March 7, 2025 • 43 mins
The crew breaks down the Philadelphia Union’s red-hot start to the season! We recap another dominant four-goal performance, preview the upcoming trip to New England, and take a look around the rest of MLS. Plenty to love, plenty to discuss—Union fans, enjoy! - SB
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Speaker 2 (00:00):
Recording.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh there we go, all right, Welcome back everybody to
another episode of X's in the U. It is a
great time to be alive in the Union Verse. This
is episode number twenty eight, and as usual, I am
joined with mister Adam Booth and club legend Sebastian Latoo. Guys,
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how are we doing this week?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Great?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Great, awesome? Well, as we said, we've got an exciting
week to talk about because we got a match review
against Noonan. We played noon and Adam and we got
I would say, a pretty significant win. Would you agree
or disagree?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I mean it's you we won't.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I think it's a win that we won't realize how
good it is until the future in terms of how
this the calendar shapes up.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
A little bit. But as of right now, massive win.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I think that was I think that was gargantuan what
you did on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah. I feel like everybody in the media was like, Okay,
they beat Orlando, but you know, we can't judge it. Yeah,
but that for one win, I think a lot of
people are like, oh wait, this is this is something
that that we have to take note of. So, uh, Sebastian,
you want to go through and let us know, by
the way, great job on the radio, I think that,
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and watched it on Apple, so I muted Apple and
had the laptop on the radio broadcast and I thoroughly
enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
I appreciate it. I mean I was with a legend JP,
so it's always easier to do a good job. But
now I thinks the game was the was great from
the team. I feel like out of ninety minutes, we
outplaced Incinnatu is supposed to be a top three in
the East for eighty minutes, you know, maybe the ten years.
In the second half we for the bit of sleep,
you know, like with the goal and the crossbar. But
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other than that, I feel like the team like really
came out the strong NLG you know, exactly what you
want to see for and DELI. Again it goes into games.
I mean, it's not much criticized we can do, but
the team, of course, there's still a lot of little
thing we can do better. But it was great to
see like the pushing for awhile you know, like winning
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the battles kind of like the filamentality, and they did great.
So yeah, it's great to be a two full to
start the season.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, Adam, you're in a sholder impressions of this one.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Look, you had a team that I think, you know,
shouts of Cincinnati. They played more soccer than anyone else
so far, I mean outside of the other teams in
the CCL right now or the cc Cup whatever they
call it these days. It was a situation where you
had a team that was had good momentum and solid
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momentum feeling and you know, was ready to put themselves
on display it on the map. In terms of Cincinnati,
they have their new striker at Vander We'll talk about
him later. He contributed, but you know right now, and
I think for a lot of Union fans they look
at a club like Cincinnati as something that we look at.
You know, they had a lot of our old players.
When they came into MLS, they started to spend the money,
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they got the stadium and all that. So that's like
a team that you kind of look against. If you
have criticisms of the Union, you kind of look at
Cincinnati and say, well, look what they're doing over there,
and then you smack them for to one.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
And I just think it's a in Look. It's something
that I find interesting is.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
If the union being too nothing is still are to
and zero is still something that people kind of hold
hesitant of, like, well, what are they exactly?
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Do we know?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Do we feel like this is going to last? Do
we think that this is just a fluke? But I
can tell you with real confidence if they were zero
and TO, the discourse would be completely.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
And I think there's something to that.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
I think you have to give these guys credit for
winning these first two matches in the style they did
that was pretty dominating. Some defense class that you need
to be talked about and you need to be addressed,
But this result was very big for me. I thought
that this team looked as good as they have in
a while, and like we're scratching the surface with this roster.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
That's the crazy part.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, and you look at this. I mean, Bribo strikes first,
great assist by Kai. I mean Kai and Quinn are
just doing wonderful things. Assist, Baribo has another, gets a
second one with an assist from Gazdag. But Seb, I
want you to go through that because that was one
of the reasons I was so happy. I was listening
on the radio because I'm watching on app and I'm
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like wait is that all sides? No, it's not. And
you were the first to jump on that about how
that wasn't an all sides call. You want to kind
of get I.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
Mean, I just again and he can say like me
saying no, way, no right away, it's there's no chance
it's it's an offside just because you know in the
run of the play and you see like the border
right away as the board deflated by a new guy
in the past of guys like off type position because
the rule you know, it's the bullding to get played
by one of your players, and he was not on
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the initial passes and he was from Wagner or Sullivan,
one or the other. But yeah, I mean it's like,
I don't know how why it took so long for
the referre it to go like I'm the guys in
the booth like it was called, you know, come on
next the decision. You know, we know it's the goal,
you know, uh, but after you know, it was a great,
great composure from gaz Dag. You know I have to
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I have to give him and all this. You know
you could gore, you know you could go for the goal,
but just know, sling this ball to to Barribo. It
just show him, you know, the unselfishness of Gasdag, the
fact that even if he's now the leading score of
the team, he's still deliver you know, goal for a cemate.
And you can see now you know more better. Let's say,
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I would say like not energy, but like the team
is one, you know, it's not like it's so individual.
You saw. The team wants to play together. They want
to you know, have the best for each other. And
gas Dag and now score making more assists is getting
closier to get in my world of fifty to fifty,
so hopefully it keeps you know, delivers those assets because
it means we have goals, so that that's great to see.
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And yeah, it was an easy goal for Varible but
in some time, you know, with like we didn't talk
too much about it, but like the condition, we're kind
of atrocious. You know, he was like so windy. It
was cold. I have felt bad for some of them
because you're the wind right in your face for any minutes.
But the tam was still electric, even if you know,
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some people maybe didn't come because of the weather, but
it was great to steal. Like the Superpark you know,
rocking that web for four times and people you know,
really changing the entire time. So yeah, it was it
was a good goal and you know, putting the team
to zero before halftime because you know half been. I
think first off, we had like three big tents. One
of Queen who knows the volly who passed so close
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a crossbar. He probably a hammer one of the guys
in some event hopefully you are watching and stop the ball.
But yeah, if you put on target, it's for me.
Gor the winn he went so fast. But yeah, two
goals out of three. We are very realistic. You know,
all chances right now we put the back of the
net and whore he keeps going.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Yeah, and speaking of back of the net, I mean
Beribo again for the hat trick. Adam he is three
ahead of Bentechi in the Golden boot race in the
second game. I mean, that is insane to me that
he is already flying on that.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Well, it's it's just that it's just a nose to mall.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Like I mean, Sebah can easily speak on this better
than I can possibly, but just that's a nine, like
that is a classic nine because he just finds the
space to be in, he finds where his teammates are,
and look the distribution coming from Gozdag and Sullivan and
Kai Bogner right now is on real like these balls
that are coming into the box and these guys are fantastic.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
And Seba spoke on it.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
The unselfish play of Gazdak, who easily could have tried
a couple of these on his own and probably would
have even scored himself, but knowing that he had his
teammate right there to make sure that these were like
unmissible goals and to make sure that to put the
team away, that is a true ten. You know, we're
seeing guys like I think like he's reminding me of
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dosh Cow all the way back in the day when
there was just a man who was like, I will
distribute this ball. You will find this ball because I
will put this on your foot. And you know, Gazag,
who we saw in the earlier stages of his time
here in Philadelphia, was a phenomenal scorer and was a
guy who was able to get the goal, was able
to get the goal whenever he wanted to. Still a
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fantastic man from the spot. But right now you're seeing
He's trusts the talent around him. He trusts the guys
around him that if I give you this ball, you're
gonna put this in the back of the net. And
he's getting rewarded for it. Ties getting Beribo's getting rewarded
for this as well. And look, even Ura is out
here being like, look, I'll get mine eventually. But this
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is fun. It's like now and we'll talk about our
newest gentleman at the end. But you look like your attack,
if they can sustain this in any capacity, looks really
really good.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, And to talk about tie the little fun facts,
he was named Man of the Match from MLS. That's
his second. He now ties Sebastian Latoo for being Man
of the Player of the Match day from MLS. And
the fun factor you're bringing up old players. He's launched
over mister Roland Alberg as the top fifteen in franchise
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history for goals. He's already in the top.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Fifteen, So I mean, that's kind of impressive.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
The guy get off the bench this time last year,
So yeah, it's pretty impressive run by him. So yeah,
taking over some records. But no, I mean, you know,
Evander showed skill and got that one goal. But as
you alluded to, and I'll let Sebastian talk about it,
Bruno comes in for Ura in the sixty eighth minute
and boom, you know, get gets a goal. So you know,
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what was your thought on Brunos first opening the books
with the Philadelphia Union.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
I mean I was a little bit not scared. But
you know when you have those conditions and you're on
the bench for a good hour and a half and
you're warming up and you don't know when your time
is going to come, Like I have to say them,
my probably might be frozen. You know you need to
go right away into the game. Your team is winning,
so you don't know, should keep pushing, you know, defense
help the team get the results. But you know you
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got one chance and bringing the back of the net.
So it's you can see again his movement and on
the shoulder of the defender. Of course, great delivery from
Quinn on the right side to him the great ass
this but it's you know something for him, I think,
very good to kind of get this of the shoulder,
knowing that you know, he got presented as a you know,
biggest transfer for the team as a striker. You know,
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you always want to get the goal first one out
of the way, especially bringing at home. I think it's
great to kind of a fit about the fans and
what is the what is up too? But now I
know hopefully he can play as he's a as it fuller,
you know, a full week of training with the team
and see what he can bring in New England. Maybe
save he can come up the bench. You can even
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what what he wants to do. But you can see
that now we can make a change at a sixty
eight minute on the game we are winning and keeps
going with the guy who would come in the game.
