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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Sounders FC Postmat Show. Sounders FC Sucker
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
It's the final here from moving field. Your Sounders have
ended their League's Cup twenty twenty four with a quarter
final loss to LAFC at home. Final score here tonight
is three nothing, as LAFC scored twice in the first half,
pretty much exactly like July twentieth, where the first goal
comes in the first fifteen or so minutes, second goal
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comes shortly after on a volley from distance, and then
the third goal comes in the second half on a
breakaway from Denny Buwanga. I mean, the script was exactly
the same. So here on the postgame show, Jackson Feltz,
Kellen Rod Diego AUDIOA, We're gonna spend I don't want
to spend more than like five minutes talking about this game.
We have a lot to get to in a lot
of topics. There's not gonna be a Sounders Weekly on
(00:56):
KJR this week. I'm off on vacation. So take this
postgame show and talk about a variety of things as
the Sounders now put Leaks Cup in the rearview mirror
and turn their attention back to the MLS regular season
one week from tonight. So let's dive in. Let's quickly
just get the vegetables out of the way here and
talk about tonight. Three nothing, Callen, what did you take
(01:17):
from tonight? We were always try and find the positives,
and we were talking off air and we were kind
of pulling teeth to find where the positives were in
this game, and you know, we laugh about it. But
there were some obviously, you know, I think the one
that stuck out to me was that ral Rui Diaz
got about thirty minutes, didn't look like he was laboring,
was creating a lot. He came off that back line,
he beat some players, He had a few shots. That
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is something that the Sounders fans and the Sounders players
are gonna be very thankful for because going down the road,
you're gonna need that veteran presence, the goal scoring ability
and also just the ral Rudy is magic going into
this second half of the MLS season.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah, I think took out the positives. In general Leak's Cup.
It was better than last year, at least for the
Seattle Sounder, right, they made it two quarterfinals. A side
of this game that this game, yeah, I mean it
was really same story as you mentioned in July twenty
of the month ago. But I think also having a
normal week now that the players can have a bit
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more rest and also prep for the resume of the tournament. Right,
so the MLS and also you have Open Cup. We
can talk about that later. But also there's another match
against LAFC.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Let's talk about that now. Actually, because I mean now
it is interesting, i'd get yours both of your two
cents on this. The fact that we've seen now two
games against LAFC. We talked about the three games in
forty days, you know situation. We're now through two of them,
and the first two of these three have been exactly
the same two first half goals in somewhat similar ways,
sort of not really, and then the third goal which
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has been the exact same way in the second half
both games. Three nothing, both games Lumen fields. It's like
a PTSD right now. I'm just you know, it's just
it's the exact same feeling that we had coming out
of July twentieth. But that third game is going to
be a Starfire, much different atmosphere, much different environment. But
you do got to change whatever went wrong in these
two games. The recipes the exact same for LAFC. You
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got to change it and you got to figure out
a different recipe for success. Come. You know, on the
twenty eighth we talk about games that you're losing, especially
games against you know, quality teams like LAFC, and you
want to put it in your rearview mirror. You take
the positives and you put that in the rearview mirror.
Now that they've gone two games three zero, both at home,
that is something they can't put in their rearview mirror.
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They got to learn from their mistakes, and we talked
about in the pregame where they have to limit their
mistakes and they now have to learn from them because
they didn't limit much of it. It was, like you said,
it was kind of a script there that Brian Spencer
and the team has now to bring into this Open
Cup match. Yes, they're going to be not you know,
LAFC doesn't want to go into Starfire and play on
the turf, playing the smaller stadium. They have big name
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guys that like the big name times. However, it's still
an opportunity for them to win a trophy and that's
something they're going to want to do. So rely on
Starfire being the reason that that l e FC isn't
going to show up, because they've proven that they show
up without you know, some of their big stars there.
They're league goals scorer in the League's Cup. Now it's
they have the quality. Can you now bring up your
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quality and hope that they crumble at Starfire.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yeah. And I think one of those changes that we
talk about, especially what we want to see the Open
Cup game. I want to see also an aggressive team
and maybe having you know, we saw you mentioned a
Kelling having roll Ridias maybe he can start the game right,
I mean having a little chow back on the starting eleven. Again,
it's something different that we saw I would say, pockets
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and moments in the second half that we were really good,
especially one from Roridiaz that he created a dangerous play
all by himself, because we know he has a quality.
And I think we need we need to or branch
mets it also and it needs to to think about
this game is going to be different. That also LAFC
might have a different lineup as well. You know, maybe
you know the big players I'm gonna start, and they're
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gonna get a chance to the youngsters because it's it's
an open, open Cup game at the end of the day, right.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
It's an opportunity. And I think you mentioned it is
Leo Chu and I think that's one that you know,
he's kind of lost the fans a little bit. He's
lost the favor of Brian Schmitzer. But you know, another
positive is that you see him on this field and
you're seeing him attack, you're seeing him create, and you're
given that guy confidence. Now, he hasn't had the best
of seasons, but we've seen what he can do in
previous years and previous times. You're gonna need a game
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changer coming off the bench. And when you look down
and you see it's it's Rol Ruy Diez and that's
the only one you're kind of seeing as a game changer. Offensively,
that's not okay. And so if we can get Lao
Chu back on track, getting him to be that playmaker,
getting him go one on one multiple times in a game,
off the bench, starting a game, whatever it may be,
get that guy confidence because that's gonna be a game
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changer you're gonna need in those tough games down the
stretch of the season. When Pedro dal Vego was also
on the bench tonight, and if he continues to work back,
then he goes into the lineup and then you have
another attacking player who can bring off the bench. So
listen when we fast forward a while from now, and
there's hope for the future for sure. If you're thinking,
oh god, you know, LAFC, even if we get to
the playoffs, you know, they will be a task to face.
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This is a Sounders team that has the potential to
look different when Pedro gets back in there. But you know, again,
Pedro has to stay healthy. That's the first thing ahead
of anything. He didn't play tonight and hopefully he's able
to continue to build back towards one hundred percent, you know.
