Soccer Down Here PM 12/10/24: Afternoon Delight on MLS Expansion Draft, Kaylor Hodges Joins

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Super League is wrapping up the apertura.

I'm calling it that. They're calling it the fall season. For me, it's an apertura. They're wrapping up, and some interesting stuff in League two with some more franchises being named, including a market just down the freeway from him in Birmingham, Alabama. So there's a lot of stuff to get into with Kaylor, and we're trying to track him down. We're shooting for four fifteen Eastern Time, and we're also shooting for three point thirty from our friends at Dalton State.

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Of things to get into before we get into the bulk of the show, which is looking at the roster decisions that were made by Major League Soccer as they prepare to see if San Diego FC is interested in anyone that has been exposed for the expansion Draft. Like I said, we'll go over those rosters and some of those possible roster decisions coming up in just a little bit, and we'll kind of weave that into what's going going on today. Champions League is going on right now. Two

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With the Purple Team.

It appears that Paul Maras has reached a verbal agreement with the Purple Team to pick up Forkundo Torres, forward of the Uruguayan national team. So that is a big pickup for them. And it appears that the transfer fee is one of the largest outbound transfer fees that you have can that you can be attached to in the history of Major League Soccer. So it looks like it's in the neighborhood of eighteen and a half nineteen million, and so keeping an eye on that once again is pending.

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There are always people calling about Focundo, but some have the old notion that you can get any player and any MLS players for cheap, which isn't the case, but some are serious. If there's something that makes sense for everybody, it's just normal and world soccer and so the numbers that were being floated around once again unconfirmed.

It was eighteen and a half to nineteen millions.

So that's what you're kind of keeping an eye on when it comes to that particular that particular transfer in in Major League Soccer.

So that's where you are.

And so Facunda Tatis with the Purple Team out, but it's because of a financial windfall involving involving the purchase for a Major League Soccer so very very cool economic note for Major League Soccer and the Purple Team. It also appears that Aaron Long has re signed and he has signed a new long term contract with LAFC. Previous deal was set to expire this year would have been one of the most sought after free agents. LAFC let him walk new deal believed to be through twenty twenty seven.

This is not it.

Colorado finalizing a deal to acquired Tidosiowaseim and he and Murphy from Cincinnati exchange for a million dollars in gam and add ons Awasium joined last summer after spending seas playing at Boa Vista Porto. Leganess and nant. Murphy had one hundred and five appearances for Cincinnati since being drafted in the first round of the twenty twenty two Super Draft. DC United agreed with Bournemouth on the transfer of Matai Akimboni from DC United youth international center back deals worth

Middle of the table. He's like, you know what, I'm good.

I'm not worried about any of the college draft picks. I am all into the middle of the table on our academy guys, leaving yourself no options and choices. It's either very confident or very dangerous. We will see over time, obviously which is which. But at face value, and you know, Rich Ransom. Obviously we will get into the discussion when Rich is keeping an eye on things. But as you look at this, you are restricting your options for player acquisition.

I mean, like I said, it's their way.

I get it, but it's either you're very confident or it's a very dangerous game that you're playing. I know that Philly's wired this way. But the mere fact that you took away that is an option for you for the next three seasons, the next three years. This is basically like the Kevin Costner character in Draft Day trading his three number ones, and it's the whole Vonte mac discussion. But you're not even trading three number ones to go up in the draft order. You're just trading them out.

Just spends money.

It's like, yeah, we'll take those We'll take those clips, We'll take those sheets of paper. Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for eight selections over the next three years, eight into three point fifty is what thirty two It's like what forty four thousand dollars, So forty four thousand dollars investment eight times over over the next three drafts. You're basically saying, yeah, I'll take I'll take that extra forty four grand or one hundred and thirty three or

A year for the next three seasons.

Philly's like, yeah, I'll take that one hundred and sixteen thousand For a team that is in transition trying to figure out how they want to age back in. This is literally, once again, how you're trying to You are going from one extreme to the other. You are making all of those players that are on the downside of the Laffer curve or the Bell curve or whatever you

So I am intrigued at Philadelphia.

