SDH AM 9.3.26: MLS Transfers, ATLUTD, Michelle Kaufman, South America, Leagues Cup

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2:02And I hope you enjoyed it. And I hope you enjoyed it. And I hope you enjoyed it. And I hope you enjoyed it. From the Kaiser Permanente Studios, it's another go round of SDHAM. John here you there. Thanks for dropping by. And I hope you enjoyed my as you always do, stacked as always on Thursdays. Getting ready for the weekend. Kind of starts here. Our number two traditionally the power hour that doesn't change. Nino Torres is going to join us. He's going to talk Copa, South America. Maybe a little Europe. NEECO Modeno from Standard Heart and Pulse. So sport. So be joining us last half hour. We'll get into Major League soccer. We got leagues kept to get into from last night. And a penalty call that. I was part of an entire evening in Leagues Cup, two semi-finals gone, can champ getting ready for that with legs one complete. And then obviously the weekend that will be, we've got transfer deadline stuff to get into across the board and yesterday was flying.

3:04If you were following your favorite MLS team or if you're just following the league in general, it was all over the place. And so we'll get into ins, outs, gons, comes in, record fees, all that stuff. So we've got a lot to get into in Major League Soccer in our number two, 930, bottom of the hour, Michelle Kaufman, Miami-Herald, she's gonna be dropping in. And when we like to find out opposition research on Inter Miami, she's who we call, one of our oracles when it comes to what's going on there with Inter Miami, they had two in and two out yesterday or two out and two in. We'll get into how that rearranges things, third coach of the season, we'll get into that. Philosophy right now, your second in the Eastern Conference, what it's gonna look like, all that stuff, Oppo Research with Michelle Kaufman, bottom of the hour. And we'll that lead off. Coming up in just a little bit, we should be getting a visit from Steve DeCou over to Georgia, Gwinnett,

4:06and find out what it's like, you know, when you're battling the top 25 of the NAI, they've got a big weekend tournament coming up. And it's going to be showcasing one of the top 10 teams in the NAI, plus another couple of clubs, we'll get into that by the way. And I was just found this out when I was doing my math. I think Steve is only 11 wins away from 300 in his established career in the college rank. So we'll get into the season with Georgia, Gwinnett, coming up here in just a little bit. Michelle Kaufman, bottom of the hour. Hour number two is the power hour. Your thoughts as well, getting you wrapped up and out of transfer deadline day, Major League Soccer-wise and getting you into the rest of things. And all of the transfers that were meant to lock down and there was also talk that Lani United was looking at. Other folks, we got the college game to get into because of what happened yesterday, plus what's happening today. So nothing going on here at the Kaiser Permanente Studios,

5:06as always. So once again, it is just yet another day for Abby and everybody who's going to be hopping in this morning. So great to see all of you folks here as we get you ready for the speed round that is Thursday here for us here at S.D.H. Kaiser Permanente, once again, Georgia's partner in building healthier, healthier, more connected communities together we thrive. So Kaiser Permanente, thank them enough for being a great partner with us the entire time and locking everything down with us across the board when it comes to being a great partner. To kind of recap a little bit. And we're going to kind of dip our toe into the pool before we get joined by Steve Ducu coming up here in a bit. At Lani United yesterday, closing their business in the transfer window. And the key is you'll keep hearing about transactions.

6:08The bottom line is as long as the paperwork was in by 1 o'clock Eastern time this morning, then you get the stamp from the leak. You can't talk about deals and things. As long as the paperwork is in, you don't have to announce it. But as long as the paperwork is in by 1 o'clock in the morning Eastern time, then it gets processed. And then if everything is in line, you get oaky-doked and you're fine. For at Lani United, they announce signing midfielder Juliano Gallopo alone from River Plate through the sprint season. And there's an option for a permanent transfer. 39 goals, it assists 194 professional appearances Bondfield, Sao Paulo River Plate, Copa D'Opa-Rassille, Super Copa D'Opa-Rassille, and Chris Henderson called him calling in the ball and having the ability to contribute goals. You add him and Mauricio Mauro to the mix. And it will continue to be intriguing as the roster turnover continues for Atlanta United. But obviously, that means that someone

7:09has to find a new home and that ended up being Ronald Hernandez, one of the great guys with his franchise. As far back as we can remember, Ronald has always been a great guy. He's been a go-to guy, stand-up guy, when it comes to quotes and being in the locker room. And he really did wear the crest over his heart and firmly believed in it in the entire time that he was here. But Ronald ends up moving to Portland for up to 150,000 and Gam 50,000 here in Teed, another 100,000 next season, next year. If performance-based incentives are met, joining in 2021, 82 regular season playoff appearances longest tenured player on the roster. And, like I said, one of the most generous guys with his time and one of the most honest guys with his assessments when it came to Atlanta United throughout all of his time

8:11here. But you tip your hat to Ronald and that you, when Portland comes to town or when we keep an eye on Portland, it's going to be another reason to keep an eye on the Portland temper. Bottom line. It's going to be just one of those things where there are folks that you follow when they move on. And it'll be, Ronald will definitely be one of those dudes that you're going to be keeping an eye on and following through with his career as it continues to blossom. It would not surprise me over time if Ronald came back and like I said, this is just me spitballing here. If when Ronald's career ends, it would not surprise me if he continued to pursue a coaching license. And it also would not surprise me if, and this is like decades

9:13from now. But it would not surprise me if he came back to be a part of things in coaching and the coaching tree here with Atlanta United. That's just me. That's my own gut feeling. I have no basis. In fact, when it comes to what that could be, but that's just my gut feeling. My gut feeling is that that would be what we would see from Ronald when his time has done. So that would be just my gut. But Ronald Hernandez, one of the great guys, and it's one of those ideas where you look at the future and you've got to make moves. And for Ronald, it just came down to playing time. And he wasn't really getting a whole lot. And so if he wanted to be in a place where he was getting playing time and reps and you did the man a solid. So we'll see. We'll see what happens there. But like I said, I have no intel on this. But in a numbers game and numbers increasing in both midfield

10:16and at the back, Ronald wasn't getting any playing time. And you would understand if he's like, can I go someplace and play? So if that was, in fact, the case, then team does a solid guy, a solid. And you end up with Ronald working his way to Portland. So Ronald Hernandez to Portland, for up to 150,000 in game, 50,000 guaranteed this year, performance-based, another 100,000 added for 2027. So we'll keep an eye, obviously, on Ronald. Then you look at a lot of the other deals that went down yesterday. And I'm going to try and see if I can do a greatest hits here. I'm going to see if I can get this squared out. OK. So Rafa Navarro, St. Louis City from Colorado, and that one was north of, I think it was in the neighborhood, a 12 or 13 million. Louis Morgan, Toronto, picked him up from San Diego FC. Philip Zincarnaugle gets a contract extension.

11:18David Mimbang comes from North Shalant to go to San Diego FC. Austin FC, we talked about this one yesterday. Chris Applewhite goes on loan from Nashville to Austin. And it was funny when, I think it was Anthony Precords, 280 character app account, had the green smoke coming out from the Austin FC logo. So I guess they were short of anointing a pope in central Texas. That had to do with the deals that were on display. We mentioned Jason Schuckler going from Chicago to RSL. That's a sneaky good deal. I think that's a sneaky good deal. Santiago Rodriguez Columbus from both of Fogo. David D'Aira, we mentioned this one yesterday, going to FC Cincinnati. Damian Downs is official, acquiring him from Southampton, going to St. Louis City. FC Dallas acquires Nigerian Winger Daniel Job. And he comes from Kong's Vingor, I.L. in the Norwegian Second Division. It's going to come through 29.30 option for 30.31, occupying a U22 in an international slot.

12:20And as a part of that transaction, FC Dallas got Job's discovery priority rights, the Dibs rights from Red Bulls for $125,000 and 27 games. So 21 year old Winger, eight plus nine, 20 matches, second division in Norway. And they had to pay $125,000 to get the Dibs rights on it. Roald Mitchell, we talked about that one loan from Red Bulls to Viborg. That one is officially official. So Danish Super League aside, loan is through the end of the fiscal year next year. We mentioned Charles Emil Brunet. And he goes from Nashville to St. Louis City. That one is a loan deal. And it's $50,000 in game for Charles Emil Brunet to go on loan. And it's for the remainder of the 26 season. Basically, it's like the David Cohn deal with the trade deadline. You sit there and you trade David Cohn, and he might end up signing back when it's done. Part of the deal, Nashville gets $50,000 in game.

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14:22is illegal? Driving high will get you a DUI. And if you're wondering if law enforcement can tell you're driving high, well, everyone else can. Friends? I can tell you drove high. Parents? I can tell when you drive high. Relatives? I can tell. You drove your high, didn't you? So what makes you think law enforcement can't? I can tell. If you feel different, you drive different. Drive high, get a DUI, paid for by Nizza. Stop wasting your nights on a mattress that doesn't get you. Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world. The sleep number smart bed at the touch of a button. You can personalize your comfort. Choose firmer or softer. Adjust cooler to warmer. And right now, save up to $2,500 during our massive Labor Day event. Hurry into your local sleep number store today, because we have your number. One of the moves that we're going to be talking about with Michelle Kaufman is the Rekel May Philippe move

15:24from Paul Metis to Intermiamming. We're going to get into that in depth. Chicago Fire got Johan Gomez from Eintrek Braunschweig. We talked about that one a little bit yesterday. So Eintrek Braunschweig, Johan Gomez, to Chicago. Jack McGlin goes to Stoke from Houston. Osase de Rosario, he's loaned out from Seattle. We'll talk to Nico Moreno about this. Son de disque was mentioned last week. That did come to pass. Like I said, we'll talk to Nico about that in a bit. Revolution get Daniel Gossdog from last time from his Columbus time. We mentioned Dennis Genjar, David Martin. It's from LAFC to Michieland. And I think we're caught up on most of the deals. But a lot of them yesterday ended up coming in a rush, obviously, after we were off the air. But Lewis Morgan to San Diego from San Diego to Toronto. San Diego then picking up David Mimbang from North Chilin. Chris Applewhite on loan to Austin from Nashville. Charisameel Brunego's from Nashville to St. Louis City.

16:27And rolled Mitchell outbound. Then you have Taylor Booth acquired by RSL from FC Twente. So now he gets to hang out with his brother. Sam Vines on loan from Houston to San Diego. David Ruiz will be the other transaction that we talked about with Michelle Coppen coming up in about 10 minutes. CF Montreal get Victor Ruddy Yavitch from the Chicago fire. That particular move, Chicago to Montreal 100,000 in game through the 26 season with an option to extend through the sprint season. So it's 26 international roster slot and 100,000 in game for Chicago. 22-year-old youth international one assists 13 matches all comps and signing a U22 deal last summer. Then, let's see, Damian Downs, David Dera, Saudi Rodriguez, Jason Shukula, Chris Applewhite, David Mimbang, Zincar Nagel's contract extension, Lewis Morgan, Juliana Golopo, and Rafa Navarro. 12 and a quarter million, and there's a sell-on percentage

17:29with Navarro. And that is a cash for player trade, plus an additional 250,000 in conditional compensation. Colorado also holds a sell-on percentage through 29.30 with an option of 30.31. So Rafa Navarro is all that. So Colorado, they get Lucas Harrington's sold. And then they sell Rafa Navarro to St. Louis City, but then they bring in someone for the all-time, biggest transfer in club history. So you weren't messing around either when it came to all the money that was coming in and the money that was going out. Lucas Harrington outbound for 17 million, then you spend 10.7 on Morgan Whitaker, and then you end up with Rafa Navarro being sold for 12 and a quarter, and you still get a sell-on percentage.

18:29So you're seeing a lot of money. You're seeing a lot of the big stuff, a lot of the big stuff, a lot of the big transfer fees. They're gravitating this way now. I thought that it's really interesting when you start to see Major League Soccer now on the verge of the new season and the flip and all the new spending notions and things like that. You end up with all of these new ideas that are attached to what the league wants to do. You're seeing a lot more money being spent by a lot more clubs, but in Colorado's case, you actually spent 10.7 to bring in a player, but you sold a player for 12 and a quarter, so you're still within your margins when it comes to what your spending habits are.

19:32You sell Lucas Harrington to hold for 17. You sell Rafa Navarro in league for 12 and a quarter, so that basically says 30, and then you spend 10 to bring Morgan Whitaker over. That's Colorado. So, Kronki Sports and Entertainment, they finally were like, oh, maybe we should start doing something here. With all of the change that's going on in Major League Soccer, schedule and all of the roster designations and things like that, you've got all of this stuff coming, handmade, decency, the restrain block, you've been blocked. There we go. Morning, David. Morning, David, morning, Abby. And so it's interesting to see the economics in play here. Teams aren't afraid about doing the loan deals. Teams aren't afraid now about, and it's teams that you haven't necessarily recently considered, spending a lot of money, economic, you know, just in the straight up economics of the deal.

20:33Some have been frugal, and now Colorado comes to the table, and they sell 30 and come back with 10.7. Colorado's not necessarily a player, I would have thought of. But you're getting all of these players that are coming in to the league. You see all of this, this economic engine being turned here. So it's been interesting to see all of this generate and work its way through. And David to David's point, getting good at trade to the Western Conference and make sure that they don't come back and bite you. Yes, basically it's been one of those where you'll, if you're doing stuff inside, well, I mean, Efron Morales was Montreal, but Noah Cobb out West, Ronald out West. So you're kind of, you're sending him this way or you're sending them international.

