11/8/25: Mo Egger with Steve Cangialosi of Apple TV's MLS Season Pass.

Steve Cangialosi is calling Game Three of the FC Cincinnati/Columbus series for Apple TV's MLS Season Pass.  He joined us on ESPN1530.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
By the way, you just heard the forecast for the
next couple of days. Saturday looks pretty good. FC Cincinnati
and Columbus at six, kickoff at six, so temperature is
going to be fifty five according to our folks at
Channel nine, and no rain, So it should be a
good night, should be a great If you love soccer, man,
this weekend is awesome. You have all these deciding game
threes including obviously hell is Reel Saturday six o'clock at

(00:23):
TQL Stadium, the match on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Steve Cangelosi, who has joined us many times in the past,
has the call and kind in us, kind enough to
join us this afternoon. Steve, it's going to have you.
How are you.

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Out there on Saturday night?

Speaker 3 (00:39):
And this is going to be a heck of an occasion,
I'll tell you. It is all on the line, A
game of importance for so so many reasons. For FC
Cincinnati in particular, I think it's a game they've got
to win mo for a lot of reasons.

Speaker 1 (00:56):
And I think that the pressure is amplified because they
won game won and look so good in doing so.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
They did, and the script certainly flipped now in all fairness,
in game two, we see a Columbus team that played
the majority of the match from the thirty eight minute
on eleven v ten. But in all fairness, the Crew
got the better of it before that with I think
a very good game plan.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
They were the more aggressive team.

Speaker 3 (01:23):
And now we'll see what adjustments come here from patent
staff for.

Speaker 2 (01:29):
The decisive Game three.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
This is something that I think is largely on the
shoulders of his best player, of Ander, and I think
if you're looking for the tactical headline of the first
two games, even in the opening win, and it carried
over certainly to the four and nothing loss, I think
Columbus has done a very good job of minimizing the

(01:53):
impact of one of the best players in MLS, and
it's on the Blue and Orange to one their number
one attacking talent with the season on the line, I
think that's going to go a long way towards deciding
which one of these teams gets to a conference semi final.

Speaker 1 (02:11):
Yeah, you kind of went to where I was going
to go next. I'm waiting for Evander to, for lack
of a better way of putting it, show up on Saturday. Also,
I worry about this. You mentioned all the pressure on
FC Cincinnati, all the reasons why they need to win
this game. It's been rare during Pat Nonan's time in
Cincinnati that I thought his team kind of came unglued,
kind of came unhinged. I thought that happened on Sunday.

(02:33):
I worry about giving up an early goal, and then
I know what that crowd is going to sound like.
I know what the weight of that pressure is going
to be like, and I worry about something similar on
Saturday evening.

Speaker 3 (02:43):
I think that the pressure comes in many ways, shapes
and forms, and you've mentioned one path that it can
certainly come if you find yourself chasing the game much
of the night before an anxious crowd. Yes, but we've
seen a pattern when these teams.

Speaker 2 (03:00):
Meet where a one goal lead and even a two
goal lead is not safe.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
And you know, discipline and you know, having that cool
as a cucumber attitude in the crunch moments of this
game will be significant. And I think which team is
ready to enact it's game plan better is the one
that will survive the night.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
I'm interested to see.

Speaker 3 (03:29):
How Pat lines up his team for this game.

Speaker 2 (03:33):
Look, Gid, He's a heck of a player. He's got
a lot of technical ability.

Speaker 3 (03:37):
But if a being a Wolbedo is able to come back,
and if he's got starters minutes in him, you know.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Buka side by side with Wolbodo.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
I think that gets well Buka into the attack a
lot more and I think that's something that's a positive
for Cincinnati.

Speaker 2 (03:53):
But I don't know.

Speaker 3 (03:55):
Physically where Obita is at this point. Evander's got a
lot of this on his shoulders. As I said, one
thing that I think he has to forget about is
the fact that he's carried two yellow cards into this
game on Saturday night, and if he gets another one,
he'd be suspended for a conference semi final. You can't

(04:16):
think that far ahead because a lot of this is
going to define your season.

Speaker 2 (04:22):
I think this is a heck of a.

Speaker 3 (04:25):
Coaching staff that they have with Pat with Kenny Arena,
with Dominic kennear with Chris Albright leading the technical staff.
And I was talking to people about this earlier today,
and I do think that all things considered equal, this
is his coaching staff mough that should be as secure

(04:49):
as any in the league. They're well respected. They did
a nice job putting the team together this year, and
you'd have a hard time doing better.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
The problem is, Mo, not all things.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
Are created on Saturday night, because think about the consequences
of a loss.

Speaker 2 (05:08):
Here. You'd be looking at a loss.

Speaker 3 (05:11):
An elimination game on your home ground, your season ending
on your home ground for a third straight year, not
to mention the fact that you would bow out at
the expense of your opponent for the second time in
three years. So there's a lot going on there and
I can't speak to how ownership, you know, would deal

(05:33):
with that, but there's a lot that goes into winning
or losing this game. And if they do survive it, MO,
I think they're going to be really brimming with confidence
for as how long they remain in these MLS Cup playoffs,
which I think can be a very long way.

Speaker 1 (05:51):
Yeah, I hope. So it's going to be tense, it's
also going to be a lot of fun. Saturday at
six o'clock, Steve have a great call. We we appreciate the time.

Speaker 2 (06:00):
Thanks so much, MO, Thank you and take care. I'll
see you guys Saturday.

Speaker 1 (06:04):
Most definitely Steve Cangelosi MLS season past Apple TV. He
has the call for Game three,