October 28, 2025 • 11 mins
Taylor Twellman of MLS Season Pass on Apple TV joined us to discuss the playoff series between FC Cincinnati and the Columbus Crew.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nationwide keyword on our website. Money. That's money. Enter
(00:04):
it now ESPN fifteen thirty. It's five minutes after four o'clock.
This is ESPN fifteen thirty. O. F Oegger, thank you
so much for joining us today. Hopefully you're having like
the greatest Tuesday of all time. We are because we're
at Oakley Greens, which is where we are every single Tuesday.
By the way, tomorrow's a big night for two reasons here. A,
(00:28):
you got Faaraway Feud Trivia starts at seven o'clock. B
they've got trigger treating. They're moving it indoors because the
forecast isn't awesome tomorrow. That'll be from five o'clock until
eight o'clock. Wall supplies last tomorrow. If you're looking ahead
to the weekend, Sunday night e FC Cincinnati on the
road against Game two of the best of three series,
(00:50):
a chance to wrap up the series after last night's
when you can watch that game and all subsequent FC
Cincinnati postseason games right here at Oakley Green. The Orange
and Blue winning last night one mil Kevin Denke with
a goal. Pat Noonan's defense was terrific. Last night, Roman
Celentano who earlier today was given the MLS saved the year.
(01:12):
I thought was really good and the hell is real
best of three series off to a great start for
FC Cincinnati. The greatest soccer analyst working today from MLS
Season Pass on Apple TV, Taylor twelvem and kind enough
to give us a few minutes to talk about the
series with us. Taylor, It's awesome to have you as always.
Good Afternoon, How are you good?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
How are you, buddy?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm well, I'm better. After last night, it felt like
throughout the course of the evening they haven't played their
best against Columbus this year. It felt like they did
control most of the game. Is that how you felt?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, they were the better team on the night. I
thought they did a real good job. I think Pat
Noon and his staff listen. They had a full week
to prepare for it, right, so I think their defensive
posture and the way they kind of went out. I
thought the first twenty minutes was really really good, and
then Celotano had to make a good save on Max
(02:06):
Arsten late in the first half, but they had the
better chances. And it's still and we'll get into this,
it's still just the finest of margins off between Brenner,
Evander and Dentate. But they're three really good players and
when you give them enough, they're going to find a
way to score a goal. I just thought that as
(02:27):
a whole, they were the better team. They probably should
have scored two or three goals on the night, and
in typical fashion under pad noon and they'll win a
game by one goal and be confident doing so.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
They score the goal, and then I was expecting the
feeling like you're hanging on for dear life, and obviously,
you know, if the equalizer comes, you know, maybe it's
a different outcome. I just relative to how they've played
against Columbus, not just this year but in the past,
and the twenty twenty three game sort of looms over
this entire series, it didn't feel well to me, like
(03:00):
they were hanging on for dear life. They filed in
control of those final twenty fifteen twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, I mean, to your point, they've played now nineteen
times Columbus Cincinnati, and in six of those games Cincinnati's
had a two goal lead. They've only won two of those,
and so there is this like eerie feeling when Cincinnati
goes up. You brought twenty twenty three Eastern Conference Final.
Even this year they were up to zero in July.
(03:28):
They lost that game for too Now in saying that,
I think we've got to be very objective about it.
Columbus doesn't have their designated player number nine, so that
changes the way they look. They're not real threatening. They'll
still create chances because will for Nanci and the way
they go about their I would say infrastructure in the
(03:49):
final third. They'll create chances just through their system and
the way they moved the ball. But I never saw
a real threatening Columbus crew. Now, could Columbus have scored
a goal or two, absolutely, MaTx Harvesten Andres Herrera, But
who are we talking about. We're talking about their wing
backs and so Mo. That's why I just feeled Diego
Rossi he missed for the last five games. He played
(04:12):
seventy five minutes last night, but he's playing out of position.
They just don't have the perfect balance in the final third,
so Columbus isn't going to be at full strength. And
so that's why I think you felt the way you
did in saying, yeah, we had a one zero lead,
Cincinnati's got it and it felt like it was in
the bag the entire time.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Taylor Twelman is with this MLS season past Apple TV.