21:35Moved, the planning meeting up moved. Yikes. Planning meeting up moved. So for those kind of keeping track, Abby's been stuck in planning meetings, the zoning commissions and things like that. So Saba, thank you David, yes, RSL too. So I mean, it's, yeah, Abby stuck in zoning commission meetings. That is no bueno. But yeah, Saba goes out West to RSL, that's another one. So, but you're seeing Atlanta go international in their acquisitions and then they're moving players within Major League Soccer. They're moving players on their rosters and they're moving them to help out other franchises, but their international acquisitions continue and a lot of them from South America. Oh, goes to the board of commissions. Oh, okay, so you won planning commission now to the board of commissioners who are final about, okay, cool, got it, got it, good deal. Excellent. But bureaucracy continues and continues going north. Yeah.

22:35So that's Yikes, man. Man, that is just rough. Uh, that's just dealing with dealing with public bureaucracy is definitely a no bueno. Yikes, anyway, by the way, we are, we have been efforting George Campbell and Caleb Wiley and both the clubs West Braw and Preston North end are saying specifically with George because of demand and Caleb because they want him to get adjusted to life at Preston North end. That we have been turned down respectfully for now, but we are still going to be chasing after those interviews with those two as they continue to work their way through the English pyramid and right now, both in the English championship, Caleb scoring the other day and had another shot at the post. George Campbell wearing the captains arm band at West Braw. So yes, we are efforting those as well. And it's been fun to see them continue to,

23:41grow and evolve. By the way, the, the, Rafa Navarro deal highest at the ever paid in an MLS trade with Navarro. So that's been the fun part with all of this. So now we go and as we said in the open, we have our oracles. We have those that we consult when it comes to, you know, our clubs and things. And so when, when we're discussing intermiami and the herons, we go one place and one place on them and we checked in with Michelle Kaufman and find out to A, if she is properly hydrated this morning, because we have our hydration breaks, you know, we have our hydration breaks all over the place. Are you, are you properly hydrated, Michelle? I am. I'm properly hydrated. Thank you. I live in Miami. I don't even need the humidity from the air. Hydrates me. Ha. Oh, man. I, that is one thing that you have been, you've gotten adjusted to standing outside with all of the, the intermiami press conference opportunities and things like that.

24:41You definitely, you're definitely an A pluser and we have to sit there and get our advice from you, but hanging out down there with all these kinds of things. First and foremost, thanks for dropping by on the Thursday, especially getting ready for a match day. How was your transfer deadline day? Well, it's still ongoing because they haven't announced yet. There's, there's deals that I know have happened that are completed, that they have not announced yet, but I know that they've happened because I've spoken to people on the inside and they're done. Noah Allen went to Chicago Fire. That's a done deal that has not been announced yet. A $3 million transfer, you know, a lot of the money's going to be paid in 27, rather than 26. It's all that. Did you know that driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal? Driving high will get you a DUI. And if you're wondering if law enforcement can tell you're driving high, well, everyone else can. Friends, I can tell you drove high. Parents, I can tell when you drive high.

25:42Relatives, I can tell. You drove your high, didn't you? So what makes you think law enforcement can't? I can tell. If you feel different, you drive different. Drive high, get a DUI, paid for by Nizza. Stop wasting your nights on a mattress that doesn't get you. Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world. The sleep number smart bed at the touch of a button. You can personalize your comfort. Choose firmer or softer. Adjust cooler to warmer. And right now, save up to $2,500 during our massive Labor Day event. Hurry into your local sleep number store today, because we have your number. Did you know that driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal? If you're driving high, we'll get you a DUI. And if you're wondering if law enforcement can tell you're driving high, well, everyone else can. Friends, I can tell you drove high. Parents, I can tell when you drive high.

26:42Relatives, I can tell. You drove your high, didn't you? So what makes you think law enforcement can't? I can tell. If you feel different, you drive different. Drive high, get a DUI, paid for by Nizza. Convoluted arcane MLS rules that nobody could possibly understand. We're not going to discuss it because the people listening to this show will fall asleep. No, no, they won't. OK. And then, yeah, and then there's another signing that's coming that also is a done deal that has not been announced, which is a guy that was loaned to Atlanta earlier in the year, which is a Paraguayan World Cup player, Mattias Galarsa, who's coming on loan from River Plate. And I don't know. I looked up, I read about him, and I don't see that he's done a whole lot with River Plate or with Atlanta. So I'm not sure what the excitement would be there. But anyway, I guess time will tell. I think he had a good World Cup.

27:44But I think he didn't do too much in Atlanta from what I could see. And he has not done too much in River Plate. But I guess he's maybe going to look for a new start here with Messi. Everybody wants to play with Messi. So he's the latest in line. Galarsa Intel is that he had one assistant 13 appearances, all comps with Atlanta United. They had him on the left hand side of the attack in the midfield. And it took a little while for Mattias Galarsa to integrate. They wanted to pair him with Miguel Almarón on the left hand side because of the relationship with Paraguay. And it took a little while for that engine to turn. You could see the promise that was there, but the lone parameters that were attached with Galarsa, the sign, the inking of it to make it permanent. I don't think it would have fit in Atlanta's cap structure

28:45at the time. And it was a pretty expensive signing if it was going to be turned into a permanent. That's why he was returned to Riverplay. Right, right. OK. Well, I mean, I trust Tata. And I trust Chris Henderson. And I trust Tata. And so if they thought he was good enough to bring in there, I'm sure he's got promise. So he's coming. They haven't announced it yet, but that's a done deal from what I hear. So yeah. And then there's Raquel May Philippi. Yes. A 19-year-old. Yeah. Another one. 19-year-old kid from Brazil, place for palmadas. He's a winger. I'm assuming he's a fast winger. He's 19 years old. So he's going to have younger legs than a lot of the people on this team who are in their mid to late 30s pushing 40. So they could use some youth and some speed on the wings. So yes. So the signings that are coming in are Galarsa and Philippi

29:45and Raquel May Philippi. And then the ones going out were Noah Allen to Chicago, David Ruiz to New York Red Bull. How do you keep all of this straight with this roster, with the ins and the outs and the financials and everything? It seems like it is a masterful challenge every single season. Yeah. Well, I don't even try to understand the financials. The financials, it's, you know, I think they're just doing financial gymnastics. You know what I mean? They find a way the rules are so, like I said before, are can. I mean, all the 10 and gam and, you know, they can have this much money for this year, but then they can only have $3 million that they can add in gam. So they have to, you know, if they get a signing like, from what I understand, Noah Allen, is a $3 million gam deal. But it has to start as alone because they don't,

30:47they can't have the money until 27. They don't want the money in 26, because that puts them over the limit for 26. So they loan him until December. And then in January, it becomes a permanent. And then they, then, then they get that $3 million for their 27 additional gam that gets added to the $3.26 million gam that the league is anyone awake still? Oh, absolutely. No, I mean, it's okay. No, I mean, I just think it's, I don't even try to explain it too much in my stories because it would take way too many paragraphs to explain all of these deals. It's just, you know, and then the DPs and then the under 22 initiatives and then the homegrowns and every, it seems like every person on the roster has a unique separate category, you know. And then there's messy who understands that financial. That's just, that's a cash cow that cannot be explained.

31:50So yeah, I don't even try to get too much into the financials. It's just too complicated. Well, but I think that it's what we're seeing is that the front office is by challenging the current rule structure, the laws, that, you know, gam and tam and garbage bucks and all those kinds of things. I give the front office a lot of credit for that gymnastics where they can, you know, sit there and it's like, okay, well, if we do this, here and this, here and this, here, I think you get to challenge the rest of the league to try to sit there and say, okay, well, if you want to do this and follow us down this road to where Major League Soccer can, you know, bring in players of what we're doing, here's kind of the way to do it. So I give the front office even though there is a lot of mathematical gymnastics, I give them a lot of credit for going down this road to figure it out to where everybody can fit in quotation. Yeah, yeah, I mean, they're very ambitious for him, I asked, you know, he would love nothing more than to just open things up, you know, and, and I'm a less, there really are two camps of owners,

32:51you know, there are, there's, there are the ownership groups that want to just open it up and let's outbid each other and let's go at it, the way they do in other sports. And then there are the ones that are clinging to that single entity parody, you know, 1998 MLS model where everybody is the same and we're all gonna make money and share it and nobody's gonna be great. There's not gonna be any super team, there's not gonna be any terrible team. Everybody's gonna be kind of mediocre, you know, and, and, and, and Jose Moss, David Beckham, that group, they definitely are in the, did you know that driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal? Driving high will get you a DUI, and if you're wondering if law enforcement can tell you're driving high, well, everyone else can, friends? I can tell you drove high. Parents? I can tell when you drive high. Relatives? I can tell, you drove your high, didn't you?

33:53So what makes you think law enforcement can't? I can tell. If you feel different, you drive different. Drive high, get a DUI, paid for by Nizza. Stop wasting your nights on a mattress that doesn't get you. Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world. The sleep number smart bed at the touch of a button. You can personalize your comfort. Choose firmer or softer, adjust cooler to warmer. And right now, save up to $2,500 during our massive Labor Day event. Hurry into your local sleep number store today because we have your number. Did you know that driving under the influence of marijuana is illegal? Driving high will get you a DUI. And if you're wondering if law enforcement can tell you're driving high, well, everyone else can, friends? I can tell you drove high. Parents? I can tell when you drive high. Relatives? I can tell. You drove your high, didn't you?

34:53So what makes you think law enforcement can't? I can tell. If you feel different, you drive different. Drive high, get a DUI, paid for by Nizza. Let's just do it. I mean, we're owners. We want to make money. We want our team to win. And they are willing to spend money. I mean, they are privately funding that $300 million stadium that just opened. That is a privately funded stadium. $300 million. And they brought in Lionel Messi, which was miraculous. I never thought that could happen. Even though he must kept saying to me, Michelle, I'm doing this. I'm telling you, you watch. He kept saying epic. It's going to be epic. Just wait. Just mark my words. And the day he signed, he called me and he said, what did I tell you? I told you I was going to do it. And his line that he said to me that day, I was in Paris on vacation, by the way. On June 7, 2023, I remember the date that Lionel Messi announced that he's coming.

35:55Because I knew that it might happen. I still didn't think it would. But I knew it was going to happen. And things always happened when I'm on vacation. In fact, the other beatwriters have all marked down my vacations on their calendars because they know that there's going to be big MLS news when Michelle is on vacation. So the first thing that happened was I was on an airplane, two Paris with my husband on June 1 of that year. And they fired Phil Neville, the coach, while I was on the plane. So I said, OK, this is not good. I wrote this story. I was on the airplane Wi-Fi, always a big mistake, but I always do it. I was on the plane Wi-Fi. And I wrote my story about Phil Neville being fired while I was on the plane to Paris. And then I just prayed. And I said, please, Lionel Messi, if you want to come here, fine. But don't do it over the next 10 days. Because I'm on vacation in France. Please don't do it over the next 10 days.

36:56So the first six days went fine. I was fine. And then on the seventh day, I was literally, I'm not even kidding. I'm not joking. Under the Eiffel Tower, we had just gone to Musee d'Orsay to the museum. We were taking pictures under the Eiffel Tower. And I got a phone call. And it was from where he was. And he said, Michelle, where are you right now? You near a computer. And I said, no, I'm in Paris. I'm on vacation. He said, you need to be near a computer. Because remember what I told you is going to happen? It's going to happen today. And I said, oh my god. So anyway, ever since that day, things have been really crazy with this team. But this is all along, anecdote, to tell you that Jorge Mass is an extremely ambitious person. And what he said to me that day under the Eiffel Tower on my cell phone was never get between a Cuban and his dream. So his dream was to bring Messi here. He befriended Jorge Messi, Leo's dad, who just passed away.

38:03He really became buddy buddy with him over a three-year span and was able to persuade that family to come to Miami. And this club has never been the same since. But he's not satisfied. He wants to keep bringing in names and keep making money. They have to make money because they have to pay for that $300 million stadium. So yeah, they're going to do whatever they can. And I know a lot of people around the league think that, and they did that first year, there were some rule breakings that went on with the previous with the previous previous before Chris Henderson got here. But I don't think that they're breaking rules. I really think that they are just working within the rules in a very creative way, shall we say? Yeah, absolutely. And personally, sidebar pause, I can't wait for the encore. Because Leonel Messi, we know he's not going to it well, but never tell Leo that he can't do anything. But there will be a day when he gets to be 72 or 73 years old.

39:06When he can't play Major League Soccer anymore, what do you do for an encore? And I think that that's the pressure that's attached to the Moss brothers in David Beckham once we get to that day of Leonel Messi wanting to hang it up across the board domestically and what have you. I'm intrigued as to what the encore will be for Inter Miami. Right now, maybe, and I say this somewhat tongue in cheek, why'd you build the new barn? You're 4, 2, and 4 at home, where your gangbusters on the road and your average at home. What's going on at home this year? With the attack, oh, with the record. Well, they, at the beginning, I mean, I really think the team was not that bad at the beginning. They were getting ties. They were not winning. This last stretch, they had a five game winless streak before they made the coaching change. They needed to make this coaching change. Guillermo Ojos, he was a caretaker coach. He's Messi's godfather.