So with tonight's loss, the Sounders will shift attention back
to MLS action. With the next match coming up one
week from tonight, Saturday, August twenty fourth, it'll be in
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Minnesota at Minnesota United. Kickoff on the twenty fourth is
set for three thirty with a Providence, Swedish premat show
of three o'clock broadcast details ahead for that. You know,
also watch the match via MLS Season Pass on the
Apple TV app. So that's the Sounders turning back to
MLS action where we will look to you know, for
that game, put this in the rearview mirror and get
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back to MLS success. We're in the playoff picture right now,
we aren't even in the playoff games. So for Seattle
then it's just about raising up that table, trying to
get a home game or two home games in that
opening round series in the playoffs. Once we finished these
final what nine games the regular season. So back to
MLS coming up one week from tonight. But as we
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continue the postmatch show and we kind of put this
game at least in our review years, a couple of
topics I want to hit here as we continue on
the postmatch show, So we'll take you a break, we'll
come back and I think talk about the thing that
I think a lot of fans are bringing up and
want to hear about, and that's, you know, what happened
with the transfer market and what happened over the summer
transfer window. So we're gonna touch on that coming up
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next year on the postmatch show following a Sounders three
to nothing lost to lafc here as League's Cup action
has come to an end here at Lumenfield. We'll have
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Speaker 2 (10:56):
Welcome back to Lumenfield, where the sun is setting here
in Seattle. We're preparing for a big storm to come
in and unfortunately the Sounders saw a storm come into
this stadium today with LAFC. They were at Powerhouse and
for the second consecutive time here alumin they showed it
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(11:17):
of Sounders FC. We spent that opening segment talking about
the game, you know, and I'd love to kind of
move on from that, and you know, obviously we have
a game coming again against Minnesota back to MLS Action
next Saturday. But you know, I think where I want
to take this post game show is a little bit
of a you know, morphing it into Sounders Weekly because
there's no show this week over on ninety three point
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three FM, and and Hit a bunch of topics and
and Calen Diego. I think one of the big topics
around this team right now. Certainly, I mean, you know,
I'm sending tweets out with game updates throughout the entire night,
and pretty much, you know, ninety percent of responses are
people talking about the summer transfer window, and a lot
was made about the Sounders did not make a move
in the summer transfer window, and just you know, while
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we have a segment, just want to get each of
your sense on the Sounders, what they did in the
summer tran what they didn't do in the summer transfer window,
and overall, you know what Craig Wible had to say
a couple of days ago in that press conference. Look,
I think it's it's hard to say because we're not
in those conversations. We're not in the on the calls,
we're not in the room when they're making these decisions.
And these decisions are not only one sided. It has
(12:21):
to be two sided here. And there's a salary cap
that goes into play as well. But on my perspective,
and I guess this is coming from a player, you
don't bring anyone in because you've got two of your
dp's on the bench currently who are coming off injury
and welcoming back in the second half of the season,
you're playing guys on the field that are winning. You're
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in a quarterfinal for Leagues Cup, you're in a semi
final for Open Cup. You're sitting in playoff position in
the league after you know, starting off pretty darn poor.
Now you're kind of guiding in and if you bring
someone in, if they're going to impact, it could be
a negative way. Hopefully it's a positive way. But where
are you going to find this player that's going to
be the next starter? When Jordan Morris is hot, he's
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scoring a lot of goals, Albert Rusnak hot, scoring and
assisting a lot of goals. Paul Rothrock, who you may
say is probably going to be on the on the
bench towards the end of the year. We hope he's
going to continue to play. But he's the glue guy,
He's the ky, the guy that's going you don't want
to see him drop because he's the one that's brought
everyone up. Christian rolled down, who's going to play there? Job,
paula who's gonna play there? I mean, we've got these
guys that are so good and we are playing well
(13:29):
at this moment. Why break something that isn't broken now
I'm saying that after this game, but look at the past.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Yeah, no, I think that's a really good point.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think from a fan perspective, people always want to
hear big names, right, especially if you see right now
we saw a LAFC and they have all the VID
you do, that's the you know, top goal scorer for France,
et cetera. And I think the fans always get stay
with that. I want to see a big name in
Seattle Sounder. But I think also people have to understand
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how historically Sales Founders have been able to win championships
with yeah, really good players, but maybe not like the
you know, the big, big superstar because the Sales Founders
they don't need at this point. And I agree, I
think now you've seen after League's Cup, but coming back
to the League, they have a legitimate chance to to
(14:22):
run for the cup again, right, and they have a
really good squad. I still think like unfortunately pedro lebeca
whau is one of the dps and signings this year.
He's been injured, but he is a quality player that
we still haven't seen him really, you know, play consistently, right,
So I think uh fans also need to give a
chance because at the end of the day, Sales Founders,
they're still in a playoff position right now, and also
(14:44):
you have another tournament. They open Cup against LAFC, so
there's another chance to win another trophy. So I think
in that sense, I agree with the decision of not
signing anyone because at the end of the day, you
you wouldn't change much right what you currently have.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Look, they got to understand the fans as well, and
something that we know a lot of us players don't
understand all the time because the rules keep on changing.
But the Sounders can still sign someone. It has to
be a free agent or some other rules. There's there's
there's a million rules that we don't understand, and I
think we can backdoor anything that you can think of.
But there's still a chance for players to come in
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and change the game. But we just have to make
it the right players. You don't want to add a
player just to add a player. You don't want to
remove a player just to remove a player. There has
to be a system involved and in a goal as well.
And your point, Diego is that you know Sounders aren't
a superstar team. We have a bunch of players that
are very They're very good on the field. They're not
(15:43):
ones to be the the David Beckhams, they're not ones
to be the slats On Behaviovitch like. It is not
that type of team. And I don't think the fans
want that. I don't think the players want that. We
are not one one player, we are not two players.
We are a team. And I think that is kind
of playing a factor as well. And I you know,
I think going forward in the next year, you always
(16:04):
see turnover in the end of the year. I still
think there's going to be an addition when it comes
to free agency, but it's it's a team right now.
I think is hot, you know, get rid of this
game in the last LAFC game. But I think this
is a team that is coming together and is playing
very well, and I think they'll they'll go far. And
I think I'll wrap up the conversation by kind of
reiterating the points that Craig Wible made, which is that
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they they chased a couple of players, they really went after,
and they got deep in a couple of players, as
he was saying in the press conference, and they ended
up being out of the price range. And the reality
is MLS has a cap, and and there is there
is a It isn't like you know, major League Baseball,
where you can spend hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
millions of dollars, pay your luxury tacks and say, oh,
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well that's just what we're paying. And you know New
York Mets style it, right, I mean, that's that's still us.
