July 18, 2025 • 9 mins
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He joined us to preview the match on ESPN1530.
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Listen to the show live weekday afternoons 3:00 - 6:00 on ESPN1530.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thirty Moeggers. So we talked on Monday, how so much
air came out of the balloon for FC Cincinnati, not
jest with them losing, but the way they lost, who
they lost to. I think on Wednesday night they put
all the air back in a dominant performance against Miami,
a brace for Evander. Now the Orange and Blue heads
out on the road. They'll be in Salt Lake City
(00:21):
tomorrow night for a game against Real Salt Lake nine
thirty late night soccer. You can watch it on MLS
Season Pass on Apple TV and on the call. Not
only a play by play voice for Apple TV's MLS
Season Pass, but the host of the soccer og, Max Bredtoss,
is with us. It's awesome to have you, Max. I
appreciate the time. Good afternoon, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I was good mode, but even better after that wonderful intro.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Appreciate it and yet stay up late night.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
With us on nlscson Pass on on a Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That's some good weekend plan.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
It's it's good. It's especially good when you play as
well as FC Cincinnati did on Wednesday. A spearheaded by
the work of Evander Lionel Messi got a front row
seat to watch Avander play.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
On Wednesday, and those are the two best, the two
top MVP candidates right now, and hard to see anyone
denying Messi.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
As influential as he has been. Not to mention in
the name recognition.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm sure that's going to sway voters, but I would
be hard pressed not to give it to a Vander.
It's just you expect to see him do these incredible
things in this five games, seven goals over five games,
just steady, important goals, attractive goals, and it's just it's
been a joy to watch him. And it's a joy
to watch him because you know, I've covered him, I've
(01:39):
just seen him smile and he's just in a really
happy spot. It's it's great for c Cincinnati, it's great
for our league because this is a this is a
big star who could be doing this in so many places,
and I can assure you clubs in Europe and Brazil
are taking notice. But hopefully he's happy in MLLs and
sec F C Cincinnati makes a hole and this is
(02:00):
a relationship that continues for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Well, and when we were kind of paying attention to
what ended up being the end of Lujo Acosta's time
in Cincinnati. I didn't think there would be any singular
player who would make us stop talking about him, and
a Vander did that almost instantly.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
It's amazing. I mean, he really is a one in
a million when when you go out there.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And it was a perfect scenario when I remember in
the offseason, we've never seen that in MLS to have,
you know, these two elite number tens with this new
apparatus where you can do cash for trades aka transfer
for players internally in Major League Soccer, and immediately we
had these two massive moves. Lucho Acosta, who was tremendous
(02:44):
for Cincinnati, he clearly wanted to change.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
He was able to.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Get to SC Dallas they you know, dropped a big
offer there and then Cincinnati until made that to Evander.
And you know, I had my guard up with the
Vander because I think there was a there was some
there was something incomplete and what he was and what
he was having here and I think whatever it was
in FC Cincinnati, and you know, I had a pleasure
(03:10):
of polies and games there. It's remarkable on the fan base.
They were spectacular on Wednesday in that Miami game as they.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Have been all seasons. Maybe that's been fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
A bit, but this was I don't see any other
player that could have done that.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
This was the guy. I guess there was some risk,
and there.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Has to be some risk involved because you wanted to
see if it didn't work out in.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Portland, how could it be better here? But it has
been better and this is I mean, it's I don't
know if you get better than this.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
This is just that perfect moment where you're able to
PLoP this guy in there and he has made everything clicks.
It's it was like the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And you know how this works across all the sports.
You know, a general manager or a coach with a
successful track record, you start to defer to them, and
I think a lot of us when it comes to
roster decisions, when it comes to player acquisition, I think
a lot of us are starting to do that, and
understandably with Chris Albright and Pat Noon.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, and the whole Luco Acosta situation, you know, there's
some unpleasant moments, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Some of it leaked out into the news with the
back and forth with Chris Albright and.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Pat Noon and Lucho Acosta, And I think that's also
a good learning lesson because Chris, you know, it's still
very early as his Pat in their careers away from
the sport off the field, So I think that was
a good lesson of a player relationships and how to
manage it because you know everything's going great with the
Vanner but maybe things you know, things aren't always going
(04:35):
to go as well as they have for Cincinnati, as
they certainly did against Columbus, and they fix that immediately.