We will be looking at Philadelphia over the next three years. And Ernst Tanner has basically taken all of his chips and he's just going.

Mill of the table.

Like the Mad's Michelson character in Casino Royal, all in on his academy, and Chris Armis might be Daniel Craig for all we know. Chris Armis might end up getting the straight flush, and Ernst Tanner might be having a nervous reaction with a with primate ten mist right next to him. Over the next three years. If this does

Here.

Here's the twenty twenty four super draft across the board, Lipscomb, Duke, Oregon State, Maryland, Washington, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Lipscomb, Indiana, and UCLA.

Of those.

Ten picks, NYC used Malachi Jones the sophomore and he got minutes. Tiger Small's got minutes with Charlotte with Crown Legacy at pick fourteen. Yannick Bright at fifteen got quality minutes with Messi and friends. Hosey Kajima got quality minutes with the All Caps sc at Sex, Jaden Hibbert with Atlanta Nighted two at nineteen, and once again Philadelphia nowhere to be found. Philadelphia nowhere to be found. In round number one in the twenty twenty four Super Draft, Ryan

Jaden Dae with Crew two. Round two in.

The Super Draft, Philadelphia had picked Stas Korzanowski from Penn It picked fifty three, so they didn't have a pick until fifty three. But once again you go down the list. Leo Alfonso at thirty two, Messian Friends, a senior from Virginia and the Philadelphia Union Academy, Jelanie Forbes from Charlotte at thirty eight, Hovey Armas at Land United two at forty eight. Looking into the third round, I'm trying to see Philadelphia as Zachary Bohanes, a sophomore from Stanford at

Uh, well, what do you want? I just want cash.

But don't you need these kinds of things to, you know, to make your house function.

I don't know.

Maybe I'll get a futon instead of a bed, sleep on the floor with a you know, an air mattress. The construction of the house by Ernest Tanner, it's like he's taking the stuff that he has in the house, that's his furniture. He's trading away his furniture. He's just like, now I'm gonna sell my furniture. It's a rather bohemian way to do it. I'm just gonna sell all my furniture and it gives me more floor space. That's what you're staring at right now with Ernst Tanner. He's like

Here's the thought. Now, now hear me out here, hear me out here. Hear me out here. Here's here's an idea.

I mean, this might be wacky, but but I heard that you don't necessarily like your draft picks. Yeah, you know, so you gotta knock on the door Penny Sheldon and it's Chris Armis, And Chris Armis is like, well, you know, so, if you don't want any of your draft picks, tell you what, we'll take them off your hands. I like that piano, I like that bed. I need a king bed in my house. I like the piano. I like to play instruments. I like the big TV. What's it? What's it?

What's the word to you? Just cash?

But you don't you don't want like a new TV to swap out the old TV?

Nah, I'm good. What are you gonna do?

Oh, I've got I've gotta I'll watch the streaming off of my my laptop.

That's what you're getting into here with her. It's Tanner.

He's swapping out furniture and he seems to be cool with it. Well you want I just take cash. You're still gonna live under the same roof, right, yeah, same house? Well, what do you want to do?

I'm good? No, no, no, I'm good.

I'll sleep on the air mattress and I'll stream off of my laptop.

No, I'm good. But the mere fact.

That one team knocked on his door, and it wasn't just trading eight picks to like four different teams.

Literally, Colorado knocks on his door. Colorado knocks on his door, Penny Sheldon one team.

Hey, you want to get rid of your picks? How many you want to get rid of it? I just don't like them. I don't I don't like I don't like this furniture. You want to trade your whole pit group? Yeah, I'll take the pit group. I'll bring the moving van. You know, I'll take the pit group off your hands. You want the piano, nah, I just don't get the chance to play anymore. Okay, we'll take the piano.

Two.

What about the TV? Yeah, I just I don't get the chance to watch anything. Like I said, I'll just watch off my laptop. Basically, Chris Armis went into Ernst Tanner's living room. ERNs Tanner wasn't happy with his living room. It's like, yeah, I'll take your living room.

What do you want? You just want?

