0:01

Extra time is exactly how

0:03

I find out what's going on

0:05

in the MLS. Get lost!

0:07

Get lost! Maybe podcast has influenced

0:09

me a little bit as well.

0:11

Everybody up here, every single

0:13

day, goes into the office, into

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the laboratory to try to

0:17

cook up some great stuff for

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you guys. That's why he's

0:22

here! From New

0:24

York, New York, you are

0:26

listening to Extra Time. Hi,

0:28

I'm Andrew Weeby with my

0:30

partner in soccer, Matt Doyle.

0:33

And we got a sub appearance. Tom Bogert

0:35

is here. It's that time of year. The

0:38

scoops are flying. It's like an ice cream

0:40

shop around here, except a little bit messier, a

0:42

lot more mustaches. What's up, Tom? How How

0:44

you feeling, bro? I'm feeling

0:46

all right. How are you feeling, Andrew

0:48

Weeby? How are you feeling? How does it

0:50

feel to be a turncoat, to be

0:53

on the other side of the aisle, to

0:55

leave your space at SoccerWise even for

0:57

a second to come join us here on

0:59

Extra Time for a special, very special

1:01

final show of 2024 in which we will

1:03

go through all 30 teams and their

1:05

transfer needs and stories. But You, sir,

1:08

are crossing aisles. Um,

1:10

in my athlete voice, I'd say, uh, first

1:12

of all, all glory to God. Um, I'll

1:14

let my agent handle this. I'm just

1:16

trying to be the best version of myself

1:18

work hard on the field. It is always

1:20

flattering to be involved in such with such

1:23

and such prestigious entities like extra time,

1:25

you know, that I came from extra time

1:27

and I love this club, but, um, it's

1:29

all on the hands of my agents, all

1:31

glory to God. And at the

1:33

end of the day, Divigas has allowed you,

1:35

uh, quite magnanimously to, uh, to switch sides.

1:37

We had, we had to give him some

1:39

game. had to, we had to David. you

1:41

know, We did it situation? Yeah. We did

1:44

it before the kid, the totals came out.

1:46

So you can't really track us on how

1:48

that works. By the way, the game totals

1:50

are out. We'll talk about that. Speaking of

1:52

David, he was in Columbia recently. And while

1:54

he was there, Marino Hennestrosa scored the winner

1:56

in the Copa, Columbia against America to Kali.

1:58

And then Stephen Ramirez starts. with with a perfect

2:00

update only only those who to to this

2:02

show would truly truly, truly care

2:05

about and also who listen and also I

2:07

let it fans. FYI, Diron Aspria says Stephen scored in the

2:09

first leg of the in the first leg

2:11

of the final for a a let it

2:13

go. Nacional them earn a crucial a crucial one-one

2:15

away they play the second leg at

2:17

home on Sunday against Sunday against Telima. Diron

2:19

things in November and December. So it's

2:21

just so it's just proof that the more

2:23

things things the more they absolutely stay

2:25

the same. I just want to

2:27

say, I went to that wouldn't It is

2:30

a leaping sort of sort of scissor the

2:32

back. It at the back pages. It's just

2:34

one of, I of, I I can't help

2:36

myself. I had to watch it

2:38

multiple times multiple really and in really basket

2:40

is the Christmas gift that I wanted

2:42

for I wanted for 2024. That makes me feel good

2:44

in a way that I didn't even

2:46

know I could feel. Yeah, that's That's like Santa. He

2:49

You know, he you want what you want

2:51

deep in your heart. And he always

2:53

delivers around this time of year. Hey,

2:55

big news before we get to the

2:57

transfer stuff, stuff. 20-25 MLS schedule is is officially

2:59

out at 2 p.m. Eastern time on this December

3:01

19th, Thursday. then Just some basics then

3:04

we'll get into the reactions conference opponents and

3:06

home. home. So you know you you know, you do the

3:08

math there. That would leave six games. Those six games

3:10

will be games will be back the other conference.

3:12

So each team will play team

3:14

away play home and opponents in there are

3:16

now, uh, you know, there now games

3:18

to be played against to be played is

3:20

the math there. Plus six is

3:23

34. plus we'll be be back on

3:25

February 22nd and 23rd. The first

3:27

game inter New York York at Chase stadium.

3:29

That is on Saturday at at drum roll

3:31

please, 2.30 p.m. Eastern time. .m. sort

3:33

of time that you will is the

3:35

sort of time that you will be seeing

3:37

an awful lot of this season. An

3:39

afternoon game on into the nightgames on Saturday

3:42

and we'll get to Sunday in just a

3:44

second, but there are now multiple afternoon

3:46

games. games. both on Saturdays and Sundays, if if you

3:48

combine the two every single match week by my math I

3:50

math, I did a quick run through. You

3:52

can correct me if I need to be

3:54

corrected, but we will be seeing standalone games

3:56

and that is something we've asked for for

3:58

sure and wanted wanted just to mainline normal less then

4:00

the first Sunday night game. And

4:02

then this is the big news

4:04

Sunday night soccer galaxy San Diego

4:07

FC and San Diego's first ever

4:09

in less game at seven Eastern

4:11

time on February 23rd, the Sunday That

4:14

is the first, as I said,

4:16

evening Sunday broadcast from the release quote,

4:18

new for this upcoming season. MLS

4:20

season pass will broadcast a feature game

4:22

on Sunday evenings with enhanced production

4:24

and dedicated studio programming. And obviously all

4:27

of these games, 500, some plus

4:29

plus the playoffs, plus league scup plus

4:31

everything else is all on MLS

4:33

season pass on Apple TV. Let's just

4:35

start with that side of it,

4:37

Doyle for the sickos out there that want

4:39

to watch their team. want to watch

4:41

little 360, but also want to get

4:43

in like two, three, maybe even four

4:45

full games a weekend. This is just

4:47

mana from having. Yeah, this is, this

4:49

is the something closer to the schedule

4:51

I was hoping we would get from

4:53

the jump here. It just makes sense.

4:55

And it gives fans

4:57

of a team, I think a

4:59

better runway to become fans

5:01

of the league, right? If if

5:04

If like the

5:06

crew this, you know, the galaxy

5:08

or the sounders are getting standalone time

5:10

spots, there's a lot of MLS

5:12

fans who don't get to watch those

5:14

teams because they're always up against

5:16

their home team in terms of that

5:19

time slot. So I think this

5:21

makes a lot of sense. I'm looking

5:23

forward to having the chance to

5:25

focus on one game myself because it

5:27

hasn't been easy the past couple

5:29

of years trying to watch. 12 games

5:31

at once on a Saturday night. Still

5:34

holding holding hope for the return of

5:36

Viernes to football at some point, but this

5:38

is a step in the right direction. Looking

5:42

at the schedule it does look

5:44

like you're to get a smorgasbord of

5:46

teams. It's not going to be. just the

5:48

Miami and Messi on Sunday nights at 7pm, which

5:50

seems to be sort of the designated time for

5:52

this Sunday night soccer. And I'm just using that

5:54

phrase. I don't know if that's what it'll be

5:56

called. I don't know what the official name would

5:58

be. That's just what rolls off. my tongue in

6:00

quickest, but it seems like there's been a

6:02

distribution. So if you're thinking, oh my God,

6:04

I'm only going to watch Messi Miami. I'm

6:06

only going to watch LAFC. I'm only going

6:09

to watch the big teams. Like there are

6:11

a number of games here that don't fall

6:13

into that category. I see St. Louis, a

6:15

decent amount. Minnesota, a decent amount. San Jose

6:17

is dropping in here. Houston dropping in here.

6:19

So. I don't think it's just

6:21

going go one way. The thing

6:23

I like about this, I

6:26

don't know most, but what I like

6:28

about it a lot is that

6:30

we do have a unique fan culture

6:32

in this league. And these standalone

6:34

games aren't just about getting to know

6:36

the, you know, this team that

6:39

you might only watch two times a

6:41

year otherwise. But it's about getting

6:43

to see what it's like in St.

6:45

Louis on game day or what

6:47

it's like in, you know, Minnesota at

6:49

that beer hall that they have

6:52

at the stadium. Like that's awesome. That's

6:54

the type of storytelling. that

6:56

grows the league, that grows interest.

6:59

It like I

7:02

liken it to college football. I'm

7:04

not a college football fan at all,

7:06

but sometimes I'll be flipping around

7:08

the channels and cause Tom will tell

7:10

me he has a $8 ,000 bet

7:12

on you know, some division team.

7:14

There's I mean, you're a degenerate, but

7:16

it's fine. What? Where does just

7:18

come from Jersey? But But you see,

7:20

you know, you the iron bowl.

7:22

You see Auburn versus Alabama. And it's

7:24

not the play on the field

7:26

that draws me in. It is the

7:28

atmosphere in that stadium. It's the

7:30

atmosphere when it's Michigan, Ohio State when it's

7:33

Notre Dame versus USC and I think

7:35

this gives us a chance. MLS,

7:38

to sort of draw in

7:40

fans in that same way. And I think

7:42

that's something that maybe we've been missing

7:44

the past couple of years. And bask in

7:46

that atmosphere. Tom. mean there's things that

7:48

we all fell in love with the game and before

7:50

it was this nerdery and, you

7:52

know, publicized gam what's going to happen

7:54

to transfer window to the Vancouver Whitecaps,

7:56

It was being at games. It was

7:58

feeling that energy. it was. watching a game,

8:01

a game, sitting down and just watching a game with people

8:03

that you love or care about or hate, depending on, you

8:05

know, I don't know how you do it, but. do it,

8:07

but. Yeah, I mean, the first I mean,

8:09

the first thing that comes, so obviously the

8:11

atmosphere stuff is incredible. incredible, and the the first

8:13

thing that comes in with the new

8:15

time slots, time in addition to to sickos us,

8:17

sickos like our dear friends listening to this

8:19

program, this that we're going to be able

8:21

to watch more to able to which is going

8:23

to be fun and probably not entirely

8:25

the best thing for our personal lives thing

8:27

families and everything else. But that's okay. is

8:29

the life we chose. The other part

8:31

of this is, okay. This is about the global

8:33

audience on like we stuff, the global audience on MOS season pass and

8:35

pass and pass and stuff. 7.30 p.m. in p .m. in England.

8:37

That's 8 .30 p .m. Spain. of people I'd imagine

8:40

a lot of people over there would be interested

8:42

in checking out a Lino Messi game. So

8:44

that opens a door for more people to either

8:46

become fans or just more people to watch

8:48

the say when they say, oh, Lino Messi's on,

8:50

because I'll say this didn't have being When Lino Messi,

8:52

like, him. I would always make a to watch have to watch

8:54

I didn't watch enough of him. I would

8:56

always make a point to watch but, but, but,

8:58

League games, but like, like, a real thing

9:00

where like, You know, oh crap, it's p.m. .m. in England

9:02

oh oh Messi's on right now, on that

9:05

on. now, So I think that that's another

9:07

boost on. So I I'm just going to throw

9:09

out what I have and look, I'm just quickly

9:11

running through the schedule. It just came out.

9:13

So and quickly throw out what I've had on

9:15

Sunday for the first couple of weeks here, maybe

9:17

through the end of March. So we have So

9:19

I'll Diego throw We have Miami had on Sunday in Miami.

9:21

So you're getting your Miami there.

9:23

You have here, Louis. Okay. the They're

9:25

the champions. can, I can sort

9:27

of understand here, but St. Louis

9:29

Diego in. Atlanta, Miami. All right, more

9:31

Miami, Austin, San Diego, Portland, Houston, San

9:33

Jose, St. Louis, St. Louis, Columbus, Minnesota,

9:35

LA, C. St. Louis, like, you're Louis. Like you're

9:38

getting a on decent mix on

9:40

Sunday nights. And I think I'm

9:42

extremely excited to see what This

9:44

broadcast looks like media this media environment

9:46

looks like on season pass. It's gonna be another step going

9:48

to be another step forward. it's something

9:50

that we've all been asking for for

9:52

a little while while now. else just. you know

9:54

you through sort of the nuts and

9:56

bolts and bolts week is going to be

9:58

May 14th through 18th. 18th The will pause

10:00

June 15th through for for the gold cup

10:02

and club world cup. Of course,

10:04

two teams in the club world cup,

10:07

Seattle Cup, Miami and Miami. will be as

10:09

we know be July know now, July 29th through

10:11

We don't know the official the official format. There

10:13

are There are some rumblings out there

10:15

about that. Sanders at heart heart has a.

10:17

Sandra Hart, heart. I'm sorry, Jeremiah has a nice

10:19

write up on a possibility for that when you on a

10:21

possibility for that one. You should

10:23

go check out and then decision October 18th

10:25

and a so far on the on the

10:27

cup, but I would think that you're

10:30

to stick with but I to what

10:32

we had before, but gonna

10:34

you never know. never know. Can

10:36

I but you you? never know, you text

10:38

from Jeremiah I read me

10:40

from yesterday. from Jeremiah He

10:43

said me from He said, He said,

10:45

why I bought at

10:47

.com. be So when it bleeps it

10:49

up, I still get the

10:51

traffic. never be cured. This is

10:54

a lifelong illness. I'm so sorry, never, I'll

10:56

never be cured. This is a to illness.

10:58

I'm so sorry, When we talked about I just

11:00

want to take this opportunity. When we

11:02

talked about done reporting on I know you've

11:04

done reporting on that. I know you

11:06

did some good reporting on that, that. I'm not

11:08

and I'm not trying to take away

11:11

the credit for you, but the original

11:13

place I saw some of the advanced

11:15

reporting some of the advanced reporting, I think it was

11:17

maybe Niko Moreno and put

11:19

out the You can for us and I

11:21

put out you were. Niko us. And I don't

11:23

know Hages Freire doing it like this because you're

11:25

putting this. put love Nico. I love Jeremiah.

