May 20, 2025 • 9 mins
Seattle Sounders FC Head Coach Brian Schmetzer joins Dick Fain and Jackson Felts to talk about the team’s draw against the Timbers in Portland, the availability of some players including an update on Jackson Ragen’s injury, plus Dallas coming up at home.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Now back to Saftie and Dick, powered by Emerald Queen Casino,
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Speaker 2 (00:19):
Dun dunna dun dunk dun dun dun Dana dunda d
d d d. I love the fact they've kept this song.
I mean they have this was I was like five
and they had this song. You might have been negative
years old. Actually, well it came out. What's what's beauty?
There's many beautiful things about the Sounders. The one beautiful one,
really particularly beautiful ye for me is the nineteen seventy
(00:41):
four that's plastered all over their logo. That's the year
I was born.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So that's you were zero. I was zero, you were zero.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Brian Spetzer, coach of Seattle Sounders FC, joins us, how
are you, Briant good?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
That is a snappy tune. I mean you can sing along.
It's it's it's it gets it at the time.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Is there no words to it?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Brian?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I never knew if there were words supposed to go to.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
It, I don't know, but it was like that. I mean,
you just made up words as you went.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Along, exactly, screw Portland, screw Portland, dun dun dun dun dun,
something like that. Right. Oh well, speaking of Portland, the
draw against Portland. You know, we've talked about good draws before,
We've talked about bad, ugly kiss your sister draws before.
Where does this one hold away? Where does this one
land on the continuum of draws here? Coach?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Well, it's you know, it could be in between the
two extremes that you just pointed out. You know, we
were disappointed in many ways because we felt we had
a chance to win. I hate giving up soft goals,
and I think the goal that we gave up, I mean, look,
they're going to say it was a great goal, but
(01:53):
there were some tactical things that I'm sure Jackson's gonna
ask me about. But there's some tactical breakdowns on that clip.
And you know it's our our trival. So we had
the lead and we couldn't hold on, and we had
some chances and couldn't score the second one. And you know,
at the end of the game, they weren't doing much.
I mean they were just sitting back trying to defend.
(02:14):
So in that sense, it was pretty good.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Brian, It's funny I did something that I never do.
After the game was over, I went on to the
Timbers feeds on the internet and saw it. Timbers fans,
why would you do that here? So you know, it's
interesting because to your question, Dick, and to Brian your answer,
I wanted to see what their perspective was because I
was kind of like, I feel like Seattle was the
better team throughout the ninety minutes, but sort of our
(02:39):
Portland fans feeling lucky to get a point and a
lot of them weren't. So it was interesting, right even though,
and we can talk about the tactical element of the
goal that you gave up and that they scored. We
said on the post game that I thought was a
great goal that they scored. But ultimately, I think that
a lot of Portland people are feeling a little bit
lucky to come away with just a point.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
I would I would agree. I mean, look, I didn't
go on the Portland chat boards that would really be
that I'm desperate for something. But look, there was some
good half chances. Look statistically, I know, you know, we
had thirteen shots to four, we had eight corner kicks,
we won the duels battles. So there's a narrative there
(03:20):
based on statistics that you know agrees with some of
the fans from Portland might have thought.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
So a long road trip comes to an end one
one and one when a loss of draw Houston La Portland.
If I if I had to ask you, and maybe
we did, I don't remember if we asked you. If
we asked you a couple of weeks ago before this,
if you would have taken one, one and one on
three games in a row on the road before coming home,
would you have taken it?
Speaker 4 (03:44):
I would have, Dick. But what I wouldn't have liked
or as well, I still don't like it was just
the way we play. I mean sometimes that's more important
for the mental health of the team. You know, that
game midweek against LAFC, mean, they took it to us.
So that was a bit of a bummer there with
the score line being four zero, and you know, you
(04:05):
want to be competitive in every match, and I think
we have been. Uh you know, maybe the other you know,
bad result was the Cruise Azul match that we they
took it to us. But you know, we want to
be competitive in every match home and away, and you
know if you are, if you work and you you
have a five hundred record on the road, and you
win most of your home games or just over half
(04:27):
of your home games, you'll be sitting good when the
playoff pitcher arrives.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. Before nothing.