So it's it's very politicosit team for sure.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Yeah, and I know it was three to one at
the time, but I was happy to see the subs
coming in. You know, Calvin comes in for tie, Indiana
goes in for Gazdagg of course Pueno and so I mean,
you know, I was happy to see more subs earlier
on again three one, you know, game seems to be
in hand, but you're seeing more of the bench and
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more guys playing, and you saw Union really frustrated Cincinnati
and this is Adam, I believe the first time we've
beat Noonan in the regular season. That's the one thing
I was shocked that that was the first time we've
ever beaten at in the regular season. It was only
I think conker keV where we've beat him so once.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
He didn't have to rely on Jim's playbook anymore. You
had to figure out someone new. He finally got a
hot wind exactly.
Speaker 5 (12:13):
Yeah, come back on what you said, you know, saying
the sub I think it's something to your fandy to
be used to, because I'm sure you saw the way
we are playing again at home. But you know, the
entirere press, you know, like high press when the ball
is the last, you know, by the Union in behalf
of Cincinnati, you can really see, like especially like I
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was just doing the show for the Union, showing on
Pitcher seventeen eleven PM on Friday, Pleas tune in, but
I was describing the first goal of the team. After
six minutes, you see like Sullivan trying something doing a
past gas bag. The bull is clear by Cincinnati. You
could have been winned by your Cincinnati player in the midfield,
but guy is like right on his you know, but
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winning the first ball and then you know the little
combination it didn't Slivan and him start on the left side.
Great cross, but you can see the team really playing high,
really try to don't give a lot of time to
the flow out of Cincinnati being on them as soon
as the touchable and it's something we didn't see. Saw
more space, you know, between the line and the pass.
But when you do that, of course you need to
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make up because the guys are getting tired. And I
think I was talking this week in a practice that
the team of the Union out of two games are
the one who has been running the most out of
every team in MLS. Any shows you know, you you
really see, like you know, everybody pulling the gear, you know,
giving everything, and it's it's fun to watch. I have
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to say, Like we talked about, of course the guys
who score and you know, put the bullet back of
the net, but for me, like the lookage, you know,
the Denly, you know, the guys, the Gladness and mcanya
who was probably one of the who runs the most
you know in the game against the since because he
has to follow every time, the donkey and the couple.
But it's it's great to have that. And then when
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you have the people on the bench who can come
and make a details like that, and you did to
call the floors good. That's so healthy, you know. And
I think you're going to see a lot more and
more run from the team. Can they keep you know
going and they keep you know, putting the same amount
of run during the ninety minutes, that's difficult. And you saw,
you know, during the last ten minutes when and the
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crossbar and in a bit of luck with Andre, you know,
not getting the second goal. You need those ten minutes,
you know, to have somebody who can step and not
at everybody kind of like being tired in the same time.
But it's it's fun to watch and you're going to
see that a lot of things this year with how
bright they want the team to play.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, now, Adam, we know that it was Wendy, it
was cold, but how was the crowd? How was the vibes?
I mean, we know it was it was supposed to
be a cellar then yeah on TV, But how was
it was? Did the wind affect the crowd as much
as it might have affected the ball? But you know
what was what were the vibes?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Give us that the river was strong? You know, I
think the river end was strong. I think all supporters
groups were accounted for and they were voisterous.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
You know.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I think.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
The Sun's event, as I know personally, they had some
new chance coming in this season that they were testing
out a couple with the new guys coming in, another
one for Tyberibo. I have a couple of my own
that I kind of want to get for Tyberriebo, but
I'll preview those on another day.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
But look, I think I think.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
The fans are You knew the loyalist would be here
because you know, opening days, opening damn. I was listening
to a podcast the other day and it was about
opening match, like the opening match of any season, Like
that's when if you're a fan, if you're a true
diehard of your club, that's the match you want to
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be at, Like you want to be at those matches
as much as you want to be at like any
playoff game, because you know that that's when the energy
is the highest, that's when the pageantry is the most.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
And even though.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Unlike our counterparts over in Europe where they start in
August and we started the dead of winter, you know,
I think the energy was good.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I think the vibes were great.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
And you know, I think it's only going to get
better as the season goes, and if these guys continue
to play well, you know, the soup when this team
is good, you know, despite being I think the second
smallest venue in Major League Soccer is as advertisement on
the better venues in this league.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
So you know, it's excited to see them get back
and to get in full voice.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, And the only thing I want to I'll ask
both of you guys this because I've got my own opinion,
but have you seen the hatred for the new seats?
I don't understand it. I'm like, listen, if people want
to spend that extra money to get some revenue and
not get hit in the face with a screamer, I
don't see why people are like, oh, beer shower and
all this stuff. Like I thought they looked pretty cool,
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you know, as seats and the team's trying to We're
the second smallest stadium. You need more asses in there,
so why not try to take It's not taken away
from the field old or anybody's experience. But I just
didn't know what the what the hatred was, So I
just wanted to hear from you guys, your thoughts on
the on the end zoned seating.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
I go first, I mean, Matty and everything you do,
and you there's always people who criticize, so you know, okay, yes, criticize.
You know, it's put it for the team. It's fun.
You want to be behind the gold. You know, it's
a's a different time of expense watching a game, and
when the guys set it bright, you can celebrate with them,
you know, after I go and your closure. So it's
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definitely a finax finance. But I have enough of people
that always criticizing everything. You know, if it doesn't you know,
it doesn't matter. It's it's for the best of the game.
So there's nothing wrong about it.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
So whatever Adam, as a person whose wife's club plays
and all I can only describe as a brutalistic toilet bowl,
I really believe that people don't really understand how good
we have it in this country when it comes to
our stadiums in the first place, and the fact that
we're allowed to have these amenities and these lounges and
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these clubs and these menus and all of that.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
You know, I mean, we got Primo Hogis in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Now that's galactic in my eyes, Like I don't if
you go anytime I go to Italy and I try
to eat any food inside the stadium, I get maybe
a ham and cheese sandwich, peroni and some bad chips
like we're getting like PJ. Willohans in here. I'm just saying,
look in. One of the things I enjoyed is I
was on the capo stand for most in the match.
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When I was watching the people in front of us,
the new people were doing these seats. You know what
was really fun was some people were like, all right,
I'm very stoic, you know, I'm in these seats. I
got my blanket, I'm cozy, you know, I got my
room service.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
I'm fine.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
And then there were other people who were standing up
waving scarves, like turning around to see what the chances
were with the Suns have been and getting into it
with us. I mean, I don't know where that's gonna be,
but like I can imagine, you know, late September, big
game against Red Bull, those people will be standing up.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
And cheering just as much as the River end will that.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
I don't know what the people on the other end
will be doing, but I understand, But I look, bougie
seats are bougie seats, and I have a bias. I
got bougie seats at the Sixers, so I'm a fan
of any time you can make my sporting event smoother
and more plush if you will. But uh, yeah, look,
I don't mind it. I understand why some people do
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mind it. But also at the same time, I think
what SEBBA says one hundred percent correct. Give it like
a month and no one's even going to notice they're there.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah, and I wanted to get into team news before
you know, we get into to the next game. But
speaking of bougienist non bougienist controversially about seating, I don't
know if you got this email at them. Yeah, but
the team sent out a safe standing and general admission
survey for the River End, which I am torn because
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I am one hundred thousand you were safe standing. I
think it would make the River End better that people
would participate. Take out those seats, put in railings, drink older.
That's all we need. It's perfect. I am one against
general admission, which most people think that we should do.
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So I just wanted to see what if you guys
had any felt, but the survey went out. So if
you are a season ticket older, you should have gotten
a survey. If you sit or stand belonging the River end,
you want to weigh in in this because we've been
trying to get safe standing. Oh my god, I was.
I joined the board like ten years ago. We've been
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trying to get safe standing ever since then. So we've
been trying to do that. All the other new stadiums
have it. I think it would make the environment even better.
General admission. I just worry that everybody would crash to
the middle and as soon as you go up to
go to the bathroom, some guys in your seat and
you've got to sit somewhere else. That's why I don't
like general admission. I don't think we've ever had that
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is as a teen culture. So get your guys thought
real quick, what do you think safe standing? General admission?
Did you vote at him?
Speaker 4 (21:09):
I haven't vote yet, I will real quick. I'm for
safe standing.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I'm not for GA.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Main reason I'm not for GA as a capo.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I know who's with me and who isn't. I know
where to go to to strum up energy, and I
just know people are the people in the river ends,
particularly who've been here since you know, twenty ten, their
creatures of habit, their particulars, and the idea of them
not having the spot that they've had to watch the Union,
like that's like that angle is imprinted in their mind
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of this is how I watched the Union. I watched
the Union from just off left of the net. I've
been watching the Union just off left of the net
my whole time. Plus, I don't trust us with GA.
I just I just don't yet, I don't. I don't
necessarily now that's gonna help GA. I do, like Stafe standing,
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I think it's at this point, you know, if you
if you're going to do Renolds and this stadium was
always meant to be renod in the first place, that
should be your first one.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
It won't be that should be your first one. But yeah,
that's where I stand on that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah, Now, Sebastian, I don't know if you've ever been
in the river, and have you.