But this was an opportunity to see how it worked
for a young front office, and I imagine things that
they that they saw with Luco there, they're going to
hope to handle it a little differently with a very
similar South American big time star who's proven in MLS,
(04:56):
which is another big part of it, because you always
take a risk you bring in a player like this,
but you knew he came down LS and was successful
at Portland.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
He put up great numbers, so that takes away some
of the risks.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
So that all goes into the pot for these guys,
and I think Chris Olbrid and Pat Noon are gonna
be better off as professionals, so they'll probably be the
first ones to tell you that having gone through this process.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
The top of the Eastern Conference is brutal. And you
know that match on Wednesday night was significant because it
was a six point swing for FC Cincinnati and Miami.
I know they've lost recently. It feels like Philadelphia never loses.
We know how good Columbus can be. We've watched Nashville.
How do you handicap the top of the Eastern Conferences?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's different words, I guess from a neutral for me
being out here in West it's wonderful theater. So there's
gonna be a really really good team that finishes fifth
and probably a really good team that finishes sixth that
are going to you know, have to hit the road
for that opening round of the playoffs. So that's going
to make the race for the top four exceptional. I
think that's what you really don't want to be left out.
(06:00):
You want to finish first or second, but you definitely
don't want to finish fifth. And right now, if you
look at I think Inter Miami's in fifth place, and
that's stunning. They just had a five match winning streak.
Messi was scoring well ten goals is unbelievable, and that's
still not good enough to get him into the top four.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
So you know, I've watched this league from the beginning.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I can't remember as top heavy in recent years as
that the West is certainly lagging. They might be able
to catch up by season's end, but those teams have
been really good. I've had a chance to see them
all into individually. It's I think the best way to
handicap it and would be really exciting when that secondary
(06:40):
market opens on the twenty fourth of July to see
what those five to six teams do. And I think Cincinnati,
unfortunately their hands are tied. They'll do something, but they
won't be the big because Azz they.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Did that with the vander and Kevin dean Ka already.
But you know, if they can.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Find someone that can help. I mean, they've done nice
with some of the peripheral moves. I wouldn't even say
picking up Ki Kamara has been a really nice move,
and that just shows you how smart these guys are.
For Cincinnati, we will give them an edge, but the
season all matters when they're in the playoffs, because Cincinnati
has not made that Cup or the big game. Really
so this is there is an opportunity. Unfortunately for them,
they're gonna have.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
A lot of company. But I'm gonna be curious to
see what those six teams do.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
We're already hearing rumors about or not rumors or some
reports about what.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Inter Miami is planning on doing.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
So that's going to obviously be the team that out
of the bunch will be viewed as the team to be.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, let's stay in the Western Conference and talk
for a second about the team that I've seen. Cincinnati
plays tomorrow, Real Salt Lake, a squad that has played
better recently. If you're Pat Noonan, what worries you about them?
Speaker 2 (07:41):
The A that they're playing their best soccer A or
B that they're completely healthy and everyone's back from international duty.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
I mean I was. I told their game Wednesday in
Portland and Palomastreni.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Their coach got to bring in whatever he liked off
the bench.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
He had the exact profile of a.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Player to jump in as the number nine, and that
guy contributed on the game winning goal. To bring in
a fullback, to bring in a central midfielder. They have three,
They have four really good central midfielders. Now they are
so good that they got to loan out Nelson Palasio
to a Swiss football because they're covered enough and he's
going to have a problem trying to get all these
(08:19):
players in.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
But they're playing their best soccer of the season.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Without question, unbeaten in five This is a huge win
for them because this would put them into those playoff
positions pretty firm, and I think they're looking at a
Cincinnati team that is going to be I mean, they're
not going to take Cincinnati lightly, but Cincinnati have, as
you pointed out, lo have a crazy week hell.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Is Reel and then Inner Miami.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
And that said, I think if Cincinnati can come out
of here with the result that would be as impressive
as what they did against Inner Miami at altitude short week.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think this would be one of those moments where
you go.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Hey, Cincinnati, that's a that's an eye opener.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
That's a result for them.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
But on the flip side, I think Rayl salt Lake
saying we're doing well, Uh's let's put in a masterpiece
here and head into the All Star Break as the
hottest team potentially in the Western Conference and with a
big win over one of the best teams in the league.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, two teams coming in playing I think at their
best so far this season. Max, have a great call
tomorrow night. Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I appreciate it. Bo have a great weekend and we'll
see you soon. Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
You got it. There you go tomorrow night. MLS Season
Pass Apple TV. Max Brenttos has the call, and he
is also host of the soccer og podcast, which this
soccer newbie enjoys immensely. It's five thirty on ESPN fifteen thirty.
