August 15, 2025 • 6 mins
Brian Dunseth is a match analyst for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. He'll be on the call for FC Cincinnati's road game against Portland, and he joined us on ESPN1530.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
FC Cincinnati uneven performance in the league's Cup, a weird
match against Charlotte, a controversial ending. It feels like a
little air has come out of the balloon, but they're
obviously still in the hunt for the supporter shield. Could
badly use three points though. On Saturday night, Brian Duncith
MLS Season Pass on Apple TV joins us to talk
(00:20):
about the match. It's awesome to have you, Brian. How
are you.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I'm good, I'm good.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good to be back.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
It's awesome to have you. It's gonna be good to
be back for Evander. If his club can get three
points on Saturday, he will.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
And I always wonder because I've been in this situation
as a former player.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You want out, then you get to go back for
the very first time.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I was fortunate on two occasions to score against my
former team, and man, it was so sweet that celebration
because you know exactly who you're pointing at, you know
who exactly you're exacting. Your evenge that you didn't feel
that you were respected for whatever reason. So for Evander, listen,
(01:02):
I think he knows it's going to be emotional.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
There's a certain amount of.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Insider trading that's going to be happening with he being
able to tell you know, Patton his entire staff about
set Piece's style of play, thinking about tactical acumen, how.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
They can take advantage of it.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
And at the same time, the Portland Timbers are going
to look at Evander and say, man, I'm going to
kick you for the next ninety minutes.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
You know, you mentioned something that I've wondered at times,
as do we as fans kind of overrate and that's
a player from one team, you know, offering intelligence to
his new team, you know, about his former team. But
you say that could actually apply.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh, man, I was like the coach. I was like
the tactician. Every time I played my former team. I
was like, hey, coach, by the way, this is their run,
this is who's going to make the pick. This is
what they're trying to accomplish. Yeah, I mean you take
full of that. There is you know, this whole thing
about when players get traded and they send out the
thank yous, and specific to soccer, you know, they'll say, like.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Dallas till I die. Nope, that ain't happening.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
So Evander's gonna be I could see Evander up there
with a laser pointer, being like, all right, Nick in the.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Back, you're gonna be dealing with Kelsey. I want you beyond.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I's gonna pinch a little bit more on his left side.
His right foot's not as strong as you know, like.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
All those little things.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Hey, By the way, they were trying with their Seteaks
coach last season to try to implement this. If you've
see this type of body language or you see this
type of movement, let's make sure we're proactive and are defending.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, all those things are real.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
One, what about this Portland team beyond beyond just the
return of Evander, what about this Portland team stands out
to you if you're a FC Cincinnati and Pat Noonan.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah, it's a team that I thought did well against
America in the League's Cup. And you know, similar to Cincinnati,
you know, there wasn't much wiggle room with regards to
if a result went a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
More sideways than you wanted it to. You know, they
go on the road.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
They're dealing with Santiago Moreno, the second player similar to
a Vander that wanted out of Portland. He basically went
on strike. Told the coach, told the staff that he
wasn't traveling. They had some weather delays in terms of
travel and flight scheduling, and then they got to Dallas
and a huge goalkeeper mistake from Maxim Croppo and the
(03:28):
air kind of went out from underneath the sales. And
I think this is one of the reasons why they've
been so proactive this summer transfer window, bringing in Bellde
bringing Carbaijo, who was out at the New York Red Bulls.
He'll be familiar, neither of available for the weekend, and
there's conversations surrounding Matti Rojas, who used to be at
(03:49):
Inter Miami, and if he.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Comes over, he spends the time.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Down in Argentina with River Plate. So I think in
real time they're trying to strengthen not only the physical
in the team, but more the mentality.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
They want some.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Monster mentality players and maybe they get them, but they
won't be here in time for the game against Cincinnati FC.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Cincinnati on the road against Portland MLS season pass Apple
TV hopefully increase usage for Kevin Denke on a Saturday night.
The match starts at ten thirty. How do you handicap
the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Highly highly, highly competitive? You know when people ask me
about FC Cincinnati, I will always instinctually tell you that
they will be there in the end, because I just
I believe in Chris Albright, the staff that's been put together,
Pat Noonan, you know, Kenny Arena, Don Kinier, everybody that's involved.
(04:46):
I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of those guys because
they're soccer people making soccer decisions. And even though the
consistency of results haven't been there, I think there's reasonable
understand why there's been, you know, some bullet point hiccups
throughout the course of the season. But I can promise
(05:06):
you this, whoever is drawn against FC Cincinnati in the playoffs,
and however this final eight games looked because obviously.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
You want to win the Eastern Conference, you want home
field advantage, you want to be.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
In a similar situation that the LA Galaxy was last year,
where you kind of figure out a way to manipulate
results in your favor and host an MLS Cup final,
because that Cincinnati fan base deserves that type of atmosphere,
because it's extraordinary being inside that stadium. It's about momentum,
and how can you manufacture momentum and manufacture moments where
(05:39):
even the annunga red card. You can figure out a
way to hold on and get that three points. So
all of those things can be true in real time.
And what as I think a monster of a competition
that is the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, it's last year was different, right, it was sort
of top heavy, and then we got to the MLS
Cup playoffs and you know, what we thought was gonna
happen obviously did not. This year, it feels much much
more wide open. Obviously FC Cincinnati is still in the
running for the Supporter Shield. They have a bunch of
home games coming up, and first things first, on the
road Saturday night ten thirty against Portland, the homecoming of
(06:15):
swords for Orlando. Brian Duncith MLS season past. Apple TV
can thank you enough. Enjoyed it, man, thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, I appreciate it.