Speaker 5 (22:24):
I never been. I've been. I've been a little bit
like for what I mean, it's ten minutes when I
tell you. But yeah, I mean it's like the GA
is very European, you know, again, like talking about them
and the fact you can have your own city thing
is great. I used to have GM when I was
a kid. You know, I was thirteen years old and
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when I go to the game. As soon as the
get opened, me and my friend were going because we're
going in the first row on the top of the
second high so we see everything and were kind of
every time there is a goal, you know, bring some
comfiti and you know, get the you know paper out
and throws some on the airplane when we are bold
and the game wasn't intendant, but yeah, it's what we
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are doing. But it's you know, then you have to
wait because you want to lose your seat a good
you know, two and a half hours, you know that otherwise,
like you say, if you leave people to take your stuff.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, I mean it works in Portland. I know, they
line up around the corner and the volunteers for the
Timbers Army get their seats roped off, and there's some advantages.
I just don't think Philadelphia's got the culture for it.
The Union. I mean, I look forward to seeing the
people every year, you know, the blank and Myers, the
Mitchells that I see. I mean the first time I
ever heard Adams Bruth's voice was at the top of
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one thirty six from where my seats were. That's actually
how we first really met. So I like the commoderiti that,
you know, being able to like be with that same
group and at the end of the season you're like, hey,
have a good off season. See at the home opener
and you see the same people. So I like having
a signed seats for that reason. But that's just me.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
I just know something.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
It'll be easier if we started from the beginning like that,
Like if you if you if that's your culture from
the get go, yep, that's one thing.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
But it's like I think it's hard to remove it
now that the.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Ten years we've got three different generations have come through already.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Know now again, you know, similar to putting the season
front of the river.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
And if they do it and it happens a year
and a half from now, I think we'll just all
be done with it and then the Mitchell's and the
blanke and Myers and yourselves will just get there earlier
than the rest of us would. But outside of that,
you know, I just think it's gonna be interesting. I
think the safe standing should happen for sure. I think,
you know, that's what you bring, That's how you bring
the Union into MLS three point zero to start with,
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you know, and then everything else we can talk about after.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, I think so too, and and and selfish plug
again before we get onto the League news. Nashville trip,
it's out there. You can party with mister Sebastian Latto
in Nashville. I'll be out there as the trip coordinator.
We're trying to figure out Adam's situation. We have a child,
we know, we know, we're not pushing it yet, but Nashville,
Nashville is going to be a blast. So I just
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wanted to remind everybody that the link's out there. And
I think at the home opener that we're going to talk.
I'm not the home opener. The next home game. I
might be on the plaza handing out information for that.
I haven't talked to the people at Philly Sports Trips
about it yet, but that might happen. So if you
want to hang out with Sebastian Latoo and rumors of
Dave Leno and Shanean, maybe Seba joining us at one
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of the parties or something, Amelia, Yeah, So just letting
everybody know about that. Okay, and now the league news,
you know, Charlotte beat Atlanta. San Diego sold out snap
Dragon Stadium, But Adam, did you see their fans are
struggling with the culture of the MLS in their chance.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
So I would have assumed when you put a new
soccer team six miles from the US border, that it's
probably gonna have a little bit of time for that
to not weed itself out of the culture because San
Diego soccer culture is much more related to Tijuana than
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it ever was related to Major League Soccer.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
So it's well than Coronado. Let me.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Yeah, So look, it's.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
Gonna take a bet.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
It's gonna take a minute to weep that one out,
you know, and.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
It probably will.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
But here's the thing that I like to tell you,
why say is still saying in the River End quite often?
And well, I don't think it's going away anytime soon.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
We don't know that anymore because it's on Apple TV.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
That's basically what happened.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
And it was.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Yeah, when it was an ESPN or ABC or PHL
seventeen we I would get the little emails and memos
from the front office when that chat was out.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
There, So you were shocked the Disney Corporation wasn't the
biggest fan of you know.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Shocked.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yeah, even though they did put out the newest Deadpool.
So I feel like they've eased up a little bit. Yes,
well no, I mean, look, they'll get to they'll figure
it out. But I'm happy for San Diego. That's a
great market, great fans. You know. I'm happy they finally
got a Major League Soccer club.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I can't wait till the Union play there because I
think that's going to be a great trip to get
up there. It's one of I think I go for
work three or four times a year and there's never
a bad time in San Diego. San Diago, San Diego, Well,
you know what, have you ever.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Been SEBA It's one of the city in America and
never been, guys, So when to go, I hope I'll
be there.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, when they send.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Us to the West Coast in ten years, because I
don't know how MLS schedules even work anymore, but okay.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, I don't know. So Sunday Soccer with the headline
was Houston versus Miami, and you know what happened.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Oh, no, the really really famous guy I didn't play,
didn't he He did not play.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
They still got wax, but he didn't play. But Houston
offered fans a free ticket for another match. So I
have an idea how Houston's been selling if they're offering
free tickets for a batch down the road because everybody
went to the c MESSI.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
That's pathetic, man, I'm that straight up pathetic. I'm sorry
that is. That is embarrassing as an organization. And you're
the fourth largest city in the country. You are chock
full of great sports fans, and you still cannot get
people to come to Houston Dynamo games. And that's sad
because and I don't know what's happening in Houston. They
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like Houston and Chicago disappoint me so much because of
their potential and what they could be and what they
are not. And when you're now offering free tickets because
the main attraction to your game, which wasn't your own
team wasn't there, and you're like, we're so sorry that
you came to a Houston Dynamo game and the other players,
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top player wasn't there. Here's a free ticket that is
tail between your legs.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
That is giving away the ghost right there.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
It's in the restaurant world that is taking your fine
dining establishment and offering a buy one, get one free,
or putting a scale in the restaurant and the kids
eat what they weigh kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
It's not like there is no time in the history
of Real Madrid did they ever offer a ticket because
Messi wasn't playing for Barcelona. I guarantee you that in
the history of mankind, there has never been that moment
in time. There is never a moment in time Chelsea
offered a ticket because Mosala wasn't playing for Liverpool. It
is this to me, and I get it.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
I'm not a stupid.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
Person that doesn't understand that Messi is bigger than anything
MLS is and possibly ever will be. But this is ridiculous.
You have pride in yourself, Houston.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Yeah, any thoughts on that subas we make fun of
Houston for this.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
No, I think Adam said pretty well, you don't. You know,
if you found of a team, you go see your team.
You don't go see of course, if there's a great
player on the team, come perfect because you already have
the ticket.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
You know you want it.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
From the beginning of the season. But at the end
of the day, it's all the people who comes. They
are just going to come for one game and who
cares it means that doesn't know anything, like just come
to support your your city and your club that you
might want to start liking more and more. And you've
got the key because now you have me see and
the following year maybe you've got Mbappe, You've got you know,
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some weether. You know, we'll come to this league too
to play. It's just a bonus. The rest is just
supporting your team and becoming a bigger and bigger into soccer.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Yeah, well, real.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Quick, real quick, because if you have a situation like
New York City Football Club, right, they come into the
league with peer Low and Lampard and all these guys
coming in, what do you think in NYCFC fan is
now the ones are there, the diehards, the ones that
are there give the damn because that team might be okay,
but they're not hitting you with flash and hitting you
with all that substance anymore. So you found out who
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your real fans are. You know, through that process, this
to me is and look, we're gonna get more stars
coming over here. I'm sure Griesman's gonna be over here
in five and a half minutes because he loves Miami
that much. Like I'm sure all and the NBA. I'm
sure all of this is gonna work out. But at
the same time, it's just like, don't sell your soul
like it just this is not Beckham time. We don't
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need one star to lift the entire league anymore. You know,
Let's just have some pride in ourselves for three minutes.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
Yeah, well, we talked about one bad team, Houston. Let's
talk about another bad team. On Saturday. We play New
England Revolution. They're in the MLS Power rankings at twenty seven.
The Union are four. I know, we don't care about
power rankings, but as long as we're a top five
power ranking team, I'm gonna be talking about the power ranking,
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you know, But yeah, they now matter. The New England Revolution.
We go up to New England, to Foxborough, not New England,
and they're coming off a one zero loss versus Columbus,
which I was like, well, hey, you hold Columbus to
one goal. The Revs have not scored a goal through
two matches this season, so guys, sub I'm going to
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go with you first, because you just did the TV
show everybody watching on Friday night at eleven or Friday
night right, yes, Friday Night eleven PHL seventeen. So give
us what you think about this upcoming game with the
New England Revolution.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
I mean it's tricky. It could be like, you know,
we have game because the Union, you know, two wins
lots of confidence right now. I think from the group
having you know, now to travel to Boston who didn't
win a game, lost their last one at home, and
didn't score a goal in the beginning of the season.
So it could be like a like a trap game.
You or like the Union are going to be too
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confident and get surprised by the energy and in green
nests of the Rev. Who wants to you know, really
come strong and win a big game against Now if
you did, would like you say number four in a
ranking or we are the best? No, we are not.
But it's very mental as it's gonna be. It's gonna
be a tough game. It's gonna be called I'm not
sure if it's going to be rainy or windy, but
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the stadium at New England sucks. I don't like it.
It's a big stadium, it's sometimes don't not sure what
type of atmosphere you're going to get over there. So yeah,
it's it's going to be a tricky game. So the
team need to really, I think, stay together like they've
been doing, you or playing half for each other, and
and try to grant a resort. It might not be pretty,
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might still be a four game, you know, goal against
for the Union. Who knows, maybe we're going to not
have as many chances. But I think if they keep
the same mentality that they've been doing the past two
games and not believing that okay, we have six funds,
but believing, hey, we need another positive resort away from
home against the New England. Things that they know are
going to come going too far, going to try not
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to probably prays them very early to score early goals
and get kind of their crowd into the game. It's
not going to be easy. So yeah, I think it's
a tough task because you don't want to play those
kind of type of game. You know that, Yeah, we
couldn't make it easier, but you have to be ready.