I would do this for free. Yeah, sorry, key, but
I would do this for free if it was If
it was like that, that's not how this works. There
there is a cap, and and they they had money,
as Craig said from the deal surrounding Javier ari Yaga
earlier this year, they went after a couple guys that
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he believed could help this team and impact this team.
And listen, it happens. Players can say, no, that's it
takes two to tango and all of these things right,
so all these things, you know, play into it. So
it's not like i'd say to fans, It's not like
the Sounders are sitting on their hands saying we're not
gonna do anything and we're fine not doing that. That's
not at all what happened. In the summer transfer window.
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So you know, anybody who's thinking that the efforts were
made and their efforts, as Brian Schmitzer just said, and
and Craig said, efforts can continue to be made to
make sure this team is what it needs to be
to challenge a team like LAFC come playoffs. You're not
even gonna face them in an open cup. You may
end up facing them. I mean, if the playoffs were
to start today right now, Sounders are the seventh seed,
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LAFC is the two seed. Sounders will be playing a
three game series against LAFC if the playoffs started today.
We know that this team needs to improve, whether it's
on the field or in the roster, to get LAFC
if they were to face off. So efforts, it's not
like efforts weren't being made. Efforts being made, and we'll
see how this team looks come MLS playoff time, because
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there is a long way before that. So listen, we're
going to take another break here in the post match show.
I want to turn another direction here on the postmatch
show and talk some more soccer, but maybe not what
you're expecting. Stay tuned, because we have a good conversation.
Maybe a little bit of a debate coming up between
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Welcome back to Luminfield. We are wrapping up here at
Least Cup Action as the Sounders have fallen to LAFC
biofinal score of three to nothing here in the Least
Cup quarterfinals. Sounders will turn their attention back to MLS
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minutes of the postmatch show tonight, I want to change
directions here, and I mentioned earlier we're going to kind
of turning this into a Sounders Weekly hitting a bunch
of different topics. One of the biggest topics on Sounders
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Weekly over the last few months has been the situation
with the United States men's national team obviously eliminated from
Copa America disappointing to not even get out of the
group stage. After what happened there, Greg Berhalter was not
retained as head coach. He was let go. That left
a vacancy at the head coaching spot, and all reports
(23:10):
say that former Tottenham and former Chelsea head coach Mauricio
Potchettino will now be the head coach of the United
States men's national team. Christian rolled On talked highly about
the move yesterday out at training. You can see that
in an interview on the Sounders YouTube page. But I
think there's an interesting conversation over if Pochettino is the
(23:34):
right guy for this job. I have a very very
intense opinion and it's absolutely not at all impacted by
the fact that I am a Tottenham fan. But Kellen,
I will start with you in how you look at
the Pochettino move. I'm just positives and negatives. The positive,
it's no negatives, let's go ahead. The positives for me
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is that this is a outside of the box hire.
This is a big name higher for a big name
country in the USA. We want if we want to
grow this game, it has to go outside, go into
the world and find someone to bring it back into us.
I think we have a lot of quality players. I
think the players need to have a little more physicality
(24:14):
and go back to the old way a little bit.
But this hire does bring some other voice, some other
style into it. My negatives and my worries are that
this is a coach that is used to going into
a club and having a club and having maybe months, years,
whatever it may be, to create his system. Is his
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system going to be able to be created in the
two weeks that they have. Is it going to be
created with the one or two camps before there's a
big game? Is it going to take time? Are player
is going to buy in? This is not a preseason
a few games in and then you have a full
season of getting the guys to buy into your system
and learn the players and such. This is all of
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a sudden right away, and I'm not sure club coaches
understand how going into that. Now He's gone into multiple
positions and multiple teams, so I understand that he has
the knowledge of going in and changing a system quickly,
but are they going to change with him? Well? One
of the things that this stands out to me first off,
and great thoughts all around, and I understand the negative
points is the fact that I think Pac is going
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to be able to come in and insert his system basis.
By the way, that's just what we've always I mean,
I've been calling him pach for someone of the years.
He's also sitting on the desk. Now he's getting he's
getting ready to debait and I love this. But the
thing is is the fact that he runs a system
that runs a press. It runs an athletic system. You
need athletic players. And in terms of the buy in,
(25:42):
I would say that a lot of these guys are
you know, pretty much you know, a majority of the
US national team at this point are players who are
playing over in Europe. They know whether they maybe played
for him or played on the opposite side of him.
They know Mauricio Pachettino. They know who he is. He
demands and and he commands respect, and I think everybody
instantly has that respect of just knowing, Okay, this is
(26:03):
a big time guy. We have to acknowledge and we
have to respect, and we have to you know, buy
into his system right away. The other thing is I
think the specific system that he runs works so well
with the roster of the United States has right now.
I think specifically in terms of who they have, and
you look at the makeup of the midfielders, you know,
(26:24):
and just the way Baligans kind of come in and
sort of asserted himself as I know you didn't have
a striker here, I am, I'm the new striker. I
think that with the players in place, using their youth
and using their athleticism, getting fullback side a guy like Robinson,
and then I'd love to find it better right back
than Scaley, you know, on the offensive end. But I
think that his system actually works with the players that
(26:46):
are currently in place. Looking ahead to twenty six, I
think there are some players that work in that system.
But if you're gonna have that system, it's in every
everyone buy in system. So where are you put in
g Arena? Because he's not the guy that is going
to put him on the right Okay, he's not the
guy that's going to be running around all the time
and making sure they get back on the right fence
(27:08):
and thinks of that sort. I think you're asking Tyler
a lot of Tyler Adams, Weston McKinney, unis Musa. If
he's going to be playing Delatra, if he's going to
be playing your right back situation, you're going for probably
Sergio dst who is great going forward, and not sure
if you want that system for a guy like him,
who's going to be stuck going forward. So your center
backs have to be very athletic. But he uses his
(27:29):
fullback so high. Just that's just kind of the perfect
I would love to see it. I would love to
see it work. Don't get me wrong. I would love
to see this work and it to grow. But I'm
I'm wary uh that this bringing in that new system
and making it quick and making sure everyone buys in.
And I think there's gonna be obviously there's more time
to find players, grow players and things of that sort.
(27:50):
And we're gonna have a different roster going forward, but
there's gonna be those that same core of guys that
are going to be there.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
Yeah, And I think, uh Moyo is that great And
it's big name obviously right in the world of soccer.
And I think that's great that the US made that move.