The playoffs continue tonight in the Eastern Conference Charlotte and
New York City. I want to get to the East
as a whole in just a second. But with Game
two looming on Sunday, how do you expect both coaches
to adjust to what happened last night?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I think Pat Newton will reiterate the same principles, reiterate
that collectively, if they're in sync with their defensive structure
and they press in the right moments, they'll be good.
They've got to get a different a Vander than what
they got last night. In my opinion, I think Evander
Thoms was trying to do way too much with nutmegs
(05:11):
and tricks and all of that. When Evander plays real
simple well, I think he's arguably the second best player
in the league behind Lionel Messi, and so he can
pull off the spectacular. But at times last night I
thought it was too much flair. I think the bigger
question mark is for Columbus. How can Columbus personnel wise
change the complexion of their attack? How can they change
(05:34):
the balance, And I've said this two or three times
in the broadcast, particularly in the second half. I'm getting
Diego Rossi out of the middle, and I'm gonna play
him in a wide spot at some point and find
someone else to play that spot to occupy Miles Robinson
last night. So I think it's going to be a
little bit more the same from Pat noonon. I think
(05:56):
it's gonna be a little bit different than I thought. Well,
for Nazi's quote before the game, brilliant. When Cincinnati Columbus play,
it's a jazz song. You just got to find a
different way and a different song and a different note
to play because both coaches are so stubborn in how
they go about their structure, but they're also very successful
in doing so. So I think the onus is more
(06:17):
on Columbus than it is Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
How good's Roman Salatano, He's good.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I think he's actually seen and realized where he can
be this year. I think there are good early on
this year. If I'm not mistaken. I think it was
the Columbus game he made two or three saves where
now all of a sudden he's realizing his potential. I
still think there's another level moment. I may be on
the outside looking in on this, but I still think
(06:45):
there's another level or two for him regarding leadership, regarding
his feet, but the reaction saves the ability to make
the save in the moment. He has really grown into
a prominent goalkeeper in that aspect. But I still think
at the international level and if he wants to further
his career wherever it may be, I still think there's
(07:07):
another level or two and I'm not I don't think
I'm being too critical. I think I'm just being transparent
in showing that he can get there. If you look
at the other goalkeeper, Patrick Schulte, who came into this
playoffs with huge question marks, he was fantastic last night.
His feet are better than Selatano. So right there, just
that comparison of Schulte and Selatano, is Selatano's feet improve
(07:30):
a little bit more. You're talking about arguably the best
goalie in MLS we've.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Had in the East. Philadelphia, Miami and FC Cincinnati each
get out to one nothing leads. Charlotte and New York
City start their series tonight, So we're a game away,
our guest, two games away from getting Messi versus Evander
in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Break down the Eastern Conference
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Form well up to this point, you and I speaking
the home team as it has won the first game
in every series up to the point. Charlotte and LAFC
will try to continue that tonight and tomorrow night. I
think that continues. I will be shocked if New York
City wins tonight, and I don't think Austin really has
a chance in the LAFC series. The Eastern Conference is
(08:15):
a real interesting one. I thought Chicago I'll played Philadelphia
the other night. I think Philadelphia was lucky to win
on penalties. And I just listen, Nashville on Decision Day
should have scored at half time that expected goals of
three point one. What that means for your listeners is
they were expected to at least score three goals in
(08:35):
forty five minutes against Miami. They ended up losing the
game five to two. So this Saturday night in Nashville,
Messi and Miami they're gonna have their hands full because
Nashville is gonna be that team, not the team we
saw in Leg one, and Miami doesn't want to go
to a third game. They just don't. They lost to
Atlanta last year's the number one seed. They don't want
(08:57):
to go there, So that's gonna be very interesting. I
think columb this is gonna give Cincinnati everything. They're going
to throw the kitchen sink at him. They don't want
that to be the last game at Darlington Nagby's career.