I think for another deep plays.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I just looked up the weather for Saturday night. The
load's going to be twenty eight fifteen to twenty five
mile an hour wins awesome, Adam, I want you to
take this quote I told you in the pre game
what was my thought? It was? It was a quote
from your favorite Return of the Jedi movie. How did
I feel about this game?
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Yeah, the Admiral snack Bar himself. It's a trap.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, well it's probably it could be. I still think
they're going to win, but I think it could be
a trap too. I look, are New England as bad
as we think they are? Maybe now?
Speaker 4 (34:50):
Are the Union as good as we think they are
in the moment?
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Maybe?
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Now?
Speaker 4 (34:54):
Is it possible for the Union to put a six
spot up on them?
Speaker 5 (34:56):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (34:57):
And it's impossible for them to.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Lose this game, obviously.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
I mean, I I hate to be that guy, but
that's literally what this game is in both directions. I
give credit for the fact that New England's only given
up a goal in two games, you know, and they
only gave up one goal to a Columbus team that,
even though they got smacked around a little bit by
Los Angeles last night in the Champions Cup, looked pretty
good coming into these into the game.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
I'm not gonna put all the onus on the Union
to dominate. I think this could be a tough game.
I think that, and I want to get Seba's thoughts
on this in a little bit. That might be one
of the worst venues in Major League soccer. Like if
we're just going to talk about like the combinedness of
the weather, the turf, the atmosphere, the hollowness of how
large it is as a as an arena that will
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never fill, you know. I think going up to New
England in March is one of the worst case scenarios
in Major League Soccer. So this is gonna be tough
just because of that alone. But I think you're better.
I think you're stronger, I think you're more confident, and
I think again, you still have like three to four
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guys that you signed this season that are getting their
sea legs in here. We just saw Indiana, we just
saw Bruno, and you could I mean, this could get
this could get better before it gets the worse for
the Union. You know, this could get a lot more
smoother and a lot more depth. So that's why it's
a trap, because literally anything could happened in this game.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
To me, it's still early in the season. You have
to see where we're at everything. But like you guys
said it perfectly, I don't need to say more. But
between the weather and being in New England and that turf,
and I do want to get sub's opinion that if
you got to rank some of the worst stadiums you
had to play in MLS, where's New England that we
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know how much you dislike Dallas.
Speaker 5 (36:52):
Yeah, I mean that sum than you done. But yeah,
I mean East Coast just as a know, has been
better because they change it. But when I play the toughest,
terrible and sometimes you play the day after a concert,
so it's all flat, it's it's not fun and and yeah,
like you says, there's not there's nobody behind the goal
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usually like one one goal is some fans, but the
other one isn't really nobody is just like tense, so
it's not it's not really it doesn't feel like so
because it's not full. So and you're pretty far have
to say so, yeah, not not the best gym. I
let's like to play there just because I got a
lot of success and we beat me in a lot
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of the time and I score probably most of my
goals against New England when I play for Philly at
home and away. But yeah, it's it's definitely a tough
stadium and when they are good and when they play
it sucks, you know you you don't want to be there.
It's cool and everything, So it's it's going to be
very mental. I think for all the teams need to
have a good propersion. But like you say, I think
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we we have the better team right now. We have
the most confidence with everything. So let's kind of keep
this rolling and I will not be surprised if we
see some good counter attacks from the Union because New
England need to push, you need to get goals. So
can we be deadly on those contrac attacks that maybe
we didn't see as much this year when we're starting
from our all half, but maybe we can. We can
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do that this weekend.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
And you're sending Shanan and Dave up to New England.
You're not going for the radio.
Speaker 5 (38:20):
I am going, oh you are going, yeah, unfortunately kind
of make the trips. So I will be taking his
place for that game, So I'll be there. I'll be
they have bundling up with Dave and watching this game.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
I was gonna say dress and warm, because I don't
think they have heat in that booth.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
Taking a big suitcase, you know.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
I one of the things that I find about some
of these situations and Major Soccer, and obviously, you know,
with some of the original clubs, it was a lot
harder for them to get out of their older situations
into newer situations.
Speaker 4 (38:49):
I think the best case was Red Bull.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
Red Bull was like, we're out of the metal lands,
We're getting our own digs and it's great here. You know,
Like all things aside, I think Red Bull Arena is fantastic.
I just you know, it's cavernous because not a lot
of fans get in there.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
But I think as a venue it's very nice.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
But it's one of those things where there's no club
that I think would benefit more in Major League Soccer
from a move downtown than New England. You could get
these guys in the Boston I would think it would
change the entire trajectory of that club as a whole.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
And it's not a poor ownership team. The ownership has
the money they could do this.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Oh yeah, the Robert Craft. There's no part of Robbert
Craft that is enable to bring that team to Boston.
Speaker 4 (39:27):
I just think he doesn't want to. He doesn't have to,
and that's really the kicker.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
Yeah, well, let's let's go one more thing and then
we can wrap this up. Guys. I don't know if
you saw this, but our next home match is against
Nashville and there's some excitement going on. Adam, have you
seen it?
Speaker 4 (39:43):
I haven't. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Matthew Dollar Dog Night? Oh snap, we're bringing the Dollar
Dogs to the home match, So I mean we're gonna
we're gonna be able to throw hot dogs up to
seven the radio booth so he can eat during the game.
But Dollar Dog Night versus Nashville March sixteenth, I'm hoping
it's gon to be at least fifty two degrees for
a two pm Sunday game.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Yeah, two pm defunant times, so a nice early game
can celebrate the folly after Union Yards. But yeah, it's
gonna be a bit different timing, but hopefully it was
a positive results this weekend. We can get Nashville and going.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
And I've got one request for mister Lettu and the
radio broadcast team. There is a special guest and I
don't understand this it's a VIP meet and great experience,
but one Joey Chestnut is going to be an attendance
for Dollar Dog Night. Now, Seba, have you ever seen
Joey Chestnut perform?
Speaker 5 (40:37):
I so, I guess some highlight on ESPN, which I
don't even understand. Why he's on the.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
Nathan Tatlog eating Champion legend. So yeah, I think you
need to get him with you and Dave just chowing
down on hot dogs during the broadcast.
Speaker 5 (40:52):
No, I think we could.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
I this man has grew up on a European diet
for most of his life, and he's gonna stand a
boot can be Like, you know what's fun? Tue Tube
process meets with this gentleman who doesn't even do the
chewing portion of the of the eating, just to get
them down. Now, Jerry Chessen is a legend to whom is.
It's a particular crowd, but he is a legend to
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those people, and I find that. Look, I'm happy they
could find him and to do this. Hey, I wouldn't
preferred Kobayashi, but that's just me.
Speaker 2 (41:25):
I'm happy that there's a Dollar Dog Night because the
Phillies got rid of it. So good for the union
picking up the dollar dog night. You know I will.
I will be there with three dollars out just to
get three dogs down. No problem.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Look man, in this economy, the Philly's gonna afford it.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
I'm just saying, well, guys, uh, suba, one last thing.
You announced your summer camps. You have any information you
want to tell people right now, but we'll update throughout
the pod.
Speaker 5 (41:50):
Yeah we can have did, but not. It's just you
know thisstand and being doing it now. He's the past
four to be the fourth edition. It's going to be
in the week at you know, July, from the twenty
fifth to the twenty four. I mean, why it would chres.
I'll be there, my wife as wed and some good coaches,
but yet looking forward to fund again at the shore,
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some food in the morning and then everybody can enjoy
your the beatings the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Very good, adam. Anything about that frisbee team before we
check off?
Speaker 3 (42:18):
Just the jersey that I designed personally myself will be
revealed next week, so all of you guys can see
how good I am at this and then tell the
Union that I need to do that for them as well.
And we will be starting the season in late April,
and we also have fun summer camps too, so you know,
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if you just if you haven't found your way to
the shore and you're just stuck in Delco and you
want to throw a frisbee, Allo it at me. I
got a couple of places for you, all.
Speaker 2 (42:46):
Right, everyone, That was episode number twenty eight in the books.
We've got New England Saturday night. Let's get ready for it.
So thank you Saba, Thanks Adam. Everyone, have a good
rest of your week and we'll see you on Saturday Night.
Speaker 3 (43:00):
Four
Recording.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Oh there we go, all right, Welcome back everybody to
another episode of X's in the U. It is a
great time to be alive in the Union Verse. This
is episode number twenty eight, and as usual, I am
joined with mister Adam Booth and club legend Sebastian Latoo. Guys,
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how are we doing this week?
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good?
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Great?
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Great, awesome? Well, as we said, we've got an exciting
week to talk about because we got a match review
against Noonan. We played noon and Adam and we got
I would say, a pretty significant win. Would you agree
or disagree?
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I mean it's you we won't.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
I think it's a win that we won't realize how
good it is until the future in terms of how
this the calendar shapes up.
Speaker 4 (00:51):
A little bit. But as of right now, massive win.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I think that was I think that was gargantuan what
you did on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Yeah. I feel like everybody in the media was like, Okay,
they beat Orlando, but you know, we can't judge it. Yeah,
but that for one win, I think a lot of
people are like, oh wait, this is this is something
that that we have to take note of. So, uh, Sebastian,
you want to go through and let us know, by
the way, great job on the radio, I think that,
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and watched it on Apple, so I muted Apple and
had the laptop on the radio broadcast and I thoroughly
enjoyed it.