I think, you know, the credentials, he has all the
credentials for sure. My concern and you know, aligning a
bit with Kelly and I think is you're bringing a
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coach that has ald he certainly he had, like a
coach big teams has a lot of money, right, and
he can bring any player if they have the and
you know, if they have the budget.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Are you talking about So it's a different story, no.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
But still but still right, you're talking about Premier league
players and it's also like a different level. And I
think the US national team they have the probably the
best generation they ever had. I agree with that, but
also I think with the system it's going to be
tricky and bringing an outsider like Pochettino. He doesn't really
know the MLS, right, And also outside of the players
that play in Europe that's the starting eleven, you also
(28:51):
got to need some players coming from the US, right,
And my concern is that he doesn't really know the MLS.
I don't think he's probably he's seen like what MESSI games?
I think, but you know game, I don't know, right,
But he doesn't really know the system, and that to
me is the concern because I've seen it with other
national teams that they bring a big name yeah uh
and it doesn't work. So that to me that it's
(29:14):
it's a big bet. But also it's it's a it's
a risk right that if you if they don't get
the buy in, or also he doesn't have time to
bring also additional players, because he also needs to to
bring new talent, especially if we're looking for twenty twenty
six World Cup and this is this is the big
World Cup for the US hosting, you know, the big
tournament as well.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
You know, I'm excited to see. Don't get me wrong,
I think it's a good hire. I Like I said,
it's it's bringing the outside world, the world of soccer
into the US. And I love that because he's got,
like you said, he's got all the credentials. He's he's
coached some of the biggest clubs, coach some of the
biggest players to ever play the game, and so that
is lovely to have. And I'm excited for the next
few camps. If he's you know, if he really brings
(29:53):
these players in. Is it gonna be the old players,
Is it gonna be some of the new ones? Is
it gonna is he gonna bring in some do it's
an interesting question what do you do with a Christian
world on or Jordan Morris? It's it's an interesting one.
Do you bring a big camp in and kind of
just see everyone. Do you do multiple small camps to
see everyone. It's it's gonna be interesting to see what
he does, what system he brings in, and what players
(30:14):
he involves. I imagine there's gonna be a lot of
youth in this upcoming camps that they're gonna have. You're
absolutely right, because he demands athleticism. He demands running, running,
and running some more. And the younger players that can
just continuously run. I mean a Christian rolled on a
workhorse who can run all day. I'm not sure what
he would play in Patcha's system, but like you know,
(30:34):
I've never even imagined that, But here we are. I
mean that that's a kind of guy that that should
theoretically work. But I agree. The big problem if I'm
to say a negative and I'm to criticize a guy
that I love, he doesn't know MLS and I'm a
big you know MLS guy. We're speculating that, right, have
no idea he's actually watching games. He looks he's a
he's a he's a master of the game and a coach,
(30:55):
and he loves that. He loves the game. So there's
no especially if he was even up for this job.
He doesn't notice well as Europe well of course. Yeah,
so that's what I'm saying. So the reality is like
I'm supporting you here what am I doing? And I'm
flipping the other end and like, listen, he needs to
know more about MLS clearly, I mean he needs to know,
you know, how the guys to fill your roster and
make sure you get you know, the top level guys
(31:16):
who are I mean, Cincinnati just bit twenty million dollars
reportedly for Josh Stargan. Like, the reality is there are
United States stars who maybe they're not here now, but
they may be here now or may be coming, so
you never know. But I mean Sounders have in the MLS. Obviously.
They face LAFC at Starfire and Open Cup. Rest of
the MLS schedule for the regular season Kansas City at
(31:37):
home on September fifteenth, San Jose at home on September eighteenth,
Houston at home on September twenty eighth, Portland at home
on October nineteenth. Marisio Pachetino, if you are listening and
I know you, I know you are, come on to Loominfield.
I'll pay your ticket. I'll get you in here and
and and just you know, get to know. I mean,
obviously he's going to the jokes aside, he's going to
(31:59):
watch him, He's going to understand. He's going to scout
these players to make sure he isn't the camps, big camps,
small camps, whatever it is, finding the guys who can
best fit his roster. I think, you know, will be good.
But I do believe that he can lead the United
States to great things in twenty twenty six. I believe
he can. The only question is really and for me,
(32:20):
it's it's actually gonna be and we don't really talk
about this off and you talk about the big name coach,
the big name players. Who's gonna be the support staff?
And I think that's gonna be a big question because
you need a guy who knows the MLS, you need
a guy who knows the Italian league, who knows the
French league. I mean, you need those guys around. So
it's not just Pochetino that's gonna be there, right, it's
it's his team point. And so who's gonna be those
(32:40):
guys to step up and say scouting team, the assistant coaches,
who's gonna be the one that's gonna get in the
player's ear when like, hey, you're not starting today and
that players now you know, done or out, or who's
gonna be that coach that's gonna go in their ear
and say it's oh, it's gonna be okay, You're gonna
get your chance. You know, there's support system that is
also involved in not just playing, but also in coaching. Point.
That's a great point. Unfortunately, I would want to go
(33:03):
for another thirty minutes debating this, but that's for another show. No, honestly,
that was That was awesome. Man, that was great. Kellen.
Did I win that? I mean, listen, I say that
there are if I admitted there were negatives, you admitted
there's positives. I think I think, I don't know. I
think we all want. It's an ongoing conversation, and exactly,
I think at the end of the day, the United
(33:24):
States won. Matt Crocker, hell of a job, Sir, Emma
Hayes and now Mauricio Pachettino, Matt Crocker, well freaking done.
The Federation in good hands right there. That'll do it
for the Sounders broadcast. Glad we got to take a
little bit of a left turn that that was fun again.
No Sounders weekly next Wednesday, so we'll talk to you
for Sounders and Minnesota three pm pregame at three thirty
(33:46):
kickoff one week from today. I want to thank everybody
with the broadcast. Mitchell Bly back on site, Terry Ryan here,
our technical director, Keeley doing our broadcast producer, as well
as Ryan Diego audio, Kellen Rowe here, my fantastic co
Ho here on pre half post great call tonight from
Danny Jackson and p viewing. My name is Jackson Felts.
We thank you all for listening. Sounders ending Leagues Cup
(34:07):
action tonight with a three nothing loss to l EFC,
MLS schedule and MLS regular season restarts on next Saturday
in Minnesota. Will talk to you then. Have a good
rest of your weekend, everybody, and CBS Sports Radio is
up next.
