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Speaker 1: All right, what's happened in every one?

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Speaker 2: It is Wednesday, April first, It is no April fools.

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Speaker 2: The San Jose Earthquakes are back at it on Saturday,

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Speaker 2: playing host to San Diego. We are finally back in

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Speaker 2: action after two weeks off. The Earthquakes still one of

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Speaker 2: the best teams in all of Major League Soccer. They've

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Speaker 2: only given up one goal through five games. They still

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Speaker 2: find themselves in a very very good position in a

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Speaker 2: hotly competitive Western Conference in Major League Soccer right now again,

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Speaker 2: four wins, one loss on the season, and they are

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Speaker 2: only looking up at Vancouver and LAFC. Vancouver, even though

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Speaker 2: the Quakes did beat them, they have a greater goal differential,

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Speaker 2: and LAFC they have the most points up to this

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Speaker 2: point with four wins and one tie, and they have

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Speaker 2: not given up any goals up to this point, only

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Speaker 2: slightly better than San Jose have given up one. But

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Speaker 2: I would say this is as close to a great

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Speaker 2: start to the season as you really could ask for

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Speaker 2: for San Jose. They are two to one to zero

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Speaker 2: at home, they are two to zero on the road.

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Speaker 2: And now this is where things start getting very very

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Speaker 2: difficult for San Jose. Not that this team can't handle it.

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Speaker 2: But when you look at the schedule now, it gets

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Speaker 2: pretty heavy. They are playing host to San Diego, they

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Speaker 2: go to Kansas City, then they go to LAFC. They're

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Speaker 2: home against Austin. They're at Saint Louis to end off

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Speaker 2: the month of April, and then we get into May

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Speaker 2: at Toronto hosting Vancouver at Seattle, hosting Dallas at Portland's

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Speaker 2: to the World Cup break. But I mean, the Earthquakes

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Speaker 2: have a great opportunity between now and May twenty third

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Speaker 2: to really really show what they're capable of. By that point,

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Speaker 2: they will have played about fifteen games, not quite the

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Speaker 2: halfway mark of the season, but we'll have enough of

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Speaker 2: a sample size to know what they are. And the

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Speaker 2: most telling part of that sample size now is what's

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Speaker 2: going to happen with the back line. Dwan Jones did

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Speaker 2: rupture his achilles and require surgery after that win in Vancouver.

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Speaker 2: That's the big, big loss at this point of the

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Speaker 2: year out of their back line. So while that is

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Speaker 2: a troubling injury, I will say it left back. This

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Speaker 2: is one position where the Earthquakes do have a good

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Speaker 2: amount of depth to try and deal with, you know,

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Speaker 2: have Jamar Ricketts, they have Paul Marie. Those are three

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Speaker 2: that they can immediately put there, and I would look

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Speaker 2: at those as three guys who can definitely play into

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Speaker 2: winning ways. I mean, Dwan Jones obviously is a very

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Speaker 2: very good left back in this league.

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Speaker 1: He knows how to get it done.

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Speaker 2: He was supposed to be part of that men's national

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Speaker 2: team and unfortunately last year suffered a hamstring injury. So

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Speaker 2: injuries have been a big part of his career as

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Speaker 2: of late. It's unfortunate. I hope he can come back

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Speaker 2: and be the player that we all know he's capable

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Speaker 2: of being. Whether he can come back before this year

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Speaker 2: is done, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: He's out.

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Speaker 2: You know, six months was the initial timetable, and injury

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Speaker 2: is something we're better at than what we used to

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Speaker 2: be at in terms of recovering from the injury. But

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Speaker 2: you know, there is no easy recovery from a major

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Speaker 2: injury that's non contact like that. He just went down,

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Speaker 2: and I know that some people want to blame it

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Speaker 2: vogue injury of our timeline. But that is the real

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Speaker 2: test right now for this San Jos eight Earthquakes team

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Speaker 2: to a major player. You know, if we look at

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Speaker 2: A team like Seattle knows how to get that done.

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Speaker 2: And then you go to Vancouver and you get another

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Speaker 2: then you know it starts getting more challenging. You're going

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Speaker 2: the Earthquakes, you know, I'm just looking to see what

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Speaker 2: You know, even Dewan Jones if he's out. I think

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Speaker 2: Jamar Ricketts is a very good sub to put there

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Speaker 2: at that left back position or VTR Coast to view.

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Speaker 2: of different things can change here with the San Jose

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Speaker 2: have a great show coming up for you. We're going

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Speaker 2: to be joined by Ronnie Vieira of the San Jose Earthquakes.

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Speaker 1: Could talk to him.

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Speaker 2: We're also going to be joined by the great Mark

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Speaker 2: because right now, the way they played against Belgium, the

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Speaker 1: Where is the drive?