40:06Basically, he's a very close friend of the Messi family. He's known Messi since he was 14. He was in the front office. Have your Maserano walked out with his staff, which for personal reasons. So did Tata Martino. Two coaches in a row, Tata Martino having won the supporter shield with this club, with Messi missing for two and a half months. They still won the supporter shield, broke the record for most points in league history. They got beat by Atlanta. In the first round of those playoffs, it was not my opinion. It was not Tata's fault. Atlanta played that series great. Brad Guzán played out of his mind and was stopping everything that Lionel Messi was throwing at him. And they lost in the first round. And for personal reasons, Tata leaves, never explained why. Just said he's leaving for personal reasons

41:08in a year later, is back in coaching. Next up, Javier Maserano, another Argentine coach who had the goal, the seal of approval, shall we say, from Messi? Because they're not going to bring in a coach who he isn't going to prove up. They bring in his Barcelona teammate, his former Argentina national team teammate. He had very little to no experience. He had no professional experience. He would only coach Argentina youth teams, no experience. They win the cup in his first year with Javier Maserano. They win the MLS Cup in his first year having no experience prior. Seven games into his second season. He walks out with his whole staff and says, I'm done for personal reasons. You can all read between the lines. This is a difficult job. This is a difficult job. So what do they do? For the intern, they just put Guillermo Oioz in there.

42:11He's a company man. He's a messy guy. They bring him in. I guess maybe he wanted a shot or they wanted to give him a shot. The team did well at the beginning. But then it started showing that he really, he was not a good fit for this job. It's a high pressure job. I don't really think he knew what he was doing as far as tactics, substitutions, definitely not that great of a communicator or motivator. I'm not saying he's not a good guy. And he's a company guy. He is true and true loyal to this club to the point that they've hired a new coach. Last Thursday, they hired a new coach, Keeley Gonzalez. Another Argentinian from Messy's hometown of Rosario. So they had Tata and then they had Masherano and then they have Oioz. And now they're going to have Keeley Gonzalez, another Argentine from Messy's hometown.

43:12He doesn't have his visa yet. He doesn't have his work papers. Guillermo Oioz has chosen to stay on and continue being the caretaker until the new coach comes. So what happened during that stretch and what happened at home is I just think the team really fell into a funk. The team fell into a funk and Guillermo Oioz couldn't get them out of it. And so they decided they're going to go a different direction for the last 13 games of this season. And they hire Keeley Gonzalez. We're still waiting for him to come. I don't think he's going to be here for the Saturday game against Atlanta. They're saying maybe next week. But I don't think he's going to be here. I think Guillermo Oioz is going to be back on the sideline against Atlanta. Stop wasting your nights on a mattress that doesn't get you. Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world. The sleep number smart bed at the touch of a button. You can personalize your comfort.

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45:13And traditionally, you know, with Inter Miami, you can get into those five four games because they've been exposed at the back a great deal, especially with if you have speed that you can either work down the sides or get in behind, you know, look, I'll say this. Maxi Falcone, he's got a great head of lettuce, but there are times when he gets absolutely burned at the back. And it seems like there are times where Messi wants to put this team on his shoulders, and he's just going to, just like, look, I'll do this myself. Well, I'll score people and you have what you had against, the team like Montreal, where you put seven on the board. But then you could give up four or five the other way, whether it's Daines St. Clair or Roccareo, Snowbow and that, it just seems like if you can find ways to have speed go against that back line, you could turn it into a shootout and it could be a long day for Inter Miami on a daily basis. Oh, definitely. And also defensively, while there are a couple of things that happen offensively, first of all, when you play Messi and Suarez together, they are lethal, you know, as far as attackers.

46:17They have telepathy, they can still finish and do things that nobody else can do. I mean, they're both, they have over a thousand goals between them career. You know, they're an unbelievable pairing. However, what you get up front, you lose defensively. Neither one of them is going to be racing back on defense. And they also up front, they can't get, they're not, you know, it has to be a possession game with short passes to them. They're not going to be running and get behind a defender. They're not going to be sprinting to get behind a defender. So other teams have figured out, even, you know, Montreal, a team that was struggling, not Montreal, Toronto. Other teams have figured out ways not Montreal. Montreal did not figure it out. Other teams have figured out Philadelphia. Other teams have figured out how to, how to, you know, keep the ball from Messi as much as they can, they can't block the middle and then use speed.

47:18Yes. Because Miami A, you're basically playing eight field players defensively. So they've changed the goalkeeper back and forth, but they were still having very similar problems, which is in transition, they get burned a lot in transition. Now, on top of that, you've got no, the back line has already been a suspect for a long time. Now, let's discuss what they have right now. Noah Allen is gone. Reggie Lone, who's supposed to be the starter at left back. He's injured. He was not at training yesterday. He's injured. Gonzalo Duhan, center back. He's injured with a calf injury. He was training off to the side yesterday. Mikael, the Brazilian center back that they brought from Fonmeiras, who was doing pretty well. He was one of the better defenders of the beginning of the season. He's also injured with an ankle injury. He was training to the side with Luhan.

48:19So right now in the back, what they did last game is they put Casamero. They moved Casamero back and played three in back. They played Ian Frey, Casamero, and Maxi Falcone. Oh no, and they had Noah Allen. They had foreign back, but they had Casamero in the back. So they may do that again. Maybe they moved Casamero because they have more midfielders, move him back. But in other words, their backline has been sort of a revolving door. And they've had a lot of injuries. On top of that, there's the issue of no speed. On top of that is the issue of Messian Suarez when they're on the field together. There's a defensive liability there. So that is the Achilles heel. If this team has one is defensively, offensively, yeah. They beat Philadelphia six to four. You know, in the last game before the World Cup break, there were 10 goals in that game. So if you give up four goals, you should not win that game.

49:21But when they can score six and they can score seven, then they can win those games. So it turns into a shootout and they win the shootout when they have Messian Suarez in there. So it's an interesting team, but they do have to clean up their defense. Otherwise, I don't see, you know, I'll say this about how your Maserano, how did they win the Cup last year? They were having the same issues last summer. He benched Suarez. And that was the most difficult thing that he had to do because Suarez is a messy best friend. And Suarez was also a former teammate of Maserano on Barcelona. This was a very difficult decision that Maserano had to do. But he decided to bench Suarez. And he put Silvetti and he put Silvetti and Iyenda flanking Messi. Two guys who could run fast, get behind the defense and play with Messi. Once they did that, they broke the MLS record

50:22for goals during the playoffs. They broke the MLS record and just rolled through the playoffs, rolled through the playoffs, screaming everybody to lift the cup. Now, the dilemma was seven games into the season here. The thought was that Suarez was going to retire. Everyone assumed that Suarez was going to retire. And I'm sure have your Maserano also assumed that. But guess what? Suarez decided he won a swung song. He wanted one more season. And then have your Maserano is left with the same issue that he had at the end of last season, which is, OK. Suarez is coming back for a last hurrah. This is Messi's friend. He's coming for a last hurrah. I guess I have to play him. Then they bring in Bertorame, who was not exactly what have your Maserano wanted to spend money on in the off season. He wanted defensive help. That's where he wanted the money spent. They spent the money on a forward who

51:24was doing very well in Mexico, but that's not really what they needed most. So anyway, I think have your Maserano was very frustrated and walked out seven games into the season. So does Kila Gonzalez? No one he's getting into and is just going to sit there and go, yeah, it's a chance for me to coach Inner Miami with Messi and all of this firepower. He knows that he's got to wear a hard hat to work every day. Well, if he has a brain, if he has a brain, he has to know this because this team is on its six coach in seven years. This club is only seven years old and they've had six coaches. And if Tata left after winning a supporter shield with them, best record of all time, and he leaves. And then Maserano, seven games after lifting the cup with this team and with a team that was presumably

52:25going to be better this year with whatever they thought is going to be better with who they brought. And he walked out seven games in. And then the oil starts out OK, but turns out not OK. And then he's gone. So this is a very difficult job. And I've spoken to coaches around the league that I've known for a long time, coaches, other MLS coaches. And they say, this is a hard job. It's not just throw messy and his friends out there and just let them play because that's kind of what Oios was doing, to be honest. And that doesn't work. There are other coaches and MLS that are smart and good. And they figure out how to beat into Miami. You know what I mean? So you can't just, yes, messy is unreal. He scored four goals the other day at 39 years old. He scored eight goals during the World Cup and carried Argentina on his back to the final.

53:26He is the best of all time in my mind. There's no question what he does is insane. Absolutely insane. But you can't just throw him out there with a bunch of guys around him and figure that you're going to beat every MLS team and you're going to lift the cup. There has to be some strategy. There has to be some speed. There has to be some defense. And you know, that's what Keeley Gonzalez is going to have to figure out. And I guess every coach that comes here thinks that they can do it. And somehow they're on their sixth coach in the last seven years. Crazy. And then when you put it like that, six head coaches in seven years, it's like, yeah. When you think about it and take a beat, you're like, yep, that is in fact what's going on. I know that it seems simplistic to where, okay, how do you defend against Inter Miami? You cut off the supply lines to messy and you're physical with them and you bump him off his game. But all that seems to do is step on Superman's cape and get him mad at times. What kind of a matchup are you expecting this weekend

54:28down there at New Stadium with Atlanta United? Well, I mean, from what I see, I think Atlanta does have speed. And by the way, Fafa, Fafa Peacol, believe me, he will be motivated with a capital M because he was not, he's a Miami guy and he was not really given that much opportunity to play with this group. He's going to be highly motivated in this game, in his hometown. I think he has scored the game winning goal in two of the last three games for Atlanta, if I'm correct. So he's going to be motivated. Atlanta has speed. Miami is not the speediest team as we've just been talking about. I believe the Tatumartino is an excellent coach. I mean, having watched him for a whole year and even when Messi was out for two and a half months, he put in a bunch of young guys and brought up guys from the academy and they stayed on top in first place the entire season of 2024.

55:29And I know that he's done really well in the past with Atlanta. I know he's trying to rebuild it now. So I have faith that Tatumartino knows, he knows this team extremely well and he knows what to do. So there will be a game plan for sure. There will be a good game plan against a team that I believe is going to have Guillermo Ouyos on the sideline. I don't know how much influence Keeley Gonzalez will have from the telephone or whatever from Margentina where he still is. He hasn't even met with the team. As far as I know, we spoke to Yannick Bright yesterday. And I said, oh, have you guys had any interactions with him? Has he done a Zoom calls with you guys or anything? No. He said, I have not spoken to him yet. So they've had this coach for a week, but at least Yannick Bright, he has not spoken to. I'm assuming maybe he has spoken to Lionel Messi, but he has not spoken to Yannick Bright yet as of yesterday.

56:29So again, you're going to have an Atlanta team with a plan from a coach who knows the club extremely well. They have speed. They're going to be motivated. And then you've got a Miami team. Now, I will say Miami did get a big boost of energy with that 7-1 win. They were really in a funk. They were down. The energy was bad. There was like a lack of urgency. They did not look good in the previous few games. And now they came off the field, feeling energized. Also the fact that there's a new coach, even though they haven't met him yet, the idea that the club has decided to invest in the remainder of this season, that they're not just throwing up their hands and giving up, I think that gave the team also. If you manage spending for a growing company, you already know the pain. Too many cards, too little control, and finance chasing receipts every month. With the American Express Corporate Program, you get real-time visibility into company spending. Asian employee cards are virtual cards.

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58:34As far as trying to get the supporters shield this year is gonna be very difficult. Nashville is just winning everything. Miami's winning, but Nashville is winning and Nashville is already 10 points ahead of them. So Miami's motivated. I think Atlanta will be motivated and I think Atlanta will be prepared. I don't have any question that Atlanta's gonna be prepared for this game. And that is why we bring you up as soon as we know that something like this is gonna go down so we can get your your intel and the PhD on intermiami. Opposition research with you, Michelle Kaufman. It's always fantastic to catch up with you on everything that goes on down there. Hit the promo, working folks. Watch you on socials and Miami Herald and subscribe and all that stuff. Yeah, we'd love for you to subscribe. You know, local media, we're the ones who cover the teams on a day to day basis. There's a writer in Atlanta who's covering the team. There's me, you know, there are a lot of cities don't even have MLS beat writers, but you're lucky to have one and we're lucky to have it here. So MiamiHerald.com is where you can find my work on Twitter. I'm at cough sports, K-A-U-F sports.

59:36Also, I have a weekly podcast called Inside Intermiami. Inside Intermiami, you can find us on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, any other pod captures that you have. So I'm all over the place. So that's where you can find me. If you wanna know about messy, what's going on with messy, what's going on with Intermiami? And we love to do that. Just have may all the bylines be kind and may you hit each and every one and we will catch up with you soon, my friends. Great to see you. Thanks for the intel. All right, thanks. Thanks for having me always, bye bye. There goes Michelle Kaufman. She's gonna go get breakfast or brunch or get smart and go to practice and all these things. But now it's always great to catch up with Michelle and find out what's going on. That's how we get smart is we find out what's going on with Intermiami and we catch up with Michelle Kaufman. So at cough sports, K-A-U-F sports. Michelle Kaufman, she's like our number one source down there with everything going on with Intermiami messy in front. So six coaches in seven years.