11:27

put out do incredible work. talk yeah. And what

11:29

am I supposed to say here? out just

11:32

said what you had to say. It's

11:34

perfect. It worked out. Everybody wins. why You

11:36

were trying to bait me. I didn't know

11:38

you were. were. You're not that that slide. Oh,

11:40

come on. Let the offseason begin, Tom. It's

11:42

your busiest time of year. Do Do you

11:44

have a pit in your stomach as

11:46

this begins or is it excitement? How do

11:48

What do you, how do you, how cope with

11:50

a transfer window coming

11:52

up. up? Depends on the

11:54

day, day, on on I'm feeling

11:56

just generally. generally. There goes in waves. was

11:59

a day last. week where felt like

12:01

like I because I was curious. I

12:03

took 31 phone calls phone calls in like

12:05

span. hour span. And and that doesn't

12:07

count all of the all writing and

12:09

everything on top of that. I don't

12:11

think and everything on calls that I don't think that day and 31

12:13

phone calls a a less spend my god man It's like

12:15

it depends on the a It depends on

12:17

the story. It depends on, as you

12:19

say, So yeah depends on proactive and getting to

12:21

be the first on it or if I'm

12:24

seeing a report out there and then getting

12:26

mad that it wasn't proactive and getting just so much

12:28

fun. I or extremely happy. out there

12:30

and then getting much wasn't me I

12:32

am having fun much I

12:34

am also happy and fulfilled. coaching

12:36

spots. coaching spots City, Philly,

12:38

New York city, Vancouver, around those.

12:40

some growing around those. There's

12:43

a Ronnie a growing rumor on about

12:45

in just a which we'll talk about

12:47

in just a second. Let's go

12:49

through all 30 teams. Just a

12:51

reminder for you. These transfer windows

12:53

open at different times. The European The

12:55

opens January 1st, South America. They

12:57

generally open around January 1st or

12:59

the or week. And then Argentina

13:01

is later is later around It's 22nd. of

13:03

all all then and then MLS in 2024 at least

13:05

opened on January 31st. any any, help

13:07

any help that you have in

13:09

understanding transfer windows would be be important.

13:11

Yeah, the first quick clarification is windows only matters

13:13

in club the buying club is

13:15

and two for registration. are making

13:17

clubs are making signings right now,

13:19

but because they're not playing

13:21

any games, they don't need the

13:23

window to open until January

13:25

31st this year year, in past

13:28

years it's been it's It just

13:30

needs to open before official needs to

13:32

So there's no reason to

13:34

have the windows open right now

13:36

because there's a finite to of

13:38

windows open right now, because there's a amount of

13:40

amount of happens that January 31st was 2024, not this year.

13:42

I not this year, regardless, it's about it's about

13:44

registration. It's not about whether teams can try

13:46

to sign a great, just great, great great, just why

13:48

great point. why That's why he's here. you're That's

13:50

why he's here. things that you looking for little

13:52

things that you need to know, and

13:55

in fact, this is a big one for

13:57

this and roster and roster building, we'll get

13:59

into that more on. the available gam totals next. 3DP,

14:01

3U22 model versus the for you 22, 2

14:03

million in gam in GAM model.

14:05

And of course we will

14:07

break that down and try

14:09

to say it quicker, try to say

14:11

it quicker. 3.3 and 2.4 gam. That's basically how

14:13

your team is going to manage their salary to

14:15

what benefits they're going to get from the

14:17

choices they make. One of the benefits is obviously

14:19

you get another to get You another top tier

14:22

top salary player. the The flip side is if

14:24

you go to you you get another U 22

14:26

player, which you can spend a lot of money

14:28

on, but can't pay quite as much. And

14:30

then is if you get two million you get which is U22

14:32

important. get we get to the U22 I just

14:34

want to give Tom one opportunity for a little

14:36

basic transfer can't already helped us out in terms

14:38

of registration, you sort of painting some pictures GAM, which

14:40

far as what matters and why it matters.

14:42

But as people. scroll read it or

14:44

or Twitter. blue sky or sounder at or I'm

14:46

just at heart. No, I'm just kidding.

14:48

be thinking should they be thinking about and

14:50

they read rumors and reports and

14:52

try to file them away under varying

14:54

levels of legitimacy? Yeah, so this isn't so

14:56

this isn't comprehensive, a but a couple

14:58

of these I think will help. will

15:00

Number one, if a player is linked

15:02

with LAFC, the Inter- Miami, own one tweet? Guess what?

15:04

It's guess what, it's probably not real.

15:06

Two, it if the person reporting it

15:08

doesn't know what someone who does, is, sure

15:10

wait someone who does don't to be

15:12

sure that it is real. Sometimes it's a harbinger

15:15

of news, but who a player follows So don't take that

15:17

Sometimes it's a harbinger of news, but

15:19

other times it's just not real. It's silly take

15:21

that Be safe. Be safe. Be safe. Be correct. Be safe. Be

15:23

four, it's silly season Be safe. Be Be safe

15:25

out there. safe. Have fun Be safe. Be safe. Be of

15:27

it what you Be safe. Number seems

15:30

like a direct shot at shot at Kaylin Cardwell.

15:32

I don't know how to, you know, I don't know

15:34

how to, you know, Instagram reporting like

15:36

you just... I mean, you just been mean, on

15:38

been spot on with his Instagram reporting

15:40

in the past, but Kailin's a

15:42

professional. He's well trained. Yeah. point, point. yeah. These amateurs

15:44

out here, they don't operate at

15:46

the same level of credibility as our Card.

15:48

And look, this is something it back bring

15:50

it back to college football. Instagram

15:52

reporting has been a big part of

15:54

college recruiting for a long time. time.

15:56

And a lot of Alabama folks

15:58

have been getting getting burned. the past

16:00

couple of recruiting cycles because they're doing

16:02

that they're doing that then the NIL comes

16:04

in then suddenly those kids are going

16:06

to Texas. those kids are new world out

16:08

there. a great new world out there. I did

16:10

not, I had no idea not, is I had no

16:13

idea this is where we're going. I had

16:15

no idea that you knew this much about college

16:17

football and and they're in. there in. I learned it

16:19

from college basketball basketball because. Kansas actually

16:21

stole a recruit from Yukon of

16:23

last year. Yeah. that did work out for us. That

16:25

And that's why we got Nick

16:27

who let us do a and just

16:29

walked into that got right into

16:32

that one. All right. us took a

16:34

long time. We did. I just We

16:37

We walked. We jogged. We crawled.

16:39

We begged. We stole. And

16:41

finally, took totals are available for

16:43

major league soccer clubs. jogged, we crawled,

16:45

doesn't feel as good as I

16:48

thought it might feel. It feels.

16:50

like a there's a sense of relief here.

16:52

that's followed by by now hold on. How did

16:54

they get this much game? Why discrepancy this

16:56

way? all we all we have are the raw

16:58

totals. We don't have the sort of into

17:00

accounting that you would want to sort

17:02

of lead of lead well, why does why does have

17:05

so much? You can guess. It's almost

17:07

certainly the transfers the a record a record pace that

17:09

they made last year. Okay. Well, like,

17:11

why does the Houston Houston not have not

17:13

have Very much all here. Well, it's because

17:15

they've had a challenging salary cap for

17:17

about three or four seasons three or four

17:19

seasons it forward. So we're gonna figure

17:21

those things out to step as more

17:23

and more access by step as more and more

17:25

happens to CSOs happens numbers and the knowledge

17:27

of them becomes. becomes. more accepted and understood.

17:30

But But let's just start with you,

17:32

Tom. How does this change your job?

17:34

how much how each team has. has? Yeah, more

17:36

more information is good, but like you

17:38

said, said, it's not the complete picture. picture.

17:40

So So again, this is a net positive. I

17:42

know know that Tenorio is shedding a happy

17:44

tear that more more transparency is coming in.

17:46

This has been his life's work and

17:48

every drip that comes out is that comes

17:50

What I will say is say is. this

17:52

can you you can paint broad strokes with

17:54

this. You look like you like you said with They

17:56

have the most, again, they .5 million. The

17:58

most valuable the most valuable weights to regenerate GAM is

18:01

selling players, not just players, a new player.

18:03

So 11 million for Caleb Wiley, I'm

18:05

sure really boosted their total. What this does

18:07

is it shows you broad strokes of,

18:09

okay, okay, this is why Atlanta can buy

18:11

down Sian Grayson and Bartosz least to

18:13

open another DP spot. But But not, you

18:15

have to be careful of like, that

18:17

doesn't mean that they're gonna make a $1

18:19

.5 million GAM trade or reading assumptions in

18:21

there. Some of these teams already have

18:23

their game allocated to okay. These are the players that

18:25

we need to buy down. So again, this is

18:27

generally good, but just be careful because it's not the

18:29

complete picture. So what

18:31

you take it away? That's what

18:33

side relief you were talking about,

18:35

like, oh, we finally have access

18:38

to this. I mean, we've been

18:40

waiting. when when

18:42

was allocation money introduced? Like,

18:44

2002? No,

18:46

TAM was introduced in 2015,

18:48

but like general allocation money is

18:50

at least 20 years old

18:52

and we've never known the amount

18:54

that teams have. and It's

18:57

fantastic to get a look at

18:59

this. We always want more. I

19:01

look at it as a perspective

19:03

of, the perspective of an NBA

19:05

sicko, I could tell you all

19:07

about the repeater tax in the

19:09

NBA. I could tell you about

19:12

traded player exceptions. I could tell

19:14

you about all this stuff that.

19:16

drives engagement and interest and gets

19:18

people hooked and sort of further

19:20

down the rabbit hole or the

19:22

spiral if you wanna have a

19:24

negative connotation for it. And I

19:26

know that the NFL is the

19:28

same way and MLB to a

19:31

lesser extent is the same way.

19:33

There's a little bit of it

19:35

in European soccer because of financial

19:37

fair play rules, but it's not

19:39

as much Still, The

19:41

transfer window and understanding how

19:43

your club operates is

19:46

such a fundamental part. of

19:49

being a soccer fan. Um,

19:51

and it's a part that we've been missing

19:53

as a league and so to the

19:55

folks internally who were able to push this

19:57

through and get this made public and

19:59

bring that bit more of transparency to

20:01

MLS. We are we are MLS, grateful

20:03

we are eternally grateful the the

20:06

stand the hope it doesn't

20:08

stop here. out is that think, the

20:10

for me, of all the this ends up that

20:12

stands out is that That's of all like

20:14

up being storytelling. about MLS Cup And that's who

20:16

wins why do you care about know any and who

20:18

wins? you That's, you know, any given game, you

20:20

know, all comes down to that. And I think

20:22

this just makes the stories of the transfer

20:24

window, which we're already among the most interesting in

20:26

our in our sport. that much much more

20:29

interesting. And it it sets, for me, for

20:31

CSOs and clubs, it helps set

20:33

expectations. Like fans now

20:35

know. you have in a what you have in

20:37

a bear sense in terms of you see that, like

20:39

if you see that, like if you're an

20:41

Atlanta fan, you can credibly say, what what can

20:43

we do with this? There's this, this we

20:45

there's this oyster that we have in front

20:47

of us that includes an open head coaching

20:49

spot and and DP but also all this game

20:51

to improve our roster, whether that be our trade

20:53

or buying down salaries, or if you're a

20:55

Houston fan. you you know, I I hate

20:57

to keep going back to them. It's just cause

20:59

they don't have as much, much much game it's It's

21:01

like, well, what happened to get us here? And

21:03

honestly, that's a story that probably Houston

21:06

needs to tell a little better about the

21:08

salary cap that was inherited literally years ago

21:10

about the the roster spot that was traded

21:12

away in perpetuity, about all of these moves

21:14

that they've been having to recover from

21:16

over the course of three years, of while

21:18

also saying, saying Oh Oh God, we actually have

21:20

a good team. Like a have a window here. We

21:22

have to, we actually have to go for it.

21:24

Let's be ambitious. to, we you know, that should be for it,

21:26

And some of what they had to do was,

21:28

you know. know, that should borrow from the

21:31

future to pay for the present. now

21:33

they've gotta figure out a way to

21:35

get that accounting into the right space.

21:37

But those are the sort of stories,

21:39

that's the sort of richness and understanding

21:41

that I hope fans can now have

21:43

and the right and But can talk about more

21:45

openly because the information is open. There's

21:47

no competitive disadvantage to saying. that you You

21:49

know, hey, we have this much game, jam, can all see it, it's

21:51

right there. it's right The one thing I would say is

21:53

say just need to have frequent updates. updates.

21:56

Because it is important. to know how know

21:58

how this because the picture that we

22:00

got on December 19th is not

22:02

the complete picture. Like instance, it

22:04

does not include. the,

22:06

the two million in that would come

22:08

from deciding that you are a two,

22:10

four game team, Like that is not

22:12

included. That'll come on roster compliance. Correct.

22:14

So, which would be. March.

22:17

I don't even know when

22:19

roster I think? is April? It's

22:21

the, the Friday before opening

22:23

day. Oh, okay. So

22:25

it'd be February 20th. Good

22:28

job, Tom. Well, but what I'm saying is like,

22:30

if you're Houston, you're like, okay, well, it

22:32

looks bad now, but they're going to put 2

22:34

million more a in those coffers. And

22:36

if you need a little update on how

22:38

all of this works, just remember. 2025, every

22:40

team is starting with an annual allotment

22:43

of 2 .93 million in game. Every team

22:45

is getting that in 2025. You

22:47

can convert up to three

22:49

million from eligible transfers. into game. You

22:52

can get it via trade from another MLS

22:54

club. you can, you know, if you

22:56

qualify from the champ, the con cap champions cup, you

22:58

get a little bit more. If you fail to qualify for

23:00

the playoffs, you a little bit more. There's

23:02

all of these different things that can that

23:04

can push game to your coffers and then you're

23:06

using it either as a trade. or you're

23:08

using it to buy down salary, which

23:10

I would argue is the number one

23:13

thing. It's essentially it's extending the salary

23:15

cap. So any any thoughts here? Just

23:17

that the best place to

23:19

follow all is soccer wise. You

23:21

guys do a great job

23:23

with it. Um, the depth charts

23:25

with the salary, information for

23:28

every player, including the the of

23:30

their contract. Um, it's like,

23:32

it's changed the way I work. So

23:34

shout out to Charlie fiction, who I

23:36

know is the brains behind the operation.

23:38

To be an MVP in the room.