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Speaker 2: Where is this team's overall will to perform at an

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Speaker 2: And right now I'm not feeling it, And I think

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Speaker 2: waiting for this team to really kind of level up,

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Speaker 2: because right now it feels flat, it feels uninspired, and

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Speaker 2: you brought in a Poachattino to sort of unlock this

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Speaker 2: even from Berhalter? Now, they could have made that decision

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Speaker 1: And right now, this is a team that is not inspiring.

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Speaker 2: Anyone, and I felt think most importantly, they're even inspiring themselves.

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Speaker 2: They do not play like they are inspired. They do

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Speaker 2: And I'm not saying that to be inflammatory. I'm not

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Speaker 2: It's just kind of like, why are we looking so

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Speaker 2: Why do we not look more locked in? Why do

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Speaker 2: going back to, is you know, how did we make

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Speaker 2: That's not the case. We've made basketball expensive, we made

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Speaker 1: We need to figure it out here, guys.

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Speaker 2: But I think that our overall ability to develop the

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's the case anymore. I think a

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Speaker 2: These are all things that I find relatively troubling at

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Speaker 2: this point. So for the time being, we're all waiting

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Speaker 2: the next step is for this team. And you know,

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Speaker 2: maybe they've got to get this out of their system.

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Speaker 2: Maybe this is the wake up call they needed. Maybe

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Speaker 2: and say, guys, we're not where we need to be.

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Speaker 2: We need to circle the wagons, have our quote unquote

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Speaker 1: Ronnie, what's going on, man? How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: In how you didn't, I'm doing very well, man.

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Speaker 2: I am getting stoked for Saturday's game against a really

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Speaker 4: It's been good. I'm enjoying it. You know, everyone's been

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Speaker 2: And you're you're well prepared to live in a place

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Speaker 3: Yes? I did?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, here's the real question. Since you lived in Italy

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Speaker 2: Are you an espresso guy? Do you get just a

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Speaker 3: My pressure has been good, you know, even before coming.

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Speaker 4: Uh we're speaking with you know, Bruce and and Chary

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Speaker 4: So I'm happy. And then this year we've made a

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Speaker 2: We are going to continue this conversation with Ronnie Vieira

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Speaker 2: joined by Mark Rogandino of MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.

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Speaker 2: You're on the Soccer Hour on eight ten KSFO. All right,

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Speaker 2: welcome back to the Soccer Hour on eight ten KSFO.

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Speaker 2: We are going to continue our conversation now with Ronnie

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Speaker 1: Of MLS Season Pass.

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Speaker 2: Last year, when you came in, I immediately really liked

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Speaker 4: I think you know, also, most of the people that

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Speaker 4: much has changed really the way we we try and

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Speaker 4: I think it's just like being you know, together as

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, you look at that back line.

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Speaker 2: The injury to Dwan Jones is very unfortunate, but it's

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Speaker 4: You know. I've spoken about this to other people as well,

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Speaker 3: Mm hmm. And I think we have that. I can

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Speaker 4: Ian the second game of the season, when I didn't play,

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Speaker 3: Of the match of that game. You know, Jamar started

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Speaker 3: Against along with everyone. There's no problems with you know.

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Speaker 2: for the keeper because he just got froze. I don't

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Speaker 2: think he expected Bo to take that shot. But what's

440
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Speaker 2: it like playing alongside him?

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Speaker 4: You know that goal was he does. He does a

442
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Speaker 4: lot of them in training, so whatever he gets a chance,

443
00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,639
Speaker 4: with that much space, we can count on him to

444
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Speaker 4: at least hit the target and you know and pull

445
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Speaker 4: the over team on the pressure. Yeah, as you said,

446
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Speaker 4: I think he's a very young player. Well in the

447
00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:40,520
Speaker 4: way he plays, you know, sometimes if it was like

448
00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:44,120
Speaker 4: he's very experienced, he's still got a lot to learn.

449
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Speaker 4: In my opinion, Bob, I think he's doing very well

450
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Speaker 4: and if he carries on like this, he can be

451
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Speaker 4: a big, big, big player for the Quakes.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: No, I would agree as well.

454
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Speaker 2: And then you know with that midfield, well, I know

455
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Speaker 2: you have more of a defensive responsibility in general, but

456
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Speaker 2: you're also trying to get that ball up to Nico's

457
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Speaker 2: feet and get him going.

458
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Speaker 1: Tell me about what you think of his game.

459
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Speaker 2: Obviously he's another really young player but has a very

460
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Speaker 2: bright future.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Nicole, in my opinion, has a lot of college.

462
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Speaker 4: He can run, he can defend the ball, he can

463
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Speaker 4: he can find, you know, the final passes. I think

464
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Speaker 4: he's got all the artributes to be one of the

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Speaker 4: top top players in this part of the world, you know,

466
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Speaker 4: if you're talking about the MLS. So yeah, you know,

467
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Speaker 4: and me being a different type of player that he is.