Speaker 5 (01:29):
I appreciate it. I mean I was with a legend JP,
so it's always easier to do a good job. But
now I thinks the game was the was great from
the team. I feel like out of ninety minutes, we
outplaced Incinnatu is supposed to be a top three in
the East for eighty minutes, you know, maybe the ten years.
In the second half we for the bit of sleep,
you know, like with the goal and the crossbar. But
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other than that, I feel like the team like really
came out the strong NLG you know, exactly what you
want to see for and DELI. Again it goes into games.
I mean, it's not much criticized we can do, but
the team, of course, there's still a lot of little
thing we can do better. But it was great to
see like the pushing for awhile you know, like winning
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the battles kind of like the filamentality, and they did great.
So yeah, it's great to be a two full to
start the season.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, Adam, you're in a sholder impressions of this one.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Look, you had a team that I think, you know,
shouts of Cincinnati. They played more soccer than anyone else
so far, I mean outside of the other teams in
the CCL right now or the cc Cup whatever they
call it these days. It was a situation where you
had a team that was had good momentum and solid
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momentum feeling and you know, was ready to put themselves
on display it on the map. In terms of Cincinnati,
they have their new striker at Vander We'll talk about
him later. He contributed, but you know right now, and
I think for a lot of Union fans they look
at a club like Cincinnati as something that we look at.
You know, they had a lot of our old players.
When they came into MLS, they started to spend the money,
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they got the stadium and all that. So that's like
a team that you kind of look against. If you
have criticisms of the Union, you kind of look at
Cincinnati and say, well, look what they're doing over there,
and then you smack them for to one.
Speaker 4 (03:21):
And I just think it's a in Look. It's something
that I find interesting is.
Speaker 3 (03:28):
If the union being too nothing is still are to
and zero is still something that people kind of hold
hesitant of, like, well, what are they exactly?
Speaker 4 (03:38):
Do we know?
Speaker 3 (03:39):
Do we feel like this is going to last? Do
we think that this is just a fluke? But I
can tell you with real confidence if they were zero
and TO, the discourse would be completely.
Speaker 4 (03:50):
And I think there's something to that.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
I think you have to give these guys credit for
winning these first two matches in the style they did
that was pretty dominating. Some defense class that you need
to be talked about and you need to be addressed,
But this result was very big for me. I thought
that this team looked as good as they have in
a while, and like we're scratching the surface with this roster.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
That's the crazy part.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Yeah, and you look at this. I mean, Bribo strikes first,
great assist by Kai. I mean Kai and Quinn are
just doing wonderful things. Assist, Baribo has another, gets a
second one with an assist from Gazdag. But Seb, I
want you to go through that because that was one
of the reasons I was so happy. I was listening
on the radio because I'm watching on app and I'm
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like wait is that all sides? No, it's not. And
you were the first to jump on that about how
that wasn't an all sides call. You want to kind
of get I.
Speaker 5 (04:45):
Mean, I just again and he can say like me
saying no, way, no right away, it's there's no chance
it's it's an offside just because you know in the
run of the play and you see like the border
right away as the board deflated by a new guy
in the past of guys like off type position because
the rule you know, it's the bullding to get played
by one of your players, and he was not on
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the initial passes and he was from Wagner or Sullivan,
one or the other. But yeah, I mean it's like,
I don't know how why it took so long for
the referre it to go like I'm the guys in
the booth like it was called, you know, come on
next the decision. You know, we know it's the goal,
you know, uh, but after you know, it was a great,
great composure from gaz Dag. You know I have to
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I have to give him and all this. You know
you could gore, you know you could go for the goal,
but just know, sling this ball to to Barribo. It
just show him, you know, the unselfishness of Gasdag, the
fact that even if he's now the leading score of
the team, he's still deliver you know, goal for a cemate.
And you can see now you know more better. Let's say,
(05:48):
I would say like not energy, but like the team
is one, you know, it's not like it's so individual.
You saw. The team wants to play together. They want
to you know, have the best for each other. And
gas Dag and now score making more assists is getting
closier to get in my world of fifty to fifty,
so hopefully it keeps you know, delivers those assets because
it means we have goals, so that that's great to see.
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And yeah, it was an easy goal for Varible but
in some time, you know, with like we didn't talk
too much about it, but like the condition, we're kind
of atrocious. You know, he was like so windy. It
was cold. I have felt bad for some of them
because you're the wind right in your face for any minutes.
But the tam was still electric, even if you know,
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some people maybe didn't come because of the weather, but
it was great to steal. Like the Superpark you know,
rocking that web for four times and people you know,
really changing the entire time. So yeah, it was it
was a good goal and you know, putting the team
to zero before halftime because you know half been. I
think first off, we had like three big tents. One
of Queen who knows the volly who passed so close
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a crossbar. He probably a hammer one of the guys
in some event hopefully you are watching and stop the ball.
But yeah, if you put on target, it's for me.
Gor the winn he went so fast. But yeah, two
goals out of three. We are very realistic. You know,
all chances right now we put the back of the
net and whore he keeps going.
Speaker 2 (07:11):
Yeah, and speaking of back of the net, I mean
Beribo again for the hat trick. Adam he is three
ahead of Bentechi in the Golden boot race in the
second game. I mean, that is insane to me that
he is already flying on that.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Well, it's it's just that it's just a nose to mall.
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Like I mean, Sebah can easily speak on this better
than I can possibly, but just that's a nine, like
that is a classic nine because he just finds the
space to be in, he finds where his teammates are,
and look the distribution coming from Gozdag and Sullivan and
Kai Bogner right now is on real like these balls
that are coming into the box and these guys are fantastic.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
And Seba spoke on it.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
The unselfish play of Gazdak, who easily could have tried
a couple of these on his own and probably would
have even scored himself, but knowing that he had his
teammate right there to make sure that these were like
unmissible goals and to make sure that to put the
team away, that is a true ten. You know, we're
seeing guys like I think like he's reminding me of
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dosh Cow all the way back in the day when
there was just a man who was like, I will
distribute this ball. You will find this ball because I
will put this on your foot. And you know, Gazag,
who we saw in the earlier stages of his time
here in Philadelphia, was a phenomenal scorer and was a
guy who was able to get the goal, was able
to get the goal whenever he wanted to. Still a
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fantastic man from the spot. But right now you're seeing
He's trusts the talent around him. He trusts the guys
around him that if I give you this ball, you're
gonna put this in the back of the net. And
he's getting rewarded for it. Ties getting Beribo's getting rewarded
for this as well. And look, even Ura is out
here being like, look, I'll get mine eventually. But this
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is fun. It's like now and we'll talk about our
newest gentleman at the end. But you look like your attack,
if they can sustain this in any capacity, looks really
really good.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Yeah, And to talk about tie the little fun facts,
he was named Man of the Match from MLS. That's
his second. He now ties Sebastian Latoo for being Man
of the Player of the Match day from MLS. And
the fun factor you're bringing up old players. He's launched
over mister Roland Alberg as the top fifteen in franchise
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history for goals. He's already in the top.
Speaker 4 (09:36):
Fifteen, So I mean, that's kind of impressive.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
The guy get off the bench this time last year,
So yeah, it's pretty impressive run by him. So yeah,
taking over some records. But no, I mean, you know,
Evander showed skill and got that one goal. But as
you alluded to, and I'll let Sebastian talk about it,
Bruno comes in for Ura in the sixty eighth minute
and boom, you know, get gets a goal. So you know,
(10:03):
what was your thought on Brunos first opening the books
with the Philadelphia Union.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
I mean I was a little bit not scared. But
you know when you have those conditions and you're on
the bench for a good hour and a half and
you're warming up and you don't know when your time
is going to come, Like I have to say them,
my probably might be frozen. You know you need to
go right away into the game. Your team is winning,
so you don't know, should keep pushing, you know, defense
help the team get the results. But you know you
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got one chance and bringing the back of the net.
So it's you can see again his movement and on
the shoulder of the defender. Of course, great delivery from
Quinn on the right side to him the great ass
this but it's you know something for him, I think,
very good to kind of get this of the shoulder,
knowing that you know, he got presented as a you know,
biggest transfer for the team as a striker. You know,
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you always want to get the goal first one out
of the way, especially bringing at home. I think it's
great to kind of a fit about the fans and
what is the what is up too? But now I
know hopefully he can play as he's a as it fuller,
you know, a full week of training with the team
and see what he can bring in New England. Maybe
save he can come up the bench. You can even
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what what he wants to do. But you can see
that now we can make a change at a sixty
eight minute on the game we are winning and keeps
going with the guy who would come in the game.
So it's it's very politicosit team for sure.
Speaker 2 (11:23):
Yeah, and I know it was three to one at
the time, but I was happy to see the subs
coming in. You know, Calvin comes in for tie, Indiana
goes in for Gazdagg of course Pueno and so I mean,
you know, I was happy to see more subs earlier
on again three one, you know, game seems to be
in hand, but you're seeing more of the bench and
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more guys playing, and you saw Union really frustrated Cincinnati
and this is Adam, I believe the first time we've
beat Noonan in the regular season. That's the one thing
I was shocked that that was the first time we've
ever beaten at in the regular season. It was only
I think conker keV where we've beat him so once.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
He didn't have to rely on Jim's playbook anymore. You
had to figure out someone new. He finally got a
hot wind exactly.