1:00:36It didn't hit me until she said that. But yeah, six coaches in seven years. And I know that yeah, Abby Tata was kind of like Marcelo Bielso, where it's like two years and it's like, yeah, okay. I'm intrigued. I wanna see what it looks like with everything going on. Today is the off day for Intermiami when it comes to availability and such. And so that was why we were able to catch up with her on Thursday and find out what has happened this week. So Kieligan's Allis there kind of, he's been named the new head coach. He's not there yet. Yannick Bright says no, we haven't had any kind of conversations. This is yesterday of practice. So something might change between now and Saturday. But as of yesterday at practice and the media availability, they had not talked with Kieligan's Allis at all. So as Michelle says, it looks like it's gonna be a Guillermo Ojos possibly caretakering again to create a verb this weekend

1:01:39after he has served his one match suspension for dilly dallying. League was like, now we're done with your dilly dallying. You get a one match suspension. You're on your way out the door. Here's a one match suspension. But since Kieligan's Allis is not there, does Ojos stay as caretaker for yet another week? And then what does it look like? You would anticipate perhaps that there are conversations with the hierarchy and the coaching staff if they're in Miami with Kieligan's Allis, hey, do this, this, this, this, and this. But we haven't seen anything. Michelle hasn't seen anything in conversation with Yannick Bright. If it's Thursday and Friday and you've got a Saturday night, do you throw something up against the wall and go, hey, here's spaghetti, oh look, it's art. That's the big question. What does Inter Miami do? Or is it just like, yeah, we're gonna roll balls out there whatever happens happen? So we'll see.

1:02:39In the past, as those of you who are coming at this from and Atlanta United perspective, you cut off the supply lines to lead a messy, you bump them around like Carlos Vela, but they would do that with Carlos Vela, L.A.F.C. Cut off the supply lines. And force the back line to run. So she mentioned Fafa Pico. I did not have Fafa Pico in my mind, but I do now. Motivated Fafa Pico up top, Miguel Almarón, Alexi Midan Chouk, then in the midfield, you're probably looking at, say, a Cooper Sanchez, you're looking at Tristan Mouyambago going forward. I wonder what the other six is gonna look like. Is it going to be, is it going to be Will Riley? Is it gonna be Adrian Gill? Then the back line, you do get Elias Baez back. So is it Baez Diaz Alonzo Hacob

1:03:40for your starters with Lucas Ojos in that? And if you haven't had the chance, go check out the feature that Jason has on Lucas Ojos at soccerdownhere.net. Really cool thing that he was able to catch up with with Lucas Ojos and you kind of understand where he's coming from. All of the history, all the growth, the early years of his soccer playing and then getting a phone call from Tata Martino. Baez Diaz, he's like, hey, you wanna be a part of something. Lucas says, yeah, didn't ask where, didn't ask what, Tata calls him up, you wanna be a part of something? Yeah. And you get to go behind the scenes a little bit with Lucas Ojos and how he has approached everything in his career to get to where he is now. So I would anticipate something akin to the starting 11 that we're used to. I would say what is the other six? And I would imagine that Fafa's gonna start at Striker or at least Fafa's gonna start up top.

1:04:43So we'll see what that looks like. I didn't have Fafa Pico as a part of my discussion plan, but now I do. So we'll find out what it looks like with that. So Galarza into Miami, once again, another midfielder when you need defensive health. And then you bring in Philippi and he's as a U22. So you have a 19 year old winger that you bring in. Galarza that you bring in in the midfield. You send David Ruiz to Red Bulls and then you send Noah Allen to Chicago. But Michelle once again locked into the idea of it is a loan on Noah Allen to start because they wanted the money for 27. They didn't need it or want it for 26. So once again, you get into the gymnastics of all of the gam and tam and garbure bucks and stuff.

1:05:48Messy and friends front office on the Noah Allen deal there like we don't want it yet. We'll loan him to you this year and then the three million triggers next year. Chicago's like yeah, fam will go there. And then David Ruiz once again loan to Red Bulls for 27 gam, 75,000 there with another option to make the move permanent. Then Miami gets an international roster spot from the garbure bucks that they got inbound because they needed it. I imagine for Philippi and or Galarza because you moved Noah Allen on. You've got to have the international spot available to you. So you moved Noah Allen, you do the gymnastics, you bring in the garbure bucks, you flip the garbure bucks to New England to open up that spot to bring in either Philippi or Galarza.

1:06:51You're back online with your international slots and you're good to go. So that's where we're at. All right, it is our number two here in the Kaiser Permanente Studios, which means one thing and we will bring in our friend, Nino Torres along those same lines because it is time for the hydration break brought to us by our friends at local vine beer one and liquor stores two locations here in the Atlanta area, John's Creek and Cumberland. Once again, thanks for being great partners with us here in 2026, local vine beer one and liquor stores you walk in with a list, you walk out with a lot more. Thanks for being great partners with SDH hydrate. Here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're down here, friends, Nino Torres with you. And these are fully loaded Thursday here on Sogur down here. Sog, not the week here, guys. Yes. All right, so we now go into things and we try and go, okay, so what is on your mind?

1:07:53Okay, I have last week's on my mind or on your mind. So what is, so where did you send this week? Did you send this week yet? Did you send that stuff? What's what's on the, I'm crying. No, hold on. Wait, wait, wait, it's getting, okay, well, this is even better. This is even better where I don't even have the list and you can just go ahead and read off the list in front of you. Yeah, hold on a second. I thought it's sending, no, I didn't send it. Crap. All right. All right. Oh, I got it, got it, got it. No, no, no, no, we keep it like that, man. I want to send to you right now. Okay, I want to send to you. All right. See how this works? Literally, I'm hydrating and then he, all of a sudden, is like, you know what, I forgot, I forgot to send what I wanted to talk about, which is fine because like I said, I don't watch, I don't look at the list until, you know, you send it anyway. Okay, so, other, so you're sending, okay, there's the photo.

1:08:54All right, so Columbus crew, by the way, have required Anas Zoruri on loan from Panathon Ico, and then Fielder, that is also here this morning. And he is loaned through the sprint season with a club option for a permanent transfer international roster slot added with the crew roster, pending the recitive as ITC and his P1 visa. Okay, here we go. I have things to talk about. Oh, Mr. Benfic, oh yes, yes. Yeah, I want to talk about that. I want to talk about that. I want to talk about the second one from two weeks ago, but yes. Okay, so we've been having a lot of discussions about river play because of players that have been leaving river play in common North, and Tias Galarza is one. Galarza left river plate, and now he has been loaned to messy in friends with an option to make it permanent. And I believe he has to play in two thirds of the remaining games for this season for the option to be kicked in. And then a Giuseppe Galopo is loaned to Atlanta United.

1:09:55So river plate, there's an egress man, there's an exit that is wide open, and it's just like, there's sunlight. Everybody's heading out the door. You have Leo Ponziot, new era in river plate question mark. Don't think so. Yeah, I don't think that nothing's gonna change with river plate then. I don't think that nothing's gonna change. And we, we, they keep losing players, they keep bringing in more players. They are gonna end this year into the year. Right now, there are, I think it's 64 million that the Spain already is here. If I'm not mistaken, I think it's 64, 67. So they're talking about, bringing a couple more players. So they probably end up, I'm gonna say, in the north of the 100 million, a lot of Transaxe year, which is insane. Insane amount of money. And now getting it right, now getting it done, now getting it, anything right will be played. Mr. Theo Fstein of the river La Plata, Mr. Ricardo.

1:10:56Hey. Yeah, you have just, I mean, this is, this is not working. All right, back to politics, because that's what I'm, he's an absolute leader. And he led the team with the golden era of, of, of, of a yard though. But that's a player, okay? That's a player, all right? So the thing here, we win, win, win, win, win, win. When, when players made the transition into, into the coaching position. There are ones that are just, the participants that they, they just carry too much, well, the, the player mentality into the locker room, okay? And, and, and I know that, the, the, the, the license and everything, he's, license coach and everything. But, but taking, taking the team at this moment,

1:11:57I, I want to actually, the end, the, the first game of Fonsan would, I guess, battlefield in a, the world rolling. Right. The world only tell him, we, we, we, we put on a show, they, they could score more goals. But then comes the 65th minute again. It, it just like you, I mean, they, they, they, they, they, they, it really has a crystal jaw. I did, I don't know how they're going to train it out. I don't know how they're going to do pushups. I don't know what are they going to do. Right. But, you know, they should do those exercises that they do in them in Formula One, you know, they put a weight on and do this thing. You see that when they train. I think that, that, that, that, that, that with the team, right, they got to do that. See, he starts to yell. And then River Plate jams us to answer, I'm with you. How you gonna strengthen? You got it. You're good. He was, he was scary.

1:12:58Well, one point you, they were, they were dominant in the game. And but then, and you see the people in the stands. Oh, this is not good. This is not good. You're good. You're good. You got it. All right. So that, that's, that's, that's the job that the lip comes you have to do. How to, you know, return the confidence to this team. How to get a, a solid structure to the offense to defense transitions, defense to offense are fine. But offense to defense transitions, which is the most crucial exercise in soccer. It has to be in a, in a, in a different level that I don't know but lip points is gonna be able to take, we pray to that level of back and out the transitions from when they lose the ball in the opposite field and getting back to the, to the defense.

1:14:00I don't know if the lip points show, I mean, it could be fantastic like, like, like, like, like, we don't know, we don't know. But I say, sit now. I said, now, I think that the, the points, this is an impression, right? I could be wrong. But I got the impression that the points who is trust in too much in his aura. That's the leader. Then his actual, you know, capability is all for a head coach leading the way. It's different story, the different story is different scenarios. Did the math, the incoming transfers this year for River Plate? 52.4 million euro. Oh my God. That is Jaguil Mata, who's the only one that we have said is really doing anything. On Hill, on Hill, Korea, Atom Body, Tobias Andrada, Ortega, Santos Bure, who I thought was like 74 years old,

1:15:03but he's only 30. Lucas Beltron on the loan, Giovanni Gonzales on the loan, or Temendi, who is 72 years old. Yeah. How? And so, and then you have the two players come up from River Plate 2 in the Copa Proyexion, the 19 year old Silva, and the 18 year old Padeira, but 52 million euro spent on the incomings and 20 of that went to Thiago Al Mata. It's insane. It's really cool. It's funny, man. Mm-hmm. That is, yes. And it's not working. And like I said, Johnny remember that I said that we played what's going to be really gated, right? Remember those, you did sit down. You did? I think it was the end of last year or the beginning of the year. I don't remember, most likely. You did. You did. You said this. The paranoia that Universitario causes to Aalean Zalima, media and fans. Uh-oh. Now media fans. Oh, media fans. Media fans. Media fans. Because they have media fans. That's what they are. Okay.

1:16:04That's what they are. Oh, oh, okay. Like members of the media who are fans of Aalean Zalima. Right, right, right, right. Okay. Got it. I got a thing I got. I wonder, I almost tried to do that to say that. All right. So I'm, I'm going to, I'm going to chat, right? I'm going to go on WhatsApp group, one of the 15,000 groups that I have on WhatsApp. But this is, this is a media chat, right? This is this is a media that I got all the, all the guys here calling games and different channels. And we were the sports media group chat. And uh, Universitario reported this, made a massive comeback in Cajamarca. We're talking about 10,000 feet of both the C-Layup Luna and on turf. And the afternoon and the sun, it's just, oh, man, we were doing it horrible the first call, right? Toonel, you know, team, the FZ, you to say was dominating. We cannot catch the ball. We cannot catch a break. And like, I think a couple of us like, all right, you know what?

1:17:05I want to make this opposition right now. He made us up to the show in the 30th minute. He took it, I don't get all the pure kids being, and boom. The transformation starts to have you, you love that in sports. I have that momentum changes when the momentum changes. Oh, this is, it clicks to you and boom. Everything goes your way. So that's what happened, you know, and the way I grabbed the scoring of the end of the first half. But um, the coach of, uh, will just say he got mad with the, with his goalie. Because, uh, the goalie, hey, well, you know, they were complaining, you could call this post, I covered that post. He was yelling at the, uh, his coach. And the coach really, I want to share who's the coach here. Hey, back up, golly. War map. You coming in. Wow. So he replaced the goalie. Wow. He replaced the goalie at half time. And, uh, the goalie did a fantastic job, right? But we, but we ended up turning the game around.

1:18:06We're losing toonel and we ended up turning into, four, two, big three for us. It was massive. But it's a big, uh, nothing to do with the quality. Right? So we were talking about this in, uh, in the chat and, and I was talking about the, and Alias, I'm a play after us. Right? They were playing at, we played at 3 p.m. I played like, uh, I think it was 7 p.m. So chat is like, hey, and I, and I, I was, I was, I was just moping these guys because Alias, I was missing tons of chances, right? You know, you know, me, I'm a, you know, me, you know, me, I'm a, no, you want to put me in there because, uh, I'm going to make you mad. You got, you got, you got an opening and you take it. Come on now. It never happened. And, and, and, so I was, I was putting this out. You're missing these goals. I know offside. So, you're gone. No, no, no, no, I'm not. I just, I put, I put up my fancy picture. I got to do something on. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. So, um, one of them said, oh, but that's so, um, what happened earlier today with your team?

1:19:10It's, um, it's so rare. What happened there? It's, uh, why, why did it? Why did the coach stop the, the goalie? Uh, you know, in this world, uh, the bets are dominating the scene. I bet that has something to do with a betting operation. Now, he changed the coach. Because of a betting, uh, why are you kidding me? Wow. I was like, wow. But that's how desperate people get sometimes, man. They want to sit there and they look at the, they look at the juice boxes and they go, oh, oh, hey, you know, I can, you know, I can, what happens? This is weird. This is weird. This is suspicious. I can laboratory also not come into mind. Suspicious. It's suspicious the way that they want. It's just, uh, uh, fish. Just the way that the coach out the goal. I have no doubt that several of something weird and dark happening behind the scenes here.