468
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Speaker 4: All I need to do really is pick up the

469
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Speaker 4: ball and try and find him as much as I can,

470
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Speaker 4: as well as Bob, because they're the guys with you know,

471
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Speaker 4: a little bit more quality, the guys who can who

472
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Speaker 4: are probably more forward than me. So we have to

473
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Speaker 4: try and get him on the ball as much as

474
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Speaker 4: we can because he's the guy who can create things

475
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Speaker 4: for us, as well as Timo Buddha.

476
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Speaker 1: And you know, yeah, no, it's it's been fun.

477
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Speaker 2: And tell me about you know, Timo coming into the team,

478
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Speaker 2: because it seems like he has a very good personality.

479
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Speaker 2: It seems like he's very easy to make jokes and

480
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Speaker 2: have a good time. It seems like he's been very

481
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Speaker 2: very quick to kind of get along with everybody and

482
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Speaker 2: integrate with the group.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's been very good. You know, he's come in

484
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Speaker 4: not with the you know, the ego and all the

485
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Speaker 4: sour stuff with all that he's done in Europe. He's

486
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Speaker 4: coming with a very good isitude in my opinion. You know,

487
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Speaker 4: he gets along with everyone. He cracks jokes with everyone.

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Speaker 4: I think he was cracking Jos ready on his first

489
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Speaker 4: day that he came in, or maybe the second day

490
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Speaker 4: or something.

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Speaker 3: And I think all the guys.

492
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Speaker 4: Feel comfortable with him and feel comfortable also speaking with

493
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Speaker 4: him because he's you know, he tries to help and

494
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Speaker 4: he works hard.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, he does work hard, and it's been fun

496
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Speaker 2: to watch him be able to assist send a Buddha

497
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Speaker 2: on a couple of goals there, which has been fun.

498
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Speaker 1: What are you looking at with this game against San Diego?

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Speaker 2: I mean last year they were known for how well

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Speaker 2: they were able to play through pressure and play out

501
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Speaker 2: of the back and kind of bait teams defenses to

502
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Speaker 2: come and get high on the press and then they'd

503
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Speaker 2: flip the field and go quickly in transition. I would

504
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Speaker 2: imagine this is a big but also a fun challenge

505
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Speaker 2: for you guys.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know, all the all the games

507
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Speaker 4: who've played, I think they've always gone up a notch.

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Speaker 4: And you know, last week, the last a couple of

509
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Speaker 4: weeks ago, everybody was saying maybe we were one favorites,

510
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Speaker 4: which probably wont But we went and there and we won.

511
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Speaker 4: This week, though, I think it's another big test for

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Speaker 4: us stepping up on a notch.

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Speaker 3: I think, you know, San Diego. I love the way

514
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Speaker 3: they play.

515
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Speaker 4: I love the way they passed the ball around, what

516
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 4: they want to do and stuff. But you know, we,

517
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:50,880
Speaker 4: as we said before, we much much more compact defensively.

518
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Speaker 3: We we run a lot more.

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Speaker 4: I think, and I think we can catch them on

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Speaker 4: with a few loose passes and beyond the break, I

521
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Speaker 4: think so.

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Speaker 1: No, it'll be fun to watch.

523
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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 2: Were you I'm trying to remember were you here for

525
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Speaker 2: the game against San Diego last year, because that was

526
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Speaker 2: right about the time you came over if I recall.

527
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:10,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, it was.

528
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Speaker 4: I watched the first game because I wasn't able to

529
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Speaker 4: play it here, and then I played one at San

530
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Speaker 4: Diego yeah, I don't know how we won, but we

531
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Speaker 4: ended up Granny.

532
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Speaker 1: Hey man, whatever, whatever it takes.

533
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Speaker 2: What what is your opinion of Major League Soccer up

534
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,200
Speaker 2: to this point, because I was a lot of people

535
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,160
Speaker 2: talk about how physical the league is, and that really

536
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,240
Speaker 2: plays to your strength because I think you're very broad,

537
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 2: you're very big presence out there on the field, and

538
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,320
Speaker 2: you've had an easier transition than some guys coming over.

539
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:43,520
Speaker 2: But just your thoughts on the league and how it's

540
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Speaker 2: been compared to maybe what you thought it was before

541
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Speaker 2: you got.

542
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Speaker 3: Here completely surprised me.

543
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,320
Speaker 4: You know, the perception we have over in Europe about

544
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,959
Speaker 4: this league is like, yeah, there's a few players.

545
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,040
Speaker 3: You know, there's a few good players, but it's the

546
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Speaker 3: games slow.

547
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 4: You know, you have a little bit more time on

548
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:04,920
Speaker 4: the ball, and the quality maybe is not so good.