23:40

Proud to be MVP, I mean, know. I'm, you know, Tom's

23:43

boss, in other words. All

23:46

right In murky We, we weighed

23:48

team by team, all 30 teams

23:50

because 2025 will include San Diego

23:52

FC, 30 a season, 30 teams,

23:54

two minutes per team. We're going

23:56

to try to set the scene

23:58

for the transfer window. to come because

24:00

again, in case you missed it, you

24:02

were listening and I don't know, two

24:04

speed. It was in the car. Your

24:06

kids were yelling and you were doing

24:08

the dishes. Something clanked. This is our

24:10

final show of 2024. So two minutes,

24:12

guys, but I have convinced the powers

24:14

to be onters to allow me

24:16

to give you the basics. DP

24:19

spots open, you spots open, available gam

24:21

before the clock starts. However, there

24:23

is no stoppage time. There is no

24:25

board that goes up at the

24:27

end that gives you an additional 50,

24:29

whatever, No, no, no, no. When

24:31

the when the blows, that's it, we

24:33

are moving on. Capiche, we all

24:35

good? You say that, but then like, I don't know.

24:37

I'll be in the far corner when I'm substituted off

24:39

and I refuse to go off on the new side.

24:41

There might be a calf thing. I need to be

24:43

stretched out to stretch that out a little bit. you

24:45

do that, I'm just saying. I'm saying. you do that

24:48

based on MLS rules, Doyle will also have to leave

24:50

the field. be

24:52

off the have to carry me off. And

24:54

then we have to stay off the field

24:56

for two more minutes, which means that we'd

24:58

be solos the next teams. Which nobody wants

25:00

that, nobody wants that. All right, we're going

25:02

to go reverse order of your final column

25:04

of 2024. Doyle, is a team by

25:06

team transfer needs column very convenient

25:08

for our content on the show so

25:10

we will start With the

25:12

A's with Atlanta United DP spots, they've

25:15

filled one of three. Alexi Moran Chuck

25:17

is the one. U -22 spots, it's Edwin

25:19

Mosquera Available game, it's the most imaginary

25:21

soccer. It's six million. 500 ,000

25:23

and some change, start the clock Anders,

25:25

In my mind, the big story is

25:27

who's the manager? It certainly seems Tom

25:29

like it's going to be Ronnie Dila.

25:31

And then what profile of DP's go

25:33

after? Let's start with the manager. What

25:35

do we know? So what

25:38

I know is that these talks are real.

25:40

He is a finalist. He's one of two

25:42

finalists. I would say he's the top target,

25:44

but I will say I will stress while

25:46

everything is fluid, of course, at time of

25:48

recording, nothing is done. Nothing is, let's say,

25:50

imminent. Him leaving his job in the UAE,

25:52

obviously can advance this and make this a

25:54

little bit easier to go at the end.

25:56

But again, nothing is done, but he is

25:58

the top target. Rodney Dyla, Doyle, give - your

26:00

quick your quick thoughts, then we'll hit the

26:02

DPs. I mean, makes a lot

26:04

of sense, had a lot of success

26:06

here in MLS, obviously one uh,

26:08

MLS cup pragmatic guy, right? Like not

26:10

really dogmatic about the exact way

26:12

that he wants to play, didn't have

26:14

a great time at Bruges, but

26:16

you know, back to Europe and

26:18

managed a big club in

26:21

Belgium. It did not go well.

26:23

Um, So we'll

26:25

see, Yeah, like it's probably a

26:27

good hire, but. it's not a guarantee. All

26:29

right, what do we think on the DPs,

26:31

Tom? What's the rumblings in the? The

26:35

DP nine is definitely a priority. then I'm curious

26:37

to see where they'll use the third one, whether

26:39

it's going to be at Winger, like Chris Henderson

26:41

talked about, we need to decide what's best for

26:43

Alexi Marantruk. Do we want him further up the

26:45

field? Or do we want him a little bit

26:47

deeper where he can play line splitting passes to

26:49

another DP and the DP forward and sobolo, but

26:51

you need to say, have him kind of closer

26:53

to the Henderson says that he can do both

26:56

and he believes big things from this year. But

26:58

I think one is definitely going to be forward

27:00

and the other one is going to be more,

27:02

you know, let's just get the best player we

27:04

can. Now hold on, What, what does that mean? Does

27:07

it mean like in a like behind the

27:09

10, Does it mean as a 10 that

27:11

sort of likes to drift Be be a

27:13

four, two, three, one. It'd be a four,

27:15

two, three, one. Or a four, three, three

27:17

with a couple free eights. Yeah. maybe

27:19

if you think about the way his

27:21

NYCFC team played it was Maxi as the

27:23

10 and a true like game controlling

27:25

number 10. I don't think Marancha could do

27:27

that I think the way this team

27:29

is gonna to is going try to get

27:32

there Maxi and push Marancha out to

27:34

that right wing I think Marancha is better

27:36

as sort of a force multiplier And

27:38

not as a guy who has to make

27:40

the game and that that works because

27:42

then Saba can be on the other wing

27:44

Where he's really directing getting behind and

27:46

then you have if he's if Marantruk's right

27:48

winger, then there's Lennon coming up overlapping which is

27:50

what he's really really good at but same thing with

27:52

Pedro Amador on the other side. All right.

27:54

I thought there was going to be a buzzer, right? Communication

27:57

patterns at an all -time low here, I

27:59

I can't. I was waiting for a

28:01

buzzer. There's no buzzer. I will now

28:03

set an alarm on my phone.

28:05

for future iterations. Otherwise we will

28:07

be playing into stoppage time, like literally

28:09

every single three hour podcast. Exactly.

28:11

Exactly. All right. Austin FC is up

28:13

next. DP spots, two filled Osmond

28:15

Kari and Sebastian See They've got one

28:17

of their U 22 spots filled,

28:19

design Kilmonich, and they've got 3 ,000

28:21

some in available gam. It is an

28:23

open question Doyle as to, you

28:26

know, basically what are they going to

28:28

do? Is it to be a

28:30

two, four game? Is it going to

28:32

be three and three? And the

28:34

big one I think is Ken Ridolfo

28:36

cook because he's got a lot of cap

28:38

space, a lot of roster space to

28:40

work with. Now he's got to basically get

28:42

this roster back up to snuff. Yeah,

28:44

that's the whole thing is this guy do

28:46

the job he was brought in to

28:48

do? He's really slow played it. I think

28:50

this is his third or fourth transfer

28:52

window that he's been in charge. And

28:54

they really haven't done a lot

28:56

outside of Bukhari. I guess the two

28:58

center or the two that they

29:00

brought in did just buy out Jassy's

29:02

artists. And now they really only

29:04

have three large salaries on the books.

29:06

One of those, of course, is

29:08

Drew C the final year of his

29:11

massive deal, about 6 .3 million. But

29:13

this is a roster that needs

29:15

help everywhere. He's going to have to

29:17

rid off of Borel. He's going

29:19

have to earn his money this window.

29:21

Niko Estavez is the head coach in interesting

29:23

weeby news because I'm a huge Davey R.

29:25

No guy back from the old days for

29:27

the wizards are no was retained as the

29:29

top assistant under Nico Estavez. That is news

29:31

that I care about and Austin fans care

29:33

about. And I'm not sure others do, but

29:35

hey, I'm going to give it to you

29:37

here. Tom, what are the rumblings? What are

29:39

your, your feelings on this window for Austin?

29:42

I'm curious to see if they're going go

29:44

two, -4 -2 or the 3 -3, because then obviously

29:46

if it's 2 -4 -2, they have both DP

29:48

spots filled. I would expect another center forward.

29:50

I don't know if it's going be a

29:52

DP or not, and they need a lot

29:55

of depth and maybe another starter in central

29:57

midfield. They have Danny prayer and own Wolf,

29:59

but there's room. to add there and

30:01

maybe central defense as well. think

30:03

those would be the priority. Give

30:05

us a team that in theory

30:07

makes sense for Jeremy Abobasi, But.

30:10

Abobasi played in a similar

30:12

system under Luchy Gonzalez and it didn't go

30:15

well. I mean, given all

30:17

the needs we're talking about. Does

30:19

it not make sense to go?

30:21

to four game knowing that you'll get out

30:24

of Drew you see at the end of this

30:26

and then have more flexibility in the game department.

30:28

or in the DP department or do you think it

30:30

makes more sense that they would go be ambitious? I

30:33

think it would make sense to be ambitious. I

30:35

don't know what they're gonna do I mean you

30:37

can get you could still be ambitious with the

30:39

U initiatives. That's true. That's true Here's the buzzer

30:41

for you right there Okay. Okay, can you make

30:43

a buzzer noise instead? Yeah, I could you want

30:45

me to I could make my own noise I

30:47

would yeah. Yes. I'm gonna go that route. I'm

30:50

gonna go that route for sure for sure Okay,

30:52

I will set the timer to three minutes and

30:54

then with one minute left I will make a

30:56

yet unknown noise to signify the end of this,

30:58

Charlotte FC is where

31:00

we had next Two of three DP

31:02

spots filled Lille a Carol Swadiersky reports

31:04

that they trying to, uh, to bring

31:06

back BL on a non -DP deal.

31:08

All three U -22 spots are filled Peckovich,

31:10

uh, Toklamati and then Vargas. And they

31:12

have just a shade under three million

31:14

in GAM, which basically says that almost

31:16

all their gam has been used. They

31:18

have their 2 .93. And we start

31:20

with the big story, Tom. Give

31:22

me sports, Tom Bogart is

31:24

reporting. That Miguel Almirón

31:26

may be a future member of Charlotte FC.

31:28

fill us in. It's just

31:30

give me sport, by the way, it's

31:32

not plural. Yes, Miguel Almirón. But but

31:34

give me sports that was possessive. It

31:37

was possessive, Tom. Come on. Yeah,

31:40

so Charlotte FC are still in

31:42

talks to sign Miguel Amarón. They tried

31:44

to do this in the summer.

31:46

Newcastle were being, let's just say, unrealistic.

31:48

They wanted upwards of $20 million.

31:50

Eddie Howe didn't want to lose the

31:52

squad player and since Amarón has

31:54

played like 119 minutes in the Premier

31:56

League. So talks have continued. Zorin

31:58

Cranetta is friendly with. the folks there so it's it's more

32:00

like more like that's not like advanced or

32:03

imminent But they have his discovery rights they are

32:05

still talking for him a deal could get

32:07

done in like up to get including up to 10

32:09

if that base fee is like six and

32:11

then add base fee in that range i think

32:13

i'm being add-on but i think that would

32:15

get it done just given where he is I'm

32:17

being still interested from saudi he prefers think that

32:19

if he's gonna leave his agent just said

32:21

he prefers europe i think it's more likely

32:23

that he would come here because just would give

32:25

him a bigger contract than anywhere in europe

32:27

and that's where that third from Saudi. go to

32:29

prefers is I the last year of his deal.

32:32

Everything on being told is give. likely to leave,

32:34

but again, again, heard this about players like this in

32:36

this spot. in Regardless, they're gonna do the they're going to

32:38

Hopefully, if they're able to get off of Swarovski

32:40

this winter, off that could change the planche for

32:42

this winter or maybe this summer. for this an eye

32:44

on that, the Doyle. I don't know about you. that, Doyle,

32:46

I I think that this is a really strong

32:48

roster a really if they roster. And if they get and

32:50

then another and at some point DP

32:52

at now and the summer. I

32:55

think this is a really really is

32:57

a really, really, really strong team. It's a solid

32:59

roster, but it won't be a

33:01

strong roster unless they can add

33:03

top tier players I'm just gonna

33:06

read the five guys who occupy read

33:08

roster spots right now. prime roster spots right

33:10

now. Lealabata, Carol Spiderowski, Nikola Petkovich, Not one of

33:12

those guys is a nail -down

33:14

starter Not one of those guys is really well

33:16

within the starter. super draft Krenetta 30

33:19

on within the league and so far. He He's

33:21

he -haw, that's and you, and ha,

33:23

ha! so far. Just gonna throw some stuff out

33:25

there, right? stuff out there, all right?

33:27

I'm stuff out now, I'm just telling you know

33:29

what it's gonna be, you all

33:31

right? know what it's gonna be, all right? Chicago Fire, DP spots.

33:33

Two of three uy-typers, guest in Jimenez,

33:36

Gaston Jimenez remains on

33:38

this roster folks. folks. You

33:40

22 spots, two two of

33:42

three, Brian Gutti, and Federico Available

33:44

gam, they are basically bang on

33:46

2 .93. they Like they got the

33:48

money that they were were given. And Doyle,

33:50

the the big story here is

33:52

can Greg Burhalter be both both a

33:55

top tier head coach, but also

33:57

GM and rebuild a roster that

33:59

has been unrebuildable basically? for mean, essentially the entire

34:01

time I've been at the last, which is

34:03

almost two decades. Yeah. It's been, it's

34:05

been 15 years since the fire. I've had

34:07

really had a successful rebuild and it's going

34:09

to take a lot. I think they're off

34:11

to a good start by signing Jack Elliott.

34:15

Should solidify that back actually like

34:17

Carlos Tehran and, you know, they're

34:19

keep Wyatt Omsberg as well. I've

34:21

always liked him a bit, but

34:23

like this team doesn't get their

34:25

DPs, Right. They don't. mostly

34:27

get their U right. That said, I

34:29

like Fede Navarro. It's never really been

34:31

coached the way I think he needs

34:33

to. Obviously Brian Gutierrez is super talented.