1:20:13Now your team got this was granted a big three away. Oh my god. That was the, those were the worst journey. They say they were suspicious. In the meantime, we are at the top of the standings and they were now about six point behind. We will want to see in the next, in the next couple of weeks and when I go to their place. And, uh, we're going to, we're going to make it look bad. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. And so it's like a bookmark in the, put a bookmark in that two nil golly swap four to win flip. Keep a bookmark in that. Yeah. Yeah. Porto didn't care of something. Him and his is from Fiji or Turkey. He is now a dragon. Please explain yourself, sir. Well, the thing is, uh, uh, Sunday, I think it's just like five nationalities, right? Yes.

1:21:13They say Mexican can born whatever he wants, right? That's, uh, what does it say that they have? So he could be Mexican. And now I think it was two more. I don't know what the portal for. Off is ended up signing a beachy to. What else can I say that I didn't that signing. Sunday, he minutes as an Italian player, right? Which is, uh, this is again, the media is crazy. I'm paranoid about this because, uh, well, this is well known. It's a well known practice. I'm a player. How many are Gentile and, um, um, um, Brazilian? And, uh, and you know why I'm pleased. I've, uh, it's on the passports because of the, uh, but I mean, it's the community passports. You, you go back, you go back. Now, think about where immigrants came from into into Brazil. If you have the Italian influence into South America, that's,

1:22:14that's not, that's not a strange one for me. That's not strange. Until they, they, they were complaining that he was not, you know, occupied now international slot for Porto. Um, and again, the truth is, it matters. Like, Porto is going to win again. Yeah. And it's, uh, it doesn't matter if he's got an EU pass, Porto, not, they're still going to win. That's my brother. I, I, I, I, I bet Sunday came and it's, you know, scored tons of goals in the Premier League. I, he's going to score tons of goals. I mean, I'm still happy for Porto. I, I, they keep it in the same structure. They got to keep it. I'm betting on the back. I think at the same coach, they, they just had more firepower. And, uh, they, they, they will win it again. I, I mean, I don't see, been Fica or, uh, but by the way, we will talk about press yearning next, next week, because he's going to keep dominating the same with the Fica. But I'm so happy that finally now he's, he's getting the, uh, the minutes and he's playing the way that, uh, they were wanting him to play in, in the Fica.

1:23:16He's coming on a massive start of the season for, uh, for Fica. But I'll back to Porto and Santa Jimenez, um, Porto. That's a great sign. I did, I didn't go that well last year when they got bad, not enough. It was, I said, look, the young because he ended up being, uh, in your most of the, uh, most of the season. But, uh, hopefully Santa is healthy and, uh, he gets all the firepower that I've porto and, it's not like they needed that. I'm upgrading, they're upgrading their graph and it's not in that need, but an upgrade. Yeah. There's, uh, there's an interesting stat that I just saw in, in the Portuguese league, in the, the Nino Torres league. There are two clubs that have, that have not given up a goal this season to this point of the year. You know one of them in the Portuguese league. Yeah. It's port, it's port though. Right. For on the floor, they've scored nine and they haven't given up a

1:24:18goal yet. There is one other team that has not given up a goal this season in the Portuguese, in the Portuguese premiere. Can you name it without looking at a, at a stat sheet? I can't, I can't. I feel, feel this, feel this. I'm going to be a centa. Oh my, did you least us? Did you least us? Oh my, I was three. Three matches in, two wins and a draw, goal is draw obviously, but they've scored three goals in three games and the two games that they won and they have not given up a goal yet this season. They're in six behind on goal difference to Benfica, but they haven't given up a goal yet either. Porto has not, they've scored nine. They have scored three and they're in six. Man, my Giles has been, if I work on the league, I will tell you, but now I just got the, I was going to say, I do it because I do it because I do it because doing great.

1:25:20But I know my Giles has been, my Giles has been, they're going to stay out, this is my predation for the, for the, for the season for Giles, and they're going to stay in that spot. Number six. Okay. I'm going to finish in number six and yeah, the Fick is going to have turned out a thing around. They're going to go up and Santa Clara and I look at they're going to fall and then we're going to keep the big three on top like always. Okay. Not everything is beautiful at Cusco with Cienciane and Conmebol, please explain yourself, sir. Oh, my God. Come here. Come here. Come here. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. So, uh, neat, picky sanctions to clubs and, uh, but we, the, the, the, the funny part is that, uh, when we get these, these, uh, these fines, these sanctions, uh, these penalties, uh, it always happens to small teams, of course, to smaller teams, right? That doesn't happen to be a play to, to flamenco, to, you know, no,

1:26:22it happens to the, uh, you know, to, to the hardworking teams, you know, to the blue color teams like Cienciano. Mm-hmm. No, they, they find it. I mean, the fines are small, right? 5,000 is $5,000, right? But for them, 5,000 means a lot more than 5,000 river plate, though. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You think? Of course. So, yeah, 5,000 loss can take a lot of things in Cusco. A lot of things in Cusco. All right. So, these are the two, the two, uh, penalties. So, the, the, the, the, the first spin on these for the press box. Okay. What? Press box was, uh, I think it was, we just showed her to something, something like that. She's ridiculous, man. Really? Yeah, they, they, they, they, they, they didn't have enough outlets, uh, for, for the media, uh, really? Take a power. Take a power. Brother, can you, can you get a, get another one in extension or something? I don't know. Oh, okay, whatever. And the next one, it has to go with the, uh, with the security on the, uh, on one of

1:27:28the, uh, one of the gates on three of the five gates at the, uh, Jarsilazo, La Vega, uh, that they, instead of having, I don't know, 10 people there, they were having five and you have to have 10, like, okay. Okay. Okay. All right. We're going to stop in the pindy and the, uh, from, from not having a disaster that they had last year, right? Is it going to stop that? No, no, no, no. And that's, that's the pindy. It's a different story. Okay. Yeah. Uh, I'll let you go with that. Okay. We're still sincere now. I'm going to win this cup of American. I'm predicting that today, right? Yeah. We'll find some final journal. You're going to win it. All right. They're going to go, uh, to, uh, it's sent in at first to take care of business and then going to close business and go, uh, they got to go into the final four once again, one more time, one more time. I'm, I'm going to go ahead and say this now. If you want to go and cover games, seriously, if you want, if you want to apply for credentials,

1:28:31you want to dive back into that pool and you want to do it through SDH, go for it, man. Seriously. All right. All right. All right. I mean, I mean, you, you, you, you, I mean, I got a lot of good stuff for them. No, but I mean, just, you know, if you want to, if you want to cover League of one, if you want to go cut because I know that you're going to want to cover the pan-am games in a year, I mean, just if there's, if there's anything going on that you want to dive into, just and apply, just let us know. And, you know, obviously we're going to sit there and go, no, you can't do it. Um, but no, seriously, if you want to go, if you want to go and then dive back into the deep end, then just, just let us know. I, hey, I want to go cover this. Okay. Go apply, you know, that mattered me. Besides it puts you. Let's go and go be the classical. Jesus. See, I mean, I mean, that's what you got just, I'll just knock on those doors. Uh, topic next to last, Enzo Fernandez is overrated, not for me and not for Manchester City. Yeah. You know what? When, when, when, when, when, when, when, when answer went to, to Chelsea, right? Uh, I think it was 120. Now they pay 140.

1:29:32Yeah. Everybody was like, no, he's not going to make it into the Premier League. You know, he was so hungry before morning, he should have stayed at the peace. Uh, this guy, man, look at him now. He was a captain for Chelsea. He's probably the most dominant midfielder in the Premier League. For the past two seasons. And now he's going to Man City. So it has to do a lot with the, uh, with the anti-Argentian thing that is going on around the law, I would say. Right. They did. Don't like them. I mean, I don't know. I don't have nothing. I love at your time, please. Give me one, man. It's an easy thing to sit. It's an easy thing to sit there and poo poo on something that you don't like. And so you go to the, you go to the least common, you go to the, the, the highest common denominator of it all. Oh, he's not from here. And, you know, it's just, it's annoying that folks want to do.

1:30:35That's annoying that folks want to go down that road instead of just sitting there and discussing the value of a player and what they mean. Look, if city football group wants to drop 140 or 125 depending on your conversion. Look, if they want to drop 125 on a player, if they want to drop, you know, whatever they dropped on Elliott Anderson, cool. If you want to drop 125 or slash 140 on Enzo Fernandez, that's your business. And you can also amortize it over the value of the deal. It's not going to hit you at full 125 or 140 because of how the Premier League works. They divide it by the number of the years in the contract. So it doesn't hit you in the pocketbook. But, you know, if the team that you don't like brings in somebody and they paid a lot of money, obviously, you know, you, you're predisposed not to like that transaction. And oh, it's because it's another South American or oh, it's another, you know, lick, lick and shine player. It's another Kazakhstan or whatever. That's it's, it's too easy. And it's too easy of a crutch to sit there and go, well, I don't like so and so.

1:31:40Well, why don't you? Well, because he's playing for the team that I don't like the most. Well, why don't you like that guy? Well, it's because he's from, you know, wherever it's, it's too easy for fans to sit there and poo poo on something that's not theirs. And specifically if it's not from your own home country, because you don't want to open your eyes and understand that the world is a global game and talent can come from anywhere. Talent can come from around the corner just as much as it can come from fricking Tibet. And if this Tibetan winger, there's a U19 kid who's lighted up into bet. You want to drop money on bringing it to bet and play? That's cool. Grow the game instead of sitting there and poo poo on on somebody like Inzo Fernandez. Look, If Inzo has leveraged his play to where he's getting, you know, that he's worth 125 or 140 depending on your conversion. That look, is that your money that you're spending? No, if the team wants to drop that kind of dime, let them do it. And it's their decision financially or otherwise. And then that's up to Enzo Fernandez to sit there and say, yeah, I'm worth it or no,

1:32:41I'm not. Yeah, God, that's annoying. It's just insane. You know, and then the same way and they were saying, oh, yeah, now you'll be careful. That's why NHB plans are because he did this team when he scores against England. And now you come back to England, you not saying that's too easy. Hello, you know that brings me to this stupid, stupid, the paranoia thing that they came up in 2002 when they were on Waslay for United and they play an England. They lost to England in in the 2002 disaster to work up their were seeing there were saying that, that was in Argentina. This is the opposite way. It is the opposite. It's not the criticize in the Argentine time from being an outsider about the criticism. An Argentine time from the Argentine's time point. That there were saying that, that there were not play well against England because he had to go back to play for United and had to, oh God.

1:33:44And there were journalists saying that. Yeah, well, they're not really. They were, I mean, you know what's funny? You know, I'm wrong. I got that cleave. I'm all in a sense that you got that cleave. And I journalists asking that, hey, do you think, do you believe on those words, right? On those, the, the, the word on the street says that, you give away that game against England. And what do you think about that? I think stupid. And I think the people that thinks that, I was stupid. And then he paused and said, you think that, do you? Yeah. He said, I'm just trying to transfer you what they said. No, no, no, no, but you think that because you asked me. Yeah, right? Exactly. Well, that's, and that's like, and that's like when a reporter says, well, some people are saying, it's like, this is how you, when you preface a question, you go, some folks say, or some people are saying, or some fans are saying, well, who? Well, some people. No, that, no, that means that you think it,

1:34:46you just transferring it over to, to do the fans and stuff. And that, that's another thing that's annoying to me as well as, as, uh, when journalists, okay, uh, for those that don't know, Mike Augustino, Mr. Benfica, Mike Augustino at Mike Augustino, A-G-O-S-T-I-N-H-O on the 280 character app. He has created the Nino Torres Galasso of the week. And literally, it is, it is an A-Word that, uh, Mr. Benfica has created. And it's very, very cool that he's named it after our buddy Nico here. I, uh, buddy, Nico here. World Cup goal of the week was Cine Lopez Cabral, the, the goal of the World Cup was Cine Lopez Cabral from Cup of Earth. Now, we are going three weeks in and the Liga Porto Gal. It is a Prestiiani in week one. You want to eat this from sporting in week two? And then I wish I had like a drop or a drum roll or something. Week three, uh, week three's Nino Torres Galasso of the week, Maxi Arrujo from sporting. So I'm going to do this. I want to show, I'm going to put my phone in the lens. So literally, I like the trophy.

1:35:47Yeah. So that is, that is the Nino Torres Galasso of the week. And that is, so everybody follow Mr. Benfica, Mike Augustinio on the Twitter's on the 280. Because it is now the Nino Torres Galasso of the week that happens every single week in the, the Portuguese league now that the Portuguese league is in season. All right. So what are you up to? You, you, you cook, you're bacon, you're selling, you're getting more hotels. What's going on? Yes, but yes, I got this, uh, this is crazy, right? Things happening for recently. And, uh, you know, we're talking about the, the, the, the Westing guy from last week. Right? So, uh, this is not exclusive. There's an event at the Westing. Yeah. And, uh, they asked me for one to go there, uh, there's, uh, there's an event in there that's, uh, you know, we want one of your cakes here, uh, for this, can you bring mine in? Why? Yeah. Yeah, I can't, you think it was funny when they asked me, do you think you can? I was like, I already thought about it.