549
00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 4: This is a perception we have over there. But when

550
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,160
Speaker 4: I came over here, like it shocked me how even

551
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 4: just watching our training sessions, how the there's there's there's

552
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Speaker 4: some quality. There's a lot of players with good quality,

553
00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 4: and then you know playing the games, it is very

554
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:26,359
Speaker 4: very physical as a lot of transitions, which is you know,

555
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 4: not so much tactical, so you have to run a

556
00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 4: little bit more. But I think, I think this this

557
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 4: this league has everything to become one of the top

558
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Speaker 4: leagues in the world in my opinion, and I think

559
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 4: we will see that over the next few years or

560
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,600
Speaker 4: so that you know, will become a bigger and bigger league.

561
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Speaker 2: I think, how has it been getting used to the travel,

562
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Speaker 2: because I know that that's one of the things that

563
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,920
Speaker 2: the European guys talk about is how long some of

564
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Speaker 2: these plane rides are in MLS.

565
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Speaker 3: Well, so far, I've only done one when we went

566
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Speaker 3: to Philly.

567
00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:01,840
Speaker 1: That's yeah, that's that's a long flight.

568
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,960
Speaker 4: That was a very long flight. It was longer on

569
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 4: the way back, I think because everyone was tied. You know,

570
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,320
Speaker 4: it was late night. But you know it is you know,

571
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 4: as long as you have to do it like two

572
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,639
Speaker 4: three times in a year, that's okay. Yeah, all the

573
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Speaker 4: rest of the lives it's just like going by by

574
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Speaker 4: the by boss and which in Europe maybe if you's

575
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Speaker 4: like two hours you go by boss or three hours

576
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Speaker 4: you go by Boss. He one hour flight and you

577
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 4: arrive there and you're right there, so it's okay.

578
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,240
Speaker 2: For the flight back from Philadelphia, did they have peronis

579
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:35,920
Speaker 2: for you on the plane or are you just having

580
00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:36,960
Speaker 2: an American beer?

581
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Speaker 3: They know I had.

582
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Speaker 4: I had a little bit after the game, but just

583
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,920
Speaker 4: a little bit on the plane. Now it's just more

584
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,440
Speaker 4: more stuff to like get the recovery going and stuff.

585
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 2: So do you play cards on the plane or are

586
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,080
Speaker 2: you watching movies on an iPad or anything?

587
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:56,719
Speaker 1: What's your go to?

588
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,280
Speaker 4: I'm more of a movie guy, but all the there's

589
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,200
Speaker 4: a lot of guys who play place play some cards.

590
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of a lot of cards on

591
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,200
Speaker 2: those flights. What what what movies do you have you

592
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,480
Speaker 2: watched recently? Anything you can recommend?

593
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 4: I was watching the series called The Paradise on this

594
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:17,919
Speaker 4: Neychlas Okay, yeah, really enjoy it. And you know, a

595
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 4: few movies I like to repeat. I like a lot

596
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 4: of war movies.

597
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:26,320
Speaker 3: Nice, So I kind of just repeat here and then what.

598
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 2: Are your favorites? What are some ones that you've watched recently?

599
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 2: Have you have you seen like have you done the

600
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,520
Speaker 2: Band of Brothers series from HBO? Or have you done

601
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 2: like I'm trying to saving Private Ryan.

602
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 3: No, I have watched The American Sniper a few times.

603
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:41,360
Speaker 1: That's a good one.

604
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 4: Yeah, The twelve Strong a few times, okay, you know,

605
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,959
Speaker 4: more like Navy seals and stuff like that.

606
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 3: I enjoyed a.

607
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: Nice nice Is that?

608
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 2: Is that always the same on the way Do you

609
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 2: watch a more serious thing on the way there, and

610
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,280
Speaker 2: then on the plane ride back maybe something a little

611
00:27:58,280 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 2: bit lighter?

612
00:27:58,800 --> 00:27:59,920
Speaker 1: Is it just whatever you want to watch?

613
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 3: Not just wherever? Wherever I want to watch?

614
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,760
Speaker 4: You know, sometimes before getting on the plane, you're always

615
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 4: like download a few things. So yeah, so yeah, just

616
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 4: watch whatever is that you feel like, I watch it.

617
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,399
Speaker 2: So now that you've lived here for a while and

618
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 2: you've gotten a little bit more used to the Bay Area,

619
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,479
Speaker 2: when you're not at training and at the facility, what

620
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 2: are you doing to wind down?

621
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: Are you going on walks? You going to Santa Cruz

622
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: to go to the beach? Do you go up to

623
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:21,840
Speaker 1: San Francisco?

624
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,879
Speaker 3: I haven't, haven't.

625
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 4: You know, I haven't really done much because I'm alone here,

626
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 4: so I don't. I'd rather just stay in my house.

627
00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:31,280
Speaker 6: You know.

628
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 4: Sometimes I go for a little walk, little shopping and

629
00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 4: you know, a few restaurants here and there.