34:35

There's some stuff here to work with,

34:37

but it is a big ask

34:40

to be head coach GM

34:42

CSO in 2024 compared to the

34:44

last time Greg Burr -Halter was

34:46

doing that six, seven years

34:48

ago. Like Like MLS has really

34:50

entered the global transfer market

34:52

since then, especially the Chicago who

34:55

spent. Do I agree

34:57

with that, but what I would say is

34:59

that it's also a lot different than the

35:01

last time with, you know, with Mikey Stevens

35:03

and Greg Broughton and whatever else that they

35:05

have in their scouting department, Eddie Rock, everything

35:07

else. So they have more resources to help

35:09

with - It's going to be a test of

35:12

Greg's ability to delegate. Fair. Yeah, but again,

35:14

I think that that's really positive. I

35:16

don't put the like doubt on him that was

35:18

earned with the previous regime, this is a

35:20

completely new regime. So I'm going back to Optimistic

35:22

and giving them some leash. I am excited, I

35:24

really love that Jack Elliott signing. And if they

35:26

add two DPs, if they can get out of

35:29

guests on him and as I expect that

35:31

they will, whether it's a buyout or a transfer

35:33

or whatever, they can add two DPs and this

35:35

is a team that could spend a total of

35:37

$20, $30 million on DPs if they want to,

35:39

I don't know if they want to. Again,

35:41

we'll see, but that changes the math here a

35:43

lot. And I think Hugo Klaipers is gonna have

35:45

an awesome season. Every single center forward under

35:47

Greg Burr -Halter and MLS has had their

35:49

career best season and Hugo Klaipers is a

35:51

$12 million signing who needs the system

35:53

and the creativity. So I think he was

35:55

a 10 or a chance creating Winger

35:57

and I'm sure that they're going after that.

35:59

I do. whether it'll be be in this

36:01

window window or one in this in this window,

36:03

one in the summer. The The Jimenez

36:05

thing is interesting because if they

36:08

wait till summer, maybe they get him

36:10

to just sort of leave of

36:12

his own accord. That allows them to

36:14

use the that one of their to use

36:16

the buyout on one of their max contract We're going

36:18

farm animals, animals. I have young children. That's the

36:20

way it works. the way right. All you

36:22

sound like a geese? you Well, like a

36:24

me. I just don't animals. me. I just go

36:27

to farm animals. little bit. Is that a

36:29

work computer? down those. Is that a

36:31

work computer? Yeah. F.C. FC Cincinnati, spots, three

36:33

filled, Lucho three Kevin Dinky, Obina Kevin Booto, can

36:35

be bought who can be bought

36:37

down and has it in the

36:39

past. a zero of spots is zero

36:41

of three question marks Barial, available game,

36:44

about 4.2. A lot .2. A lot of

36:46

that the would assume is coming

36:48

from the trade. Clock starts now. Big question for

36:50

me, what's Big question for me. It

36:52

feels like that's going to happen with

36:54

that will feels like that's the down

36:56

that will push every other down

36:58

seemingly down seemingly. I agree

37:00

agree with that. That's the most important

37:02

question of this off question of this haven't

37:04

gotten a fresh update on this

37:06

recently, but the last that I was

37:08

told is that is that, since obviously wants

37:10

us to say us to has said Albright

37:12

have been burned. We're going to

37:14

keep talking. So if they come back

37:17

we're going to keep talking. So if they Kevin with Lucho Costa

37:19

as back, 10 like this back line local

37:21

Oriano back, like this backline of the debate,

37:23

I say? Oriano, what did I say? Ours,

37:25

yeah. The back three of Hadebe, Meowsga and Robinson is extraordinarily

37:27

strong, I think. I And then if

37:29

you have the front three of if you

37:31

have the a league record of Kevin a club

37:33

record, that, that is I think a

37:35

really, really good spot. And again,

37:38

if then doesn't come back, they're going

37:40

to spend a lot of money to

37:42

replace it. There's in you cannot do

37:44

better than an MVP. is, I think, a

37:46

at Chris good spot. And record and hitting

37:48

big signings. Pupenza I think is the

37:50

one that didn't work out in terms

37:52

of of that level. Well he got he got

37:54

him. That's a big

37:57

sign that got hit,

37:59

yeah. I would give

38:01

them the of the doubt to do it, right?

38:03

And again, even if you take Lucho out of

38:05

this team, they still have enough by. That's just

38:07

probably like three hits when you think about it. Do

38:12

you have anything? I

38:14

wish we, I wish at the time or

38:16

was going to Weeby would have had to make

38:18

an animal noise. Offer a hot take. If

38:20

they get the right offer for Lucho from like

38:23

St. Boca Juniors, they should take it. because

38:25

it's so much drama and

38:27

it's it's disappointing because he was

38:29

like the model citizen for

38:31

the two years preceding whatever happened

38:34

over the past couple of

38:36

months to make him behave

38:40

like this. And I don't

38:42

think it's that hard to find

38:44

a great number 10 if

38:46

you're an MLS team. I would

38:48

trust Albright and Company to

38:51

find that and Pat would know

38:53

how to ride that horse. Colorado

38:57

Rapids are up next. DP spots, filled

38:59

three, Kevin Cabral, Georgi Mahalovic and a Hoffman

39:01

of a who one of three U -22s

39:03

That's cool. bass And they have 3 .9,

39:05

eight zero. They have more game, but

39:07

you would assume they got game the Moise

39:09

-Bombito And then they moved the game because

39:12

that's what they do for draft picks.

39:14

And then also a Wasiam and and Murphy.

39:16

So Hey, 3 .98 still a good amount

39:18

for them. A big question. Doyle is was

39:21

last year real, and

39:23

what in this transfer window

39:25

will help determine that?

39:27

Yeah, rebuilding the central defense

39:30

was clearly necessary after

39:32

the Bombito sale. they were just never

39:34

the same team, which is understandable.

39:36

He was phenomenal at playing that

39:38

high line and putting out fires

39:40

in behind. don't, like guys like

39:42

that don't grow on trees. So

39:44

rebuilding the defense was number one.

39:46

Number two is they need a

39:48

match winning. winger. Now that comes

39:50

from Georgiy Mahalovic playing on the left

39:52

wing and Cole Bassett moving up to

39:54

being a pressing 10. I know that

39:56

was the plan heading into last season.

39:58

It got derailed. Even

40:01

so, I do think they need to

40:03

add some more quality, one more goal scorer

40:05

in that attacking group, probably a guy

40:07

who is primarily a winger. What I would

40:09

say is I'm expecting this team, pretty

40:11

firmly expecting this team to do 3 -4 -2

40:13

-1 and definitely switch to the back three

40:15

of Owaziam and Reggie Kan and Ian

40:17

Murphy or some guys' names. I haven't said

40:19

Maxu yet because there are a couple

40:21

of teams in the Middle East that are

40:23

interested in Maxu, so he could leave

40:25

the club, wouldn't stand in his way. And

40:27

it wouldn't be a bubble car because

40:29

you just got to move the Dallas, right?

40:31

Did we just see that? Yeah, yeah.

40:33

Yeah, correct. So, again, I'm thinking it's going

40:35

to be 3 -4 -2 -1 and then the

40:37

decision is do you play Cole Bassett

40:39

in the 2, next to Conor Ronan, or

40:41

do you push him higher and then

40:43

George Mahilovic is the de facto second striker

40:45

and Cole Bassett is the box running

40:47

10. Don't love that.

40:49

Yeah, so I would play him more next

40:52

to Conor Ronan and then give him the

40:54

freedom to get forward and then you have

40:56

more defensive security around him with the back

40:58

three. And then if Keegan -Rosenberry is your right

41:00

wing back, that's a little bit different than,

41:02

you know, Luca Boreal in the past, say,

41:04

for Sinsi. Wouldn't

41:07

Kevin Cabral be a reasonable

41:09

wing back? Maybe.

41:12

Maybe. they want to go more tagging

41:14

than Calvin Harris, like, could fit there,

41:16

too. So, like, that's fair. If they're

41:18

going to make a signing, like a

41:20

signing that goes, makes us go, oh,

41:22

where would it be? Yeah, I think

41:24

they're going to use their U -22

41:26

initiative. I think that they'll bring in

41:28

a young center back and a young

41:30

attacker with those. Buh! Buh! Onto the

41:32

next one. That's my best bot. I've

41:34

done a lot better in the past

41:37

than I've ever life. Columbus crew, DP

41:39

spots, three of three filled, Kucho, Darlington,

41:41

Nagby, who can be bought down, Diego

41:43

Rossi, Marino Henness, Hinistrosa is on loan,

41:45

but he's a U -22 on their roster

41:47

available gam, just a shade under 3

41:49

.2. And Doyle, to clear an obvious

41:51

story here is they are elite. Can

41:53

they stay elite by keeping their elite

41:55

pieces together, both in the roster and

41:57

also on the sideline? Yeah, that's it.

41:59

That's the whole thing for the crew.

42:01

We know that there's going to be.

42:03

interest in Kucho and Wilfrid Nancy. of

42:05

the two, I think Nancy is the

42:07

more irreplaceable. But also further down the

42:09

roster, guys like Mo Farsi, Max Arstin,

42:11

Patrick Schulte, they've all had interest from

42:13

overseas. No one knows this better than

42:15

Tom, who is nodding right now. a

42:18

-and And it's like every

42:21

club in the world other than

42:23

like Real Madrid and Man City

42:25

is a selling club. That's just

42:27

a fact. So if the right

42:29

number gets hit, then suddenly you're

42:31

rebuilding some crucial pieces. The other

42:33

thing here. Darlington is

42:36

officially a DP. They

42:38

could buy him down

42:40

add one more high -end

42:42

piece if they wanted to.

42:44

And that would be

42:46

especially, like would be very

42:49

manageable if they were to sell someone

42:51

like an Arston or a Farsi because

42:53

that gam would just give them a

42:55

ton of flexibility and that would be

42:57

kind of a baller move for a

42:59

team that wants to win everything that

43:01

they play in. So

43:04

on these links, I don't think that

43:06

thought, I know that nothing is imminent

43:08

on either, on either, uh, Kucho or

43:10

will for Nancy. It sounds like that.

43:12

These are more kind of interest than

43:15

something that's really movable. Um, again, the

43:17

Columbus, Columbus have received nothing from either

43:19

Monterey for Kucho and nothing from for

43:21

Nancy. And I've had some cold water

43:23

from sources outside of the club as

43:25

well. of pour some cold water on

43:27

that. So So I know

43:29

the club are very confident that Kucho

43:32

coming back. Again, you can solve that by

43:34

giving them a new contract and sorting

43:36

it that way. And it looks like Nancy,

43:38

it depends on what jobs might open

43:40

up or what teams are interested in them.

43:42

They seem to be hopeful/confident that that's

43:44

gonna happen too. Are there contract at all

43:46

for Kucho? Or is that I'm not

43:48

sure. I'm not sure again. There should be And

43:50

again these at these high high level stuff I

43:54

just that honors is now sending

43:56

me noises, so don't take the

43:58

choice of noise is any sort of

44:00

indication of this is a producer's decision. Yeah.

44:03

What a teammate right there. in case

44:05

that wasn't good. Dallas. Um, let's see three

44:07

of three filled, but maybe not for long.

44:09

Hazus Ferrera, Pates, our Moussa, Allen, Velasco, who

44:11

just signed a new deal, two of two

44:13

U 22 spots, Giovanni and in a Sally

44:15

who's not really hit yet, but he's very,

44:17

very young available game. There's a lot of

44:19

it, 4 .48 million and maybe more coming

44:22

depending on the fate of Hazus Ferrera and

44:24

Paul Ariola. Where are we at with this

44:26

one, Tom? Is this going to happen? Are

44:28

we just going to dream about it? Um,

44:30

Ariola is the one that I'm the most

44:32

confident in that that's going to happen.

44:34

I know San Diego made a run at

44:36

him before the expansion draft and that was

44:38

kind of the people around the league were

44:41

like, yeah, it's definitely happening in Seattle. Um,

44:43

so, um, I'm very confident that one's going

44:45

to get done. We'll see about Hazus Ferrera

44:47

in like, that's more complicated, but I know

44:49

that those conversations are real. We'll see what

44:51

happens there, but those are two that

44:53

again, that could happen. Hazus Ferrera, I'm still

44:55

assuming has played his last game for the

44:57

club, whether it's within MLAs or going somewhere

45:00

else, whatever it is. And then, you know,

45:02

there's other guys that they're trying to get

45:04

rid of or kind of overhauling the roster,

45:06

like somebody Sebastian Leggett could move on or

45:08

they would like to move on to free

45:10

up more space. Uh, Ramiro was signed.

45:12

He's a Brazilian central midfielder. Um, we'll see.

45:14

Um, another guy above the age of 30

45:16

in that central midfield. Uh, seems like they're

45:19

trying to get who on back. And then

45:21

Velasco is the big one, Doyle. When, when

45:23

you get this off season for Dallas, what

45:25

will define it? I

45:28

think, I think it's the

45:30

big moves. I think it's gotta

45:32

be when you're talking about

45:34

players, a caliber of Ferrera and

45:36

Arreola, that, that is probably

45:38

the headline stuff and probably going

45:40

to go the furthest towards

45:42

defining it, but let's not sleep

45:44

on that backline. They were

45:46

kind of a mess last year

45:48

in Koshy Tafari. Unfortunately, regressed

45:51

massively over what he had been

45:53

in 2023 when he was

45:55

excellent. They don't have any young

45:57

options really coming through, um,

45:59

Um, signing signing Lala's. bubukar, it

46:01

makes some sense because he can eat

46:03

up some minutes, but I think we

46:05

saw his limitations last year with a

46:07

pretty good Colorado team. like need to

46:09

spend time and resources making sure that

46:11

they've got the right group back there.

46:13

And I'm

46:16

not super confident about that. I'm just not.

46:18

based upon what we've seen the past few years. Fair

46:22

enough. Oh,

46:24

very nervous about that one. That That was

46:27

a hard one to do. So people,

46:29

obviously this is an audio only medium. Getting

46:31

to watch we build himself up to

46:33

do this. like, he can't make eye contact

46:35

with us in this show. He's looking

46:37

down, he's like, okay, here comes the buzzer.