I went to see the Men in Black after that game,
so in front of your eyes, gotcha a couple of
items of business, Brian. Uh, you know I did go
on the Seattle message boards. One question that came up
was Peter del le Vega didn't start in Portland. I
know JP on the bench, just making sure that they
(04:53):
are still fully healthy, no knocks, and are going to
be good to go this week.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
They're totally fine. JP had heavy minutes against LAFC that
he came down with some food poisoning. Dala Vega. You
know there's an injury risk. Last time he got injured,
remember he was playing on short rest. I played him
like a Wednesday Saturday, and I wasn't gonna make the
same mistake twice. So they're both ready to go and
(05:19):
they'll be available for selection for these next three games.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
So last week you said that Jackson Reagan was a
possibility for Dallas. Is he still a possibility for Dallas?
Speaker 4 (05:29):
He is going to go through full training this week, Dick,
and if he makes it to full training then he'll
be available as well.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
That is some great news. Well, Brian, you got so
many midfielders here, and Brian Schmitzer joining US Seattle Sounders
FC head coach, and so many midfields to choose from. Obviously,
it's another busy week, three home games and nine days
coming up, starting with Dallas on Saturday. And I'm wondering
as you figure out how you put the first game
of these nine together in the midfield. Specifically, Hey, SU's Ferra,
(06:00):
you know, facing his former team in Dallas. But looking
at the production he's given you and maybe not given
you over the course of this first third of the season,
as you measure him again up against Pedro, up against
you know, Ryan Kent and everybody else, you know, how
does he factor into that ranking of who to start
amongst those attacking midfielders.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Oh, We're gonna have to wait and see for my
life of choices on the weekend. But look, he's got
a lot of assists. I think he's the leading assist
getter on the team. He played well down in Portland.
He kept the ball for us well, I mean we
had we won the possession duel as well. I mean
we had more possession than them. He helped us out
of some jams. Pego's electric. You know, people like to
(06:45):
watch him because he flies around and he shoots, and
he does things that's not necessarily you know that's not
necessarily Hateszeus's you know what his personality is like, he's
a little quieter. Ryan Kent has him on and done
a really good job as a sub, and everybody's all
excited about him. But you know that game against Portland,
(07:07):
he didn't quite have all his dribbling skills in the
first half up to up to par So, there's gonna
be some tough choices to make for this first game
and then we'll kind of follow through with the last
last two in the three game week.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Did you like Jackson's sneaky thirty second way of basically
just asking you who's starting on Saturday? Did you like
that he was kind of weaving in and right well
Saturday against Dallas. I was surprised to see Jackson told
me pregame starts at eleven thirty in the morning. I
was like, this must be a game in Texas. No,
(07:42):
it's a game here. Noon start. You like a noon
start on the West Coast.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I hate them, actually, why. I don't think a record
in afternoon games is very good Jackson. That's something you
can look up and we can discuss tomorrow. But I
don't think our record at home isn't great when we
have afternoon kickoffs.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Brad, just wrapping it up. Give us just a couple
of seconds here on Dallas. This team that you beat
one nothing on the road facing on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Yeah, Acosta their biggest player out due to suspension, but
they'll be underdog. The coach is gonna get them fired up.
And they won a little bit of revenge. I mean,
that was the thing that got us started on our
little winning streak, and I'm sure they'd like to start
one of their own as well.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Go get them, Go get them. We'll be watching and
listening on Saturday. Thanks coach, Thanks coaching.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Okay, thanks Dick Cia Jackson.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
You bet Sounders against Dallas on Saturday. Head on out
there to a loom and field for that one. You
can also listen right here. Jackson Feltz in the pregame
at eleven thirty am. That is just weird to say
at the Sounders. A brunch with the Sounders. Indeed, on Saturday,
we'll get back to Hugh when we come back at
the top of the hour. Headlines and the winningest coach
now tied for the winningest coach in State of Washington
(08:59):
high schoo football history, Monty Kohler, is going to join
us coming up in the next segment, a ninety three
point three KJRFM
Broadcasting live from the R and R Foundation Specialist Broadcast Studio.