I think we're a long way of really handicapping the
East right now. But I would be shocked if it's
not Cincinnati host in Miami because both teams rightfully so
(09:18):
against their opponents, they're the better team. But how often
do we talk about the better team not winning? And
I don't want to bring up your Bengals losing to
the jet because that'd be a perfect of what I'm
talking about.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Well, you had to twist a knife even further. Uh, yes,
that's all right, you know what. It ain't like we
haven't been talking about it ourselves. FC Cincinnati and Columbus
up North Sunday at six point thirty. The MLS Cup
Playoffs can be seen on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass,
where you can watch our guy Taylor twelve and awesome
to have you, man, I do appreciate it as always,
(09:53):
Thanks so.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Much, yep, thanks for having me, but you got it.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
A fun game last night, it felt like it felt
like they were in control. Columbus is number two in
Major League Soccer in times of possession over fifty eight percent.
They possessed the ball for about fifty two percent of
the game last night, and we've if you're an FC
Cincinnati fan, you've watched a lot of games like that,
including here down the stretch, where they may score, they
may take the lead, and it just feels like they're
(10:18):
hanging on for dear life. Columbus had chances in the
final minutes, had a couple of chances in extra time,
but it didn't feel chaotic. It didn't feel like FC
Cincinnati ever really relinquished control of the game. They jump
out to a one nothing lead in the series, a
chance to wrap it up in Columbus, which as cool
as as cool as it is to win at home,
(10:39):
it would be awesome to wrap up the series up
there six point thirty on a Sunday night. You could,
of course listen to it on Fox Sports thirteen to sixty.
Fun atmosphere for that game last night at the soccer
venue on the West end of Cincinnati. More on that
coming up here, and just a bit, our guy Sean
Say at Stats and Schemes is going to join us.
Because it's two Tuesday at five twenty, we are guest
(11:02):
free for about an hour. Five point three seven four nine,
fifteen thirty and eight six six, seven oh two three
seven seven six will get you in. We've got Game
three of the World Series, which was epic last night
to talk about. We've got some Bengals injury issues to discuss.
We have a possible Bengals injury issue that we at
least have to acknowledge. And the imaginary conversation I keep
(11:26):
finding myself having with Duke Tobin. That coming up a
little bit later on. But first, I cannot imagine being
a fan of a certain team today That next when
we come back to Oakley Greens on ESPN fifteen thirty,
Cincinnati Sports Station
It's nationwide keyword on our website. Money. That's money. Enter
(00:04):
it now ESPN fifteen thirty. It's five minutes after four o'clock.
This is ESPN fifteen thirty. O. F Oegger, thank you
so much for joining us today. Hopefully you're having like
the greatest Tuesday of all time. We are because we're
at Oakley Greens, which is where we are every single Tuesday.
By the way, tomorrow's a big night for two reasons here. A,
(00:28):
you got Faaraway Feud Trivia starts at seven o'clock. B
they've got trigger treating. They're moving it indoors because the
forecast isn't awesome tomorrow. That'll be from five o'clock until
eight o'clock. Wall supplies last tomorrow. If you're looking ahead
to the weekend, Sunday night e FC Cincinnati on the
road against Game two of the best of three series,
(00:50):
a chance to wrap up the series after last night's
when you can watch that game and all subsequent FC
Cincinnati postseason games right here at Oakley Green. The Orange
and Blue winning last night one mil Kevin Denke with
a goal. Pat Noonan's defense was terrific. Last night, Roman
Celentano who earlier today was given the MLS saved the year.
(01:12):
I thought was really good and the hell is real
best of three series off to a great start for
FC Cincinnati. The greatest soccer analyst working today from MLS
Season Pass on Apple TV, Taylor twelvem and kind enough
to give us a few minutes to talk about the
series with us. Taylor, It's awesome to have you as always.
Good Afternoon, How are you good?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
How are you, buddy?
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm well, I'm better. After last night, it felt like
throughout the course of the evening they haven't played their
best against Columbus this year. It felt like they did
control most of the game. Is that how you felt?