Speaker 5 (12:13):
Yeah, come back on what you said, you know, saying
the sub I think it's something to your fandy to
be used to, because I'm sure you saw the way
we are playing again at home. But you know, the
entirere press, you know, like high press when the ball
is the last, you know, by the Union in behalf
of Cincinnati, you can really see, like especially like I
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was just doing the show for the Union, showing on
Pitcher seventeen eleven PM on Friday, Pleas tune in, but
I was describing the first goal of the team. After
six minutes, you see like Sullivan trying something doing a
past gas bag. The bull is clear by Cincinnati. You
could have been winned by your Cincinnati player in the midfield,
but guy is like right on his you know, but
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winning the first ball and then you know the little
combination it didn't Slivan and him start on the left side.
Great cross, but you can see the team really playing high,
really try to don't give a lot of time to
the flow out of Cincinnati being on them as soon
as the touchable and it's something we didn't see. Saw
more space, you know, between the line and the pass.
But when you do that, of course you need to
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make up because the guys are getting tired. And I
think I was talking this week in a practice that
the team of the Union out of two games are
the one who has been running the most out of
every team in MLS. Any shows you know, you you
really see, like you know, everybody pulling the gear, you know,
giving everything, and it's it's fun to watch. I have
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to say, Like we talked about, of course the guys
who score and you know, put the bullet back of
the net, but for me, like the lookage, you know,
the Denly, you know, the guys, the Gladness and mcanya
who was probably one of the who runs the most
you know in the game against the since because he
has to follow every time, the donkey and the couple.
But it's it's great to have that. And then when
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you have the people on the bench who can come
and make a details like that, and you did to
call the floors good. That's so healthy, you know. And
I think you're going to see a lot more and
more run from the team. Can they keep you know
going and they keep you know, putting the same amount
of run during the ninety minutes, that's difficult. And you saw,
you know, during the last ten minutes when and the
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crossbar and in a bit of luck with Andre, you know,
not getting the second goal. You need those ten minutes,
you know, to have somebody who can step and not
at everybody kind of like being tired in the same time.
But it's it's fun to watch and you're going to
see that a lot of things this year with how
bright they want the team to play.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Yeah, now, Adam, we know that it was Wendy, it
was cold, but how was the crowd? How was the vibes?
I mean, we know it was it was supposed to
be a cellar then yeah on TV, But how was
it was? Did the wind affect the crowd as much
as it might have affected the ball? But you know
what was what were the vibes?
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Give us that the river was strong? You know, I
think the river end was strong. I think all supporters
groups were accounted for and they were voisterous.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
You know.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I think.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
The Sun's event, as I know personally, they had some
new chance coming in this season that they were testing
out a couple with the new guys coming in, another
one for Tyberibo. I have a couple of my own
that I kind of want to get for Tyberriebo, but
I'll preview those on another day.
Speaker 4 (15:24):
But look, I think I think.
Speaker 3 (15:27):
The fans are You knew the loyalist would be here
because you know, opening days, opening damn. I was listening
to a podcast the other day and it was about
opening match, like the opening match of any season, Like
that's when if you're a fan, if you're a true
diehard of your club, that's the match you want to
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be at, Like you want to be at those matches
as much as you want to be at like any
playoff game, because you know that that's when the energy
is the highest, that's when the pageantry is the most.
Speaker 4 (15:57):
And even though.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Unlike our counterparts over in Europe where they start in
August and we started the dead of winter, you know,
I think the energy was good.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I think the vibes were great.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
And you know, I think it's only going to get
better as the season goes, and if these guys continue
to play well, you know, the soup when this team
is good, you know, despite being I think the second
smallest venue in Major League Soccer is as advertisement on
the better venues in this league.
Speaker 4 (16:25):
So you know, it's excited to see them get back
and to get in full voice.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, And the only thing I want to I'll ask
both of you guys this because I've got my own opinion,
but have you seen the hatred for the new seats?
I don't understand it. I'm like, listen, if people want
to spend that extra money to get some revenue and
not get hit in the face with a screamer, I
don't see why people are like, oh, beer shower and
all this stuff. Like I thought they looked pretty cool,
(16:51):
you know, as seats and the team's trying to We're
the second smallest stadium. You need more asses in there,
so why not try to take It's not taken away
from the field old or anybody's experience. But I just
didn't know what the what the hatred was, So I
just wanted to hear from you guys, your thoughts on
the on the end zoned seating.
Speaker 5 (17:10):
I go first, I mean, Matty and everything you do,
and you there's always people who criticize, so you know, okay, yes, criticize.
You know, it's put it for the team. It's fun.
You want to be behind the gold. You know, it's
a's a different time of expense watching a game, and
when the guys set it bright, you can celebrate with them,
you know, after I go and your closure. So it's
(17:30):
definitely a finax finance. But I have enough of people
that always criticizing everything. You know, if it doesn't you know,
it doesn't matter. It's it's for the best of the game.
So there's nothing wrong about it.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
So whatever Adam, as a person whose wife's club plays
and all I can only describe as a brutalistic toilet bowl,
I really believe that people don't really understand how good
we have it in this country when it comes to
our stadiums in the first place, and the fact that
we're allowed to have these amenities and these lounges and
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these clubs and these menus and all of that.
Speaker 4 (18:04):
You know, I mean, we got Primo Hogis in the stadium.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Now that's galactic in my eyes, Like I don't if
you go anytime I go to Italy and I try
to eat any food inside the stadium, I get maybe
a ham and cheese sandwich, peroni and some bad chips
like we're getting like PJ. Willohans in here. I'm just saying,
look in. One of the things I enjoyed is I
was on the capo stand for most in the match.
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When I was watching the people in front of us,
the new people were doing these seats. You know what
was really fun was some people were like, all right,
I'm very stoic, you know, I'm in these seats. I
got my blanket, I'm cozy, you know, I got my
room service.
Speaker 4 (18:42):
I'm fine.
Speaker 3 (18:43):
And then there were other people who were standing up
waving scarves, like turning around to see what the chances
were with the Suns have been and getting into it
with us. I mean, I don't know where that's gonna be,
but like I can imagine, you know, late September, big
game against Red Bull, those people will be standing up.
Speaker 4 (19:01):
And cheering just as much as the River end will that.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
I don't know what the people on the other end
will be doing, but I understand, But I look, bougie
seats are bougie seats, and I have a bias. I
got bougie seats at the Sixers, so I'm a fan
of any time you can make my sporting event smoother
and more plush if you will. But uh, yeah, look,
I don't mind it. I understand why some people do
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mind it. But also at the same time, I think
what SEBBA says one hundred percent correct. Give it like
a month and no one's even going to notice they're there.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Yeah, and I wanted to get into team news before
you know, we get into to the next game. But
speaking of bougienist non bougienist controversially about seating, I don't
know if you got this email at them. Yeah, but
the team sent out a safe standing and general admission
survey for the River End, which I am torn because
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I am one hundred thousand you were safe standing. I
think it would make the River End better that people
would participate. Take out those seats, put in railings, drink older.
That's all we need. It's perfect. I am one against
general admission, which most people think that we should do.
(20:19):
So I just wanted to see what if you guys
had any felt, but the survey went out. So if
you are a season ticket older, you should have gotten
a survey. If you sit or stand belonging the River end,
you want to weigh in in this because we've been
trying to get safe standing. Oh my god, I was.
I joined the board like ten years ago. We've been
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trying to get safe standing ever since then. So we've
been trying to do that. All the other new stadiums
have it. I think it would make the environment even better.
General admission. I just worry that everybody would crash to
the middle and as soon as you go up to
go to the bathroom, some guys in your seat and
you've got to sit somewhere else. That's why I don't
like general admission. I don't think we've ever had that
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is as a teen culture. So get your guys thought
real quick, what do you think safe standing? General admission?
Did you vote at him?
Speaker 4 (21:09):
I haven't vote yet, I will real quick. I'm for
safe standing.
Speaker 5 (21:14):
I'm not for GA.
Speaker 4 (21:16):
Main reason I'm not for GA as a capo.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
I know who's with me and who isn't. I know
where to go to to strum up energy, and I
just know people are the people in the river ends,
particularly who've been here since you know, twenty ten, their
creatures of habit, their particulars, and the idea of them
not having the spot that they've had to watch the Union,
like that's like that angle is imprinted in their mind
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of this is how I watched the Union. I watched
the Union from just off left of the net. I've
been watching the Union just off left of the net
my whole time. Plus, I don't trust us with GA.
I just I just don't yet, I don't. I don't
necessarily now that's gonna help GA. I do, like Stafe standing,
(22:03):
I think it's at this point, you know, if you
if you're going to do Renolds and this stadium was
always meant to be renod in the first place, that
should be your first one.
Speaker 4 (22:14):
It won't be that should be your first one. But yeah,
that's where I stand on that.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Yeah, Now, Sebastian, I don't know if you've ever been
in the river, and have you.
Speaker 5 (22:24):
I never been. I've been. I've been a little bit
like for what I mean, it's ten minutes when I
tell you. But yeah, I mean it's like the GA
is very European, you know, again, like talking about them
and the fact you can have your own city thing
is great. I used to have GM when I was
a kid. You know, I was thirteen years old and
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when I go to the game. As soon as the
get opened, me and my friend were going because we're
going in the first row on the top of the
second high so we see everything and were kind of
every time there is a goal, you know, bring some
comfiti and you know, get the you know paper out
and throws some on the airplane when we are bold
and the game wasn't intendant, but yeah, it's what we
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are doing. But it's you know, then you have to
wait because you want to lose your seat a good
you know, two and a half hours, you know that otherwise,
like you say, if you leave people to take your stuff.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
Yeah, I mean it works in Portland. I know, they
line up around the corner and the volunteers for the
Timbers Army get their seats roped off, and there's some advantages.