46:39

Look, I figured if I was gonna

46:41

do this and I was gonna make up,

46:43

yeah, I says I could have just

46:45

said oink. That's a fair critique of that

46:47

moment for me. You know, look, we're

46:49

going all in. This is like we're reading

46:52

children's books at nighttime. all right? So

46:54

join, gather around. each our audience DC

46:56

United DP spots filled three

46:58

of three Christian Miteke, Mite's

47:00

click and Maddie, like let's

47:02

get, can we get to

47:04

the donkey sound we just

47:06

got it? That's the first

47:08

one. He haw. That was

47:10

the first one. see. was

47:12

very memorable though. You 22,

47:14

two three, Teddy KDP Gabriel

47:17

Pirani 3 and game. Tom,

47:20

It just feels to me like

47:22

for DC, they're in this salary

47:24

shed. And there might be more shedding

47:26

coming, and likely will be. And And Miteke's click

47:28

is kind of the the guy that

47:30

the birds are perhaps circling. Um

47:33

What is the, what is the

47:35

stage of this rebuild? kind of birds

47:37

what kind of sound do you think

47:40

those birds make? I

47:42

regret that imagery because it's not fair. Miteke's

47:44

click was a, he was a good, good

47:46

player for them next year, last year, and

47:48

it's just his salary number and the rebuild

47:50

status. But what is the status of the

47:52

rebuild? Like Like, we're still in shedding or

47:54

we're adding or we're trying to build - Yes,

47:56

If they could shed click, that's the

47:58

goal, that's game. I'm gonna assume that that

48:01

is gonna happen again. It's complicated. Don't know if

48:03

they're gonna use a buyout on him it came

48:05

to that, but I know that kind of both,

48:07

like they want to move on from him to

48:09

open up the DP spot. He's open to moving

48:11

on. He does love his time in MLS. He

48:13

knows that he can go back to Poland at

48:15

any point, like he was linked with his first

48:17

club. I again, maybe that could happen, but I

48:19

like, there's a possibility he stays in MLS if

48:21

it's not with DC. So that's the big one

48:23

that they need to do. What they've done beyond

48:25

that is, Ali Makai and this front office have

48:27

done excellent work, excellent work of getting out of

48:29

really, really bad contracts in two half windows, essentially,

48:31

I guess three, if you count kind of the

48:33

contract updates, but you look up and down the

48:35

roster. Click is the only one where it was

48:37

signed by a previous regime that it's like okay,

48:39

time to move on from him. I like really respect

48:41

what they've done and how quickly they've done it

48:43

that being said I don't know what the budget would

48:45

would or will be for a new DP if

48:48

and when click leaves. That's one thing

48:50

I'm curious about, but they have a U -22 initiative

48:52

goalkeeper coming in. I know that they wanna use another

48:54

U -22 initiative slot to add to this team. They

48:56

still have more to build. What I would love

48:58

to see is if and hopefully when, click leaves to

49:00

open up that DP spot that they bring in

49:02

a big time kind of DP attacker, maybe not big

49:04

time, but just a really effective DP attacker to

49:06

help with Christian Medtacket. And then I think if click

49:08

stays with an MLS, that would be my favorite

49:10

outcome because I think he's still a very good player.

49:12

He's just not quite a DP. You

49:15

have five seconds, so. Sorry. No, Tom,

49:17

Tom Tom covered it all. No, it's all

49:19

right. Tom covered it all. I wrote about DC

49:21

twice this week. If you want to hear

49:23

my thoughts, go mlsacru .com. So

49:26

that that was me throwing you the ball

49:28

at the end of the clock and a

49:30

triple team and just get one up. I

49:32

mean, you're a Carmelo fan. So yeah, no,

49:34

no, no, gets, he gets those grenades and

49:36

he says, thank you. Oh, I have to,

49:38

shoot. quacks, speaking of quacks, uh, Houston Dynamo,

49:40

spots, two of two, Sebastian Ferrer occupies one,

49:42

Ezekiel Ponzi aqua occupies the other. was a

49:44

record signing last year, three of four U

49:46

-22 spots we're saying for, cause we assume

49:48

it's a two four game team. All Aliyu

49:50

Anali, who is coming back from injury and

49:53

Yonez, available game. This is what I was

49:55

referencing. two million. 2

49:57

.06 million it is I believe the

49:59

lowest amount of of game and is because

50:01

they've had to pull it to pull it

50:03

from you know whether it be trades trades buy

50:05

down the down had to pull it from

50:07

the future to pay for the present the future

50:09

they're close to getting out from underneath and the

50:11

big story is with those restrictions underneath they

50:13

will get the big story it will get topped

50:15

off. Can they find attacking help? game so

50:17

it will to find two main and game so

50:20

maybe they got to move topped off and I don't know how they

50:22

do that other than help they got to Yeah, that's

50:24

it. help and is the whole story move not

50:26

the whole story, but it's most of

50:28

the story for Houston, this window, because

50:30

they they some good young pieces in

50:32

place. place. was, I thought, was very good

50:34

in 2023. 2023. I I loved what I

50:36

saw of Anali, and hopefully we get

50:39

the same version of him after he

50:41

recovers from his ACL mid his ACL mid-season. I

50:43

love I love Brooklyn I hope I

50:45

hope he gets 2 ,000, 3 ,000

50:47

minutes this year across all competitions.

50:49

It looked like he's ready. ready. Koko Karaskia.

50:51

you could play him in that

50:53

sort of of false right winger role or you

50:55

could slide him back in to

50:57

be a number number eight or like all

51:00

there for this team. They just

51:02

gotta hit down the roster backup left

51:04

back and they then they gotta buy

51:06

out Sevis. If If they're serious about

51:08

winning stuff in stuff in have to

51:10

get out from from under the year year

51:12

of have to replace have to replace him with

51:14

a high upside player who a guy who could

51:16

be a match winner in the biggest games I

51:19

know I know looking. know they've been

51:21

scouting for a while now now. to try to

51:23

try to get that player. it's not

51:25

like this like this hasn't tried and

51:27

this ownership group hasn't tried. this What

51:29

do you see happening in the winter

51:31

here, you see happening in the so

51:33

DP10 is definitely what they're targeting.

51:36

they're targeting. I agree with Doyle

51:38

that they need Doyle they want

51:40

to be a like team to be a

51:42

242 team in like long term. and would you you

51:44

do that by buying outside of us for error? Again,

51:46

I I don't know for sure if they would

51:48

commit to that this year. I would love would

51:51

love to see them in a DP. I I don't

51:53

know I don't I don't want it to be

51:55

relying on set Saibos for error more thing is that

51:57

more have two million have two least games, the lease and a

51:59

league. Teams get like two points. 7 or 2 .8 game every year.

52:01

So they're already operating at a deficit. Yeah, Yeah.

52:03

9 And three. Yep. Um, and

52:05

that's again, I think like what you

52:07

said, we, that tells the tale of what

52:09

they inherited when, um, when Pat on

52:11

set and Mendelssohn took over of just how

52:13

bad and how bleak their asset situation

52:16

was. All

52:18

right, next all right barnyard cat.

52:21

I like that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sporting

52:23

Kansas city, Uh, DP

52:25

filled. three, but

52:27

that could change. Alan Pulido, Daniel shall

52:29

and Nemanja Redoya, And then two

52:31

of three on the U 22 side,

52:33

Logan and Denby. and then also

52:35

if, uh, a Robert Volodare And then

52:37

available, Gam is about 3 .4. So,

52:39

I mean, look, is a rebuild. Right?

52:42

It's a rebuild. So what is, what

52:44

does next era look like? Tom, let's just

52:46

start with what you're hearing and, and

52:48

of the rumblings around the team and then maybe we

52:50

can turn around and try to plot this out. So

52:53

what I will say on their DP spots

52:55

only Alan Polito has to be a DP the

52:57

other two can be bought down and again

52:59

I'm hoping and choosing to be optimistic that they

53:01

will be they've rotated their DP spots to

53:03

whatever kind of maximizes their allocation money They've done

53:05

that well in the past because again It's

53:07

really only been Polito that has to be a

53:09

DP at this point So I hope to

53:11

see a DP 10 they've needed that for more

53:13

than a year now since Gotti kind of

53:15

left And then you know a complete overhaul of

53:17

the midfield that should allow Jake Davis to

53:19

go back to right back They brought in what

53:21

should be starting level center back last summer.

53:23

So what they need is a new

53:26

midfield and maybe another attacking piece. Where's

53:29

this all headed? I'm not sure

53:31

I love the idea of Davis going

53:33

back to right back. I thought he was

53:36

excellent Central midfield. he's a guy who

53:38

grew up idolizing Roger Espinoza and you could

53:40

see it in how he plays. And

53:42

like, I think he's a guy. who adds

53:44

that much value both with and

53:46

without the ball, both in possession

53:48

and out of possession. Like

53:51

that's a winning player and you want

53:53

to put him in the most important spots

53:56

on the field what they've been missing

53:58

for a long time is a the

54:00

number who's comfortable in the pockets

54:02

and can receive the ball under pressure

54:04

and make plays. They haven't really

54:06

had that since Benny Falehaber as far

54:08

as I'm concerned. I would hope

54:10

that's where they look, but given that

54:12

Polito's contract is massive and he's

54:14

probably there through the end of next

54:16

year, I kind suspect they'll be

54:18

doing a four, two, three, one with

54:20

Polito as a 10 playing underneath. Yeah,

54:24

I mean, he did a bunch in

54:26

the second half of the season

54:28

when He's did with Polito playing underneath

54:30

Willie Agata. And I will say

54:32

Willy Agata's underlying numbers continue to be

54:34

absolutely excellent. I

54:36

think he's got something like 22 goals in

54:38

like 3 ,200 minutes in since he arrived.

54:40

Like he's a starting caliber nine. no,

54:42

no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's

54:45

like you didn't have your heart in that one. Well, I

54:47

was trying to do an aggressive like you came up on

54:49

the door I don't know who you are sort of bark,

54:51

but that was aggressive. I'm

54:54

gonna let that slide. Tom, I'm gonna let that go.

54:56

I'm going I'm gonna pretend like you didn't just say that

54:58

to me right now. LAFC,

55:01

no Anders, do you

55:03

stop? So zero dog in me,

55:05

negative X dog. I not fit

55:07

in on a public mass for

55:09

any team. LAFC, DP spots, two

55:11

or three filled, Denny Belonga, Olivier

55:13

Giroux, you -22 spots, got those filled

55:15

Omar compost, David Martinez, Christian Olivera

55:17

available game, 3 .77 million. And

55:19

the question is about that open

55:21

DP spot because this is a

55:23

no doubt three and three team

55:25

you would, you would see in

55:27

all signs point to it. Antoine what

55:31

do we think are they Are they

55:33

a no doubt three and -three team because

55:35

they have literally not carried a third

55:37

DP the past couple of years And

55:39

it's bizarre because they've come so they've

55:41

come so close feels like they should

55:43

winning stuff so many times There's like

55:45

oh you're one piece away So like

55:47

they should be a no doubt three

55:49

-three team and I think they will

55:51

be this year It's just a question

55:53

of do they get Griezmann in the

55:56

winter or they get him in the

55:58

summer to be fair They've always valued

56:00

flexibility. Like that's, I mean,

56:02

that's what it's That's what it's been about in

56:04

large part because they've always gone in the summer and gone

56:06

in the summer large pieces and wanted to

56:08

have the opportunity to do so. So have the don't

56:10

think it's necessarily fair to be like, I don't think

56:12

I mean, look, they haven't got the fair needed

56:14

like, oh, moments, no doubt, got they've been about having

56:16

it open. And that's what That's

56:19

what they're doing with Right. right? keep

56:21

been about having an point is, like, if

56:23

you can get Griezmann in, then

56:25

you throw away the Griesman, right? think like

56:27

it's just just not realistic. It's Griezmann,

56:29

it's Buonga, it's true I think that that's

56:31

that that's what they've been holding this

56:33

spot for for your point the past that's

56:35

fair but like last year I know know that

56:37

this is the to is to keep the

56:39

spot open for Antoine Griesman if he comes

56:41

to this team comes to I'm more curious I'm

56:44

in the interim is interim is Is this

56:46

gonna be back to be three, to are they or

56:48

commit to the five, two, three, because 523 because

56:50

they only have have two have two central Yes, they need

56:52

to rework the midfield. So that, that, that

56:54

would be the follow -up question of, okay,

56:56

where does that go? Can they get Louis that

56:58

that would be the that his purchase option was like

57:00

seven million. That's too much. And that they get

57:02

almost definitely a the So that can't really

57:04

happen option they can get him back on a

57:06

cheaper number. think that'd be good. much and Terry

57:08

win a few minutes this season? Are we

57:10

gonna get their first okay where does really talented they

57:12

get Lewis Never back then be good? Better

57:18

what do was better. What do you think that was?

57:20

was was better. better? do you think that was?

57:22

Little Wayne think that was little a

57:24

bird, was a It was what a of

57:26

was a foul what a pheasant? foul? Is it was

57:28

it back to the Midwest, bro. Is

57:30

that a flea? Go don't sound like that

57:32

Midwest, bro. right. Our birds turkey just gobble,

57:34

gobble, gobble? here. Isn't Turkey just if you

57:36

just spell it out and you

57:38

don't try to actually do it,

57:40

we're here, know, it out and on

57:42

now. I'm worried about actually Wyatt are

57:45

learning, man. you This ain't right. on.

57:47

I'm worried about what come on. Oh

57:49

boy, I've really opened really

57:51

opened up Pandora's

57:53

one. this Galaxy. Three of three,

57:55

Ricky three of three, Ricky

57:57

Peck, Joseph Joseph Painsill, Two of

57:59

of three. on the U22 side, Julian Julian who is

58:01

who is returning from injury and Jovilich, they have 2

58:03

.4 million in It's another one of can they keep the It's another

58:05

one of can they keep the band together?

