 2: and ended up being a draw, And that was kind

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Speaker 2: of like Charlotte really, like, come on, we should beat Charlotte.

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Speaker 2: And then months later you and I just kept talking

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Speaker 2: the whole year of well, that Charlotte draw looks better

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Speaker 2: and better. That's a really, really good soccer team. So

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Speaker 2: maybe that lost at Salt Lake a few months from now,

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Speaker 2: and you know, towards the end of the season, we're saying,

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Speaker 2: lit scenario, sell is a good team. They deserve to

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Speaker 2: beat Seattle two to one. So certainly we may look

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Speaker 2: back on that loss a week and a half ago differently,

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Speaker 2: but it wasn't win over Saint Louis. We'll see what

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Speaker 2: happens in this crazy stretch ahead Tomorrow against Vancouver, Sunday

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Speaker 2: in San Jose, next Wednesday against Vancouver and Spokane, and

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Speaker 2: then the following Sunday in Minnesota. No Sounders Weekly next week, Ari,

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Speaker 2: so we will talk to you in a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 2: Be well, my friend, and we'll enjoy the soccer here

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Speaker 2: over this next stretch.

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Speaker 5: You got it, thanks Jackson.

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Speaker 2: Sounders white Caps tomorrow night. Michael McCall of AFT in Canada.

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Speaker 2: talk to him about tomorrow's match next on Sounders Weekly.

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Speaker 2: here on this Wednesday night. We got Rain Weekly coming

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Speaker 2: up right here after this, but as we always do here,

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Speaker 2: for this final segment, we talked to broadcaster. We talk

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Speaker 2: to somebody who knows exactly what's going on with the

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Speaker 2: Sounders next opponent, and one of my absolute favorite people

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Speaker 2: on planet Earth here is going to be joining us

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Speaker 3: All right.

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Speaker 2: So, as we know, the Sounders next MLS match and

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Speaker 2: the next broadcast here on KJR is going to be

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Speaker 2: against the San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday. But as I've

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Speaker 2: mentioned a long time here, tonight Conka Calf champions Cup

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Speaker 2: is back for the Seattle Sounders and the first leg

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Speaker 2: of this this matchup is up in Vancouver on Thursday

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Speaker 2: evening at BC Place. And when we talk Sounders white Caps,

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Speaker 2: the only person I want to talk to when we

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Speaker 2: talk Sounders white Caps is my good friend Michael McCall

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Speaker 2: of AFT in Canada. You can follow on Twitter at

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Speaker 2: AFT n Canada. Michael, It's an absolute pleasure to talk

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Speaker 2: to you against sir, how are you?

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Speaker 6: I am very good, Jackson. Always fun catching up with you,

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Speaker 6: and it's exciting. A third derby in a role for

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Speaker 6: the white Caps coming out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how about that.

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Speaker 2: Let's start right there, Michael, because you guys are coming

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Speaker 2: off an absolute I'm just gonna say it, ass kicking

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Speaker 2: of the Portland Timbers four to one in Providence Park.

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Speaker 2: You absolutely embarrassed them in the Rose City. Take us

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Speaker 2: through what you saw from Vancouver's obliteration of the Timbers.

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Speaker 6: I mean, it was another dominating performance performance. We've kind

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Speaker 6: of christened that derby now the demolition Derby because every

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Speaker 6: time we go down there, that's three times in a row.

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Speaker 6: Now we've really piled the goals on. But for the

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Speaker 6: first twenty minutes it was an even game. Then the

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Speaker 6: white Caps took the leads and for whatever reason, Portland's

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Speaker 6: game plan just went out the window. Everything they had

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Speaker 6: been doing well, they just stopped doing and the white

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Speaker 6: Caps took control and it was a pretty easy night

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Speaker 6: of the office in the end for them.

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Speaker 2: Pretty easy indeed, whenever you see a four to one

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Speaker 2: scroll and it's been amazing what the white Caps have

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Speaker 2: been able to do in Portland.

651
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Speaker 3: Over the last few years.