1:36:48I don't think that I, I don't think about it. But it's done. All right. One. So, so it just, it, it just, man, I don't know. I'm so happy. One. I, it's like, it's like, it's like, you want me to bring in just one? Come on now. Uh, this is, well, this is my meeting, but I, I bet hey, look, the fact that that door is open and that it's, uh, going that way, uh, once again, just let us know, let us know when, well, let us know when folks are flying north, let us know. Yeah, sir, yes, sir, yes, sir, that's, uh, the spending, but I will, it will happen. Yeah. And like I said, man, because we can't wait because we're going to eat it on the air. We're going to get fat. We're going to, we're going to, we're going to enjoy it and we're just going to continue to have this as a thing. So, um, we love you very much. We're very, very proud of you. And, uh, keep kicking ass. And you know that you got to come back next week because we got to talk about more stuff. We have to find out who week four is go lasso of the week. So, right, Nino Torres, go lasso of the week is when it comes to everything in, in the, in the legal portal.

1:37:53Uh, so like I said, we love you. Keep kicking ass and we'll catch up with you next week. Yeah. All right, Johnny. Thank you guys. See you next week. There he goes. The baker. Nina the baker on the IG. That's cool. The fact that the, the, the, it's like, yeah, when, when Nino said, yeah, one, can you bring in one of your cakes? I'm thinking, Nino's bacon like nine. He's just going to take nine in there. So look here, you know, as, as, as a, thank you. I figured you guys wouldn't, you know, you wouldn't handle one. It's going to be like 19 different things. Hey, here's a sample of everything. Yeah, when they said, yeah, can you bring in one first thing it pops into my head? You know, he'll bring like four just to sit there and it's like, okay, I know it's a small meeting, but I figured, you know, you guys want to take something home? You could do this, do this, and do this. No, I mean, I'm incredibly, I'm incredibly proud. I mean, yeah, we all have our passions. And the fact that Nino has, while he is juggling, talking to us and doing and all of his coverage of the sport, the beautiful game on a weekly basis.

1:38:54And he is diving into something that he has a love and appreciation for away from athletic. And the fact that he is stuck to it, the way that he has. And you have all of these doors that just continually open up. Game recognizes game. And it doesn't matter if you're talking athletics or the day to day. Doesn't matter what you do for a living. Game recognizes game. And there are those away from athletics. I mean, just don't we use the Weston as an idea as a part of this. So the folks at the Weston. They're near Nino. And they recognize this game. Hey, can you bring in, they wouldn't have even thought about it. If they didn't think that Nino was worth this salt when it comes to spend time in the kitchen. And thinking in three dimensions and making us all fat with everything that he makes when it comes to dessert.

1:39:57Game recognizes game. And we have always said that in these situations, to make the best toast all boats. Nino and his career in sports has gotten him to where he is today. Got him recognized internationally. And in addition to that, now he has branched out to where he's wearing the fluffy white hat and the apron and all that kind of stuff. And he's making messes in kitchens. And he's being recognized now for that. Individual, individual bakeries are interested in his stuff. is where's game recognizes game. And if you come into your every day with an appreciation for your place and how can I be there for others, doesn't matter what we do for a living, could be in some small way what we do here in trying to lift the game up every single day with all of our guests and all of our thoughts

1:40:59and the journalism and the deep dives and all this kind of stuff. How can we make things better? We do it athletically here on the show. We do it when we're out in the community as best we can. We do it by talking about all the different things but it's also who we are as people. We always talk about soccer for good here but there's other things that you can do for good in the every day. And back home, Nino is being recognized in the every day. They know about him as the voice of soccer out of South America but now he's getting recognized for doing other things. Game recognizes game. Do I miss writing books? Absolutely. But when you finish a book and I've done six and I've got seven and eight planned, I need to clone myself. But when someone looks at your, when someone looks at what you've done

1:42:00and you've invested all of this time and all of this effort and all of this love into what you're doing. Like I said, for us here, that's a lot of it. On that same level, something away from what people know you for. Oh, I didn't know you do that. Man, this is really good. And then word spreads and word spreads and word spreads. So it's how we are in three dimensions and how we can be there to appreciate stuff away from what we do on a daily basis. Just in three dimensions. Nino is athletics and Nino is baking. Two things I would never have thought would go together. But you're seeing game recognizes game. And three dimensionally, he's being recognized in his, look, when you go wandering around town and someone sits there and goes, yeah, now like I'd like what you're doing.

1:43:02And then it's that trust from them in you, hey, you're doing really well. You want to lift others up. And I think that's what we're here for, not just athletically. On a daily basis, I think we're here to lift everyone up. So we're all better. And we're seeing that every single day, like I said, we do it every single day here. No matter which version of ourselves we are, me, the high school version, the soccer version with everybody here. And then what you're seeing with Nino, look, this is, this is long walk off a short plank stuff. To put that kind of faith and belief in yourself. Yeah, I think I'm good at this. And it applies now to Nino and his baking. He's good at what he does when it comes to athletics. But then he wanted to take that long walk off a short plank and sit there and go, man, I've invested so much time in kitchens and I want to do this too.

1:44:07He loves what he does on a daily basis. And now it has taken form in other ways. It doesn't mean that he doesn't love the other things less. It just means that now we get to see these other pieces and other chapters of who he is. So it's cool. It's cool to see the three dimensions of individuals and who they are and what makes them, what makes them work, what makes them ask questions on a daily basis. What else, what else am I good at? What else can I do? And then you take that first step down that road. And you're seeing now when he comes and visits every week, hey, you know, Westen, Westen reached out. They wanted me to do something, bakery reached out and all these kinds of things. We see who we are outside of sports. You peel away those layers sometimes and you get to learn about people in ways that you wouldn't have thought of. And we're blessed to do it.

1:45:08Like I said, we love him very much and it is and I don't, I don't say that as a platitude. I don't. I don't say that as a platitude. There have been too many and full disclosure. This is story time LaJonde. Too many things have happened in my life where I haven't said things in a proper way in a timely fashion. And I just got to the point to where it's just like not what I'm done. But I'm going to say what I think. I'm going to say what I think and you know, might make some folks uncomfortable. They do that's on them. Anyway, there, their story time with John. So we love you, you know, all right. All right, Nico, time to go from Peru to Seattle. We do that on Thursday and it's time to check and see what's going on. Whether buddy, Nigo, Monero, I'm Paul, so sports, what is the word? What happened to the big TV? Funny story. I ended up taking it to my son so he can keep it in his no apartment.

1:46:16So I am in the works of doing one of two things either. I'm going to hang up my Nikolesto Dero, signed Jersey. And I have one that's like a Xbox. I submitted Halo edition, Sounders, Jersey that I got a long, long time from Ozzie, Alonzo. So maybe hanging those two behind me or bite another TV, my guy. So we are planning on figuring that out. Okay, just checking just because it's like, I know it's like I'm used to seeing, I'm used to seeing things visually in a video sense. I'm used to seeing you like playing like a video gamer, you know, GTA behind you. All of a sudden, I just like where did it go? I know, I know I'm surprised you took you this long because I was going to talk to you about it the one time when we had discussed that I was going to go down there to help them move and stuff. Yeah, that's when it all happened, you know, he gave mom the puppy eyes and the big 65 ends up staying in the pollutes.

1:47:22I see how this works. Okay, so transfer deadline day has come and gone. And as we told folks at the beginning of the show, just because something hasn't been announced doesn't mean it hasn't happened. So you're seeing Luke DeFuzerol being named and loaned out to RSL from full of those kinds of things. As long as the paperwork cleared by 1 a.m. Eastern time this morning, so 10 o'clock last night your time. As long as the paperwork is in, then everything's cool. We're still waiting on some folks. How would you assess how Seattle did everything in this transfer window? Definitely not the way I think that they they side happened there at the end. Unfortunately, when you don't plan to spend money early and you get caught behind the A ball and you're hoping to get a little bit more money right before the deadline.

1:48:23Getting all the right questions in the exam. You're going to get some wrong and that's kind of what happened to the sounders. I think that I give them a solid C simply because they pulled off the best deal of the transfer window in my opinion. Getting Decky for 6 million in a cash transfer. That is a franchise striker that is a building block a pillar for your offense moving forward. The guy is a true goal score. He is as dependable as they come and he's for the very first time a guy that you can lean on again. But very first time again, I guess for the very first time since Rowley is left. Now you once again have a dependable striker that you know can get you out of how water right any moment. You know, maybe you're going to lose some games, but you're not going to lack goals, right? Maybe you're going to as it happened against Chicago give up a soft goal there at the end and you get a two to draw, but you were on the attacking aspect of things.

1:49:27Jove Lich has been good nut not just on the goals, but you see his movement you see how he impacts the offensive movements of everyone else in that final third. He's good on the build up. He's just been a plug in play just what the team needed. So when I see a guy like Jove is going for six and then two, three, four days later Navajo goes to San Luis for 12 and maybe more depending on certain escalators and things like that. I mean, man, that's a that's a good deal. That's a phenomenal deal. I mean, I think it's a steal. I mean, I think it's a good deal to see a historic steal. Craig Weibull got Jove Lich on Raul Redie as money on 2019 discount. You don't see that in them, unless anymore, not with those numbers, not with a guy that's proven. So that was an A plus type of get now. We go to the second move, right? And before we move on, the sounders had two clear needs to two big needs.

1:50:31And I think we got to clarify needs on one end is what what you really. There's no way you cannot move on without it and then once right because I hear a lot of people talking about well. We needed a center midfielder, maybe some depth that left wing. I mean, the left wingback or fullback position. Those are once I mean, you have covered right now. It's it's going to be all right. But needs was winger because you lost better to the vehicle for the season. You lost issues for almost the whole season. You got to figure it out, right? You have said was 10 Gomez playing on one end and notice respected a kid, but he's still pretty green and the gills. So you got to try to figure that out. And then the strike position that's been a need ever since Raul left, right? So you got the first one with a home run is the way I put it on X. You got a home run on the first one. And then you ended up getting a single on the second and the single I will admit is a flyer.

1:51:31It's a throat, the dark in the dark because. I mean, you know, you know, you could argue that he's been in some pretty bad situations and. Hasn't played much in the last two years. I'll admit that. But the last time I saw him really shine was in Montreal where he had to he believed he had a system of goals, but he was, you know, getting to primal systems. He was a guy that, you know, had things happen and and he's good on the ball. And in this system, he could play as an inverted winger, which is what, you know, Brian likes to do. He could also maybe just play it as a straight out winger. So, you know, there is some potential there, but it's not a clear cut guys know what you want it. Because the guy you want it as maybe I think you've seen reports of is. I'm not going to share the name just in case they go after it will see maybe I'll share it.

1:52:58I'm excited again about the sounders all of a sudden you're like, oh, man, that kind of worked. Can we go get another guy, you know, here's some more money. And then so all of a sudden the jams and the scouting is like, well, hey, we had guys, you know, earlier in the window, they're gone. Those guys are no longer available, but sure, let's try to figure something out. So they had a European winger that they were trying to bring in. But unfortunately, because you know, the timeline of the deadline coming up and some of the salary cab restrictions, the salaries were just too high. The demands of this player were too high. And there wasn't enough time to really negotiate. So because of that, that deal felt true. And they had other options that were no longer available. And so who was your fallback? And no, just respect, not just respect to the player. I think that he has some potential. But it's not what people wanted. It's probably not what necessarily the team wanted.

1:53:58But to be fair to the front office. It's a high is a low risk high reward situation here. You're picking up a contract that ends at the end of 2026. You have an option for 2027. And so you have all control about seeing how this plays out. If kidn comes back and you could unlock all the potential and talent that we saw at one point when he was just a prospect that are red bulls and you know, there was all the hype about him potentially being a great player for the U.N. Space National team and all of these things. Awesome. And if it doesn't work out, then hey, you know, we tried something. We got an extra body. We're hoping to get healthy. Jordan Morris is back and running. You know, we have our own guys. So I believe that is a good situation where you're giving yourself a chance to at least perhaps discover a or rediscover if you will a gem that you picked up for nothing really because you you're getting them for a second round draft.

1:55:01I mean, it's you're getting them for you know, a pack of gum and some Doritos maybe $40. I mean, you get the $40 the $40 G's at DMBs. I mean, that you can't go wrong with that. Running through the simulator. And that's what you're kind of hoping for here. You look at some of the other big names. Colorado went berserk. But good on them. You know, look, if you can drop. You mentioned Navajo. And if you if you ship out Navajo and Lucas Harrington for 30 million, you get to bring in. But you get to bring in folks and you get to bring in Morgan. You get to bring in Whitaker from England from Middlesbrough. Then you got the another couple of deals, you know, and one that kind of flew below the radar that we really liked was Jason Schuckelok going from fire to RSL. Son he Rodriguez comes back. He's now with crew again, Damien Downs goes to St. Louis City from South Hampton.

1:56:01Loans in and loans out for messy and friends. It was it was interesting across the board. You mentioned last week about a size of the Rosario that that ended up going through with the son that East. And then he said, Jack McGlin goes to Stoke from Houston. What other deals kind of I mean David, David Martinez to Michilan from L.A.F.C. What other deals stuck out to you? Yeah, look, I think some though is what you know, bringing in downs and Navajo is that those two guys. I believe they see a win now situation. I mean, they've been good. They've been really good. As of late, right? They're really pushing up into standings. They in the drawing a game against the house that they probably should have won. They kept thatcher, which is very interesting because I thought that maybe they were going to try to deal them out. So it feels like a win now type of situation. So I'm very curious about how those moves are going to play out. Downs is another guy that maybe he's not as much of a guarantee as maybe people think.