58:07

Taylor came on the show and was sort of

58:09

like, as some real issues as far as their

58:11

cap goes. to And it didn't seem that way

58:13

to us, but maybe you have a better

58:15

idea of what they're trying to do. it's And like,

58:17

who who in in for while he's out? Those are

58:19

the big questions. Yeah, the trying to keep

58:21

to keep as many players as possible, people have

58:23

been telling me towards the end of the

58:26

season, it's gonna be really difficult to keep this

58:28

roster together be it's expensive, it's in keep everything

58:30

else, it goes with it, all the allocation money

58:32

to buy players down. prime, A guy like Diego

58:34

else, it goes somebody on a significant cap hit, can

58:36

they keep him, can they keep both him

58:38

and is next season? Before cap hit, can people were saying,

58:40

they keep Brugman makes sense as a buyout people were

58:42

probably what they do and then maybe trade sense as

58:45

a right? as a buy-out as a I'm very curious to

58:47

see what happens there. And then to your point,

58:49

buy-out guy, who kind of of replaces the I of Ricky Boos and what

58:51

he guess of and what he does in can do of

58:53

of rate He's not doing it for can do that obviously, time the

58:55

not doing it for 3 ,000 minutes he plays at

58:57

the stage of his career and like he plays

58:59

different than Are does to get I'm curious is that are

59:01

we and more from sale in the buildup? Is it going to unlock sale

59:03

in the build -up that we gonna unlock of of a

59:05

new version that we as seen of them as he is

59:07

Ricky as being as he is as he is as he is is

59:10

he Should be is as is it gonna be the

59:12

he. Or is as version, as which is like Or is, as he.

59:14

to play Or is, as he. Yeah, we'll have 42 % possession

59:16

on the break bring your your lineup. get in behind

59:18

that every freaking time. I doubt that freaking

59:20

I do that. never been It's never been than

59:22

when he's been forced into it.

59:24

I don't think he'll feel like he's

59:27

forced into it. I just he'll feel like

59:29

all of this. into it. I just want

59:31

time for the all to start

59:33

making use of their academy and

59:35

their second team use a way

59:37

that. and their second team

59:40

in a way that would of softened

59:42

the blow of roster builds

59:44

like this one. Not that it, like, they won

59:46

MLS Cup, so so they deserve all the

59:48

flowers in the world in the makes

59:50

it easier to keep the floor high

59:52

the you're able to get something out

59:54

of the players in your academy

59:56

and of course there is no there is

59:59

no better mark. it for talent in

1:00:01

the United States of America than Southern

1:00:03

California, so I would love to see

1:00:05

some beyond Jalen Neal. Some of the

1:00:07

young players get a chance here with

1:00:09

this team. Maybe they'll find some answers.

1:00:11

That's terrible. That's I tried to do.

1:00:13

It's supposed to be a honk for

1:00:15

We've ruined his confidence. need to No,

1:00:17

No, just, I just, the goose was,

1:00:19

Anders gave me the goose and I

1:00:21

didn't know how to do It sounded

1:00:23

more like a swan. That was more

1:00:26

like a swan honk. Yeah. that was

1:00:28

like, I don't know, very nasally. And

1:00:30

now I feel like a silly goose

1:00:32

myself. So enter Miami, DP spots filled

1:00:34

two out of two, Lionel Messi, Sergio

1:00:36

Busquets, and this is a two four

1:00:38

game team, four of four 22 spots

1:00:40

Facundo Farias is back off of a

1:00:42

engine in, excuse me, season ending injury.

1:00:44

Federico Redondo, been humming Kramas, you sign

1:00:46

a new deal that got him here

1:00:48

and then Tomas Aviles and they have

1:00:50

3 .3 and available game, but they

1:00:53

don't have Chris Henderson. So the big

1:00:55

story is I would say like How

1:00:58

do they survive or how do they surprise us?

1:01:00

And also get under the cap with all the

1:01:02

things that they'll inevitably want to do. Yeah.

1:01:05

I mean, go, go, go, go ahead. No, you go ahead,

1:01:07

Tom. You You got this. good, good use of our

1:01:09

time here so far. Yeah, I'm I'm curious to

1:01:11

see what other departures Wrestle,

1:01:19

I've been told could be available that feels

1:01:21

like one just a shit. salary. They're gonna

1:01:23

get allocation money from the Diego Gomez I

1:01:25

don't know if that's kind of what was

1:01:27

accounted for in the game that they released.

1:01:29

regardless That's gonna be very helpful Is Jordi

1:01:31

Alba a DP next season What else happens?

1:01:33

Can they are are they gonna? You know

1:01:36

look to go back into the U initiative

1:01:38

market if they move on from one of

1:01:40

these other players I don't know. I think

1:01:42

that those are all the questions being asked

1:01:44

but at this Russia right now, it's still

1:01:46

extremely strong. A Oh one more trade candidate

1:01:48

Leo I was told from people around

1:01:50

the league that it was like 2 million

1:01:52

in allocation money or something in that region could get

1:01:54

it done. I would be trying to trade for

1:01:56

him if I was another MLS team and if I

1:01:58

could scratch up the game. for that, be very good.

1:02:00

But good. But are some of the questions the questions being Do

1:02:02

they want a different goalie? I wouldn't want a different

1:02:04

goalie, but that doesn't mean that they're not going to, a

1:02:07

right? Like, so these are all things to mean in

1:02:09

mind that this is always gonna be a to dance every

1:02:11

year that there's always going to sorry. a roster dance every year we

1:02:13

don't know who's gonna be leading the

1:02:15

dance. going to the other thing dance. That is

1:02:17

the other departure. ahead. Yeah, go ahead.

1:02:19

The of football. of football. Are

1:02:21

we Are we sure are we sure that he's the guy with his hands

1:02:23

on guy with his hands on the wheel call? Well,

1:02:25

so the final call Miami, the ownership is yes, but with

1:02:27

Miami, the ownership is extremely involved. a manager, I'm sure

1:02:29

had a big say will he was the manager.

1:02:32

I'm sure a lot of cooks in well, but yes, it's

1:02:34

a lot of cooks in the kitchen situation

1:02:36

and they've gotten rid of every single person who

1:02:38

understands an cap, so cap. So let's see how

1:02:40

that happened, I hold that out. Yeah. Yeah. I I mean, if

1:02:42

I was looking at it, I would just say

1:02:44

figure out a way to add two starting

1:02:46

defenders. Maybe Davide Martina is being one to bring

1:02:49

back and as we talked about is one last

1:02:51

show, we'd be And as we makes so much sense

1:02:53

for this team show, a free agent. If

1:02:55

they could do that, much sense I would be

1:02:57

confident in 75 points and two trophies. do question

1:02:59

is how much I to pay for it,

1:03:01

but. in 75 points and two trophies. The question

1:03:03

is how much they got to pay for it, that a

1:03:05

ooh, hoh, ooh, hoo, or an owl? was was

1:03:07

an owl. no. Yeah, I think like I like,

1:03:09

it started with a little bit of

1:03:11

with a caught my throat. a know, maybe

1:03:13

that was like caught I don't know,

1:03:15

maybe that was know, maybe that A

1:03:18

mouse from the night before or

1:03:20

something that was like a mouse reading, reading night

1:03:22

books to your kids. something. Choke choked up

1:03:24

three of three, reading hairball to but that

1:03:26

could change in the summer and

1:03:28

Kelvin United DP spots three to

1:03:30

two of three, Pereira Tamupuki, but

1:03:33

the two change in they

1:03:35

have 4 .54. four point five

1:03:37

four in available game. It Um,

1:03:39

it, it definitely feels Calito Amad

1:03:41

has has cooked here, and cooked here.

1:03:43

And now it's an opportunity

1:03:45

to keep cooking cause he's

1:03:47

got the ingredients. the Yeah.

1:03:49

He's done such good work, done

1:03:51

such good really starting in the

1:03:53

summer with, with the addition

1:03:55

of Yabba, but now, uh,

1:03:57

now, you selling selling Miggitapias for, but was

1:04:00

about a million a

1:04:02

us. to achieve us. And being able

1:04:04

to craft a a coherent

1:04:06

team of a of a lot of but

1:04:08

but then a very few additions. Now the

1:04:11

Now thing thing is like, can they

1:04:13

add those those ceiling razors, excuse me, those or excuse

1:04:15

me, those floor razors in central

1:04:17

Mayfield? Because if you watched them play

1:04:19

in the play in you saw a

1:04:21

lot of good things a lot long as

1:04:24

they kept the ball in front

1:04:26

of they but they weren't super dynamic

1:04:28

in changing phases from anything phases from

1:04:30

anything but like counter attack to they got

1:04:32

that down got that as soon as they

1:04:34

had to play a little bit the

1:04:36

galaxy just ran right through them And

1:04:38

it's just a talent deficit in the

1:04:40

most important part of the field part of

1:04:42

the field. So they they... buy out the

1:04:44

final six months of months go for

1:04:47

their DP and go eight DP 68 now or summer like

1:04:49

is like is the big, big, big,

1:04:51

big questions. Yeah, Pookies contract expires this summer.

1:04:53

summer. What I know about this group

1:04:55

and what they're thinking is, again,

1:04:57

I don't know this is, but I is,

1:04:59

know I feel really strongly that this

1:05:01

is a two really strongly they wanna

1:05:03

play game because they wanna play with young

1:05:05

players, they wanna play with development

1:05:07

players. want to play assuming that they Pookie's contract

1:05:09

is done or if they buy

1:05:12

them out, that they're... going to go

1:05:14

with development that would So I'm open

1:05:16

to that when Pookies and I'm very

1:05:18

curious to see or if they buy them out,

1:05:20

that they're I mean that would be be

1:05:22

2 spots you could spend. And then that would also mean

1:05:24

you would have mean you would have, depending on

1:05:26

how their is right now. is

1:05:29

who they have to buy down and how they have to buy

1:05:31

down it. You could go get some real. on

1:05:34

it, you could go some real, like, mid

1:05:36

difference makers for this team

1:05:38

as well. difference makers for this team

1:05:40

as well. Your mic didn't even pick that even

1:05:42

pick that one up, the frequency

1:05:44

was so high. so high. was was an orca.

1:05:46

by by honors. So we've moved away moved away

1:05:48

from the sea world now. world now. in a

1:05:50

certain know, we're in a certain

1:05:53

spot. And because speed this need to

1:05:55

speed this up, I'm just going

1:05:57

to start the clock as I

1:05:59

start. start the. So we're on to see

1:06:01

if Montreal zero DPs on this roster

1:06:03

to you 22's George Campbell and as

1:06:05

soon as he brim They have 2.94

1:06:08

in game. So basically bang on what

1:06:10

they've been given. They have no designated

1:06:12

players What what are we doing? I

1:06:14

honestly think that's less of a question

1:06:17

than how Good is Laura Cortois going

1:06:19

to be at player development. Because whether

1:06:21

they sign one DP or two or

1:06:23

none, it's very clear that they're not

1:06:25

going to be playing at the same

1:06:28

poker table as Chicago and Atlanta. It's

1:06:30

all. going to be about trying to

1:06:32

make the most out of the young

1:06:34

players that are already on the roster,

1:06:36

be it kids from the Academy, like

1:06:39

Nathan Saliba, or be the Caden Clark,

1:06:41

Jikil, Marshall, Ruddies of the World. Like,

1:06:43

this is, OK, coach, make this group,

1:06:45

saying it doesn't matter that we're bottom

1:06:47

of the table in salary spent. Yeah,

1:06:50

they may well end up having technically

1:06:52

people on the, as designated players. Because

1:06:54

it makes more sense on allocation money,

1:06:56

but like, Richard, this isn't like a

1:06:58

team that's going out and spending six

1:07:01

million. Like, they're not even, they used

1:07:03

to at least get loans from Bologna

1:07:05

for the players who weren't playing at

1:07:07

Bologna that were good. Like, Tidair was

1:07:09

a good example. Not even doing that

1:07:12

anymore. I don't understand what the point

1:07:14

is, I just don't. I feel for

1:07:16

Corey Ray, I feel for La Ranchoil.

1:07:18

They're doing the best with what they

1:07:20

can. I think Corey Ray made a

1:07:23

few really good moves in the summer.

1:07:25

Kate and Clark, I kind of poo

1:07:27

poo poo that myself. That has been

1:07:29

an excellent trade. I really like Chikil

1:07:31

Marsh already. That's what they're going to

1:07:34

be. Like that's all they're going to

1:07:36

be. Like that's all that ownership is

1:07:38

going to be. Like that's all that

1:07:40

ownership in the midfield. and that was

1:07:43

1.5 son. That's a coyote, that was

1:07:45

excellent. That was good. And

1:07:47

that's leading us into

1:07:49

Nashville, right? right? Is

1:07:51

Is that our segment? Yes.

1:07:54

Yes. Nashville SC. DP spots open. Three

1:07:56

of three. Honey three of

1:07:58

three. Well, not open. open.

1:08:00

They're all all filled. Honey

1:08:02

Mooktar. Sam, Sir, you walk. Sorry. He

1:08:05

nailed it. nailed it.

1:08:07

he lost his his head.

1:08:09

Old habit. We came up done

1:08:11

none of them.

1:08:13

And it just was

1:08:16

hard. no, they'd Patrick of

1:08:18

them. your one. And

1:08:20

then there's rumors

1:08:22

about a Norwegian Then

1:08:24

as well. Available gam.

1:08:27

They have 2 .5.

1:08:29

And then there's rumors about a come

1:08:31

to a game to see foot

1:08:33

mozart? I mean, that's what I'm

1:08:35

thinking about thinking about mostly. Which is

1:08:37

coming back? Is Is Jazbeck good? There's

1:08:40

there's a number of questions here, but they seem here,

1:08:42

in on at least their DP spots. Really the

1:08:44

way they could change the roster is on the

1:08:46

U the way they maybe some roster is what do you

1:08:48

think? U22 side and maybe some TAM

1:08:50

signings. Tom, what a tight spot Yeah, terms

1:08:52

of their big terms of their big pieces. on the

1:08:54

roster. They get they get a they have

1:08:56

a spots they so they can do

1:08:58

stuff in the U -22 initiative. do We'll

1:09:00

see what BJ U22 can do with

1:09:02

young players. see Gary Smith wasn't promoting

1:09:04

a ton of young players. They

1:09:06

weren't signing many young players by the

1:09:09

end. Smith What they're gonna need is

1:09:11

more a ton of young or more shrewd

1:09:13

just general many young players of the this team

1:09:15

throughout their time in need is think

1:09:17

of Joe Willis, league Daniel by the end what they're

1:09:19

of go. need is more go on down

1:09:21

the list. league in one of those. They

1:09:23

just traded or more shrewd just So that's where they where they

1:09:25

need to their their differences on this roster,

1:09:27

that U22 Initiative, and they've been much better

1:09:29

at. better at the former the latter. So I'm

1:09:31

curious where it goes. where it goes. Yeah, it's

1:09:34

ball progression through midfield. through was

1:09:36

just no replacing just no last year,

1:09:38

and it's a big reason why and

1:09:40

it's a big terrible last season, and

1:09:42

that is that is... over all of

1:09:44

this. It's like, Hany gonna be

1:09:46

able to get back to 90 %

1:09:48

of his MVP to get If not,

1:09:50

then this team has massive problems

1:09:52

and a very low ceiling. team

1:09:55

has massive problems

1:09:57

and a very low ceiling

1:10:00

Man. Bear. The light. Okay. Lion bear.

