TIMEOUT WITH JAKEY: Redbulls Midfielder Daniel Edelman

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's going on. It's Kate tu one O three point five.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
I'm here with Daniel Edelman of the New York Red Bulls,
twenty two years old, and he's a New Jersey native.

Speaker 1 (00:09):
What part of New Jersey you're from, Danny.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
From war New Jersey?

Speaker 1 (00:13):
Where we're wearing Jersey? Is that, I would like.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
To say that Central Jersey, central argument, So that's that's
the weirdest part of New Jersey.

Speaker 1 (00:21):
Of course.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Are you familiar with the fact that people say New
Jersey drivers are the worst drivers?

Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (00:27):
Yeah, I've heard that before.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, how do you feel about that? You think you're
a bed driver?

Speaker 4 (00:31):
You see the signs of lately about like, you know,
when you're you're driving and stuff telling you to be
safe and stuff.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
Yeah, yeah, bware, New Jersey drivers are on the road.
That's what they probably should say post to everything else.
So it's nice to have you here. You know, we're
really appreciating everything like that. You guys got a game
on Wednesday going up against Toronto and everything like that.

Speaker 5 (00:49):
You gotta first and foremost. You're his first sports interview.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
Yeah yeah, oh wow, Yeah, I can't believe.

Speaker 2 (00:55):
I can't believe you're twenty two man as I as
and I'm only thirty two, but I just now I
feel older and older that people that were born in
the two thousands can actually do things in the world
and be not just be children in junior high school.

Speaker 1 (01:08):
Like the fact that you're just a.

Speaker 2 (01:09):
Grown man now and you do your own thing, and
you live on your own and you have a job,
and that blows my mind. The fact that you're twenty
two and now I'm just I'm an old fought but
I was. I was actually on your Instagram and I
was watching you. You hit that penalty kick to put
you into the next.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
Round year against Columbus.

Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah, that that looked like a sick emotional feeling.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
So that led me to the thought of what was
your you know, and it might not even be for
the Red Bulls, but what was your peak feeling on
the as they say, the soccer pitch, you know, just
throughout your entire career, do you guys call the soccer pitch,
even in America.

Speaker 3 (01:42):
A soccer pitch? Yeah, a soccer field?

Speaker 4 (01:45):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:45):
Okay, So now what was your favorite you know, emotional
time in soccer throughout your entire career.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
It definitely had to be the like there's obviously two
a few big moments. I mean, the whole playoff run
that we had last year was incredible. That was like
my first time being a part of something like that.
And then getting to an MLS Cup final, I mean
that was that was like peak soccer for me. That
was like the biggest achievement getting to the final. It's

(02:12):
unfortunate that we couldn't come out on the other side,
but you know, winning games like scoring the PK, then
like beating New York City in a derby game in
the playoffs and going down to Orlando winning that game
when the Eastern Conference, like all.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
The unbelievable things.

Speaker 3 (02:27):
Yeah, really special.

Speaker 2 (02:29):
Especially at twenty two while you were twenty one at
that point.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Does that happen? Like is that? Are you like a
freak of nature?

Speaker 2 (02:35):
As far as are there all the twenty one year
olds that are going through this in the league, you know,
I'm not really familiar.

Speaker 4 (02:40):
Yeah, no, I mean like they've given a lot of
respect to the younger players nowadays in the MLS, and
you can see even in Europe, like they're giving chances
to young players because the young guys are able to
do the job of you know, the older veteran type players.
But I think like for myself, there's you know, it's
been a higher responsibility being like, you know, playing all

(03:04):
the minutes, playing all these games with the team and
being twenty one years old, been given the captain arman a.

Speaker 3 (03:09):
Few times this year and last. Yeah, yeah, it's pretty cool.

Speaker 1 (03:12):
What is that? Yeah? How's that?

Speaker 2 (03:14):
That's that's probably been a stick on and you know,
a bunch of thirty year olds and stuff looking at
you as stuff that must be that must mean you're.

Speaker 1 (03:20):
Pretty skilled out there. Well how now, when did you start?

Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, we found out recently that you reached one hundred
matches played across all competitions for the club. So that's
a lot of matches for a twenty two year old.
When did you start with the club?

Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, I started with the club when I was eighteen
years old.

Speaker 4 (03:37):
I played with the second team in twenty twenty one
for the full year, and then my first year I
started in twenty twenty two.

Speaker 3 (03:43):
This is my fourth season with the team.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
So it's pretty incredible reaching one hundred matches and hopefully
more to come.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:49):
Yeah, that's crazy. And it says you're the fifth New
Jersey native to do that? Do you know the other
guys are the older guys, Are they, you know, closer
in your age or are they like played back.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
In the day.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's a good company.

Speaker 4 (03:59):
I think it's Tony Miola, conter Leage, Sean Davis, and
then my boy John Tolkien.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
Okay, now what now? What nationality you? You know, I
know we're American of course and everything like that. But
what how did you get into soccer being from America?

Speaker 1 (04:12):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (04:12):
It's not such a renowned sport over here, and kids
don't want to play it necessarily all the time.

Speaker 5 (04:18):
I mean it had to be your parents. Both both
your parents played soccer, didn't they.

Speaker 4 (04:22):
My dad played soccer at Loyola Maryland and then my
mom played basketball at well so and my mom was like,
she still has an all time scoring record at Loyola Maryland.

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Really so you're not even the most important MetalMan. Where
is she? We should actually be talking to? What now?
How did now? How did you fall in love with
soccer as a kid and everything?

Speaker 3 (04:44):
What?

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Your father played, right, so.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
He definitely got me into it.

Speaker 4 (04:48):
He coached me and I was like at a young
age and then like my grandfather as well, really got
me into it too. I went to Red Bull games
when I was like seven, eight years old, first team
I they grew up watching and I just always had
a ball at my feet and loved it from the beginning.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Yeah, and that's crazy, man.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
I always said, you know, like what Kobe Bryant or
what these guys do with their hands is wild, it's crazy.
But to transfer that and to do it with your
feet is probably even more exceptional and crazy, you know
what I mean to The ability to dribble a ball
and get past people is a crazy talent in itself.

Speaker 1 (05:24):
So you know, I really want to just tell you
good luck for the season.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
I wanted to, you know, experience this this interview process
and everything with you.

Speaker 1 (05:31):
I'm glad you were the first one and stuff. Probably
twenty two years old, that's mind blowing.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
I still just can't even figure out the fact that
you're so young and doing so much in the sport,
which is like such a blessing.

Speaker 3 (05:40):
Bro.

Speaker 1 (05:40):
I'm sure your parents are so proud of you and everything.

Speaker 3 (05:42):
You got siblings, Yeah, I got two younger brothers.

Speaker 1 (05:45):
Okay, how are they on the path like you?

Speaker 4 (05:47):
Or they're not a brother at a Creighton University and
UH Nebraska.

Speaker 3 (05:51):
He plays cog soccer there.

Speaker 4 (05:52):
And then I got another brother who's going to be
a junior next year in high school.

Speaker 1 (05:56):
How well they is the youngest one the best.

Speaker 3 (06:00):
He thinks he is usually, but.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
I could see that being because you know what I mean,
he's always had to play up in competition to somebody
that are like you. You know what I mean, You're oldest,
You've always been stronger than him, So it gives him
that that little edge.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
Oh yeah, for sure. The battles in the backyard, Yeah yeah.

Speaker 5 (06:15):
Who wins out of the three brothers?

Speaker 3 (06:17):
Oh, come on, the oldest always?

Speaker 2 (06:19):
Yeah, I know, but yo, what they creeping up on you?
Look at the bull brothers, Bro, the Lonzo bowl happened
to be the best one. He's the baby, you know
what I mean.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
Honestly, Yeah, that's a good point, you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
And I would be proud of that too, Bro, you
know what I mean. Those are your little brothers.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
You always want, you know, your your family to be
better than you or just as good.