Speaker 1 (34:21):
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Speaker 2 (00:14):
It's the final here from moving field. Your Sounders have
ended their League's Cup twenty twenty four with a quarter
final loss to LAFC at home. Final score here tonight
is three nothing, as LAFC scored twice in the first half,
pretty much exactly like July twentieth, where the first goal
comes in the first fifteen or so minutes, second goal
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comes shortly after on a volley from distance, and then
the third goal comes in the second half on a
breakaway from Denny Buwanga. I mean, the script was exactly
the same. So here on the postgame show, Jackson Feltz,
Kellen Rod Diego AUDIOA, We're gonna spend I don't want
to spend more than like five minutes talking about this game.
We have a lot to get to in a lot
of topics. There's not gonna be a Sounders Weekly on
(00:56):
KJR this week. I'm off on vacation. So take this
postgame show and talk about a variety of things as
the Sounders now put Leaks Cup in the rearview mirror
and turn their attention back to the MLS regular season
one week from tonight. So let's dive in. Let's quickly
just get the vegetables out of the way here and
talk about tonight. Three nothing, Callen, what did you take
(01:17):
from tonight? We were always try and find the positives,
and we were talking off air and we were kind
of pulling teeth to find where the positives were in
this game, and you know, we laugh about it. But
there were some obviously, you know, I think the one
that stuck out to me was that ral Rui Diaz
got about thirty minutes, didn't look like he was laboring,
was creating a lot. He came off that back line,
he beat some players, He had a few shots. That
(01:39):
is something that the Sounders fans and the Sounders players
are gonna be very thankful for because going down the road,
you're gonna need that veteran presence, the goal scoring ability
and also just the ral Rudy is magic going into
this second half of the MLS season.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
Yeah, I think took out the positives. In general Leak's Cup.
It was better than last year, at least for the
Seattle Sounder, right, they made it two quarterfinals. A side
of this game that this game, yeah, I mean it
was really same story as you mentioned in July twenty
of the month ago. But I think also having a
normal week now that the players can have a bit
(02:14):
more rest and also prep for the resume of the tournament. Right,
so the MLS and also you have Open Cup. We
can talk about that later. But also there's another match
against LAFC.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Let's talk about that now. Actually, because I mean now
it is interesting, i'd get yours both of your two
cents on this. The fact that we've seen now two
games against LAFC. We talked about the three games in
forty days, you know situation. We're now through two of them,
and the first two of these three have been exactly
the same two first half goals in somewhat similar ways,
sort of not really, and then the third goal which
(02:48):
has been the exact same way in the second half
both games. Three nothing, both games Lumen fields. It's like
a PTSD right now. I'm just you know, it's just
it's the exact same feeling that we had coming out
of July twentieth. But that third game is going to
be a Starfire, much different atmosphere, much different environment. But
you do got to change whatever went wrong in these
two games. The recipes the exact same for LAFC. You
(03:11):
got to change it and you got to figure out
a different recipe for success. Come. You know, on the
twenty eighth we talk about games that you're losing, especially
games against you know, quality teams like LAFC, and you
want to put it in your rearview mirror. You take
the positives and you put that in the rearview mirror.
Now that they've gone two games three zero, both at home,
that is something they can't put in their rearview mirror.
(03:31):
They got to learn from their mistakes, and we talked
about in the pregame where they have to limit their
mistakes and they now have to learn from them because
they didn't limit much of it. It was, like you said,
it was kind of a script there that Brian Spencer
and the team has now to bring into this Open
Cup match. Yes, they're going to be not you know,
LAFC doesn't want to go into Starfire and play on
the turf, playing the smaller stadium. They have big name
(03:52):
guys that like the big name times. However, it's still
an opportunity for them to win a trophy and that's
something they're going to want to do. So rely on
Starfire being the reason that that l e FC isn't
going to show up, because they've proven that they show
up without you know, some of their big stars there.
They're league goals scorer in the League's Cup. Now it's
they have the quality. Can you now bring up your
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quality and hope that they crumble at Starfire.
Speaker 3 (04:17):
Yeah. And I think one of those changes that we
talk about, especially what we want to see the Open
Cup game. I want to see also an aggressive team
and maybe having you know, we saw you mentioned a
Kelling having roll Ridias maybe he can start the game right,
I mean having a little chow back on the starting eleven. Again,
it's something different that we saw I would say, pockets
(04:40):
and moments in the second half that we were really good,
especially one from Roridiaz that he created a dangerous play
all by himself, because we know he has a quality.
And I think we need we need to or branch
mets it also and it needs to to think about
this game is going to be different. That also LAFC
might have a different lineup as well. You know, maybe
you know the big players I'm gonna start, and they're
(05:01):
gonna get a chance to the youngsters because it's it's
an open, open Cup game at the end of the day, right.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
It's an opportunity. And I think you mentioned it is
Leo Chu and I think that's one that you know,
he's kind of lost the fans a little bit. He's
lost the favor of Brian Schmitzer. But you know, another
positive is that you see him on this field and
you're seeing him attack, you're seeing him create, and you're
given that guy confidence. Now, he hasn't had the best
of seasons, but we've seen what he can do in
previous years and previous times. You're gonna need a game
(05:28):
changer coming off the bench. And when you look down
and you see it's it's Rol Ruy Diez and that's
the only one you're kind of seeing as a game changer. Offensively,
that's not okay. And so if we can get Lao
Chu back on track, getting him to be that playmaker,
getting him go one on one multiple times in a game,
off the bench, starting a game, whatever it may be,
get that guy confidence because that's gonna be a game
(05:48):
changer you're gonna need in those tough games down the
stretch of the season. When Pedro dal Vego was also
on the bench tonight, and if he continues to work back,
then he goes into the lineup and then you have
another attacking player who can bring off the bench. So
listen when we fast forward a while from now, and
there's hope for the future for sure. If you're thinking,
oh god, you know, LAFC, even if we get to
the playoffs, you know, they will be a task to face.
(06:10):
This is a Sounders team that has the potential to
look different when Pedro gets back in there. But you know, again,
Pedro has to stay healthy. That's the first thing ahead
of anything. He didn't play tonight and hopefully he's able
to continue to build back towards one hundred percent, you know.