630
00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 3: But to be honest, I toy this tree. If I'm

631
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 3: just more of a of a home guy.

632
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: That's dude. That's fine, you're speaking. I'm right there with you.

633
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 2: Have you gotten just to watch any other teams in

634
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 2: the Bay Area if you started watching the Warriors or

635
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,200
Speaker 2: the forty nine Ers or the Giants or anything.

636
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 4: Not yet, But that's that's in the you know, it's

637
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 4: it's in the plants, it's in the bunce.

638
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: That's on the list that are you. Are you only

639
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 1: a soccer guy?

640
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 2: Were you paying attention to you know, whether it was

641
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 2: you know, basketball or any other sports where they were into.

642
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, basketball and the NFL. I think I'm probably op

643
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 4: day with well after.

644
00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 3: Football, so nice.

645
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,120
Speaker 4: I'm going to try and go watch the Wares and

646
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 4: the forty nine Ers. Foe.

647
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 3: We will see y'all.

648
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: Good deal.

649
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: Man, Well, I will let you go because I know

650
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 2: you've got stuff to get ready for. But I appreciate

651
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 2: your time and I look forward to seeing you on

652
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 2: Saturday when you take on San Diego.

653
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: A right man, Thank you very much, Thank you again.

654
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,680
Speaker 2: That is Santa's earth Quakes midfielder Ronnie Vieira joining us

655
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Speaker 2: here on the Soccer Hour. On the other side, we're

656
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 2: going to preview saturdays match against San Diego with Mark

657
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 2: Rogandino of MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. You're on

658
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:51,680
Speaker 2: the Soccer Hour, all right, welcome back to the Soccer

659
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Speaker 2: Hour on eight ten KSFO. We are now going to

660
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 2: bring in our good friend Mark Rogandino of MLS Season

661
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 2: Pass on Apple TV, who will be calling Saturdays match

662
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Speaker 2: when San Diego comes to town at PayPal Park, Rogo,

663
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 2: what's going on?

664
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Speaker 4: Man?

665
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: How are you doing to hop back.

666
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 6: On with you here? Ted? Appreciate the platform and yeah,

667
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,120
Speaker 6: we should be psyched for good reason. Right, We've got

668
00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 6: a massive game coming up at PayPal on the weekend.

669
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: Should be pretty fun.

670
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Speaker 2: Before we get to this game, specifically, I want to

671
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,480
Speaker 2: ask you because you were on the call earlier this

672
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:24,960
Speaker 2: year when the Earthquakes got their season opening win, and

673
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 2: you know, there was a lot of consternation after not

674
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 2: a great offseason by the Earthquakes other than the acquisition

675
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,400
Speaker 2: of Timo Werner. But you know, with their hot starred

676
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 2: and what you saw in week one, what have you

677
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: thought of the Quakes up to this point?

678
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 6: Well, I think that you immediately have to point to surprising, right,

679
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 6: with all the departures that went out the door after

680
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 6: last season, some pretty big names. Probably as an understatement,

681
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 6: I think there was some question marks as to how

682
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 6: you know Bruce was going to put her all together.

683
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 6: But I think if you point no further than a

684
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 6: guy like Nico Chikerris right these, a young player who

685
00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 6: even the previous regime had high hopes for didn't get

686
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 6: to play a lot last season because of some injury problems.

687
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 6: But you know, this year he's been one of the

688
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,480
Speaker 6: one of the engines that drives this team going forward.

689
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 6: And so and Preston Judd, who would have thought he

690
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 6: would get off to the kind of start he's gotten

691
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 6: off to. So and then Vieira, I mean, what an

692
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 6: ad you know in the middle part of the park,

693
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 6: a guy who's just been a destroyer and a connecting piece.

694
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 6: I mean, you definitely have at least hit a base

695
00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 6: clearing double to use an A's reference right there.

696
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 4: So far.

697
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, so I've been surprised, but pleasantly surprised. And I

698
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 6: think I've said it to you on your show before.

699
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 6: MLS is better when teams like the Quakes are relevant

700
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 6: and good.

701
00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 2: I agree one hundred percent, And especially in you know, California,

702
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,040
Speaker 2: when you've got as many teams that are in the

703
00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 2: state and going up against each other, It just makes

704
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 2: the dynamic that much more interesting. You know, last year

705
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 2: the earthquakes, it never made sense to me that their

706
00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: defense was his bad as it was, because they had

707
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 2: talent out there. We've watched Daniel Muni evolve, we saw

708
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 2: Dave Romney was a big part of that back line.

709
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: Last year.

710
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,719
Speaker 2: It just never really had the performances that I expected.

711
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 2: But it's been a big you can call it a rectification,

712
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 2: you can call it a pendulum swing. I've only given

713
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 2: up one goal through five games. Are you stunned by that?