You want me to get you a new furniture you can buy a new furniture. Nah, I'm gonna hang on to it. I might I might put an addition in the house, you know, might you know, might add a room, might add it. Might might add like a patio or something, might paint the house or something like that. That's what you've done here. You've taken all of that opportunity away. That's what you've done. So staring at this, I'm intrigued. But the fact that you only let one team do it.

I don't know. Then what do you do?

Do you flip that money into finally getting a larger house, do you get that seven figure striker.

Or do you continue to build infrastructure. I'm intrigued. I don't agree with what Ernst Tanner.

Did, but like I said, this is this is this is Man's Michelson and Daniel Craig and Casino.

Royale twenty millions de bond.

All in Daniel Craig's like okay, and Ernst Tanner is probably banking against everything that the straight flush doesn't come from. Chris Armas I looked at that and I was like, are you serious. You're completely and totally abandoning one of the tent poles of assembling a roster and saying now we're good. I like the way that we're doing it,

M M.

They don't do drafts. It's because of academy systems, all those things, acquisitions, financial acquisitions. I mean, we go through gossip, rumer and innuendo every day and you're looking at sixteen, seventeen, eighteen year olds, but they don't do the deals until they're eighteen years old. That's why Cavin Sullivan is staying until he's eighteen. Then he goes to be a part of City football group because he's gonna be he's gonna continue to grow, but he can't do anything in the

They don't.

But that to me was the larger That was one of the larger things that went through all of the uh, all of the discussions yesterday, all of it. Eight draft picks over three years. I don't want them. It's basically what Ernest Tanner said, I.

Don't want them.

I'm good sounds like a movie. They don't do drafts in Europe, do they They don't, all right?

Uh? Speaking of which, kind of sort of speaking of drafts, Expansion Draft is tomorrow night, Tomorrow night for San Diego FC as they continue to build under Tyler Heaps and what they're trying to do as they become the next new franchise in Major League Soccer ten thirty Eastern time tomorrow night. You can watch it on their website at San DIEGOFC dot com or locally in San Diegoing KSWBTV,

No teams were exempt.

Once a player is selected from a club's unprotected roster, that club's off the board. So here's who's available for San Diego FC tomorrow. And this was a list that had to come out, so that meant that LA and Red Bulls had to announce their player availabilities as well as who they were not leaving protected as a part of this draft process.

Atlanta United.

Luisa Brom, Eric Sentteno, Nick Fermino, Ronald Hernandez, Franco we Borro, Daniel Rio, Shandi Silva. So as we get into a lot of these, we'll talk about salary figures. We'll talk about what these salaries are. If I could spell, so makes eight seventy one. That's guaranteed compensation from last year. One of the first questions that we will have across the board involving San Diego is how much money are they willing to spend on a salary on an individual.

The expansion draft.

So Eric Centeno ninety six, four ninety two, and these are guaranteed comps. So you have a Nick Fermino who made rookie men seventy one four, Ronald Hernandez at four point fifty, it was Franco Ebara at six sixty, Daniel Rios at one twenty six, three eighty three, Daniel Rios, I think exceeded the results and the anticipated results off of that salary figure. And so you had those names that were attached. Shande Silva was the other name on the list, and Shande made six oh four two fifty

More intriguing names that are attached. So Austin FC.

Ethan Finley is on the list right winger at three oh six two fifty. Mad Hedges at center back is on the list at just under five sixty one, Zoon kolmanicch at left back three point fifty. Alex Ring, who once again makes one million guaranteed compensation one million, six sixty five, so that's what Alex Ring made last season, and Jossy's Artists at a million dollars was had the buyout exercised by Austin FC. Also earlier that we got

Nick Haglan coming off an injury.

Brett Halsey good MLS Next Pro player, Alec Cann's on the list, Evan Laura's on the list, Sir Joe Santos, Alvas Powell, experienced defenders Colorado Latta, s Abuba, car Amir Fernandez who came on did really well. Crewe, Evan Bush, Dylan Shambois, Dwan Jones and Derek Jones, Alexandra Matan, yah Yaboa.