So with tonight's loss, the Sounders will shift attention back
to MLS action. With the next match coming up one
week from tonight, Saturday, August twenty fourth, it'll be in
(06:33):
Minnesota at Minnesota United. Kickoff on the twenty fourth is
set for three thirty with a Providence, Swedish premat show
of three o'clock broadcast details ahead for that. You know,
also watch the match via MLS Season Pass on the
Apple TV app. So that's the Sounders turning back to
MLS action where we will look to you know, for
that game, put this in the rearview mirror and get
(06:55):
back to MLS success. We're in the playoff picture right now,
we aren't even in the playoff games. So for Seattle
then it's just about raising up that table, trying to
get a home game or two home games in that
opening round series in the playoffs. Once we finished these
final what nine games the regular season. So back to
MLS coming up one week from tonight. But as we
(07:16):
continue the postmatch show and we kind of put this
game at least in our review years, a couple of
topics I want to hit here as we continue on
the postmatch show, So we'll take you a break, we'll
come back and I think talk about the thing that
I think a lot of fans are bringing up and
want to hear about, and that's, you know, what happened
with the transfer market and what happened over the summer
transfer window. So we're gonna touch on that coming up
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Speaker 2 (10:56):
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in Seattle. We're preparing for a big storm to come
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this stadium today with LAFC. They were at Powerhouse and
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of Sounders FC. We spent that opening segment talking about
the game, you know, and I'd love to kind of
move on from that, and you know, obviously we have
a game coming again against Minnesota back to MLS Action
next Saturday. But you know, I think where I want
to take this post game show is a little bit
of a you know, morphing it into Sounders Weekly because
there's no show this week over on ninety three point
(11:37):
three FM, and and Hit a bunch of topics and
and Calen Diego. I think one of the big topics
around this team right now. Certainly, I mean, you know,
I'm sending tweets out with game updates throughout the entire night,
and pretty much, you know, ninety percent of responses are
people talking about the summer transfer window, and a lot
was made about the Sounders did not make a move
in the summer transfer window, and just you know, while
(11:59):
we have a segment, just want to get each of
your sense on the Sounders, what they did in the
summer tran what they didn't do in the summer transfer window,
and overall, you know what Craig Wible had to say
a couple of days ago in that press conference. Look,
I think it's it's hard to say because we're not
in those conversations. We're not in the on the calls,
we're not in the room when they're making these decisions.
And these decisions are not only one sided. It has
(12:21):
to be two sided here. And there's a salary cap
that goes into play as well. But on my perspective,
and I guess this is coming from a player, you
don't bring anyone in because you've got two of your
dp's on the bench currently who are coming off injury
and welcoming back in the second half of the season,
you're playing guys on the field that are winning. You're
(12:42):
in a quarterfinal for Leagues Cup, you're in a semi
final for Open Cup. You're sitting in playoff position in
the league after you know, starting off pretty darn poor.
Now you're kind of guiding in and if you bring
someone in, if they're going to impact, it could be
a negative way. Hopefully it's a positive way. But where
are you going to find this player that's going to
be the next starter? When Jordan Morris is hot, he's
(13:06):
scoring a lot of goals, Albert Rusnak hot, scoring and
assisting a lot of goals. Paul Rothrock, who you may
say is probably going to be on the on the
bench towards the end of the year. We hope he's
going to continue to play. But he's the glue guy,
He's the ky, the guy that's going you don't want
to see him drop because he's the one that's brought
everyone up. Christian rolled down, who's going to play there? Job,
paula who's gonna play there? I mean, we've got these
guys that are so good and we are playing well
(13:29):
at this moment. Why break something that isn't broken now
I'm saying that after this game, but look at the past.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Yeah, no, I think that's a really good point.
Speaker 2 (13:39):
I agree.
Speaker 3 (13:39):
I think from a fan perspective, people always want to
hear big names, right, especially if you see right now
we saw a LAFC and they have all the VID
you do, that's the you know, top goal scorer for France,
et cetera. And I think the fans always get stay
with that. I want to see a big name in
Seattle Sounder. But I think also people have to understand
(14:01):
how historically Sales Founders have been able to win championships
with yeah, really good players, but maybe not like the
you know, the big, big superstar because the Sales Founders
they don't need at this point. And I agree, I
think now you've seen after League's Cup, but coming back
to the League, they have a legitimate chance to to
(14:22):
run for the cup again, right, and they have a
really good squad. I still think like unfortunately pedro lebeca
whau is one of the dps and signings this year.
He's been injured, but he is a quality player that
we still haven't seen him really, you know, play consistently, right,
So I think uh fans also need to give a
chance because at the end of the day, Sales Founders,
they're still in a playoff position right now, and also
(14:44):
you have another tournament. They open Cup against LAFC, so
there's another chance to win another trophy. So I think
in that sense, I agree with the decision of not
signing anyone because at the end of the day, you
you wouldn't change much right what you currently have.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Look, they got to understand the fans as well, and
something that we know a lot of us players don't
understand all the time because the rules keep on changing.
But the Sounders can still sign someone. It has to
be a free agent or some other rules. There's there's
there's a million rules that we don't understand, and I
think we can backdoor anything that you can think of.
But there's still a chance for players to come in
(15:22):
and change the game. But we just have to make
it the right players. You don't want to add a
player just to add a player. You don't want to
remove a player just to remove a player. There has
to be a system involved and in a goal as well.
And your point, Diego is that you know Sounders aren't
a superstar team. We have a bunch of players that
are very They're very good on the field. They're not
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ones to be the the David Beckhams, they're not ones
to be the slats On Behaviovitch like. It is not
that type of team. And I don't think the fans
want that. I don't think the players want that. We
are not one one player, we are not two players.
We are a team. And I think that is kind
of playing a factor as well. And I you know,
I think going forward in the next year, you always
(16:04):
see turnover in the end of the year. I still
think there's going to be an addition when it comes
to free agency, but it's it's a team right now.
I think is hot, you know, get rid of this
game in the last LAFC game. But I think this
is a team that is coming together and is playing
very well, and I think they'll they'll go far. And
I think I'll wrap up the conversation by kind of
reiterating the points that Craig Wible made, which is that
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they they chased a couple of players, they really went after,
and they got deep in a couple of players, as
he was saying in the press conference, and they ended
up being out of the price range. And the reality
is MLS has a cap, and and there is there
is a It isn't like you know, major League Baseball,
where you can spend hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of
millions of dollars, pay your luxury tacks and say, oh,
(16:46):
well that's just what we're paying. And you know New
York Mets style it, right, I mean, that's that's still us.