714
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 2: Or maybe is this maybe what you more were expecting

715
00:32:23,160 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 2: from the squad?

716
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 6: The big keys is it feels like Bruce has narrowed

717
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 6: the group that he chooses from to put into the

718
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 6: starting lineup back there, right, And so I think that's

719
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,479
Speaker 6: been one of the biggest problems over the last few years,

720
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 6: is whether it was Bruce or we were talking about

721
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 6: Lucci ahead of that, or you know, even when when

722
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 6: Ian took over as an interim, you never knew who

723
00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 6: was who was going to be back there was he

724
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 6: had Bruno Wilson, you had Rodriguez, you had you know,

725
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 6: I had all these personalities and names, and it seemed

726
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 6: like every time I covered the Quakes, the back hole

727
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 6: was different. And so I think that a learning to

728
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 6: get Kakanovich, a player who was accustomed to playing further

729
00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 6: forward on the field but now has not only become

730
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 6: a threat going forward, but also it's been pretty sound

731
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 6: offensively in learning that position. And the young names that

732
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 6: you mentioned Reed Robbers, Daniel Muni, you know, and obviously

733
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 6: you know, you and I were discussing before we came on.

734
00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 6: The loss of Dwan Jones is certainly going to hurt,

735
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 6: but I think you have a player and maybe Vitr

736
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 6: Kolshta that you can put back there. And let's also

737
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 6: add this Daniel in goal has been sensational, so that

738
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 6: that's a huge thing too. And Bruce told us before

739
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 6: that opening game this year that I said, what's the

740
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 6: next step for Daniel and goal? And he said, just consistency.

741
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:45,239
Speaker 4: Right.

742
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,680
Speaker 6: He has the ability to be a great goalkeeper. He

743
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 6: comes up with big saves. I mean some of those

744
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 6: staves he made against Brian White and Vancouver two weeks ago.

745
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 6: I mean, I'm a former goalkeeper and I was I'm

746
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 6: watching the highlights and staying out loud, Wow, big save,

747
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 6: you know, And so I think you put all those

748
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 6: factors together, and now the sum of those parts is

749
00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 6: the reason why the Quakes are better defensively.

750
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 2: I was going to ask you, with your goalkeeper experience,

751
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,879
Speaker 2: the consistency with a back line, how much does that

752
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 2: maybe change things for a Daniel and Nette because he

753
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 2: now just he maybe has a little bit more idea

754
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 2: of the tendencies of the guys in front of him.

755
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 2: And that's obviously going to change with that injury that

756
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 2: you mentioned to Dwan Jones. But you know, for you,

757
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 2: did you feel like you played better when it was

758
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 2: the same group of guys in front of.

759
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 5: You eyes, and in particular, maybe Daniel is more comfortable

760
00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 5: with Remember, those guys are younger that are playing in

761
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 5: front of I guess UNI's twenty six, but still those

762
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 5: guys are younger players that don't completely have their professional feet,

763
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,280
Speaker 5: you know, underneath them just yet so to speak.

764
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,520
Speaker 6: So the familiarity getting used to the tendencies of guys

765
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,120
Speaker 6: and it goes the same for them. Right if they

766
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 6: want to turn and just flip a back pass back

767
00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 6: to Daniel, they know where he's going to be. He's

768
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:01,919
Speaker 6: not going to be standing too far off his line.

769
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 6: The angle's not going to be too acute where he's

770
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 6: got to try and chase it down. So I just

771
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 6: think it's familiarity ted and it should only get better

772
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,280
Speaker 6: in theory going forward.

773
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 2: What is your take on San Diego up to this

774
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,600
Speaker 2: point of the season. It seems like they have not

775
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:21,800
Speaker 2: slowed down after making a excuse me, very impressive debut

776
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:25,760
Speaker 2: last year when they had sixty three points in nineteen wins.

777
00:35:27,719 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 6: There's no doubt about it, and you know I had

778
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 6: a chance to cover them earlier in the season. I

779
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:38,399
Speaker 6: think the thing about San Diego is the rest from

780
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,760
Speaker 6: no games, from how cluttered their schedule was the first

781
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 6: five weeks of the season with Konka CAF Champions Cup

782
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 6: play in midweek and then going and playing on the weekend.

783
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 6: They really for mikey Verius, he really flexed the depth

784
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 6: of his team. So I'm going to be interested to

785
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:57,400
Speaker 6: see what the group looks like coming out here and playing.

786
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 6: You know now that they've actually had some time to

787
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 6: rest a lot of their bodies and a lot of

788
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 6: their big name players, So I think that's going to

789
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 6: make the tough the test even more difficult for San

790
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 6: Jose and San Diego was absolutely phenomenal when it came

791
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 6: to playing on the road last year, so we'll see

792
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 6: if that's still the case this year.