Speaker 1 (06:35):
Definitely, I'm sure your parents are super proud, bro. And
then and that's really such a beautiful thing.

Speaker 2 (06:40):
I hope I can see my children, you know, be
as successful as you at such a young age.

Speaker 5 (06:43):
Brother, before we let you go, what do you what's
your pregammer's rule? Like, like what music you listened to
your headphones before the game starts and stuff like that.
What gets you pumped?

Speaker 1 (06:50):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (06:51):
I got my big beats on literally the whole time
we're doing warm ups and everything, I'm like stretching and stuff.

Speaker 3 (06:57):
Just listening to rap music honestly.

Speaker 1 (06:59):
Okay, once you far.

Speaker 4 (07:01):
Rappers, honestly, like for he for hype to get hig
like little Baby.

Speaker 2 (07:06):
Really okay, but like just just not just for hype,
just for the overall, no matter what if you're just
in your.

Speaker 5 (07:12):
Car here in your car, driving to the movies, the
game or something like that.

Speaker 3 (07:16):
I like, I like Uzzi really or Drake.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
Yeah, yo, I loved Little Uzi. Like in twenty sixteen
when he made that like first Little Run, what was.

Speaker 3 (07:24):
The all those songs those are so good.

Speaker 2 (07:27):
Not even not even like the I Love the Other one?
What was the album which he was wearing the panda
on his book big Uh? I forget what album it was,
but it had such good songs on it. It was like
his second album in so it wasn't like his first
first stuff, but it was really good UZI was the man.
And then Drake of course, Bro, Drake is just timeless forever. Yeah,
but Danny, but we Okay, one last question real quick.

(07:49):
I know it's Superhero Night? Is it Superhero Night in Toronto?

Speaker 1 (07:52):
Toronto? When you guys are playing at home against Minneapolis?
You guys are playing, Yeah, it's uh, I think this Saturday, Minnesota.

Speaker 2 (07:57):
Okay, yeah, No, June twenty eighth against Men's Superhero Night,
Marvel Superhero Night. If you could be one superhero or
have one superhero ability, what would it be and why?

Speaker 3 (08:08):
I mean I would be Captain America I love.

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Yeah, yeah, you like? Do you like the character or
his abilities?

Speaker 4 (08:14):
Oh? I mean character and abilities. I mean I'm a
big Marvel guy. And when hand Oh.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
My god, Bro, I was just about to say that
that part.

Speaker 1 (08:23):
I'll watch it on.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
You know, you're going through reels and everything like that,
and you see that and the way the way Thor
looks at him when he kind of sees that old snap.
You could pick it up a little bit when they're
in the office and he kind of moves it and
Thor got all crazy. Bro, I get goosebumps for him
because it's just so it's so beautiful, because the reason
why he could do it is because he's so pure,
you know what I mean. The only people who could

(08:44):
lift it is people with true pureness, and of course,
in today's world, nobody is pure. So Danny Edelman, Bro,
that somebody. You know, he's a little too young, too
old for my daughter. I have a little baby daughter.

Speaker 1 (08:55):
But somebody like Danny Edelman is who you want dating
your daughter. So it's good, Bro.

Speaker 2 (09:01):
I hope you become like the face of the Red
Bulls and everything because you've got a great personality.

Speaker 1 (09:04):
Brother. You know, you're on trajectory for great things, my man.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
No, I appreciate that. I mean, it means a lot.
I just want to keep working, keep improving, and uh yeah.

Speaker 1 (09:13):
Just yeah, bro, just keep making your parents proud. Brother.
That's probably the most important thing in the world.

Speaker 2 (09:18):
Bro. Nothing better than to look to look at your
children and the people you gave birth to and just
and be so happy with who they become as a
man and what you've done in your life, you know
what I mean. So, and I'm happy for your parents
that they get to even watch that. Brother, my man, Danny,
God blessed brother. Good luck with the rest of the
season and everything. Hopefully we can get to a game
and watch you get some of those pedals.

Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yeah, appreciate it, guys.

Speaker 1 (09:41):
All right, brother, I appreciate you, man, Thank you so much.