I would do this for free. Yeah, sorry, key, but
I would do this for free if it was If
it was like that, that's not how this works. There
there is a cap, and and they they had money,
as Craig said from the deal surrounding Javier ari Yaga
earlier this year, they went after a couple guys that
(17:06):
he believed could help this team and impact this team.
And listen, it happens. Players can say, no, that's it
takes two to tango and all of these things right,
so all these things, you know, play into it. So
it's not like i'd say to fans, It's not like
the Sounders are sitting on their hands saying we're not
gonna do anything and we're fine not doing that. That's
not at all what happened. In the summer transfer window.
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So you know, anybody who's thinking that the efforts were
made and their efforts, as Brian Schmitzer just said, and
and Craig said, efforts can continue to be made to
make sure this team is what it needs to be
to challenge a team like LAFC come playoffs. You're not
even gonna face them in an open cup. You may
end up facing them. I mean, if the playoffs were
to start today right now, Sounders are the seventh seed,
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LAFC is the two seed. Sounders will be playing a
three game series against LAFC if the playoffs started today.
We know that this team needs to improve, whether it's
on the field or in the roster, to get LAFC
if they were to face off. So efforts, it's not
like efforts weren't being made. Efforts being made, and we'll
see how this team looks come MLS playoff time, because
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there is a long way before that. So listen, we're
going to take another break here in the post match show.
I want to turn another direction here on the postmatch
show and talk some more soccer, but maybe not what
you're expecting. Stay tuned, because we have a good conversation.
Maybe a little bit of a debate coming up between
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biofinal score of three to nothing here in the Least
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directions here, and I mentioned earlier we're going to kind
of turning this into a Sounders Weekly hitting a bunch
of different topics. One of the biggest topics on Sounders
(22:50):
Weekly over the last few months has been the situation
with the United States men's national team obviously eliminated from
Copa America disappointing to not even get out of the
group stage. After what happened there, Greg Berhalter was not
retained as head coach. He was let go. That left
a vacancy at the head coaching spot, and all reports
(23:10):
say that former Tottenham and former Chelsea head coach Mauricio
Potchettino will now be the head coach of the United
States men's national team. Christian rolled On talked highly about
the move yesterday out at training. You can see that
in an interview on the Sounders YouTube page. But I
think there's an interesting conversation over if Pochettino is the
(23:34):
right guy for this job. I have a very very
intense opinion and it's absolutely not at all impacted by
the fact that I am a Tottenham fan. But Kellen,
I will start with you in how you look at
the Pochettino move. I'm just positives and negatives. The positive,
it's no negatives, let's go ahead. The positives for me
(23:54):
is that this is a outside of the box hire.
This is a big name higher for a big name
country in the USA. We want if we want to
grow this game, it has to go outside, go into
the world and find someone to bring it back into us.
I think we have a lot of quality players. I
think the players need to have a little more physicality
(24:14):
and go back to the old way a little bit.
But this hire does bring some other voice, some other
style into it. My negatives and my worries are that
this is a coach that is used to going into
a club and having a club and having maybe months, years,
whatever it may be, to create his system. Is his
(24:36):
system going to be able to be created in the
two weeks that they have. Is it going to be
created with the one or two camps before there's a
big game? Is it going to take time? Are player
is going to buy in? This is not a preseason
a few games in and then you have a full
season of getting the guys to buy into your system
and learn the players and such. This is all of
(24:58):
a sudden right away, and I'm not sure club coaches
understand how going into that. Now He's gone into multiple
positions and multiple teams, so I understand that he has
the knowledge of going in and changing a system quickly,
but are they going to change with him? Well? One
of the things that this stands out to me first off,
and great thoughts all around, and I understand the negative
points is the fact that I think Pac is going
(25:20):
to be able to come in and insert his system basis.
By the way, that's just what we've always I mean,
I've been calling him pach for someone of the years.
He's also sitting on the desk. Now he's getting he's
getting ready to debait and I love this. But the
thing is is the fact that he runs a system
that runs a press. It runs an athletic system. You
need athletic players. And in terms of the buy in,
(25:42):
I would say that a lot of these guys are
you know, pretty much you know, a majority of the
US national team at this point are players who are
playing over in Europe. They know whether they maybe played
for him or played on the opposite side of him.
They know Mauricio Pachettino. They know who he is. He
demands and and he commands respect, and I think everybody
instantly has that respect of just knowing, Okay, this is
(26:03):
a big time guy. We have to acknowledge and we
have to respect, and we have to you know, buy
into his system right away. The other thing is I
think the specific system that he runs works so well
with the roster of the United States has right now.
I think specifically in terms of who they have, and
you look at the makeup of the midfielders, you know,
(26:24):
and just the way Baligans kind of come in and
sort of asserted himself as I know you didn't have
a striker here, I am, I'm the new striker. I
think that with the players in place, using their youth
and using their athleticism, getting fullback side a guy like Robinson,
and then I'd love to find it better right back
than Scaley, you know, on the offensive end. But I
think that his system actually works with the players that
(26:46):
are currently in place. Looking ahead to twenty six, I
think there are some players that work in that system.
But if you're gonna have that system, it's in every
everyone buy in system. So where are you put in
g Arena? Because he's not the guy that is going
to put him on the right Okay, he's not the
guy that's going to be running around all the time
and making sure they get back on the right fence
(27:08):
and thinks of that sort. I think you're asking Tyler
a lot of Tyler Adams, Weston McKinney, unis Musa. If
he's going to be playing Delatra, if he's going to
be playing your right back situation, you're going for probably
Sergio dst who is great going forward, and not sure
if you want that system for a guy like him,
who's going to be stuck going forward. So your center
backs have to be very athletic. But he uses his
(27:29):
fullback so high. Just that's just kind of the perfect
I would love to see it. I would love to
see it work. Don't get me wrong. I would love
to see this work and it to grow. But I'm
I'm wary uh that this bringing in that new system
and making it quick and making sure everyone buys in.
And I think there's gonna be obviously there's more time
to find players, grow players and things of that sort.
(27:50):
And we're gonna have a different roster going forward, but
there's gonna be those that same core of guys that
are going to be there.
Speaker 3 (27:56):
Yeah, And I think, uh Moyo is that great And
it's big name obviously right in the world of soccer.
And I think that's great that the US made that move.