652
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Speaker 2: It just feels like any time those two teams play

653
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 2: at Providence Park, it's a whooping and the hosts get

654
00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 2: absolutely whooped in like listen. Brian Schenzer in his postgame

655
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 2: press conference made it very clear that he was rooting

656
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: for the white Caps in that game. It's sort of

657
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 2: for him, it's Vancouver is sort of still siblings. It's

658
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 2: the little brother, but it's still a sibling. And that's

659
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Speaker 2: my words, not his. But Brian Spenster was very much

660
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,720
Speaker 2: rooting for the white Caps. Now Michael I mentioned the

661
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 2: words a little brother, It's not like it's been a little

662
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 2: brother for the last year or so because the white

663
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 2: Caps have had Seattle's number. Just take us through how

664
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Speaker 2: great of the last twelve months it has been for

665
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Speaker 2: the Vancouver whye Caps.

666
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Speaker 6: I mean, twenty twenty five, best season that the club's

667
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Speaker 6: had an MLS and their history. I've covered this club

668
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 6: since two thousand and eight, and they won a USL

669
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,920
Speaker 6: championship that year and you're thinking, oh, this is great,

670
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 6: this is what the team's going to be like. And

671
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 6: then it's been slim pickens after that. And you talk

672
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 6: about the rivalry with Seattle, and I've always said for

673
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 6: it to be a rivalry, you need both teams to

674
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Speaker 6: be winning and the other team's not going to care

675
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 6: about you if you're not beating them. So the white

676
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 6: Caps have now found that with both Seattle and Portland.

677
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Speaker 6: But last year it was something special. And I know

678
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 6: the Sounders have had You've had your good years, you've

679
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 6: had your championships, you've won MLS Cup, you've won Champions

680
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 6: Cup League as it was then. But the white Caps

681
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 6: basically played every single game that they could have played

682
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Speaker 6: last year. They made four finals. Yes, they fell short

683
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 6: down in Mexico in June, and they fell short in

684
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 6: December against Miami. By that MLS Cup game, you look

685
00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 6: back in that.

686
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Speaker 3: And mistake, one mistake.

687
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 6: One triple post. It was sad, but I mean you

688
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:43,760
Speaker 6: can't let that shade what was a fantastic season. And

689
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Speaker 6: they did so well. They were the best in the

690
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 6: West and they were playing some lovely football and the

691
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 6: plays and aspect of it is they've kept the core together.

692
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 6: A couple of pieces have moved on and you're wondering

693
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 6: how are they going to get replaced? And it still

694
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 6: might take a few weeks for everyone to be fully flying.

695
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 6: But we've already seen signs when the guys come in

696
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 6: that this could be another good year for the team.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Michael, what are your overall thoughts on Conca calf

698
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 2: here another chance to win this champions Cup that you

699
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 2: were so close at last year? Do the white Caps

700
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Speaker 2: feel like they have a team that's prepared well to

701
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Speaker 2: make another run here at the CONCACAFT title.

702
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Speaker 6: They do. And the interesting thing about it is Thomas

703
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:34,040
Speaker 6: Mueller was asked about all the competitions this year a

704
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,720
Speaker 6: few weeks ago and he said, for him, the focus

705
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,799
Speaker 6: now before the World Cup break is to get to

706
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 6: this final again and this time to win it. So

707
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,080
Speaker 6: he's a guy that's played at the high level. Although

708
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 6: the tournament is maybe in some quarters in North America

709
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 6: not looked at as a big deal for a player

710
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 6: like Thomas Mueller, he understands what it means. It's a

711
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 6: tournament I love and it feels a tea that's very

712
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 6: equick to do it. Now, whoever gets through this tie,

713
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:07,400
Speaker 6: you know, if you keep getting through in a couple

714
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:11,280
Speaker 6: of matches time Miami could be looming large yet again

715
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 6: for the white Caps if they can get through. But

716
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 6: there's a confidence amongst the guys and they feel that

717
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,240
Speaker 6: they've got a point to prove. After how the final

718
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 6: went last year. I was down in Mexico for it

719
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 6: and four goals down behalftime, I was like, ah, should

720
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:32,920
Speaker 6: I just go? Now? The traffic off and it was

721
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 6: a horrible evening. But to even get there, I think

722
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 6: it was beyond most people's wildest dreams going into the season.