I just don't think Philadelphia's got the culture for it.
The Union. I mean, I look forward to seeing the
people every year, you know, the blank and Myers, the
Mitchells that I see. I mean the first time I
ever heard Adams Bruth's voice was at the top of
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one thirty six from where my seats were. That's actually
how we first really met. So I like the commoderiti that,
you know, being able to like be with that same
group and at the end of the season you're like, hey,
have a good off season. See at the home opener
and you see the same people. So I like having
a signed seats for that reason. But that's just me.
Speaker 4 (23:55):
I just know something.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
It'll be easier if we started from the beginning like that,
Like if you if you if that's your culture from
the get go, yep, that's one thing.
Speaker 4 (24:03):
But it's like I think it's hard to remove it
now that the.
Speaker 2 (24:07):
Ten years we've got three different generations have come through already.
Speaker 4 (24:11):
Know now again, you know, similar to putting the season
front of the river.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
And if they do it and it happens a year
and a half from now, I think we'll just all
be done with it and then the Mitchell's and the
blanke and Myers and yourselves will just get there earlier
than the rest of us would. But outside of that,
you know, I just think it's gonna be interesting. I
think the safe standing should happen for sure. I think,
you know, that's what you bring, That's how you bring
the Union into MLS three point zero to start with,
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you know, and then everything else we can talk about after.
Speaker 2 (24:41):
Yeah, I think so too, and and and selfish plug
again before we get onto the League news. Nashville trip,
it's out there. You can party with mister Sebastian Latto
in Nashville. I'll be out there as the trip coordinator.
We're trying to figure out Adam's situation. We have a child,
we know, we know, we're not pushing it yet, but Nashville,
Nashville is going to be a blast. So I just
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wanted to remind everybody that the link's out there. And
I think at the home opener that we're going to talk.
I'm not the home opener. The next home game. I
might be on the plaza handing out information for that.
I haven't talked to the people at Philly Sports Trips
about it yet, but that might happen. So if you
want to hang out with Sebastian Latoo and rumors of
Dave Leno and Shanean, maybe Seba joining us at one
(25:25):
of the parties or something, Amelia, Yeah, So just letting
everybody know about that. Okay, and now the league news,
you know, Charlotte beat Atlanta. San Diego sold out snap
Dragon Stadium, But Adam, did you see their fans are
struggling with the culture of the MLS in their chance.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (25:51):
So I would have assumed when you put a new
soccer team six miles from the US border, that it's
probably gonna have a little bit of time for that
to not weed itself out of the culture because San
Diego soccer culture is much more related to Tijuana than
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it ever was related to Major League Soccer.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
So it's well than Coronado. Let me.
Speaker 4 (26:22):
Yeah, So look, it's.
Speaker 5 (26:24):
Gonna take a bet.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
It's gonna take a minute to weep that one out,
you know, and.
Speaker 4 (26:30):
It probably will.
Speaker 3 (26:31):
But here's the thing that I like to tell you,
why say is still saying in the River End quite often?
And well, I don't think it's going away anytime soon.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
We don't know that anymore because it's on Apple TV.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
That's basically what happened.
Speaker 5 (26:46):
And it was.
Speaker 2 (26:48):
Yeah, when it was an ESPN or ABC or PHL
seventeen we I would get the little emails and memos
from the front office when that chat was out.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
There, So you were shocked the Disney Corporation wasn't the
biggest fan of you know.
Speaker 2 (27:02):
Shocked.
Speaker 3 (27:04):
Yeah, even though they did put out the newest Deadpool.
So I feel like they've eased up a little bit. Yes,
well no, I mean, look, they'll get to they'll figure
it out. But I'm happy for San Diego. That's a
great market, great fans. You know. I'm happy they finally
got a Major League Soccer club.
Speaker 2 (27:21):
I can't wait till the Union play there because I
think that's going to be a great trip to get
up there. It's one of I think I go for
work three or four times a year and there's never
a bad time in San Diego. San Diago, San Diego, Well,
you know what, have you ever.
Speaker 5 (27:35):
Been SEBA It's one of the city in America and
never been, guys, So when to go, I hope I'll
be there.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, when they send.
Speaker 3 (27:44):
Us to the West Coast in ten years, because I
don't know how MLS schedules even work anymore, but okay.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, I don't know. So Sunday Soccer with the headline
was Houston versus Miami, and you know what happened.
Speaker 3 (27:57):
Oh, no, the really really famous guy I didn't play,
didn't he He did not play.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
They still got wax, but he didn't play. But Houston
offered fans a free ticket for another match. So I
have an idea how Houston's been selling if they're offering
free tickets for a batch down the road because everybody
went to the c MESSI.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
That's pathetic, man, I'm that straight up pathetic. I'm sorry
that is. That is embarrassing as an organization. And you're
the fourth largest city in the country. You are chock
full of great sports fans, and you still cannot get
people to come to Houston Dynamo games. And that's sad
because and I don't know what's happening in Houston. They
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like Houston and Chicago disappoint me so much because of
their potential and what they could be and what they
are not. And when you're now offering free tickets because
the main attraction to your game, which wasn't your own
team wasn't there, and you're like, we're so sorry that
you came to a Houston Dynamo game and the other players,
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top player wasn't there. Here's a free ticket that is
tail between your legs.
Speaker 4 (29:04):
That is giving away the ghost right there.
Speaker 2 (29:07):
It's in the restaurant world that is taking your fine
dining establishment and offering a buy one, get one free,
or putting a scale in the restaurant and the kids
eat what they weigh kind of thing.
Speaker 3 (29:18):
It's not like there is no time in the history
of Real Madrid did they ever offer a ticket because
Messi wasn't playing for Barcelona. I guarantee you that in
the history of mankind, there has never been that moment
in time. There is never a moment in time Chelsea
offered a ticket because Mosala wasn't playing for Liverpool. It
is this to me, and I get it.
Speaker 4 (29:39):
I'm not a stupid.
Speaker 3 (29:40):
Person that doesn't understand that Messi is bigger than anything
MLS is and possibly ever will be. But this is ridiculous.
You have pride in yourself, Houston.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Yeah, any thoughts on that subas we make fun of
Houston for this.
Speaker 5 (29:55):
No, I think Adam said pretty well, you don't. You know,
if you found of a team, you go see your team.
You don't go see of course, if there's a great
player on the team, come perfect because you already have
the ticket.
Speaker 4 (30:05):
You know you want it.
Speaker 5 (30:06):
From the beginning of the season. But at the end
of the day, it's all the people who comes. They
are just going to come for one game and who
cares it means that doesn't know anything, like just come
to support your your city and your club that you
might want to start liking more and more. And you've
got the key because now you have me see and
the following year maybe you've got Mbappe, You've got you know,
(30:26):
some weether. You know, we'll come to this league too
to play. It's just a bonus. The rest is just
supporting your team and becoming a bigger and bigger into soccer.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Yeah, well, real.
Speaker 3 (30:38):
Quick, real quick, because if you have a situation like
New York City Football Club, right, they come into the
league with peer Low and Lampard and all these guys
coming in, what do you think in NYCFC fan is
now the ones are there, the diehards, the ones that
are there give the damn because that team might be okay,
but they're not hitting you with flash and hitting you
with all that substance anymore. So you found out who
(31:00):
your real fans are. You know, through that process, this
to me is and look, we're gonna get more stars
coming over here. I'm sure Griesman's gonna be over here
in five and a half minutes because he loves Miami
that much. Like I'm sure all and the NBA. I'm
sure all of this is gonna work out. But at
the same time, it's just like, don't sell your soul
like it just this is not Beckham time. We don't
(31:23):
need one star to lift the entire league anymore. You know,
Let's just have some pride in ourselves for three minutes.
Speaker 2 (31:31):
Yeah, well, we talked about one bad team, Houston. Let's
talk about another bad team. On Saturday. We play New
England Revolution. They're in the MLS Power rankings at twenty seven.
The Union are four. I know, we don't care about
power rankings, but as long as we're a top five
power ranking team, I'm gonna be talking about the power ranking,
(31:51):
you know, But yeah, they now matter. The New England Revolution.
We go up to New England, to Foxborough, not New England,
and they're coming off a one zero loss versus Columbus,
which I was like, well, hey, you hold Columbus to
one goal. The Revs have not scored a goal through
two matches this season, so guys, sub I'm going to
(32:13):
go with you first, because you just did the TV
show everybody watching on Friday night at eleven or Friday
night right, yes, Friday Night eleven PHL seventeen. So give
us what you think about this upcoming game with the
New England Revolution.
Speaker 5 (32:27):
I mean it's tricky. It could be like, you know,
we have game because the Union, you know, two wins
lots of confidence right now. I think from the group
having you know, now to travel to Boston who didn't
win a game, lost their last one at home, and
didn't score a goal in the beginning of the season.
So it could be like a like a trap game.
You or like the Union are going to be too
(32:49):
confident and get surprised by the energy and in green
nests of the Rev. Who wants to you know, really
come strong and win a big game against Now if
you did, would like you say number four in a
ranking or we are the best? No, we are not.
But it's very mental as it's gonna be. It's gonna
be a tough game. It's gonna be called I'm not
sure if it's going to be rainy or windy, but
(33:11):
the stadium at New England sucks. I don't like it.