Now back to Saftie and Dick, powered by Emerald Queen Casino,
the Vetting and capital of the Northwest on Sports Radio
and ninety three point three kJ r FF.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Dun dunna dun dunk dun dun dun Dana dunda d
d d d. I love the fact they've kept this song.
I mean they have this was I was like five
and they had this song. You might have been negative
years old. Actually, well it came out. What's what's beauty?
There's many beautiful things about the Sounders. The one beautiful one,
really particularly beautiful ye for me is the nineteen seventy
(00:41):
four that's plastered all over their logo. That's the year
I was born.
Speaker 3 (00:45):
So that's you were zero. I was zero, you were zero.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Brian Spetzer, coach of Seattle Sounders FC, joins us, how
are you, Briant good?
Speaker 4 (00:55):
That is a snappy tune. I mean you can sing along.
It's it's it's it gets it at the time.
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Is there no words to it?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Brian?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I never knew if there were words supposed to go to.
Speaker 4 (01:04):
It, I don't know, but it was like that. I mean,
you just made up words as you went.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Along, exactly, screw Portland, screw Portland, dun dun dun dun dun,
something like that. Right. Oh well, speaking of Portland, the
draw against Portland. You know, we've talked about good draws before,
We've talked about bad, ugly kiss your sister draws before.
Where does this one hold away? Where does this one
land on the continuum of draws here? Coach?
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Well, it's you know, it could be in between the
two extremes that you just pointed out. You know, we
were disappointed in many ways because we felt we had
a chance to win. I hate giving up soft goals,
and I think the goal that we gave up, I mean, look,
they're going to say it was a great goal, but
(01:53):
there were some tactical things that I'm sure Jackson's gonna
ask me about. But there's some tactical breakdowns on that clip.
And you know it's our our trival. So we had
the lead and we couldn't hold on, and we had
some chances and couldn't score the second one. And you know,
at the end of the game, they weren't doing much.
I mean they were just sitting back trying to defend.
(02:14):
So in that sense, it was pretty good.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
Brian, It's funny I did something that I never do.
After the game was over, I went on to the
Timbers feeds on the internet and saw it. Timbers fans,
why would you do that here? So you know, it's
interesting because to your question, Dick, and to Brian your answer,
I wanted to see what their perspective was because I
was kind of like, I feel like Seattle was the
better team throughout the ninety minutes, but sort of our
(02:39):
Portland fans feeling lucky to get a point and a
lot of them weren't. So it was interesting, right even though,
and we can talk about the tactical element of the
goal that you gave up and that they scored. We
said on the post game that I thought was a
great goal that they scored. But ultimately, I think that
a lot of Portland people are feeling a little bit
lucky to come away with just a point.
Speaker 4 (02:57):
I would I would agree. I mean, look, I didn't
go on the Portland chat boards that would really be
that I'm desperate for something. But look, there was some
good half chances. Look statistically, I know, you know, we
had thirteen shots to four, we had eight corner kicks,
we won the duels battles. So there's a narrative there
(03:20):
based on statistics that you know agrees with some of
the fans from Portland might have thought.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
So a long road trip comes to an end one
one and one when a loss of draw Houston La Portland.
If I if I had to ask you, and maybe
we did, I don't remember if we asked you. If
we asked you a couple of weeks ago before this,
if you would have taken one, one and one on
three games in a row on the road before coming home,
would you have taken it?
Speaker 4 (03:44):
I would have, Dick. But what I wouldn't have liked
or as well, I still don't like it was just
the way we play. I mean sometimes that's more important
for the mental health of the team. You know, that
game midweek against LAFC, mean, they took it to us.
So that was a bit of a bummer there with
the score line being four zero, and you know, you
(04:05):
want to be competitive in every match, and I think
we have been. Uh you know, maybe the other you know,
bad result was the Cruise Azul match that we they
took it to us. But you know, we want to
be competitive in every match home and away, and you
know if you are, if you work and you you
have a five hundred record on the road, and you
win most of your home games or just over half
(04:27):
of your home games, you'll be sitting good when the
playoff pitcher arrives.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Brian, I have no idea what you're talking about. Before nothing.