723
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 6: And now that they've had that taste, I mean, how

724
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 6: do you improve on your best season other you've got

725
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 6: to go better, and to go better, you've got to

726
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 6: win one of these finals. You've got to either win

727
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 6: the Champions Cup, MLS Cup, do the double. That would

728
00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 6: be what would be seen as a season of and

729
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,320
Speaker 6: proved for the team. So they're very very much target

730
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Speaker 6: in this competition.

731
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Speaker 2: Well, Michael, let's talk about that, and once again Michael

732
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:09,960
Speaker 2: McCall is our guest. He covers the Vancouver why Caps

733
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 2: up there north of the border. You can follow him

734
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:15,359
Speaker 2: on social and his organization AFTN. You can follow him

735
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 2: at a FTN Canada. Now, Michael, in terms of a

736
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:22,960
Speaker 2: pre improving that team, you mentioned the couple changes that

737
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 2: the club has made. What will Seattle see do you

738
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 2: think on Thursday in terms of those changes, in terms

739
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 2: of guys that will be facing the Sounders up at

740
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 2: BC Place, It's.

741
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Speaker 6: An interesting team for the white Caps to put out

742
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 6: because the same as the Sounders, You're right in the

743
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 6: middle of a very busy spell and the games are

744
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,960
Speaker 6: coming thick and fast. But this is a match that

745
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 6: I would imagine both teams are going to put out

746
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:53,560
Speaker 6: their strongest lineup becauld have arrival in the game because

747
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 6: of what it's at stake. I think Sunday's games will

748
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,959
Speaker 6: be the games that both teams will take some players out,

749
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 6: so this is going to be a full strength white

750
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,279
Speaker 6: Cap team. I was a little surprised Thomas Mueller went

751
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,839
Speaker 6: the whole ninety down in Portland because Yesper was making

752
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 6: a lot of changes and brought some young guys on.

753
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 6: But he'll definitely start, and I think you can pretty

754
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 6: much pick where the white Cap team is going to be.

755
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 6: You know, the midfield's got the double pivot of Cubis

756
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,839
Speaker 6: and Bear Halter. White's going to lead the line. You're

757
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,319
Speaker 6: going to have Mueller behind him, Emmanuel Sabby on the right.

758
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 6: Eazy Jackson is the new guy for the Sounders. Fans

759
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 6: to watch an American. He's come back to the league

760
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,759
Speaker 6: and he's been lighting it up on that left wing.

761
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 6: He is the Ali Ahmed replacement for now. He maybe

762
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 6: doesn't have the blistering pace that an Amed or a

763
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 6: Jaden Nelson had, but his skill is tremendous. And then defensively,

764
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Speaker 6: what Yes for Soonson's been doing is he's rotating five

765
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 6: defenders in and out of that back line. So Tate Johnson,

766
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,000
Speaker 6: in the second year, young American guy out the draft

767
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 6: last year, has been light sight to start the season.

768
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 6: He knows that competition for that left back spot is

769
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 6: huge right now and he is making it his own

770
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Speaker 6: and he has been tremendous having a good game down

771
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 6: in Portland. That said, I might even see him rotated

772
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,080
Speaker 6: out for Mattis Labord to come in, just to add

773
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Speaker 6: that little bit more experience.

774
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Speaker 2: Okay, Michael McCall is joining us of AFTN Canada again.

775
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 2: Follow social at AFTN Canada. We're talking to him because yes,

776
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 2: the Sounders next MLS matches the San Jose Earthquakes coming

777
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 2: up this Sunday afternoon in San Jose. But the Sounders

778
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: start their COCKACAFT Champions Cup journey this Thursday, seven pm

779
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Speaker 2: against the Vancouver Wycaps at BC Place. We will not

780
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 2: have a radio broadcast on that. It's available on TUDN

781
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:54,760
Speaker 2: and also Fox Sports two to view that seven pm

782
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 2: on Thursday evening. Michael, I want to wrap by talking

783
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 2: about the stadium situation for the white Caps, because this

784
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 2: is something that I don't know if everybody here knows

785
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 2: what's going on.

786
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 3: I've I've followed it.