It's a big stadium, it's sometimes don't not sure what
type of atmosphere you're going to get over there. So yeah,
it's it's going to be a tricky game. So the
team need to really, I think, stay together like they've
been doing, you or playing half for each other, and
and try to grant a resort. It might not be pretty,
(33:32):
might still be a four game, you know, goal against
for the Union. Who knows, maybe we're going to not
have as many chances. But I think if they keep
the same mentality that they've been doing the past two
games and not believing that okay, we have six funds,
but believing, hey, we need another positive resort away from
home against the New England. Things that they know are
going to come going too far, going to try not
(33:53):
to probably prays them very early to score early goals
and get kind of their crowd into the game. It's
not going to be easy. So yeah, I think it's
a tough task because you don't want to play those
kind of type of game. You know that, Yeah, we
couldn't make it easier, but you have to be ready.
I think for another deep plays.
Speaker 2 (34:13):
I just looked up the weather for Saturday night. The
load's going to be twenty eight fifteen to twenty five
mile an hour wins awesome, Adam, I want you to
take this quote I told you in the pre game
what was my thought? It was? It was a quote
from your favorite Return of the Jedi movie. How did
I feel about this game?
Speaker 4 (34:34):
Yeah, the Admiral snack Bar himself. It's a trap.
Speaker 3 (34:38):
Yeah, well it's probably it could be. I still think
they're going to win, but I think it could be
a trap too. I look, are New England as bad
as we think they are? Maybe now?
Speaker 4 (34:50):
Are the Union as good as we think they are
in the moment?
Speaker 3 (34:52):
Maybe?
Speaker 5 (34:53):
Now?
Speaker 4 (34:54):
Is it possible for the Union to put a six
spot up on them?
Speaker 5 (34:56):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (34:57):
And it's impossible for them to.
Speaker 4 (34:58):
Lose this game, obviously.
Speaker 3 (34:59):
I mean, I I hate to be that guy, but
that's literally what this game is in both directions. I
give credit for the fact that New England's only given
up a goal in two games, you know, and they
only gave up one goal to a Columbus team that,
even though they got smacked around a little bit by
Los Angeles last night in the Champions Cup, looked pretty
good coming into these into the game.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
I'm not gonna put all the onus on the Union
to dominate. I think this could be a tough game.
I think that, and I want to get Seba's thoughts
on this in a little bit. That might be one
of the worst venues in Major League soccer. Like if
we're just going to talk about like the combinedness of
the weather, the turf, the atmosphere, the hollowness of how
large it is as a as an arena that will
(35:46):
never fill, you know. I think going up to New
England in March is one of the worst case scenarios
in Major League Soccer. So this is gonna be tough
just because of that alone. But I think you're better.
I think you're stronger, I think you're more confident, and
I think again, you still have like three to four
(36:07):
guys that you signed this season that are getting their
sea legs in here. We just saw Indiana, we just
saw Bruno, and you could I mean, this could get
this could get better before it gets the worse for
the Union. You know, this could get a lot more
smoother and a lot more depth. So that's why it's
a trap, because literally anything could happened in this game.
Speaker 2 (36:28):
To me, it's still early in the season. You have
to see where we're at everything. But like you guys
said it perfectly, I don't need to say more. But
between the weather and being in New England and that turf,
and I do want to get sub's opinion that if
you got to rank some of the worst stadiums you
had to play in MLS, where's New England that we
(36:49):
know how much you dislike Dallas.
Speaker 5 (36:52):
Yeah, I mean that sum than you done. But yeah,
I mean East Coast just as a know, has been
better because they change it. But when I play the toughest,
terrible and sometimes you play the day after a concert,
so it's all flat, it's it's not fun and and yeah,
like you says, there's not there's nobody behind the goal
(37:13):
usually like one one goal is some fans, but the
other one isn't really nobody is just like tense, so
it's not it's not really it doesn't feel like so
because it's not full. So and you're pretty far have
to say so, yeah, not not the best gym. I
let's like to play there just because I got a
lot of success and we beat me in a lot
(37:34):
of the time and I score probably most of my
goals against New England when I play for Philly at
home and away. But yeah, it's it's definitely a tough
stadium and when they are good and when they play
it sucks, you know you you don't want to be there.
It's cool and everything, So it's it's going to be
very mental. I think for all the teams need to
have a good propersion. But like you say, I think
(37:54):
we we have the better team right now. We have
the most confidence with everything. So let's kind of keep
this rolling and I will not be surprised if we
see some good counter attacks from the Union because New
England need to push, you need to get goals. So
can we be deadly on those contrac attacks that maybe
we didn't see as much this year when we're starting
from our all half, but maybe we can. We can
(38:14):
do that this weekend.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
And you're sending Shanan and Dave up to New England.
You're not going for the radio.
Speaker 5 (38:20):
I am going, oh you are going, yeah, unfortunately kind
of make the trips. So I will be taking his
place for that game, So I'll be there. I'll be
they have bundling up with Dave and watching this game.
Speaker 2 (38:31):
I was gonna say dress and warm, because I don't
think they have heat in that booth.
Speaker 5 (38:35):
Taking a big suitcase, you know.
Speaker 3 (38:37):
I one of the things that I find about some
of these situations and Major Soccer, and obviously, you know,
with some of the original clubs, it was a lot
harder for them to get out of their older situations
into newer situations.
Speaker 4 (38:49):
I think the best case was Red Bull.
Speaker 3 (38:51):
Red Bull was like, we're out of the metal lands,
We're getting our own digs and it's great here. You know,
Like all things aside, I think Red Bull Arena is fantastic.
I just you know, it's cavernous because not a lot
of fans get in there.
Speaker 4 (39:01):
But I think as a venue it's very nice.
Speaker 3 (39:04):
But it's one of those things where there's no club
that I think would benefit more in Major League Soccer
from a move downtown than New England. You could get
these guys in the Boston I would think it would
change the entire trajectory of that club as a whole.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
And it's not a poor ownership team. The ownership has
the money they could do this.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
Oh yeah, the Robert Craft. There's no part of Robbert
Craft that is enable to bring that team to Boston.
Speaker 4 (39:27):
I just think he doesn't want to. He doesn't have to,
and that's really the kicker.
Speaker 2 (39:31):
Yeah, well, let's let's go one more thing and then
we can wrap this up. Guys. I don't know if
you saw this, but our next home match is against
Nashville and there's some excitement going on. Adam, have you
seen it?
Speaker 4 (39:43):
I haven't. What's going on?
Speaker 2 (39:44):
Matthew Dollar Dog Night? Oh snap, we're bringing the Dollar
Dogs to the home match, So I mean we're gonna
we're gonna be able to throw hot dogs up to
seven the radio booth so he can eat during the game.
But Dollar Dog Night versus Nashville March sixteenth, I'm hoping
it's gon to be at least fifty two degrees for
a two pm Sunday game.
Speaker 5 (40:05):
Yeah, two pm defunant times, so a nice early game
can celebrate the folly after Union Yards. But yeah, it's
gonna be a bit different timing, but hopefully it was
a positive results this weekend. We can get Nashville and going.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
And I've got one request for mister Lettu and the
radio broadcast team. There is a special guest and I
don't understand this it's a VIP meet and great experience,
but one Joey Chestnut is going to be an attendance
for Dollar Dog Night. Now, Seba, have you ever seen
Joey Chestnut perform?
Speaker 5 (40:37):
I so, I guess some highlight on ESPN, which I
don't even understand. Why he's on the.
Speaker 2 (40:43):
Nathan Tatlog eating Champion legend. So yeah, I think you
need to get him with you and Dave just chowing
down on hot dogs during the broadcast.
Speaker 5 (40:52):
No, I think we could.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
I this man has grew up on a European diet
for most of his life, and he's gonna stand a
boot can be Like, you know what's fun? Tue Tube
process meets with this gentleman who doesn't even do the
chewing portion of the of the eating, just to get
them down. Now, Jerry Chessen is a legend to whom is.
It's a particular crowd, but he is a legend to
(41:15):
those people, and I find that. Look, I'm happy they
could find him and to do this. Hey, I wouldn't
preferred Kobayashi, but that's just me.
Speaker 2 (41:25):
I'm happy that there's a Dollar Dog Night because the
Phillies got rid of it. So good for the union
picking up the dollar dog night. You know I will.
I will be there with three dollars out just to
get three dogs down. No problem.
Speaker 3 (41:36):
Look man, in this economy, the Philly's gonna afford it.
Speaker 2 (41:39):
I'm just saying, well, guys, uh, suba, one last thing.
You announced your summer camps. You have any information you
want to tell people right now, but we'll update throughout
the pod.
Speaker 5 (41:50):
Yeah we can have did, but not. It's just you
know thisstand and being doing it now. He's the past
four to be the fourth edition. It's going to be
in the week at you know, July, from the twenty
fifth to the twenty four. I mean, why it would chres.
I'll be there, my wife as wed and some good coaches,
but yet looking forward to fund again at the shore,
(42:10):
some food in the morning and then everybody can enjoy
your the beatings the afternoon.
Speaker 2 (42:14):
Very good, adam. Anything about that frisbee team before we
check off?
Speaker 3 (42:18):
Just the jersey that I designed personally myself will be
revealed next week, so all of you guys can see
how good I am at this and then tell the
Union that I need to do that for them as well.
And we will be starting the season in late April,
and we also have fun summer camps too, so you know,
(42:38):
if you just if you haven't found your way to
the shore and you're just stuck in Delco and you
want to throw a frisbee, Allo it at me. I
got a couple of places for you, all.
Speaker 2 (42:46):
Right, everyone, That was episode number twenty eight in the books.
We've got New England Saturday night. Let's get ready for it.
So thank you Saba, Thanks Adam. Everyone, have a good
rest of your week and we'll see you on Saturday Night.
Speaker 3 (43:00):
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