1:57:05There was some rumors about him coming to Seattle. I knew the salary was too high. I know that the team did look that way. But you know, there is some things about his lack of scoring abilities and things. So how that plays out for Louisville for for all city. We'll figure that out. Because again, I do think that's a very good team. They're well coached. They are striking while it's hot. I like the Santiago Drigas move. He's been looking to get into him a lot for quite some time. I think that Columbus is a really good fit. You know, he has some big shoes to fill because you know, you kind of got to be the new digger Ross. He just certain extent. So, you know, can you do that? I do believe that he has the goalscoring ability. I do think that he's a guy that creates a lot of chances. He has a phenomenal shot. I wanted him for Seattle to be quite honest. If we could have had a DP, you know, Winger attacker.

1:58:06I think that's the best way to have a guy like like Santi. So yeah, those are the big ones that really stick out for me. Who didn't do enough in your mind? I think San Jose, you know, could have done a little bit more to open up some. Figure out some holes, but I mean, I think that they're in some really problematic situations. I think that when I look at the east and. I think that the red bulls do enough. Maybe they don't have the space for it. Maybe I think New England Revolutions. Another one that did some things, but they were very. Minor to a certain degree. So that means those are the ones that kind of, you know, stick out for me. But I think that the big teams are already kind of set and going, right? Team like Nashville, things like, you know, inner Miami. Just trying to get guys in guys out. So there aren't any surprises on those who didn't do enough.

1:59:06But yeah, I think that those are the ones that for me, you kind of wish they would have done a little bit more. Yeah, Red Bulls signed Julian Hall as they should have. Sure. They got that one squared away. Then you get a loan deal attached to messy and friends to help you out down the line. And you mentioned. And so red bulls loan outrolled Mitchell. And then they get David Ruiz on a loan from inner Miami. And the Ruiz one. Basically, it's for the remainder of the year. I've called these like the David Cone deals. Where because literally at the trade deadline in Major League Baseball, David Cone always seem to be the guy that would be rented. And it is a, this is like a rent a player thing where then Cone would go back and then he would sign with the team that traded him at the beginning of the next season. Like you be a Yankee Yankees would trade him at the deadline or he go to Toronto or something. And then he go back to where he was to start things off.

2:00:08David Ruiz is a great pool. Is the David Ruiz deal where it's a loan. Through the end of this year. And then because there's also a purchase option attached. Basically, it's a loan deal through this year. 75,000 in next year, Garber bucks. Same thing with the Noah Allen deal. Messy and friends went next year's Garber bucks. They don't want this year's Garber bucks because they would count against the cap. That's right. And so they're looking for stuff next year. It's like, no, no, no, we'll loan it. We'll loan him this year. And then we'll give you the purchase option, which I imagine is somewhat astronomical by comparison. But if you want it, we'll give you the option just to put it in the paperwork. You loan him temporarily the end of this year. And then it's for 27's Garber bucks. It's not 26's Garber bucks. So once again, it's like they're kind of looking down the line at what they need to do. Because of all the big names they've got and how they got to help themselves out in the following year. By loan and folks out this year. And then you bring in a you 19 from Paul Metis.

2:01:09And then you bring in Matias Galarsa from River Plate River Plate. Yeah, we got into this with with Nino River Plate. It's just like, all right, anybody anybody out the door doors open. Go, you know, I mean river, Galopo's coming here. Galarsa's going to to messy in front. And I know those are the two that stick into my head, but it's like. Too big ones. Yeah. And so it's like River Plate opens the door. And you're seeing folks do loan deals to the end of this season. Maybe through the sprint. And then try to figure something out, you know, through the end of the fiscal year. And then you go from here. So it's it's interesting to see the big guns, Nashville, loaned out a couple dudes. I think Apple White got loaned to Austin. And then it was who was it? It was a brunet that got loaned to all caps. So it's tinkering. It does some folks that are just tinkering except for L.A.F.C. when they send Dobby Martinez long distance. But there's tinkering up top. And then obviously as you go lower and lower, it's up to that team that's lower in the standings to figure out,

2:02:13OK, do we do something substantive or do we tinker ourselves and try to get everything squared away for next year? It's an interesting dynamic right now. Yeah, I think everybody is a little bit apprehensive about how things are going to work out next season. You know, rule changes the way that the calendar is going to work out. How the market kind of changes as you try to accommodate yourself and and get in line with the rest of the world. And that's why you're thinking you're getting so many loans and trying to figure out, hey, I want to make sure that I still have this guy, depending on how things work out. And look, that same reason why here in Seattle, you know, Osa says I'm leaving for a year, but they have a clause that allows them to recall him in January, if need be. Because again, I do believe that a lot of teams are being a little bit more pragmatic when he comes to certain players, maybe. I don't know if you had a better idea of what they look like next year, maybe you're already selling guys moving them on, right?

2:03:13And you have options for all these guys, right? Osa says it's like two million, which is pretty nice chunk of change if that would be the case. So I do believe that there's a lot of that in terms of what goes through a GM's mind, just trying to think of how that might work out next season. Seattle's hosting Red Bulls, it is a 540 kick. That's a weird one. It is a weird one. 540 kick, your minus one 18 Red Bulls come in to plus two five six and the draws of plus two 89. What's say you other than you're not touching it? No, I might, I might, I really do think that this is a must win for Seattle. I mean, this is a, they can no longer lose or drop points at home because, you know, Brian said, look Chicago. To me, was a much better team, but the way that you lost those points does hurt because you were ahead.

2:04:15You kind of felt like once again, you were reignited by the fans. You know, you had deck you with the brace on his very first goal, very first game. You felt like that should have been a win for Seattle. So now they're going against the team that, you know, so struggling, but I have some really good offensive power and you have a, you know, great coach and, you know, if you aren't careful and that high press works on you and you get some of these guys trying to get the ball forward and give it away dangerous positions. That could really be difficult. So what are the numbers on the drawing? Plus two eight nine. Yeah, I like that draw man and I hate to say it because I draw against the rebels would feel like a loss here in Seattle, but I feel like there's still things that are manifesting with this team. And look, they could go out here and beat the rebels. They have the ability to do so. I mean, that's what you get when you have a plug and play talent like Jovelett, right?

2:05:17That immediately raises your floor, raises your ceiling. You become a whole different team, but there are question marks that team has been so vulnerable on transition moments that it makes me a little nervous. If you give up a bad ball in a bad spot against the rebels, they're going to make you pay and can this younger team in so many spots do that. We'll see what happens at midfield, you know, is it going to be snatter Bernal or not? I mean, maybe he's going to be Peter Kingston who not young, but doesn't have a lot of experience. That's a area of the sounders that has been not as good as it always is and they have been lacking a little bit of sharpness. So he makes me a little bit nervous just to say that I think it's going to be pretty even this one. And it's kind of anybody's game, but I like that draw here at home. I like maybe a one one draw. So I might be interested in that one. Okay, RSL hosting L.A.F.C. RSL slight favorite at home.

2:06:20And RSL has acquired 19 year old Serbian Winger Dushan Jaguar from IMT Billgrade. And that is arriving at the close of the window. And then the second is a latest U22 roster pickup for the conclusion of 28.29 to option years to follow terms, obviously undisclosed. So a 19 Winger goes in under the U22 aspect for RSL. RSL is a plus 146 at home. L.A.F.C. is a plus 154 and the draws a plus 266. I don't know if I'm touching that that's kind of anybody's game. RSL has been a coinfully mainly bad to be honest, mainly poor for the most part. I think that they've had a really hard time fixing the back line. They definitely miss gazo. They feel unbalanced in the attack nowadays. I don't know what's going on with.

2:07:24I'm not sure what's going on with Aluna lately. I'm not sure if it's a conditioning thing, a mental thing. He just hasn't fit in. He feels like he's getting benched now. And he was such a big part of that team's grit. And if anything that Pablo does for his team is that they're going to go out and they're going to make it difficult for you. And they're going to have that fight. I haven't seen that from our sell lately. So it's difficult for me to pick them out. And now they have seen on the other regard as much as I like Mark dos Santos. They have struggled to score some goals. They look a little disjointed. So aside from the draw, man, I don't really like that one at all. I don't blame you. Houston is now coming forward and said that the Lyle Foster deal is official. Picked him up on loan from Burnley. And so that one is now across the finish line. What's out for Houston, man? Houston's going for it, man. Houston, Red Hot, love the depth, love what they're doing.

2:08:26Man, that's another good player. Yeah, McGlin out Foster in. So keep an eye on that one. And then the late game on Saturday. All caps goes to white caps. Vancouver, a minus 244, having played in Can champ last night. And then the last one, I think, was the most st. Louis City, who is a plus 531. And the draws a plus 388. I need to go compost because I'm not touching that at all. I mean, maybe they go compost, but that that's that's. Plus 531 for st. Louis City in that one. That's insane. It doesn't turn until all mode. Well, it turns at three and a half towards a plus one 10. And everybody's expecting lots of goals. Yes, four and a half is a plus 250. Leave alone, leave alone. See, if you're if you're if you're thinking too much, then you're. Yeah, I'm trying to force that all day and and and and I don't like it.

2:09:29I really don't like it. No, let me let me get one more. I'll ask you for one here. Uh-huh. How about that Portland, Minnesota. Portland is a plus 104. So you can get them on the plus side as a home favorite. Loans on the road a plus 214 and the draws a plus 278. I like that Portland pick. Okay. It's a nice and you know, you get in early. You're on the plus side on the Duke. It's a little it's a little one for you. Sit there. You get off the you get off to a start of your wrap up. You're even pretty quick that way. That's right. I like that. No, that's a decent one. I think I'm definitely liking that. I'm I'm going to lock that in for sure. I look Portland should have done better against Austin. I'll tell you that. I don't know how Austin came off. You know, winning that game. But Portland to their. I don't know side. I think that they look pretty good offensively. I think that they're starting to really cook on something. I love what bell does kind of turn himself into a bigger piece.

2:10:29But not just on the soccer side, but it feels like he kind of feels like this is his team. He's really putting it out there. I think a cost has been really good and bastard. You know, he's been a little bit inconsistent, but as of late, it seems like it's working well. I like the way that they're using the subs coming off as well. I like that Portland game. That's a good one. All right, hit me with the promo. What's going on? Where? When? How? Hit me. Absolutely. We got Friday with Jeremiah or Shannon, where we learned this week. We will break down this week of training. What's happening? What are the ins and outs will preview that Red Bull's game. Pretty in depth on Monday on Monday. We might have our very first show, but I'm not ready to put that out there just yet. So stay tuned. We might be able to get that going. We're finalizing all the last touches. I will be doing that that Monday show starting off here pretty soon. I said, go ahead and wait for that.

2:11:30I think that's what I'm going to do. I've got to do it. I've got to do it. Of course you could always find me on X. Now the Chester Windows close, so I might not be as popular to some people, but I'll be out there getting it done. I'm Puso Sports, you'll find everything we're heard from the team, from the Sounders all week, and whatever we get out of the game on Saturday, of course. Looking forward to it. As always my friend. Love you very much. Great to see you. And you need to get that big 65 back there behind you. You need to figure out how. Yeah. the journal. No, no, I'm not saying that. It's like, it's just however you want your studio to look is, but no, I'm just saying in general, it's like you lose a, you lose a big 65, you got to get it back. You got to, yeah, no, whether I put it in front of me to like do some reaction stuff or behind me, I'm definitely getting one. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out statically what looks better. Well, I mean, we, I just threw all this up over years and years of, I mean, so, you know, look, I got the big 55 off to my left that I can look at it. But now this is just the basement. And so the basement studio just looks like this.

2:12:31So this was by choice. So whatever, whatever vibe is, and well, and also if the big 55 is in front of you where you're looking at it that way, you don't get in trouble and you can look at things in real time and you can react to it and not have it being troubled by being behind you and have the, the TV police that there and go, excuse me, sir, you have a live event going on behind you and you didn't, oh, yeah, don't get you for that. Be like a sports bar kind of deal. So yeah, if you're going to do anything, put the big 65 in front of you and then put the, the, the, the, the jersey frames behind you. Yeah. All right. I like him. My guy. I'm in. We'll see you. You got it. We'll see you next week. There goes Nico. He's going to go get breakfast. Now that he probably got awakened at like 530 to go work out. Boss was like, yeah, you got to go work out. Do I? Yeah, you do. And so he's been up since probably about 530 or 6 o'clock. Now that it is 810. All right. Before we get out of here, it was, we'll go through some of the things that we, that we might have missed in discussing. Oh, we didn't talk about Leagues Cup. Leagues Cup last night to Luca shut out Laone 2-0 at Helena, Shell

2:13:36and the crowd was disappointing. There were pictures taken from the corners and there might have been half full. These games need to be on home sites. I get it. I know why, but they need to be in home sites. I hope that this year is a lesson to where you have last night's match up at the Estudio Namibia Diaz. That's what you need with these. America and Monterey was in Carson, California and Monterey won that one 5-4 in PK. So it is club of America to Luca is your final in Leagues Cup. And Monterey and Laone would be your third place game. Semifinals, leg one at BC Place last night, Vancouver, Montreal, 111 draw. Same as the way it was with Supra and Forge on the other side of the bracket. Then we just have to get it all orchestrated to where the, the second legs of the canchamp are Sunday, September, the 6th is your semifinals. Both of them back to back at Helena, Shell. Okay.

2:14:41So it's 6th and it 915 on Sunday, September the 6th. You've got those matchups and they're going to be on Apple and the back end. The Toulica on Monterey is going to be on Univision and Tudene. That turf is going to be so chewed up going into the match up on Sunday at the back end. So your number one seed in Monterey, you, so Toulica on Monterey is, is the final. And the third place match is going to be at Helena, Shell at 6 o'clock Laone and Cluba Medica. For the 915th, for the championship game in Leagues Cup, you're playing the back end of a double header at Helena, Shell. Okay. There you go. Keep an eye on the turf. That's all I'm saying. Just keep an eye on the turf. Just watch it. Just watch it in those matchups on Sunday night. Let's get you into all of the other stuff that is going on.