793
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:19,440
Speaker 2: We see their high risk build from the back mentality

794
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 2: where they bait those pressers in and can beat them

795
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 2: and then suddenly flip the field. What's your take on

796
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 2: the sustainability of that, knowing that at a couple moments,

797
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 2: you know throughout last year and this year, they can

798
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 2: turn the ball over and give up great opportunities. But

799
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 2: also it allows them to control so much of the

800
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,760
Speaker 2: possession and tire out of the defense.

801
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 6: They they can beat you in multiple ways and that's

802
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 6: what makes them an elite team in this league. They

803
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,920
Speaker 6: can invite you to play pressure, to try and pressure

804
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 6: them like that, and they more often than not can

805
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:52,640
Speaker 6: play through that pressure. But they also have the ability

806
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 6: if you play in a mid block, they have the

807
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,919
Speaker 6: ability to take on that space and they can dip

808
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 6: the ball in behind your back line if you're compact,

809
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,360
Speaker 6: and try and stretch and go a little more direct

810
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 6: at times if they need to. So that's what makes

811
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 6: them so dangerous. But to what you said, Heath and

812
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 6: I were on the call for the game against FC

813
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 6: Dallas that finished three to three. Patar Mussa with a

814
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 6: late equalizer to complete the hat trick in that one,

815
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 6: and that was their achilles heel as they tried to

816
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 6: play out of the back in times when it was

817
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 6: like just lump it long, just get out of danger

818
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 6: and just be safe with it. And they tried to

819
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 6: play out of the back at times when they shouldn't have.

820
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 6: They invited pressure. The ball turned over and that's how

821
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 6: it led to a amazing comeback for FC Dallas at

822
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 6: home in that game and it finishes a three to

823
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 6: three draw.

824
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 2: Do you think Bruce Arena reminds his team about the

825
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 2: painful loss they took the San Diego year ago where

826
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 2: they're up one nothing late and they gave up two

827
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 2: goals pretty much back to back succession at home to

828
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:50,040
Speaker 2: lose that game.

829
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,240
Speaker 1: Or does he not play that card?

830
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,719
Speaker 6: I think if maybe at halftime there's a similar storyline

831
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:01,240
Speaker 6: going on. But Bruce, to me is one that knows

832
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 6: the history for sure. But he was not going to

833
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 6: use that because if I asked him a question like that,

834
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,439
Speaker 6: or you asked him a question like that, he would

835
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,360
Speaker 6: his immediate answer would be every game is different, season,

836
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 6: every season is different. Our players are different, right, So

837
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 6: I don't think he will play that type of card,

838
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 6: especially not this week leading up to it, or even

839
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 6: in the pregame. But should there be a stoppage in

840
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 6: the second half and you have a one goal lead,

841
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 6: you know, or if they go in Neil neil at

842
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 6: halftime or with a one goal lead, then maybe he

843
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 6: might mention it, Hey, we got for those that were here,

844
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 6: We got to learn from what we did last year.

845
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 6: But I think upfront and staying out in front of it,

846
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:42,080
Speaker 6: I just don't see him portraying the match that way.

847
00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 2: One of the things that cracks me up about Bruce Mark,

848
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 2: and you know this because you've known him for a

849
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 2: long time, is that he hasn't mellowed with age. I mean,

850
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 2: some coaches kind of will will soften their stance over

851
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 2: time and they'll change their personality. But Bruce in twenty

852
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 2: twenty six is very much the same Bruce from nineteen

853
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 2: ninety six, and that it cracks me up how his

854
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 2: personality is so set in stone, you know.

855
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 6: The hard part is, and yes, having known him from

856
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 6: from back in the Galaxy days and even before that

857
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 6: when he had a stint at New York Red Bull

858
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 6: in the national team. I just you're right, he hasn't changed.

859
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 6: He always is fiery. But he's earned every bit of it, right.

860
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 6: I mean, he's one of the most successful American coaches

861
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 6: we've ever we've ever seen. If he's one a, then

862
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 6: one is probably rest in pe Sigy Schmidt. So yeah,

863
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 6: I think he's earned every bit of it, and that's

864
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 6: probably the reason, if we're being honest, that's part of

865
00:39:35,600 --> 00:39:37,919
Speaker 6: the reason the Quakes fire hired him for the job.

866
00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:39,800
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, most definitely.

867
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,760
Speaker 2: And one of the things that I find is interesting

868
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,399
Speaker 2: about him is that after victories he I you can

869
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 2: see him after you know, a couple of games this

870
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 2: year where he's gone to the opposition coach and said

871
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 2: that it was it was horse blank or whatever with

872
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: regards to some officiating, or he'll reference it in the

873
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 2: post game he'll say, oh, well, that team, you know,

874
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 2: did better than the score line reflects.

875
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:04,799
Speaker 6: You know.

876
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,760
Speaker 1: He goes out of his way to give.