I went to see the Men in Black after that game,
so in front of your eyes, gotcha a couple of
items of business, Brian. Uh, you know I did go
on the Seattle message boards. One question that came up
was Peter del le Vega didn't start in Portland. I
know JP on the bench, just making sure that they
(04:53):
are still fully healthy, no knocks, and are going to
be good to go this week.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
They're totally fine. JP had heavy minutes against LAFC that
he came down with some food poisoning. Dala Vega. You
know there's an injury risk. Last time he got injured,
remember he was playing on short rest. I played him
like a Wednesday Saturday, and I wasn't gonna make the
same mistake twice. So they're both ready to go and
(05:19):
they'll be available for selection for these next three games.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
So last week you said that Jackson Reagan was a
possibility for Dallas. Is he still a possibility for Dallas?
Speaker 4 (05:29):
He is going to go through full training this week, Dick,
and if he makes it to full training then he'll
be available as well.
Speaker 3 (05:36):
That is some great news. Well, Brian, you got so
many midfielders here, and Brian Schmitzer joining US Seattle Sounders
FC head coach, and so many midfields to choose from. Obviously,
it's another busy week, three home games and nine days
coming up, starting with Dallas on Saturday. And I'm wondering
as you figure out how you put the first game
of these nine together in the midfield. Specifically, Hey, SU's Ferra,
(06:00):
you know, facing his former team in Dallas. But looking
at the production he's given you and maybe not given
you over the course of this first third of the season,
as you measure him again up against Pedro, up against
you know, Ryan Kent and everybody else, you know, how
does he factor into that ranking of who to start
amongst those attacking midfielders.
Speaker 4 (06:21):
Oh, We're gonna have to wait and see for my
life of choices on the weekend. But look, he's got
a lot of assists. I think he's the leading assist
getter on the team. He played well down in Portland.
He kept the ball for us well, I mean we
had we won the possession duel as well. I mean
we had more possession than them. He helped us out
of some jams. Pego's electric. You know, people like to
(06:45):
watch him because he flies around and he shoots, and
he does things that's not necessarily you know that's not
necessarily Hateszeus's you know what his personality is like, he's
a little quieter. Ryan Kent has him on and done
a really good job as a sub, and everybody's all
excited about him. But you know that game against Portland,
(07:07):
he didn't quite have all his dribbling skills in the
first half up to up to par So, there's gonna
be some tough choices to make for this first game
and then we'll kind of follow through with the last
last two in the three game week.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
Did you like Jackson's sneaky thirty second way of basically
just asking you who's starting on Saturday? Did you like
that he was kind of weaving in and right well
Saturday against Dallas. I was surprised to see Jackson told
me pregame starts at eleven thirty in the morning. I
was like, this must be a game in Texas. No,
(07:42):
it's a game here. Noon start. You like a noon
start on the West Coast.
Speaker 4 (07:47):
I hate them, actually, why. I don't think a record
in afternoon games is very good Jackson. That's something you
can look up and we can discuss tomorrow. But I
don't think our record at home isn't great when we
have afternoon kickoffs.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Brad, just wrapping it up. Give us just a couple
of seconds here on Dallas. This team that you beat
one nothing on the road facing on Saturday.
Speaker 4 (08:12):
Yeah, Acosta their biggest player out due to suspension, but
they'll be underdog. The coach is gonna get them fired up.
And they won a little bit of revenge. I mean,
that was the thing that got us started on our
little winning streak, and I'm sure they'd like to start
one of their own as well.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Go get them, Go get them. We'll be watching and
listening on Saturday. Thanks coach, Thanks coaching.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
Okay, thanks Dick Cia Jackson.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
You bet Sounders against Dallas on Saturday. Head on out
there to a loom and field for that one. You
can also listen right here. Jackson Feltz in the pregame
at eleven thirty am. That is just weird to say
at the Sounders. A brunch with the Sounders. Indeed, on Saturday,
we'll get back to Hugh when we come back at
the top of the hour. Headlines and the winningest coach
now tied for the winningest coach in State of Washington
(08:59):
high schoo football history, Monty Kohler, is going to join
us coming up in the next segment, a ninety three
point three KJRFM
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