Speaker 2 (01:46):
Yeah, they were the better team on the night. I
thought they did a real good job. I think Pat
Noon and his staff listen. They had a full week
to prepare for it, right, so I think their defensive
posture and the way they kind of went out. I
thought the first twenty minutes was really really good, and
then Celotano had to make a good save on Max
(02:06):
Arsten late in the first half, but they had the
better chances. And it's still and we'll get into this,
it's still just the finest of margins off between Brenner,
Evander and Dentate. But they're three really good players and
when you give them enough, they're going to find a
way to score a goal. I just thought that as
(02:27):
a whole, they were the better team. They probably should
have scored two or three goals on the night, and
in typical fashion under pad noon and they'll win a
game by one goal and be confident doing so.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
They score the goal, and then I was expecting the
feeling like you're hanging on for dear life, and obviously,
you know, if the equalizer comes, you know, maybe it's
a different outcome. I just relative to how they've played
against Columbus, not just this year but in the past,
and the twenty twenty three game sort of looms over
this entire series, it didn't feel well to me, like
(03:00):
they were hanging on for dear life. They filed in
control of those final twenty fifteen twenty minutes.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yeah, I mean, to your point, they've played now nineteen
times Columbus Cincinnati, and in six of those games Cincinnati's
had a two goal lead. They've only won two of those,
and so there is this like eerie feeling when Cincinnati
goes up. You brought twenty twenty three Eastern Conference Final.
Even this year they were up to zero in July.
(03:28):
They lost that game for too Now in saying that,
I think we've got to be very objective about it.
Columbus doesn't have their designated player number nine, so that
changes the way they look. They're not real threatening. They'll
still create chances because will for Nanci and the way
they go about their I would say infrastructure in the
(03:49):
final third. They'll create chances just through their system and
the way they moved the ball. But I never saw
a real threatening Columbus crew. Now, could Columbus have scored
a goal or two, absolutely, MaTx Harvesten Andres Herrera, But
who are we talking about. We're talking about their wing
backs and so Mo. That's why I just feeled Diego
Rossi he missed for the last five games. He played
(04:12):
seventy five minutes last night, but he's playing out of position.
They just don't have the perfect balance in the final third,
so Columbus isn't going to be at full strength. And
so that's why I think you felt the way you
did in saying, yeah, we had a one zero lead,
Cincinnati's got it and it felt like it was in
the bag the entire time.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
Taylor Twelman is with this MLS season past Apple TV.
The playoffs continue tonight in the Eastern Conference Charlotte and
New York City. I want to get to the East
as a whole in just a second. But with Game
two looming on Sunday, how do you expect both coaches
to adjust to what happened last night?
Speaker 2 (04:51):
I think Pat Newton will reiterate the same principles, reiterate
that collectively, if they're in sync with their defensive structure
and they press in the right moments, they'll be good.
They've got to get a different a Vander than what
they got last night. In my opinion, I think Evander
Thoms was trying to do way too much with nutmegs
(05:11):
and tricks and all of that. When Evander plays real
simple well, I think he's arguably the second best player
in the league behind Lionel Messi, and so he can
pull off the spectacular. But at times last night I
thought it was too much flair. I think the bigger
question mark is for Columbus. How can Columbus personnel wise
change the complexion of their attack? How can they change
(05:34):
the balance, And I've said this two or three times
in the broadcast, particularly in the second half. I'm getting
Diego Rossi out of the middle, and I'm gonna play
him in a wide spot at some point and find
someone else to play that spot to occupy Miles Robinson
last night. So I think it's going to be a
little bit more the same from Pat noonon. I think
(05:56):
it's gonna be a little bit different than I thought. Well,
for Nazi's quote before the game, brilliant. When Cincinnati Columbus play,
it's a jazz song. You just got to find a
different way and a different song and a different note
to play because both coaches are so stubborn in how
they go about their structure, but they're also very successful
in doing so. So I think the onus is more
(06:17):
on Columbus than it is Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
How good's Roman Salatano, He's good.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
I think he's actually seen and realized where he can
be this year. I think there are good early on
this year. If I'm not mistaken. I think it was
the Columbus game he made two or three saves where
now all of a sudden he's realizing his potential. I
still think there's another level moment. I may be on
the outside looking in on this, but I still think
(06:45):
there's another level or two for him regarding leadership, regarding
his feet, but the reaction saves the ability to make
the save in the moment. He has really grown into
a prominent goalkeeper in that aspect. But I still think
at the international level and if he wants to further
his career wherever it may be, I still think there's
(07:07):
another level or two and I'm not I don't think
I'm being too critical. I think I'm just being transparent
in showing that he can get there. If you look
at the other goalkeeper, Patrick Schulte, who came into this
playoffs with huge question marks, he was fantastic last night.