1:10:02

Wolfman. You know, it's something that should

1:10:04

scare you and you shouldn't. Well either

1:10:06

run from or stand as large as

1:10:08

you can and make yourself big. Either

1:10:10

way. Hey there. Just try to survive.

1:10:12

Just try to survive out in these

1:10:14

woods. All right. Okay. New England Revolution.

1:10:16

Three spots of three on the DP

1:10:18

side filled. Thomas Chankalei. Carlais Hill. Giacoma

1:10:20

Rione is the one U22 they have

1:10:22

filled. They have a bunch of gam.

1:10:24

Five point six basically. They've signed two

1:10:26

centerbacks. What do you think? Where are

1:10:28

we at? I mean, it's, they have

1:10:30

to have hit on those centerbacks. They

1:10:32

just spent a good chunk of money

1:10:34

on those centerbacks. And if you have

1:10:36

a good center back pairing in MLS,

1:10:38

you're gonna be a pretty good team.

1:10:40

So that I think is gonna define

1:10:42

a lot of it for the Revs.

1:10:44

The other big piece is Rioni. There's.

1:10:46

a lot of rumors are friends at

1:10:48

the bent musket saying that there are

1:10:50

multiple European teams I think Shalarah in

1:10:52

in Belgium one of the Turkish League

1:10:54

teams as well all interested in dreoni

1:10:56

if they can get off him and

1:10:58

bring in a new DP number nine

1:11:00

then maybe they're cooking. that their gampool

1:11:02

can increase null box loan to South

1:11:04

Anthony 21 is up this winter as

1:11:06

an arbaric tarovich there's a lot of

1:11:08

real interest in him so we'll see

1:11:10

what else happens but they will then

1:11:12

have to you 22 initiative slots obviously

1:11:14

a ton of game which is going

1:11:16

to help to buy down those two

1:11:18

new centerbacks and then if Rioni leaves

1:11:20

and another DP so there's still more

1:11:22

more work to do this is absolutely

1:11:24

going to be kernel off on Caleb

1:11:26

Porter's team by opening day and everything

1:11:28

will kind of fall with that so

1:11:30

you can give them the benefit of

1:11:32

the doubt because the last year was

1:11:34

spent overhauling a roster that I don't

1:11:36

think that we were expecting to be

1:11:38

overhauled, but right now this team is

1:11:40

going to be significantly different in a

1:11:42

month and a half than it was

1:11:44

when they inherited it and we'll see

1:11:46

if it's better. That's the part

1:11:48

part I would say

1:11:50

I don't know

1:11:52

if we can give

1:11:54

them the benefit

1:11:56

of the doubt I

1:11:58

think we can

1:12:00

say you've had a

1:12:02

good opportunity to

1:12:04

bring in the pieces

1:12:06

that had a good

1:12:09

opportunity to bring in the pieces

1:12:11

that... How do you do you it weavy? Yeah, I

1:12:13

like it. I it. I'm actually it. I think

1:12:15

Doyle's got this for the rest of

1:12:17

the way. New York city. We're going

1:12:19

to speed up the We just, we

1:12:22

just have to do it. Two out

1:12:24

of three gonna speed up folks. We just need this spots, to

1:12:26

do it. Two out of three spots. Santee 3 .2 available

1:12:28

in game. I mean, the big story

1:12:30

is who's the coach? U22 spots, Julian,

1:12:33

get the most out of these guys that they spend a bunch of money

1:12:35

on? mean, I - Yadovich, the

1:12:37

whole thing. That's the whole

1:12:39

thing right there. Like 3. 3.2 make

1:12:41

one prime edition via a a DP or a

1:12:43

fourth you a not going to say it doesn't matter.

1:12:46

not going to say it doesn't matter. is can

1:12:48

the new coach, matters most is most the new

1:12:50

coach, whoever it is, get the most out

1:12:52

of the young guys who basically didn't

1:12:54

play much at all the second half of

1:12:56

the last season. You have anything on

1:12:58

the coach that you can share publicly, Tom,

1:13:00

or is this all? this all? I've got

1:13:03

got nothing. There's been rumors that are flying around.

1:13:05

I don't know what's real. What's not. don't I'm

1:13:07

still going to not. back to I'm just assuming

1:13:09

it's going to be somebody with city football

1:13:11

group connections. it's going to be somebody with

1:13:13

city football group connections. All That's

1:13:15

good. York Red Bulls. D.P. Spots

1:13:17

filled. A.S. All three now.

1:13:19

Forsberg, Dante Vanzier. Eric Maxim Trupo

1:13:21

Moting, who has officially signed as who

1:13:23

has officially signed as a

1:13:25

designated player, three of the two

1:13:27

of the the three U22 spots in

1:13:29

Noila and Dennis and then they

1:13:31

have 3 .9 in in game.

1:13:34

Was was Eric Maxim Tupomoting who

1:13:36

might blow it up? He might blow it

1:13:38

up. He might crush it.

1:13:40

He might score 15 to 20

1:13:42

goals the DP that we were asking for? And what

1:13:44

does it the for we were asking for

1:13:46

and what does it mean for the

1:13:48

rest of the that's the feels like if

1:13:50

that's the DP, should he be on the cut on the

1:13:52

Should he be on the not sure. I'm not

1:13:54

a DP? I'm not sure. sure. So

1:13:57

that's an an optimistic way to look

1:13:59

at it, you you can. say, okay, if they're bringing

1:14:01

a 12 on Motang as a DP, does

1:14:03

that mean that they're planning for Venzier to

1:14:06

leave? So what their issue was last year

1:14:08

was. they were really good when everybody was

1:14:10

available and really bad when even just one

1:14:12

or one and a half of the players

1:14:15

weren't available and specifically Forsburg and Morgan those

1:14:17

two are not going to play 34 matches

1:14:19

in the regular season they're just not they

1:14:22

international duty injury history age everything else so

1:14:24

the idea with that other DP spot I

1:14:26

was hoping it was gonna be a younger

1:14:28

player or a young in prime player that

1:14:31

you could more realistically bank on giving you

1:14:33

28 hundred minutes giving you 28 minutes trouble

1:14:35

Motang is not that he still might be

1:14:38

a very good player but I don't like

1:14:40

this can help the team in a playoff

1:14:42

run. I don't think that this is going

1:14:44

to be a huge, huge boost for

1:14:46

their regular season, at least in the way

1:14:49

that say a younger player would be. Again,

1:14:51

that doesn't mean that he that'll be a

1:14:53

bad player. But I'm curious to see what

1:14:56

happens for the rest of the off

1:14:58

season. A new centerbacks coming soon. Just ambition.

1:15:00

Yeah, we be. You're muted. Take it away,

1:15:02

take it away, it's all you. Yeah, it's

1:15:04

just ambition. It's the picture of you holding

1:15:07

the whiteboard that says more ambition on

1:15:09

it, and that's what the Red Bulls need,

1:15:11

whether it's another DP or U22s or anything

1:15:13

else under the sun. They should behave

1:15:15

like one of the LA teams, or

1:15:18

Miami. Car, car! That was a still

1:15:20

he said I should go crow here.

1:15:22

So I win Orlando City two of

1:15:24

three fields Luis Muriela Martino Heda Fakutorez

1:15:27

is off to Brazil one of three

1:15:29

U22 spots filled that's Ramirez who's been

1:15:31

a very good player for them 3.99

1:15:33

available game but who replaces Faku like

1:15:36

yeah I'm gonna take I'm gonna take

1:15:38

this one we because I I honestly

1:15:40

think given how. likes his team to

1:15:42

play. And given how long he took

1:15:45

to warm up to Martine Ojeda as

1:15:47

a number 10, I think it makes

1:15:49

more sense to move Ojeda out to

1:15:51

the right wing to replace Faku and

1:15:53

get more of a game controlling number

1:15:56

10. in there, especially because

1:15:58

the the global market,

1:16:00

tens are are actually

1:16:02

cheaper than because everybody

1:16:05

in the world wants

1:16:07

a winger, but there are There

1:16:09

are where the number 10 is still as the

1:16:11

number as is still as prominent as they

1:16:13

are in MLS. for is going to be my

1:16:15

prediction for Orlando right, I And if they get

1:16:17

that right, the I think they have the

1:16:19

pieces in place to be a really good

1:16:21

team again. again. Could I talk

1:16:23

you into them going to a 3-4-2-1

1:16:26

-2 -1 with David Breckelow joining Jansen

1:16:28

and Rodrigo Slego to give Rodrigo

1:16:30

Rafael Santos more freedom going

1:16:32

forward and then you play Santos more

1:16:34

freedom a club they should put

1:16:36

in the bag, you but I

1:16:39

think of 3 -4 -1 -2 club

1:16:41

have it's a club they should put in the bag but

1:16:43

I theory 3412 given they have three and

1:16:46

know high-level center forwards in

1:16:48

theory anyway and Enrique McGuire

1:16:50

and Maybe are you about to talk? Yeah. You

1:16:55

You hear that? that? No, no. Okay. Well,

1:16:58

that's a bald that's a

1:17:00

bald eagle screaming. is a bald eagle

1:17:02

a bald eagle screaming. loud enough. Oh,

1:17:04

loud enough. Not loud enough.

1:17:07

DP spots. Two filled. Daniel Gazdaga,

1:17:09

McCullough. And then one of one

1:17:11

of the spots filled. Makana is

1:17:13

the, uh, the one

1:17:16

U 22. We haven't

1:17:18

really seen him 4 .2.

1:17:20

4.2 in a game. They

1:17:24

They'd have a coach a the coach we thought

1:17:26

they would get went to Red Bull get went

1:17:28

to Red yeah, it's, it's and Yeah, it's it's are they

1:17:30

going to get more out of this to

1:17:32

to more out of this return to Helter Skelter

1:17:35

soccer? I think they think they will. you and

1:17:37

I think you and I may disagree on

1:17:39

this one, but to use going to use one

1:17:41

of your arguments of that like these teams that play

1:17:43

this way are always really solid season teams. was

1:17:45

how they started was how they started, a and they've

1:17:47

kind of changed a little bit. They've tweaked

1:17:50

under Jim Curtin over the recent years, particularly

1:17:52

last year, when he felt like they needed

1:17:54

to change it up to get back into

1:17:56

the into the get back get back something better and

1:17:58

what a better version of version of them. going to

1:18:00

be this year. They're going to be top five

1:18:02

in in pressures. They're going to be top five

1:18:04

in sprints. They're going to be top five in

1:18:06

hindsight. All of that. This is going to be

1:18:08

a 100% car crash soccer team. And that has

1:18:11

been very successful on Earth's Tanner when he first

1:18:13

got here. Let's see if he can find more

1:18:15

signings like Kay Wagner and Casper Shabilco at the

1:18:17

beginning, and Daniel Gazog, I think, has been underrated,

1:18:19

that we talk about what he isn't, but what

1:18:21

he is for, you know, $2.7 million transfer, all

1:18:23

of the goals he's brought, and yes, a lot

1:18:25

of penalties. Jose Martinez, we didn't know who that

1:18:28

was, we didn't know who that was, we didn't

1:18:30

know who Jacob Blessness is, we didn't, we didn't

1:18:32

know who, who, Jacob Blessness is, is, is, is,

1:18:34

is, is, is, we know who, is, is, we

1:18:36

know who, is, is, we know who, is, is,

1:18:38

is, is, is, who, is, who, who, who, is,

1:18:40

who, who, is, who, is, who, who, is, is,

1:18:42

who, who, who, is, is, who, who, who, is,

1:18:44

who, is, who, who, is, who, who, who, is,

1:18:47

is, is runners, right? Especially the kids coming through

1:18:49

the Academy. Jack McLinn being one and hopefully Kevin

1:18:51

Sullivan being the other at Danley Jean Jacques from

1:18:53

what we saw of him might fit into that

1:18:55

category as well. So I think Tom's right. It's

1:18:57

not necessarily what I would like to see. That

1:18:59

said, we're going to see a ton of homegrown

1:19:01

minutes from the steam next year and I always

1:19:04

do like that. All right, on to the next.

1:19:06

I forgot to do a... We'll get it better

1:19:08

next time. Portland timbers, DP slots filled, two of

1:19:10

three, Evander, Jonathan Rodriguez, you 22 spots, I've got

1:19:12

three, Antony, Ishala, and Santiago Moreno, they have 2.7

1:19:14

in available game. The big story, Doyle, what's gonna

1:19:16

go on with this attacking quartet? I mean, everybody

1:19:18

has had rumors around them, whether or not the

1:19:21

real or not. We don't transfer window literacy is

1:19:23

still working that into full form here, but yeah,

1:19:25

the rumor mill is a churning. Yeah, Tom, why

1:19:27

don't you take it? Yeah, so Felipe Moore, Jonathan

1:19:29

Rodriguez, are who that they're planning around. There have

1:19:31

been rumors around those two players. I'm told that

1:19:33

they haven't gotten any real offers and that they

1:19:35

want both of those players to be here. They

1:19:37

are in talks for Kevin Kelsey. I'll just say

1:19:40

you don't trade for the rights of first refusal

1:19:42

to negotiate without having a pretty clear right.