Lines are open five one, three, seven, four nine fifteen
thirty and eight sixty six seven oh two three seven
seven six. Let's talk agents after sports headlines next
Thirty Moeggers. So we talked on Monday, how so much
air came out of the balloon for FC Cincinnati, not
jest with them losing, but the way they lost, who
they lost to. I think on Wednesday night they put
all the air back in a dominant performance against Miami,
a brace for Evander. Now the Orange and Blue heads
out on the road. They'll be in Salt Lake City
(00:21):
tomorrow night for a game against Real Salt Lake nine
thirty late night soccer. You can watch it on MLS
Season Pass on Apple TV and on the call. Not
only a play by play voice for Apple TV's MLS
Season Pass, but the host of the soccer og, Max Bredtoss,
is with us. It's awesome to have you, Max. I
appreciate the time. Good afternoon, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:44):
I was good mode, but even better after that wonderful intro.
Speaker 3 (00:47):
Appreciate it and yet stay up late night.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
With us on nlscson Pass on on a Saturday.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That's some good weekend plan.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
It's it's good. It's especially good when you play as
well as FC Cincinnati did on Wednesday. A spearheaded by
the work of Evander Lionel Messi got a front row
seat to watch Avander play.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
On Wednesday, and those are the two best, the two
top MVP candidates right now, and hard to see anyone
denying Messi.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
As influential as he has been. Not to mention in
the name recognition.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm sure that's going to sway voters, but I would
be hard pressed not to give it to a Vander.
It's just you expect to see him do these incredible
things in this five games, seven goals over five games,
just steady, important goals, attractive goals, and it's just it's
been a joy to watch him. And it's a joy
to watch him because you know, I've covered him, I've
(01:39):
just seen him smile and he's just in a really
happy spot. It's it's great for c Cincinnati, it's great
for our league because this is a this is a
big star who could be doing this in so many places,
and I can assure you clubs in Europe and Brazil
are taking notice. But hopefully he's happy in MLLs and
sec F C Cincinnati makes a hole and this is
(02:00):
a relationship that continues for the foreseeable future.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
Well, and when we were kind of paying attention to
what ended up being the end of Lujo Acosta's time
in Cincinnati. I didn't think there would be any singular
player who would make us stop talking about him, and
a Vander did that almost instantly.
Speaker 3 (02:18):
It's amazing. I mean, he really is a one in
a million when when you go out there.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
And it was a perfect scenario when I remember in
the offseason, we've never seen that in MLS to have,
you know, these two elite number tens with this new
apparatus where you can do cash for trades aka transfer
for players internally in Major League Soccer, and immediately we
had these two massive moves. Lucho Acosta, who was tremendous
(02:44):
for Cincinnati, he clearly wanted to change.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
He was able to.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
Get to SC Dallas they you know, dropped a big
offer there and then Cincinnati until made that to Evander.
And you know, I had my guard up with the
Vander because I think there was a there was some
there was something incomplete and what he was and what
he was having here and I think whatever it was
in FC Cincinnati, and you know, I had a pleasure
(03:10):
of polies and games there. It's remarkable on the fan base.
They were spectacular on Wednesday in that Miami game as they.
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Have been all seasons. Maybe that's been fulfilled.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
A bit, but this was I don't see any other
player that could have done that.
Speaker 3 (03:21):
This was the guy. I guess there was some risk,
and there.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Has to be some risk involved because you wanted to
see if it didn't work out in.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Portland, how could it be better here? But it has
been better and this is I mean, it's I don't
know if you get better than this.
Speaker 2 (03:35):
This is just that perfect moment where you're able to
PLoP this guy in there and he has made everything clicks.
It's it was like the final piece of a jigsaw puzzle.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
And you know how this works across all the sports.
You know, a general manager or a coach with a
successful track record, you start to defer to them, and
I think a lot of us when it comes to
roster decisions, when it comes to player acquisition, I think
a lot of us are starting to do that, and
understandably with Chris Albright and Pat Noon.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Yeah, and the whole Luco Acosta situation, you know, there's
some unpleasant moments, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Some of it leaked out into the news with the
back and forth with Chris Albright and.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
Pat Noon and Lucho Acosta, And I think that's also
a good learning lesson because Chris, you know, it's still
very early as his Pat in their careers away from
the sport off the field, So I think that was
a good lesson of a player relationships and how to
manage it because you know everything's going great with the
Vanner but maybe things you know, things aren't always going
(04:35):
to go as well as they have for Cincinnati, as
they certainly did against Columbus, and they fix that immediately.
But this was an opportunity to see how it worked
for a young front office, and I imagine things that
they that they saw with Luco there, they're going to
hope to handle it a little differently with a very
similar South American big time star who's proven in MLS,
(04:56):
which is another big part of it, because you always
take a risk you bring in a player like this,
but you knew he came down LS and was successful
at Portland.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
He put up great numbers, so that takes away some
of the risks.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
So that all goes into the pot for these guys,
and I think Chris Olbrid and Pat Noon are gonna
be better off as professionals, so they'll probably be the
first ones to tell you that having gone through this process.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
The top of the Eastern Conference is brutal. And you
know that match on Wednesday night was significant because it
was a six point swing for FC Cincinnati and Miami.