FC Cincinnati uneven performance in the league's Cup, a weird
match against Charlotte, a controversial ending. It feels like a
little air has come out of the balloon, but they're
obviously still in the hunt for the supporter shield. Could
badly use three points though. On Saturday night, Brian Duncith
MLS Season Pass on Apple TV joins us to talk
(00:20):
about the match. It's awesome to have you, Brian. How
are you.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
I'm good, I'm good.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good to be back.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
It's awesome to have you. It's gonna be good to
be back for Evander. If his club can get three
points on Saturday, he will.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
And I always wonder because I've been in this situation
as a former player.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
You want out, then you get to go back for
the very first time.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
I was fortunate on two occasions to score against my
former team, and man, it was so sweet that celebration
because you know exactly who you're pointing at, you know
who exactly you're exacting. Your evenge that you didn't feel
that you were respected for whatever reason. So for Evander, listen,
(01:02):
I think he knows it's going to be emotional.
Speaker 2 (01:05):
There's a certain amount of.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Insider trading that's going to be happening with he being
able to tell you know, Patton his entire staff about
set Piece's style of play, thinking about tactical acumen, how.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
They can take advantage of it.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
And at the same time, the Portland Timbers are going
to look at Evander and say, man, I'm going to
kick you for the next ninety minutes.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
You know, you mentioned something that I've wondered at times,
as do we as fans kind of overrate and that's
a player from one team, you know, offering intelligence to
his new team, you know, about his former team. But
you say that could actually apply.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Oh, man, I was like the coach. I was like
the tactician. Every time I played my former team. I
was like, hey, coach, by the way, this is their run,
this is who's going to make the pick. This is
what they're trying to accomplish. Yeah, I mean you take
full of that. There is you know, this whole thing
about when players get traded and they send out the
thank yous, and specific to soccer, you know, they'll say, like.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Dallas till I die. Nope, that ain't happening.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
So Evander's gonna be I could see Evander up there
with a laser pointer, being like, all right, Nick in the.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
Back, you're gonna be dealing with Kelsey. I want you beyond.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
I's gonna pinch a little bit more on his left side.
His right foot's not as strong as you know, like.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
All those little things.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Hey, By the way, they were trying with their Seteaks
coach last season to try to implement this. If you've
see this type of body language or you see this
type of movement, let's make sure we're proactive and are defending.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, all those things are real.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
One, what about this Portland team beyond beyond just the
return of Evander, what about this Portland team stands out
to you if you're a FC Cincinnati and Pat Noonan.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Yeah, it's a team that I thought did well against
America in the League's Cup. And you know, similar to Cincinnati,
you know, there wasn't much wiggle room with regards to
if a result went a little bit.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
More sideways than you wanted it to. You know, they
go on the road.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
They're dealing with Santiago Moreno, the second player similar to
a Vander that wanted out of Portland. He basically went
on strike. Told the coach, told the staff that he
wasn't traveling. They had some weather delays in terms of
travel and flight scheduling, and then they got to Dallas
and a huge goalkeeper mistake from Maxim Croppo and the
(03:28):
air kind of went out from underneath the sales. And
I think this is one of the reasons why they've
been so proactive this summer transfer window, bringing in Bellde
bringing Carbaijo, who was out at the New York Red Bulls.
He'll be familiar, neither of available for the weekend, and
there's conversations surrounding Matti Rojas, who used to be at
(03:49):
Inter Miami, and if he.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
Comes over, he spends the time.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Down in Argentina with River Plate. So I think in
real time they're trying to strengthen not only the physical
in the team, but more the mentality.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
They want some.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Monster mentality players and maybe they get them, but they
won't be here in time for the game against Cincinnati FC.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Cincinnati on the road against Portland MLS season pass Apple
TV hopefully increase usage for Kevin Denke on a Saturday night.
The match starts at ten thirty. How do you handicap
the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Highly highly, highly competitive? You know when people ask me
about FC Cincinnati, I will always instinctually tell you that
they will be there in the end, because I just
I believe in Chris Albright, the staff that's been put together,
Pat Noonan, you know, Kenny Arena, Don Kinier, everybody that's involved.
(04:46):
I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of those guys because
they're soccer people making soccer decisions. And even though the
consistency of results haven't been there, I think there's reasonable
understand why there's been, you know, some bullet point hiccups
throughout the course of the season. But I can promise
(05:06):
you this, whoever is drawn against FC Cincinnati in the playoffs,
and however this final eight games looked because obviously.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
You want to win the Eastern Conference, you want home
field advantage, you want to be.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
In a similar situation that the LA Galaxy was last year,
where you kind of figure out a way to manipulate
results in your favor and host an MLS Cup final,
because that Cincinnati fan base deserves that type of atmosphere,
because it's extraordinary being inside that stadium. It's about momentum,
and how can you manufacture momentum and manufacture moments where
(05:39):
even the annunga red card. You can figure out a
way to hold on and get that three points. So
all of those things can be true in real time.
And what as I think a monster of a competition
that is the Eastern Conference.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
Yeah, it's last year was different, right, it was sort
of top heavy, and then we got to the MLS
Cup playoffs and you know, what we thought was gonna
happen obviously did not. This year, it feels much much
more wide open. Obviously FC Cincinnati is still in the
running for the Supporter Shield. They have a bunch of
home games coming up, and first things first, on the
road Saturday night ten thirty against Portland, the homecoming of
(06:15):
swords for Orlando. Brian Duncith MLS season past. Apple TV
can thank you enough. Enjoyed it, man, thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
Yeah, I appreciate it.
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