787
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Speaker 2: Certainly as a as a you know, as a fan

788
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,919
Speaker 2: of Cascadia sports in general, and you know, Seattle fans

789
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 2: are so used to making the drive up and you know,

790
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 2: I can't remember the exact streets that I think. You

791
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 2: go up north on Oak and then you take a

792
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 2: left on Park and then you take a right turn

793
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Speaker 2: on that next arterial that takes you into downtown. You

794
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,960
Speaker 2: take a right turn that takes you over to b

795
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 2: C Place. I think I might have gotten that correct.

796
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Speaker 2: That so many times I've done it now, that's been

797
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 2: the usual drive the BC Place, Michael, that might be

798
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Speaker 2: about to change. Tell us about what's going on with

799
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Speaker 2: the stadium situation for the Vancouver white Caps.

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Speaker 6: Well, the plan right now is they've got a memorandum

801
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 6: of understanding with the city to explore developing a new

802
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 6: stadium that won't be downtown. It's going to be an

803
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 6: East Vancouver. It's a twenty minute walk from my house,

804
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Speaker 6: underlighted by the plans. It's up where the P and

805
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 6: E is, which a Fotono Vancouver that is the annual

806
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 6: summer fair that we have here in Vancouver. So it

807
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 6: is just off the highway. It's not great for public

808
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 6: transit at the moment, but there could be plans for

809
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 6: that as well. So the plan is for a new

810
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 6: stadium soccer specific capacity currently unknown, but there would also

811
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Speaker 6: be an entertainment area as well, with shops, restaurants and cinemas.

812
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Speaker 6: So that's the overall plan. It's probably maybe four years

813
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Speaker 6: away from becoming a reality with planning, building, everything like that.

814
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 6: That's the good news. The bad news is the white Caps,

815
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Speaker 6: John Garboro and MLS in particular have been very vocal

816
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 6: that BAC Place is not fit for purpose anymore for

817
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Speaker 6: the white Caps, which people listening to this might be like,

818
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 6: it's a sixty thousand to stay that is being used

819
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 6: by the World Cup. How does it not fit for

820
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 6: the purpose. It's because it's owned by the government and

821
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,879
Speaker 6: they are taking the revenue and the white Caps are

822
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 6: not making money by being at the Sterium. So a

823
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 6: short term deal has been agreed that the government won't

824
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 6: take any money from the white Caps revenue this year

825
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 6: and give them options to take money from parking. They'll

826
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 6: get all the concessions, everything like that, but the shortfall

827
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 6: for the white Caps they need to make another twenty

828
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 6: five million to make it deemed viable and these are

829
00:41:37,719 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 6: just small chunks of change. It's like a tenth of

830
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Speaker 6: what they're really looking to make because despite having one

831
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Speaker 6: of the best attendances last year, great team on the pitch,

832
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 6: they were bottom and revenue, and with the team still

833
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 6: being up for sale, there's still a lot of concern

834
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 6: that the team might not be able to stay in Vancouver.

835
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 6: I don't think that's going to happen, but it is

836
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 6: still on the table. And although the white Caps are

837
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 6: saying there's not a deadline to sort the stadium situation out,

838
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 6: some recent comments from Don Garber kind of indicated that

839
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Speaker 6: there is. So that's where we are just now, and

840
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 6: everyone's rallying around team. The key for the white Caps

841
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 6: right now is to bring in more corporate money and

842
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,320
Speaker 6: they're starting to do that. It's helping that the Canucks

843
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:28,040
Speaker 6: are absolutely terrible at the moment, so people and businesses

844
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:31,959
Speaker 6: want to be associated with a winning team. So it's

845
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 6: small steps, but it is still all very much in

846
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 6: the balance just now, and I would hope not but

847
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 6: your trip up in October or November as it is now,

848
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 6: who knows, that might be the last time that you

849
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,399
Speaker 6: end up going to be safe place. I don't think

850
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,399
Speaker 6: that is going to happen, but I'm very envious. When

851
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 6: I was driving back from Portland on Sunday, you go

852
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 6: by the two stadiums and the I five, and you

853
00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 6: just look at the great setup that Seattle has. They've

854
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:03,959
Speaker 6: built it in the right area, and hopefully the White

855
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 6: Cats can now get something like that done themselves.