877
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 2: Credit to the opposition whenever he can, and I find that,

878
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 2: you know, I don't know what that says about him specifically.

879
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 2: I just think it's interesting that he always wants to

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Speaker 2: give credit to the opposition.

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Speaker 1: I don't.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's playing any sort of mind game.

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Speaker 2: I just think that's part of who.

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Speaker 5: He is.

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Speaker 6: Exactly what is He's a straight shooter and you've probably

886
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Speaker 6: learned You've probably learned that in your conversations with him

887
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Speaker 6: now over the last year and a half. Is Bruce

888
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 6: is a straight shooter. He's also if he's not going

889
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 6: to compliment the other team, or if the referees had

890
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Speaker 6: a bad game, he's going to say it. You know,

891
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,920
Speaker 6: he's going to go out there and say, yeah, they

892
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 6: were awful, I can't believe some of the calls that

893
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 6: they were making tonight. Or he's just going to say,

894
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 6: you know, if the opposition had some shenanigans, so to speak.

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Speaker 6: You know, he'll be the first to say it in

896
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Speaker 6: his postgame comments that he didn't like it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, most definitely. What do you think the hinge

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Speaker 1: point is for this upcoming game?

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Speaker 6: I'm going to say how the Quakes defend in the

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00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 6: middle part of the field, because if you allow a

901
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 6: player like Onsdriya to get into open space on the wings, Hey,

902
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 6: we're going to see them all. Pellegrino coming back to

903
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 6: pay South Park. I'm looking forward to that storyline. We

904
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 6: could see oscar Verhoven against his former club, But I

905
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,760
Speaker 6: think the hinge point is how the midfield operates, meaning

906
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 6: can the Quakes have a sense of possession and not

907
00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 6: just put together three or four passes and then turn

908
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 6: it over to San Diego. Because if San Diego starts

909
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 6: to dictate the tempo on this one, and they're winning

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00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,440
Speaker 6: the ball and they're moving side to side and they're

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00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 6: finding the seams to play through the Quakes, then it's

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Speaker 6: going to be a long day, I think. And it's

913
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Speaker 6: a really talented group in the middle part of the

914
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Speaker 6: park for both teams to be fair, But I would

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Speaker 6: say I think you would agree the Quakes are a

916
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Speaker 6: little on the younger side when we look at the

917
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Speaker 6: ages of these guys and in terms of profession experience.

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Speaker 6: So San Diego is going to put them under pressure

919
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Speaker 6: for sure. Sandy is going to put them under pressure,

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Speaker 6: and I look forward to seeing how the Quakes react

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Speaker 6: to it.

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Speaker 2: What do you think Mikey Varius is telling his team

923
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 2: about this Earthquake side that is off to a very

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00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 2: hot start and only giving up one goal up to

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Speaker 2: this point.

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Speaker 6: It's a big and I'm sure Bruce says some of

927
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Speaker 6: this stuff too. He's a big proponent of not really

928
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 6: talking about the other side as much. His theory is,

929
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Speaker 6: if we execute the way that we train to do it,

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00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,239
Speaker 6: we don't have to worry about what they do. We

931
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Speaker 6: have cues that if they're going to high pressure us,

932
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 6: here's how we're going to beat it. If they're going

933
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 6: to play in a mid block and sag off and

934
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Speaker 6: ask us to come to them, we have ways to

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Speaker 6: do it. So and I've asked them before, you know,

936
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Speaker 6: how do you solve that on the fly? And he's like,

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00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:48,239
Speaker 6: that's what we train, you know. So I think that

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Speaker 6: he's probably saying, let's stick to our principles. Let's stick

939
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 6: to the way that we have played since we've come

940
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 6: into the league. It worked for us last year almost

941
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Speaker 6: all the way to an MLS Cup Finals appearance, and

942
00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 6: that's the goal again this year.

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Speaker 2: All right, Mark, Well, I look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 2: in San Jose in a couple of days, man, and

945
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 2: if you need anything, let me know. But I appreciate

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00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,200
Speaker 2: your time as always. Have a good, good one, all.

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Speaker 6: Right, but I'll see you on Saturday again.

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Speaker 2: That is Mark Rogandino of MLS Season Pass on Apple

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00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 2: TV great show today. Big thanks to Rogandino as well

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Speaker 2: as Ronnie Vieira for joining us and then be with

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Speaker 2: us on Saturday, seven thirty start time right here on

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00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 2: a ten KSFO San Diego in town to take on

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Speaker 2: your San Jose earthquakes. I will be on the call

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00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,680
Speaker 2: with Chris Dangerfield, Joe Cannon out on assignment on this broadcast,

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00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,440
Speaker 2: and Danger will be joining me for the call. So

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Speaker 2: I'm excited to bring that to you Saturday night at

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Speaker 2: seven thirty for.

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Speaker 1: The San Jose earthquakes. I'm Ted Raimi signing off.