1:19:44

idea what the terms would

1:19:46

be to bring that

1:19:48

player into the team. So

1:19:50

I'm expecting Kevin Kelsen

1:19:52

to get done and I

1:19:54

really liked that fit

1:19:57

with this team. Who knows

1:19:59

what's gonna happen with

1:20:01

Evander? I haven't heard anything

1:20:03

change, which would lead

1:20:05

me to believe that there

1:20:07

would be an exit

1:20:09

but maybe cooler heads have

1:20:11

prevailed holiday season, the

1:20:13

forgiving season, maybe there's a

1:20:16

way back. And

1:20:19

a center would be nice. They

1:20:21

are definitely trying. They were in on Jack Elliott,

1:20:23

they were in on Andres Reyes, they were

1:20:25

in on Tini Sadave before CZ. They spent so

1:20:27

much money on center Like that is not

1:20:29

a cheap back line that they've got there. And

1:20:31

they have some guys who, I think, play

1:20:33

good ball. It's a, It's

1:20:35

weird. It was a weird season for

1:20:37

Portland. was a very strange club, club,

1:20:40

club, club, club, club, club, club. Is

1:20:42

that a fish? I don't know. That's

1:20:44

what he just said. He just said,

1:20:46

say, glove. So I am but a

1:20:48

puppet to the puppet master. RSL two

1:20:50

of two, uh, DP spots filled. We think

1:20:52

they're going to go with this, uh,

1:20:54

two four game. looks that way. Chicho and

1:20:56

Diego Gonzalez would be their DPs. Then

1:20:59

Diego Luna, Marshoek, Oheda, and plus it would

1:21:01

be the U 22 guys, 4 .13 and

1:21:03

available game. And the big story, I

1:21:05

think Doyle is just will the pieces they picked

1:21:07

up in the summer. Hit, like. we'll,

1:21:10

they have, they have a bunch of

1:21:12

dudes, like, talented dudes. Yeah, like

1:21:14

that's the whole of it. Will these

1:21:16

guys, like, is Pablo going to

1:21:18

be able to, to craft something coherent

1:21:20

and a step better than what

1:21:22

he was able to put together in

1:21:24

2024? Remember Pedro Ruiz coming back

1:21:26

as well. And

1:21:29

then the only potentially confounding is

1:21:31

do they get an offer for

1:21:33

Diego Luna that they feel like

1:21:35

they have to take? And if

1:21:37

they do, then that. changes the

1:21:39

shape of the offseason. Yeah,

1:21:45

for me, I really like what Marchuk looked like at

1:21:47

the end of the season last year after he came

1:21:49

in. think that this is gonna be a very good

1:21:51

player for this team. Again,

1:21:53

we talked about the Andres Gomez. It's really

1:21:55

easy to just like that career path, but

1:21:57

like Marchuk showed more immediately than Andres Gomez

1:21:59

did. And again, that's no disrespect to Gomez,

1:22:01

but to have really big hopes I have season

1:22:03

And then the biggest question for me

1:22:06

is none of it matters if then the

1:22:08

the guy He was in the second

1:22:10

half of the season rather than none of

1:22:12

it matters if can't this team cannot overcome the

1:22:14

guy he was in bad I don't of the season

1:22:16

an average first season because they can, this

1:22:18

Just stealing my overcome Diego FC being

1:22:21

just made a signing. even think I

1:22:23

don't know. We'll see. can't, they have. Okay,

1:22:25

so they they have DP, Irving Lozano, they They

1:22:27

have one who they who they snatched off

1:22:29

Orlando the expansion draft draft Bruce Seth.

1:22:31

And they also have they .1 in

1:22:34

available gam. And now they have have what,

1:22:36

Tom? They have Anaboggandaway, that's who

1:22:38

they just they just signed in free

1:22:40

agency. very I'm very curious if this

1:22:42

is viewed as a starting level piece

1:22:44

end in the end he wasn't, he wasn't. But

1:22:47

that adds another veteran to a

1:22:49

is gonna have a few gonna have a

1:22:51

few veterans. still need a couple more they still

1:22:53

need a couple more starters there. to

1:22:55

I'm curious to see where they

1:22:57

go from. Again, Truki their guy. is their guy.

1:22:59

told you guys told you good the

1:23:01

draft show expansion very close on a

1:23:03

designated player. But then his next sentence was, a yeah,

1:23:05

but we need to make sure we have the right

1:23:07

then the next and stuff. So was, yeah, don't know

1:23:09

if he was to close on a specific target right

1:23:11

very close just in the process right fee and stuff. So

1:23:13

I know where that he gonna be. I'm assuming very

1:23:15

or maybe on the wing, but I don't

1:23:18

know What do you guys think? close just

1:23:20

be a process. So I don't know where that spot's

1:23:22

going don't think it'll be assuming. I

1:23:24

think. I don't I don't think it'll

1:23:26

be someone as as a name

1:23:28

as but it'll be a be a

1:23:30

full DP probably in his prime. And

1:23:33

then for central midfield, I

1:23:35

would expect them to use use U22

1:23:37

slots. But all But all of this

1:23:39

is like the around around San

1:23:41

Diego same the same questions that

1:23:43

we see for every expansion

1:23:45

team team. they get enough talent

1:23:47

in the door? And how quickly can

1:23:49

it become a cohesive actual

1:23:51

team? Awkward

1:23:57

silence, yeah, yeah, awkward silence, yeah.

1:23:59

Yeah, that was awkward silence. Was that an animal

1:24:02

noise? No, no, it was awkward silence. Okay. That's

1:24:04

another inspired Anders. Oh, that was on purpose. Yes,

1:24:06

well, it was supposed to be a cricket. We

1:24:08

are running on fumes. We are running in a

1:24:10

few. We are running in a few. We got

1:24:13

five teams, we're going to put them over through.

1:24:15

Sandos earthquake, they got all the DPs, Hernos, Hernod

1:24:17

Lopez, Grez. They don't got a U22, they got

1:24:19

3.5 in game, they got Bruce Arena. Can he

1:24:21

trade for more guys he knows from him, less?

1:24:24

Neklema, come on down, where is this, where is

1:24:26

this, where is this, where is this, where is

1:24:28

this, where is this, where is this, where is

1:24:30

going, where is going, what is going, what are

1:24:32

going, what are going, what are we looking at,

1:24:35

what are we looking, what are, what are, what

1:24:37

are we looking, what are, what are, what are,

1:24:39

what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what,

1:24:41

what, what, what, what, So, they need to get

1:24:43

rid of Carlos Carrizo if they want to make

1:24:46

Brandon Vasquez happen. I haven't gotten an update there

1:24:48

because, again, it is real. They want to sign

1:24:50

Brandon Vasquez, but they were, you know, months or

1:24:52

eight weren't going to get too close on talking

1:24:54

until the season ended. Their season just ended. I

1:24:56

don't know what direction that they're going in. I

1:24:59

haven't heard enough date there. Same as it always

1:25:01

does. But for them to sign Brana Vasquez, Carlos

1:25:03

Grazo would have to leave and look at how

1:25:05

many centermans they brought in. That is clearly the

1:25:07

plan for Carlos Grazo to leave. And then another

1:25:10

spot is, are they going to use you 22

1:25:12

and issue slots? If John Fisher is going to

1:25:14

come through, if John Fisher is going to come

1:25:16

through on his promise to Bruce Arena, that they're

1:25:18

going to spend a big deal for Vasquez, they're

1:25:21

not going to be in the region of seven

1:25:23

and a half eight and a half million. Luca

1:25:25

Langoni, that was like a $7 million fee. I

1:25:27

mean, look at what New England did with Dylan

1:25:29

Barrero a few years ago. Like that's a guy

1:25:32

who was so good under Bruce with the Revs.

1:25:34

He is, I believe, a free agent as an

1:25:36

out of contract, not practically an MLS free agent.

1:25:38

I would love to see them bring him in

1:25:40

and rehab his value because he was literally breaking

1:25:43

into the Colombian national team before he did his

1:25:45

ACL a couple years ago, and I hope he

1:25:47

could love to see it happen for San Jose.

1:25:50

Huh? I just, Seattle Sanders. One

1:25:52

of three, Pedro de la Vega,

1:25:54

one of three, Pedro de la

1:25:57

Vega, interesting. You 22 spots, two

1:25:59

of three, you know, chew. ratio.

1:26:01

Also, interesting. 4.2 in game. Big 4 .2 Roos Neck

1:26:03

as a DP as a free Can they re they pull

1:26:05

off the a free agent? And can they

1:26:07

pull off the I think kind of mean, think

1:26:09

the of the and the short of it.

1:26:11

no? the rest of the roster of pretty.

1:26:14

is You know, despite that sort of like, that

1:26:16

sort of like, oh, DP and you 22 the rest of the

1:26:18

roster? the rest very good. It's

1:26:20

very good. Like, you covered it. It's like, like,

1:26:22

they get Ruznek back most likely

1:26:24

as a a DP. Can they get

1:26:26

Ferreira Can Can they get Areola in?

1:26:29

They're playing in five different competitions.

1:26:31

Anders has promised that they're going

1:26:33

to win all five. that They

1:26:35

would need to win all five. do

1:26:37

that. need depth to do that. And

1:26:39

that And that, that comes from raising your

1:26:41

floor with guys like ages Ariella, particularly Paul Ariella,

1:26:43

if he counts on the budget for like

1:26:45

600 If he a no on think that's excellent. for

1:26:48

like $600,000, that's a for all this, cause you got

1:26:50

to pay for it to get them, like.

1:26:52

to to a certain degree. That would would

1:26:54

probably be 2 million more in game

1:26:56

that you're banking on going banking on going

1:26:59

to for. Oh, I thought you thought you were

1:27:01

saying how much aerial costs. No, no, because he's not

1:27:03

going to be a DP and then

1:27:05

You know, DP. And then, you know, Craig a couple months

1:27:07

ago that they're gonna have three DPs

1:27:09

next year going to have three DPs next say

1:27:11

a lot of stuff. say a Looking at

1:27:13

this roster, at the guys that they want

1:27:15

to bring in, in and the reporting

1:27:17

that Tom's done, and our friends our friends

1:27:20

at Sounder. at heart have done done is that

1:27:22

they're trying to talk talk hazes for down

1:27:24

to a to a that would lead me to

1:27:26

would lead me to think

1:27:28

that plausible, if is a plausible with some

1:27:30

If not entirely within that, some flexibility don't that, fill

1:27:32

you don't have to fill all those

1:27:35

spots. You could have two and three and

1:27:37

then have the two leaning game, Then you

1:27:39

could. conceivably go pick up a you, I up

1:27:41

a, know, don't know. Anyway, St. Louis Louis

1:27:43

Deepie spots filled, of three, three, Roman Berkey, Marcel Hartel,

1:27:45

and Jacques. two or three on the

1:27:47

U the U22 Chris Chris and Jake Jake

1:27:49

We haven't really seen much we

1:27:51

and 5 .3 much of, and 5.3 in available game. I

1:27:53

mean, the meal is on the mean, it's on the

1:27:55

table, it's just time to eat. I

1:27:57

don't know what this transfer window looks

1:28:00

like. They went out and they got a veteran,

1:28:02

set her back, his name, I'm just blanking

1:28:04

on right now, which is their biggest. Yeah,

1:28:06

no, the one, they just signed him. He's

1:28:09

German. yeah a couple of weeks ago which

1:28:11

is what they need to they need to

1:28:13

they need to they need to they need

1:28:15

to rebuild that back line and make sure

1:28:18

that it is as good as the rebuilt

1:28:20

attack was in the second half of last

1:28:22

year and I think making that one addition

1:28:24

and then reintegrating horn or integrating horn like

1:28:27

that has to be the plan and that

1:28:29

allows them to keep the powder dry for

1:28:31

the summer window which of course is when

1:28:33

they made their big moves in 2024. Toronto

1:28:36

C three of three of three on the

1:28:38

DP side learns in senior Bernadeski ritual arraya.

1:28:40

Maloula is there only you 22 they got

1:28:42

3.3 and gam can they get rid of

1:28:45

in senior time that really is the only

1:28:47

question I'm asking about this rebuild right now.

1:28:49

I think they can if you made me

1:28:51

guess right now I'd say I think that

1:28:54

they will that's not definitive I can't report

1:28:56

that with any certainty but based on what

1:28:58

I'm hearing based on what I know. You

1:29:00

can just say it on a podcast. That's

1:29:03

what I'm saying, that this isn't a definitive,

1:29:05

this I'm saying with sources, it's on happen.

1:29:07

At this point, a little bit loose, a

1:29:09

little bit more loose, and we're punch-trunk at

1:29:12

this point after all of the animal noises.

1:29:14

I would assume that. I don't know for

1:29:16

sure, but I think that would be the

1:29:18

best way out of this for all. That

1:29:21

would be the hope, I would assume, for

1:29:23

Toronto. And I'm sure that they are trying

1:29:25

to explore every possibility. And we end with

1:29:27

the Vancouver White Caps, who have 3DP spots

1:29:30

filled, gold, Cubas, and Armstrong, all three U22

1:29:32

spots filled, and Casadoc, Ocampo, and Vite. They

1:29:34

got 3.6 in game, and the future of

1:29:37

the future of the club is relatively unknown,

1:29:39

relatively unknown, in terms of ownership, and in

1:29:41

terms of ownership, and where this project, where

1:29:43

this project, where this project is also going.

1:29:46

But they have a pretty solid team here.

1:29:48

What could they add to it Doyle? A

1:29:50

coach? I mean, I really like this roster

1:29:52

based based upon what we saw of them

1:29:55

against LAFC and the playoffs. Like this is

1:29:57

as close as the caps have ever been

1:29:59

to that. upper echelon. Fafa

1:30:01

Pico to some degree some degree is going

1:30:04

to be crucial for them. They need

1:30:06

someone who will attack that space

1:30:08

in behind, who will play on both

1:30:10

sides of the ball from out

1:30:12

wide. the ball from out is the only the only

1:30:14

obvious need terms terms of personnel.

1:30:16

The rest of it is like,

1:30:18

can whichever coach they bring in

1:30:21

to bring into to can he get

1:30:23

5 % more from the guys

1:30:25

who are already there? I

1:30:27

think that's what what was was on.

1:30:29

He said it was time

1:30:31

to make a make a movie. Then brought

1:30:33

us as far as he could. as he

1:30:35

could. So that's, you know, You know, in terms of

1:30:37