I think, you know, the credentials, he has all the
credentials for sure. My concern and you know, aligning a
bit with Kelly and I think is you're bringing a
(28:17):
coach that has ald he certainly he had, like a
coach big teams has a lot of money, right, and
he can bring any player if they have the and
you know, if they have the budget.
Speaker 2 (28:27):
Are you talking about So it's a different story, no.
Speaker 3 (28:30):
But still but still right, you're talking about Premier league
players and it's also like a different level. And I
think the US national team they have the probably the
best generation they ever had. I agree with that, but
also I think with the system it's going to be
tricky and bringing an outsider like Pochettino. He doesn't really
know the MLS, right, And also outside of the players
that play in Europe that's the starting eleven, you also
(28:51):
got to need some players coming from the US, right,
And my concern is that he doesn't really know the MLS.
I don't think he's probably he's seen like what MESSI games?
I think, but you know game, I don't know, right,
But he doesn't really know the system, and that to
me is the concern because I've seen it with other
national teams that they bring a big name yeah uh
and it doesn't work. So that to me that it's
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it's a big bet. But also it's it's a it's
a risk right that if you if they don't get
the buy in, or also he doesn't have time to
bring also additional players, because he also needs to to
bring new talent, especially if we're looking for twenty twenty
six World Cup and this is this is the big
World Cup for the US hosting, you know, the big
tournament as well.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
You know, I'm excited to see. Don't get me wrong,
I think it's a good hire. I Like I said,
it's it's bringing the outside world, the world of soccer
into the US. And I love that because he's got,
like you said, he's got all the credentials. He's he's
coached some of the biggest clubs, coach some of the
biggest players to ever play the game, and so that
is lovely to have. And I'm excited for the next
few camps. If he's you know, if he really brings
(29:53):
these players in. Is it gonna be the old players,
Is it gonna be some of the new ones? Is
it gonna is he gonna bring in some do it's
an interesting question what do you do with a Christian
world on or Jordan Morris? It's it's an interesting one.
Do you bring a big camp in and kind of
just see everyone. Do you do multiple small camps to
see everyone. It's it's gonna be interesting to see what
he does, what system he brings in, and what players
(30:14):
he involves. I imagine there's gonna be a lot of
youth in this upcoming camps that they're gonna have. You're
absolutely right, because he demands athleticism. He demands running, running,
and running some more. And the younger players that can
just continuously run. I mean a Christian rolled on a
workhorse who can run all day. I'm not sure what
he would play in Patcha's system, but like you know,
(30:34):
I've never even imagined that, But here we are. I
mean that that's a kind of guy that that should
theoretically work. But I agree. The big problem if I'm
to say a negative and I'm to criticize a guy
that I love, he doesn't know MLS and I'm a
big you know MLS guy. We're speculating that, right, have
no idea he's actually watching games. He looks he's a
he's a he's a master of the game and a coach,
(30:55):
and he loves that. He loves the game. So there's
no especially if he was even up for this job.
He doesn't notice well as Europe well of course. Yeah,
so that's what I'm saying. So the reality is like
I'm supporting you here what am I doing? And I'm
flipping the other end and like, listen, he needs to
know more about MLS clearly, I mean he needs to know,
you know, how the guys to fill your roster and
make sure you get you know, the top level guys
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who are I mean, Cincinnati just bit twenty million dollars
reportedly for Josh Stargan. Like, the reality is there are
United States stars who maybe they're not here now, but
they may be here now or may be coming, so
you never know. But I mean Sounders have in the MLS. Obviously.
They face LAFC at Starfire and Open Cup. Rest of
the MLS schedule for the regular season Kansas City at
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home on September fifteenth, San Jose at home on September eighteenth,
Houston at home on September twenty eighth, Portland at home
on October nineteenth. Marisio Pachetino, if you are listening and
I know you, I know you are, come on to Loominfield.
I'll pay your ticket. I'll get you in here and
and and just you know, get to know. I mean,
obviously he's going to the jokes aside, he's going to
(31:59):
watch him, He's going to understand. He's going to scout
these players to make sure he isn't the camps, big camps,
small camps, whatever it is, finding the guys who can
best fit his roster. I think, you know, will be good.
But I do believe that he can lead the United
States to great things in twenty twenty six. I believe
he can. The only question is really and for me,
(32:20):
it's it's actually gonna be and we don't really talk
about this off and you talk about the big name coach,
the big name players. Who's gonna be the support staff?
And I think that's gonna be a big question because
you need a guy who knows the MLS, you need
a guy who knows the Italian league, who knows the
French league. I mean, you need those guys around. So
it's not just Pochetino that's gonna be there, right, it's
it's his team point. And so who's gonna be those
(32:40):
guys to step up and say scouting team, the assistant coaches,
who's gonna be the one that's gonna get in the
player's ear when like, hey, you're not starting today and
that players now you know, done or out, or who's
gonna be that coach that's gonna go in their ear
and say it's oh, it's gonna be okay, You're gonna
get your chance. You know, there's support system that is
also involved in not just playing, but also in coaching. Point.
That's a great point. Unfortunately, I would want to go
(33:03):
for another thirty minutes debating this, but that's for another show. No, honestly,
that was That was awesome. Man, that was great. Kellen.
Did I win that? I mean, listen, I say that
there are if I admitted there were negatives, you admitted
there's positives. I think I think, I don't know. I
think we all want. It's an ongoing conversation, and exactly,
I think at the end of the day, the United
(33:24):
States won. Matt Crocker, hell of a job, Sir, Emma
Hayes and now Mauricio Pachettino, Matt Crocker, well freaking done.
The Federation in good hands right there. That'll do it
for the Sounders broadcast. Glad we got to take a
little bit of a left turn that that was fun again.
No Sounders weekly next Wednesday, so we'll talk to you
for Sounders and Minnesota three pm pregame at three thirty
(33:46):
kickoff one week from today. I want to thank everybody
with the broadcast. Mitchell Bly back on site, Terry Ryan here,
our technical director, Keeley doing our broadcast producer, as well
as Ryan Diego audio, Kellen Rowe here, my fantastic co
Ho here on pre half post great call tonight from
Danny Jackson and p viewing. My name is Jackson Felts.
We thank you all for listening. Sounders ending Leagues Cup
(34:07):
action tonight with a three nothing loss to l EFC,
MLS schedule and MLS regular season restarts on next Saturday
in Minnesota. Will talk to you then. Have a good
rest of your weekend, everybody, and CBS Sports Radio is
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