2:15:42We mentioned Colorado, mentioned RSL Luc Diffusural, Intermimei and McKelney Philippi, two out and two in Yohan Gomez from Eintrach Branchevig through 2829 with an option for 2930, four plus nine and 99 matches for Branchevig. It was 50,000 in game on Shukaluk this year and 100,000 next year and a future sell on percentage. Philip Zinkernogel gets a contract extension through 2728. I mentioned Victor Rodojevich on Laone for the rest of this year. Once again, you're getting all these loan deals to the end of the year or through the sprint. And then the money would kick in for the 27 Garber bucks. Not the first time. Marcus Anderson goes to Denmark from Philadelphia, terminated his loan to Brooklyn, loaned him to Lingby Bolt Club, six plus four in 16 matches for Brooklyn, one goal in seven for Philly in 24 and 25. Also on the board, Georgia State was two down the lips. They turned around and won that one for two.

2:16:43Sando Robbo Ravoni gets a brace, 301 in the year, Kenny Yedmel gets the comeback, started with a goal in the 51st. Robbo Ravoni, five minutes apart, two goals. Emmanuel Ametti scores the unassisted one in between Jackson, Burrell made three saves for the Panthers. Number three mobile beat to Georgia, Gwinnett on the road, three two in-mobile yesterday. And it was sophomore, Hannah Lorenz gets both goals for the Grizzlies and Dr. Mike Giuliano just said it was disappointing, excelling, executing our plan, but straight from it periodically. Georgia's Southern Liberty, a 1-1 draw. Number 17 North Georgia loses to Lee, first loss of the year, and three scores in a five-minute, second half stretch, including a PK, early goal from Emma Moro. Goalkeeper Kayley-Muriel, seven saves for the Nighthawks, two in one, they've got Monovalo's Saturday at five o'clock in the afternoon. Carls Kiro's two months after he left

2:17:46the Genaean gig has returned to the Genaean gig. Got him to the round of 32. Harry Kane, twice, including a PK, and German Cup, Bayern Munich wins 4-1 over Osno-Beruk, and Jamal Moussiala stayed out of that match. Edden Gekko has announced his international retirement from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 151 Caps, 73 goals, final match for the National Team October 2nd, and gets Sweden in Nation's league, and Boca beat Veles on penalties to get to the Copa Argentina quarters. And that was the other part of what happened last night. So what's going to happen today? Bratius by our friends at Finati, so fntz.co slash soccer down here, helps them out, helps us out, helps you out when it comes to all of the links that you possibly could need when it comes to all of the action going on in South America and all points in between. You end up with all the B-ins, and I mean all the B-ins. You get all of that activity, you get everything out of North Africa in the Middle East, you get the Polish league,

2:18:50the Portuguese league, the French league, and the Turkish league. You also get La Bertha Doris and Sudamericana, and like I said, all the Champions League stuff, all the qualifiers out of the African continent, you get all of that over at B-in. T-V-A-D-V-N-Sweil, a CDO-CDO plus out of Chile, League of 1, League of 1 Max Pro out of Peru, and it is Nuestra Tele is there, T-Go Sports is there with those links, and also C-A-T-V linked as well. T-E-C out of Argentina, gets you into the Copa Argentina, plus their coverage of the LPF, which is also available on Finati. Now today, B-in has League on at 245, B-in and Espanol is simulcasting. The league we don't talk about, Sunfuck's to port this at two. La Liga is at three o'clock on the plus, Fox-O-N-E and Fox-Sucker plus are simulcasting. La Liga we don't talk about. Paramount plus, two matchups, Copa Italian, Nune and three, Hibz and Hearts at 245, Conkycalf Caribbean Cup is at eight, Cavalier

2:19:52and Portmore is at eight o'clock. T-V has the Polish league, Lec Posnon and Jagiellonia, Bialysh Stock, that's at 230, probably catch that on Finati's at the B-ins as well. College today, it'll be on ESPN plus, unless I tell you otherwise, not a whole lot of men's action going on. South Carolina Charlotte is on the plus at seven o'clock, that's probably the one that sticks out. Then women's game, this is where it's all going to happen today, and obviously if there is a division to or a N.A.I. school that's attached to you specifically, let us know so we can see if we can pull highlights from it and run them tomorrow. Also, once again, enjoy that, all the lower division stuff and obviously we'll effort Steve DeCue coming up later on whenever we can grab him as one of the busiest men in all of college soccer. Starts at 11 o'clock this morning, Mercy Hurston, more head if you're really interested. Two at one o'clock, then at four o'clock, it really does kick in and it is Elon VMI, Jack State Southern Misses at five, Longwood and

2:20:57Richmond's at five. A lot of Ivy League stuff starts at six. It is Citadel on Asheville at six. South Carolina upstate Wofford at six, BC in Vermont, Louisiana Mississippi State is on SEC plus, UCFFI U is at six, as is Harvard and BU. So it's almost like Beanpot at six o'clock with Harvard FSU in Georgia is on the U. That one is at six thirty tonight. Youngstown State in Florida is on SEC plus seven o'clock. South Carolina State in Charleston's on flow as is Liberty and William and Mary. Appstate in Miami's on ACC network extra as is Cal Poly and Cal and Michigan State in Notre Dame. Waking South Florida's on ESPN plus. Tennessee Tech and Bandies on SEC plus. Navy and Rad for Tennessee in Virginia is on ACC network extra, NC State Western Carolinas on the plus. Mary State Marshall is also at seven o'clock as is Gardner Web and Clemson on ACC network extra.

2:21:57Tarleton and then Carnot Word for those of you that like trophies, that one's at eight o'clock on ESPN plus San Diego State Oklahoma State Oklahoma and North Texas. South Alabama Ole Miss is on SEC plus as is Baylor and LSU Auburn and UAB. Belmont UT Martin is on the plus at eight o'clock. Samford and Alabama is on SEC plus at eight o'clock as is Purdue and Middle Tennessee. Kansas City UMKC and Kansas is at eight o'clock just to give you a rivalry one. Texas Tech SMU is on ACC network extra. UNLV Cal Fuller State Fuller China is on ESPN plus. Ten o'clockers. North Carolina Arizona is on ESPN plus. USC Stanford's on ACC network extra. North Alabama and Cal Baptist is at 10 o'clock as is Texas A&M Corpus Christi and Cal State Bakers field. So that is your rundown of everything on the women's side in division one. Obviously there are division two. Division three and N.A.I. matchups as well. Like I said, we'll try and grab as many of us as we can and have highlights

2:22:59for you tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, this is one we'll get you ready for everything going on in Major League Soccer. Get a visit from our friends at Apple TV, maybe more than one, depending on who wants to crash in the 10 o'clock hour. We'll check and see what's going on with our friends at Beyond Goals Mentoring. I think Greg is in Europe and I don't want to burn out parking. So we'll find out who else we can grab and see what's going on in the 9 o'clock hour, but Apple TV gets you ready for Major League Soccer. Chris Henderson spoke to the media this morning about the transfer window and we'll run some of that for you tomorrow as well as we get you ready for your Atlanta United Preview and everything across the board. Reminder it is Atlanta United and Inter Miami and that one is a 630 start pregame with Abe and the cast of thousands and I'll be with him for the post game show. So it is a 740 kick 630 start 5 stripes count down 5 stripes after dark maybe, but full time report with me and Abe after and that'll be on 93 9 the game in the Odyssey Apple. Like I said,

2:24:02we'll get you ready for the weekend. Anybody wants to crash can crash and we will break it all down for there. I'm trying to see if there's anything else that I might have missed in everything going on. Let's see. There was one other thing. Okay, so Noah Allen's deal is officially officially we were talking about that with Michelle Kaupen and hour number one. Loan Noah Allen to Chicago fire through the end of the this season Chicago holding a permanent trade option at the conclusion of the loan and the the number that Michelle gave us was a 3.5 million US. So we'll keep an eye out that. FC Cincinnati has officially acquired Julian Melatini on loan from SV Vorder Bremen. Loan through June of 27 with an option to make them move a permanent transfer. So it is Julian Melatini. So it is Julian with the accent on the a so Julian Melatini he is he is now with the FC Cincinnati and we also mentioned the 19 year old that is laid out for all of that. So

2:25:07Saudi Rodriguez now officially signed with Columbus crew from Boltefogo and that one is in. Now that one's in the bar now as well. So now Boltefogo doesn't know NYC as much as they they had in other places. So that one is now officially official as well. So trying to think if there's anything else that I might have missed. Let me go through the papers really quickly and see if there's anything that was going on. I knew I was going to be in trouble this morning and I knew that we were going to go run along. Let's see. Let's see. Something we might get into might Dean apparently said that he in game and this comes from Barry Glendending at the Guardian. The apparently they would do revealed to a chat that he was in. So they were it was Jamie

2:26:11Vardy's having a party. And so it was Josh James and Mike Dean talking about his time as a ref. And he was on the guest list. And so Dean revealed to the host that in the pre-vart era he and his assistants used to keep themselves amused by playing little games within the games of top flight football. We used to say, right, we'll kick off now, right? See how long we can go without blowing a whistle. Done that a few times in the premiere before Vardy obviously went 20 to 25 minutes without blowing a whistle a few times. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Dean wanted to tell the hosts. He else used to see how long he could go that leaving the center circle while games were being played around him claiming once he set up camp pin one for almost 15 minutes. That was me just that was just me joking about he said. And so now that folks have jumped in on that. Obviously, and we'll see what we'll see what the fallout is there, but considering he's retired, don't know if it'll be much. Let's see. So people were being stupid on social media because of whole signing or being your Vaz. Find them, kick them off of social media and make sure that they

2:27:16don't ever go to a whole city match. I don't know how much of that is logical, but that's just my main thought. And it's like that stuff is completely and totally unacceptable, completely unacceptable. You can't do that stuff. Okay, so I think that's it for that paper. Let's go ahead and see if we missed anything. So I don't see if we missed anything from any of our sources. And no, that was all right. So let's see if we missed anything from Tommy Scoops this morning before we get out of here. Okay, Noah Allen, Laufoster, loan with a $7 million option, Noah Allen, loaned with a $3 million option is a U22. Josh Winder to New England is alone. And now this is a rury to Columbus is alone. RSL, Luke, Diffusural, we talked about this one, Unlone from Fulham, the loan until winner with an option to extend the summer. The 20 year old appeared in all five matches for Canada and the World Cup. Rafa Navajo, official with St. Louis City because he's

2:28:17wearing the jersey and they have the fancy graphics behind him and his arms are folded and he looks really mean. Made the blockbuster signing of Rafa Navajo from Colorado Rapids get a league record package between clubs, 12 million plus add-ons. So that's officially official. Laufoster, official, $7 million purchase option, Crew signing announced the Rury from Panethan Icoz, four caps for country, featured for Burnley and others in his career, Deadline Day, a busy four Columbus crew there as well. So Adam Sussman was first to report about the move of Ronald Hernandez and so injuries to Brandon by Juan Mascata, Ronald Hernandez now goes to Portland. So we talked about that one at the beginning of the show this morning. So I'll see if we missed anything from a buddy Ben Jacobs before we get out of here and it is Hugh Jackman's interest in buying a stake in Norwich. Sondorland confirmed how BDR is going to miss six to eight weeks with a hamstring injury sustaining the last week's win over Fulham. He understands also that Shem Sadeen Talbys on the radar of Fenerbahce and

2:29:22Galatasaray they have until the end of the week. The Turkish window goes until tomorrow. Moved to Al-Adey had not in the cards. A couple of loans into the Scottish Second Division. Willem has confirmed Cheetah Obi has joined on a season long loan from Manchester United. Franco Lino has joined Trabzon Sport from Michieland, 25 plus five in euros. Michieland also get a 15% sell on clause. Real Hattate was already en route to Blackburn, on loan before Burnley hijacked the deal. Burnley and Blackburn, 15 minutes, 15 miles apart, Burnley able to swoop in, get Hattate permanently for six and a half million pounds plus add-ons. And once again Morgan Whitaker confirmed at 10.7 million on the spend considering that Colorado had brought in 30 and they're spending 10.7. So that is the I think that's it for everything today. Let me say we'll be back at it again 9.05 in the morning tomorrow to get you ready for the weekend. We'll find out what the words are from our friends at Apple TV and we'll see who else wants to crash a party and come and hang out with it. So that is another go round of SDHAM. Thanks for hanging

2:30:26out as you always do. Thanks to Abby who has won her first stage when it comes to Visa process still going local. Still going. Visa process is still going. I think it's getting closer but it's still going. So morning local morning Abby and let's see. Morning David. And so Abby has won stage one of the zoning commission and so now it goes to higher powers for the votes. So thanks to all of you guys for hanging out with us this morning here on SDHAM. Thanks to Michelle Kauffman from the Miami Herald for dropping by and to begin a part of everything here this morning. Thanks to Nino and Nico in the power hour as we always have them on your Thursdays. Like I said, we'll circle back with Georgie Gwyneth because they are in the throws of very, very busy times here at the beginning of the season. So for everybody here at SDH, thanks to Allie all and we'll be back at again less than 22 hours since it is the end of the show. That means I get to do this if I hit the right button. Back at again, 905 in the morning. We'll see

2:31:30you in a bit.