I know they've lost recently. It feels like Philadelphia never loses.
We know how good Columbus can be. We've watched Nashville.
How do you handicap the top of the Eastern Conferences?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
It's different words, I guess from a neutral for me
being out here in West it's wonderful theater. So there's
gonna be a really really good team that finishes fifth
and probably a really good team that finishes sixth that
are going to you know, have to hit the road
for that opening round of the playoffs. So that's going
to make the race for the top four exceptional. I
think that's what you really don't want to be left out.
(06:00):
You want to finish first or second, but you definitely
don't want to finish fifth. And right now, if you
look at I think Inter Miami's in fifth place, and
that's stunning. They just had a five match winning streak.
Messi was scoring well ten goals is unbelievable, and that's
still not good enough to get him into the top four.
Speaker 3 (06:16):
So you know, I've watched this league from the beginning.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
I can't remember as top heavy in recent years as
that the West is certainly lagging. They might be able
to catch up by season's end, but those teams have
been really good. I've had a chance to see them
all into individually. It's I think the best way to
handicap it and would be really exciting when that secondary
(06:40):
market opens on the twenty fourth of July to see
what those five to six teams do. And I think Cincinnati,
unfortunately their hands are tied. They'll do something, but they
won't be the big because Azz they.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Did that with the vander and Kevin dean Ka already.
But you know, if they can.
Speaker 2 (06:55):
Find someone that can help. I mean, they've done nice
with some of the peripheral moves. I wouldn't even say
picking up Ki Kamara has been a really nice move,
and that just shows you how smart these guys are.
For Cincinnati, we will give them an edge, but the
season all matters when they're in the playoffs, because Cincinnati
has not made that Cup or the big game. Really
so this is there is an opportunity. Unfortunately for them,
they're gonna have.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
A lot of company. But I'm gonna be curious to
see what those six teams do.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
We're already hearing rumors about or not rumors or some
reports about what.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
Inter Miami is planning on doing.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
So that's going to obviously be the team that out
of the bunch will be viewed as the team to be.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
All right, let's stay in the Western Conference and talk
for a second about the team that I've seen. Cincinnati
plays tomorrow, Real Salt Lake, a squad that has played
better recently. If you're Pat Noonan, what worries you about them?
Speaker 2 (07:41):
The A that they're playing their best soccer A or
B that they're completely healthy and everyone's back from international duty.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
I mean I was. I told their game Wednesday in
Portland and Palomastreni.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Their coach got to bring in whatever he liked off
the bench.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
He had the exact profile of a.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
Player to jump in as the number nine, and that
guy contributed on the game winning goal. To bring in
a fullback, to bring in a central midfielder. They have three,
They have four really good central midfielders. Now they are
so good that they got to loan out Nelson Palasio
to a Swiss football because they're covered enough and he's
going to have a problem trying to get all these
(08:19):
players in.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
But they're playing their best soccer of the season.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Without question, unbeaten in five This is a huge win
for them because this would put them into those playoff
positions pretty firm, and I think they're looking at a
Cincinnati team that is going to be I mean, they're
not going to take Cincinnati lightly, but Cincinnati have, as
you pointed out, lo have a crazy week hell.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Is Reel and then Inner Miami.
Speaker 2 (08:41):
And that said, I think if Cincinnati can come out
of here with the result that would be as impressive
as what they did against Inner Miami at altitude short week.
Speaker 3 (08:50):
I think this would be one of those moments where
you go.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Hey, Cincinnati, that's a that's an eye opener.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
That's a result for them.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
But on the flip side, I think Rayl salt Lake
saying we're doing well, Uh's let's put in a masterpiece
here and head into the All Star Break as the
hottest team potentially in the Western Conference and with a
big win over one of the best teams in the league.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
Yeah, two teams coming in playing I think at their
best so far this season. Max, have a great call
tomorrow night. Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
I appreciate it. Bo have a great weekend and we'll
see you soon. Cincinnati.
Speaker 1 (09:19):
You got it. There you go tomorrow night. MLS Season
Pass Apple TV. Max Brenttos has the call, and he
is also host of the soccer og podcast, which this
soccer newbie enjoys immensely. It's five thirty on ESPN fifteen thirty.
Lines are open five one, three, seven, four nine fifteen
thirty and eight sixty six seven oh two three seven
seven six. Let's talk agents after sports headlines next
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