856
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: Well, Michael, whenever you talk about changing ownership situations and

857
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 2: a building that the league seems as calling out dated,

858
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 2: my mind immediately jumps to the Seattle SuperSonics who were

859
00:43:17,400 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 2: sold to a guy in Clay Bennett, and the city

860
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:23,319
Speaker 2: didn't and money didn't come forward to pay for a

861
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,240
Speaker 2: renovation to what was Key Rina now Climate Pledge Arena,

862
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,120
Speaker 2: and the Seattle SuperSonics went to Oklahoma City and I

863
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 2: would hate to see that happen to the Vancouver white Caps.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it does not, but I have to let you go, Michael,

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Speaker 2: we have to run. But I tell you what. We're

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Speaker 2: gonna talk again in August for the MLS match here.

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Speaker 2: We're going to talk again in late October for the

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Speaker 2: MLS match up at BC Place, and we'll continue talking

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Speaker 2: about that over the course of the season when I

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Speaker 2: talk to you again, sir. But hope everything ends up

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Speaker 2: okay and takes good turns. That's obviously a scary situation

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Speaker 2: for any city that's lost a team like we have

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Speaker 2: here in Seattle. To hear what you're going through that

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Speaker 2: is that's very frightening, my friend. So take good care,

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Speaker 2: enjoy the game on Thursday. I won't tell you good

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Speaker 2: luck because I hope our Sounders win, but at least

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Speaker 2: I hope we have an enjoyable game to talk about

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Speaker 2: here for the next couple of weeks, because we also

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Speaker 2: face you then next Wednesday in Spokane as well. So

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Speaker 2: enjoy the action here over the next couple weeks, my friends.

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Speaker 6: Great, Thank you so much, and we'll chat against well.

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Speaker 3: That's good stuff there from Michael McCall.

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Speaker 2: Scary situation for the Vancouver y Caps, definitely hope they

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Speaker 2: don't have what happened to the Seattle Super Songs. Also

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Speaker 2: the Vancouver Grizzlies, right, the Vancouver Grizzlies also left and

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Speaker 2: went to Memphis. So god, I would just hate to

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Speaker 2: see that anything happen with that organization. And hopefully the

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Speaker 2: politicians and the money and everything goes the right places

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Speaker 2: to keep that team in Vancouver, and if it's at

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Speaker 2: that new stadium there in East Vancouver, that's fine with me.

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Speaker 2: It just changes the route that we all here in

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Speaker 2: Seattle have to take the drive up there. But as

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Speaker 2: for this, you'll all still be driving to BC Place

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Speaker 2: seven o'clock. You can watch it on FS two and

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Speaker 2: also TUDN for Vancouver Wycaps Seattle Sounders CONCACAFF Champions Cup

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Speaker 2: Round of sixteen, Leg one. That is the Sounders next

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Speaker 2: match tomorrow night. All right, now for this Sounders next

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Speaker 2: MLS match that's gonna be taking place this Sunday in

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Speaker 2: San Jose that we will have a radio broadcast for

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Speaker 2: that that'll be over on Sports Radio nine fifty kJ AM,

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Speaker 2: so nine to fifty am this Sunday, Providence, Swedish premat

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Speaker 2: show will begin at three point thirty, kickoff at four o'clock.

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Speaker 2: For sounders and San Jose Earthquakes folks, you can also

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Speaker 2: listen in Spanish language on Lray thirteen sixty. Watch the

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Speaker 2: match as always on Apple TV, and Sunday's match is

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Speaker 2: presented by the Western Washington Toyota Dealers. So that's the

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Speaker 2: situation for Sunday against San Jose. We'll talk to you

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Speaker 2: then here for KJR. We'll all be watching Thursday night

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Speaker 2: in concacaff action. But for right here and for right now,

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Speaker 2: Rain Weekly myself, I'm gonna jump back on with Kiey

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Speaker 2: Dunning and we're gonna build a roundtable of rain broadcasters

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Speaker 2: to talk about the season ahead. That's next on Rain

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Speaker 2: Weekly with kie Dunning right here on Sports Radio ninety

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Speaker 2: three point three KJRF