His feet are better than Selatano. So right there, just
that comparison of Schulte and Selatano, is Selatano's feet improve
(07:30):
a little bit more. You're talking about arguably the best
goalie in MLS we've.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
Had in the East. Philadelphia, Miami and FC Cincinnati each
get out to one nothing leads. Charlotte and New York
City start their series tonight, So we're a game away,
our guest, two games away from getting Messi versus Evander
in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Break down the Eastern Conference
as a whole.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Form well up to this point, you and I speaking
the home team as it has won the first game
in every series up to the point. Charlotte and LAFC
will try to continue that tonight and tomorrow night. I
think that continues. I will be shocked if New York
City wins tonight, and I don't think Austin really has
a chance in the LAFC series. The Eastern Conference is
(08:15):
a real interesting one. I thought Chicago I'll played Philadelphia
the other night. I think Philadelphia was lucky to win
on penalties. And I just listen, Nashville on Decision Day
should have scored at half time that expected goals of
three point one. What that means for your listeners is
they were expected to at least score three goals in
(08:35):
forty five minutes against Miami. They ended up losing the
game five to two. So this Saturday night in Nashville,
Messi and Miami they're gonna have their hands full because
Nashville is gonna be that team, not the team we
saw in Leg one, and Miami doesn't want to go
to a third game. They just don't. They lost to
Atlanta last year's the number one seed. They don't want
(08:57):
to go there, So that's gonna be very interesting. I
think columb this is gonna give Cincinnati everything. They're going
to throw the kitchen sink at him. They don't want
that to be the last game at Darlington Nagby's career.
I think we're a long way of really handicapping the
East right now. But I would be shocked if it's
not Cincinnati host in Miami because both teams rightfully so
(09:18):
against their opponents, they're the better team. But how often
do we talk about the better team not winning? And
I don't want to bring up your Bengals losing to
the jet because that'd be a perfect of what I'm
talking about.
Speaker 1 (09:31):
Well, you had to twist a knife even further. Uh, yes,
that's all right, you know what. It ain't like we
haven't been talking about it ourselves. FC Cincinnati and Columbus
up North Sunday at six point thirty. The MLS Cup
Playoffs can be seen on Apple TV's MLS Season Pass,
where you can watch our guy Taylor twelve and awesome
to have you, man, I do appreciate it as always,
(09:53):
Thanks so.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Much, yep, thanks for having me, but you got it.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
A fun game last night, it felt like it felt
like they were in control. Columbus is number two in
Major League Soccer in times of possession over fifty eight percent.
They possessed the ball for about fifty two percent of
the game last night, and we've if you're an FC
Cincinnati fan, you've watched a lot of games like that,
including here down the stretch, where they may score, they
may take the lead, and it just feels like they're
(10:18):
hanging on for dear life. Columbus had chances in the
final minutes, had a couple of chances in extra time,
but it didn't feel chaotic. It didn't feel like FC
Cincinnati ever really relinquished control of the game. They jump
out to a one nothing lead in the series, a
chance to wrap it up in Columbus, which as cool
as as cool as it is to win at home,
(10:39):
it would be awesome to wrap up the series up
there six point thirty on a Sunday night. You could,
of course listen to it on Fox Sports thirteen to sixty.
Fun atmosphere for that game last night at the soccer
venue on the West end of Cincinnati. More on that
coming up here, and just a bit, our guy Sean
Say at Stats and Schemes is going to join us.
Because it's two Tuesday at five twenty, we are guest
(11:02):
free for about an hour. Five point three seven four nine,
fifteen thirty and eight six six, seven oh two three
seven seven six will get you in. We've got Game
three of the World Series, which was epic last night
to talk about. We've got some Bengals injury issues to discuss.
We have a possible Bengals injury issue that we at
least have to acknowledge. And the imaginary conversation I keep
(11:26):
finding myself having with Duke Tobin. That coming up a
little bit later on. But first, I cannot imagine being
a fan of a certain team today That next when
we come back to Oakley Greens on ESPN fifteen thirty,
Cincinnati Sports Station
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