You're looking for a mix? What do you want to do?

And I think we'll learn a lot from We will learn a lot from San Diego's approach, from the direction, not necessarily the players, but the direction that they may take. Unless they take a bounce approaching, then we're all screwed. We don't know what they're doing. Uh DC un Ied Alex Bono in Nett Russell Canals, Christian Dajome, miteyas Klick once again with salary, Houston Dynamo, Latif Blessing is out there, Jon Gregish is out there, Daniel Staris is out there.

A reason that he has bounced from team to team to team to team.

And also, you know, what does Julian want to do in a situation like this, What does Julian want to do? That would be the question for me involving a player like Julian Gressel. Would you be willing to take a pay cut? Would you be willing to come off the bench and be somebody that I can count on for thirty minutes get the occasional spot start, do what you do very well and hope that the players around you

So that one, to me.

Is instantly interesting just because of what we've been able to see from Jacquelyn and mlis next pro rookie min or a veteran men eighty nine seven sixteen Felipe Martin's Kyle Smith Philadelphia had Sama Dinneran Beadoya, Jack Elliot, Leon Flock Portland, Diego, Chara, Mason Toy, Eric Williamson. Do you take a flyer on an Eric Williamson. Maybe RSL had a boatload of players out there. Seventeen players available, including Zach McMath, Michael Chang, San Jose in the New Bruce

J T.

Marsenkowski is on it, Tommy Thompson, William Yarborough. So both of your keepers are there, and Jackson Yule. But you see Jeremy of Bobasi on that list, marsin Kowski on that list, will Yarborough on that list. Seattle seven players, JP Massofski, Nathan ri Diez, Rous Knack, no real surprises, Sporting Fontas, Emilia Puledo, Johnny Russell, Shallowy, Kyrie Shelton, Remy Voltaire, a couple of intriguing names in Sporting Saint Louis three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen.

Do you do that?

I'm intrigued. Other stuff going on in Major League Soccer. Tommy Scoops had another column over another story of GMS, and there is the possibility serious discussions inside Major League Soccer about adding a cash based internal trade market, and could vote on it this week when the Board of Governor's meeting happens in New York City. The trade market would allow clubs to make trade offers with real cash rather than allocation money. Sources that it wouldn't replace allocation money,

Most of the chief.

Soccer officers that Bogert reached out to express support for the introduction of an internal cash trade market. So in addition to doing things with am you could do things other ways too, So Diego Gomez once again Brighton's gonna pay an initial fee of around fifteen add ons could

It's another part of the the week that will be.

Players that you could draft under generation Adidas deals. Bogart's focused on Wisconsin freshman forward Dean Bolts. Boltz people not Bolts. So you've got that to look at. This week.

The College Showcase, you can, you.

Can, you could end up getting some You can end up getting some deals, unless, of course, if you're Philadelphia. So college Showcase this week, three days worth of College Showcase, you could sit there and you can take a peek at the a possible few future for you, any possible futures. Red Bulls have signed homegrown midfielder a dream Ametti, by the way, So keep an eye on how other teams.

For all of our.

Palace intrigue involving Philadelphia top freshman Nancy Doblea could be heading to the showcase. Dean Bolls Tate Johnson, Nicholas Sorensen from pitt Tate Lampfam from Georgetown, Runds for john from Clemson, Max Kirkvliet from Yukon, Aiden Martin from Cornell, a Lee Hundre of Alaska's Lopez from South Carolina, Surgy Salons from

So keep an eye on all of that stuff.

I know that we were looking at what's going on in the Champions League this afternoon, and once again those are three o'clock starts for most of them. We had the two matches earlier today Deenomo, Zagreb and Celtic goalless draw to plus two ninety two Liverpool leading Jira. Liverpool beat Jerona one nil. The minus two eighty six right now, not a whole lot of goals. Matches at the half.

Could be made available for eight million pounds.

Everton's Beto could be heading back to Italy in January, with Tarino interested in him. Ac Milan would want at least fifty million euro if they were going to sell French left back tail Hernandez, who's been linked with Manchester United. In Real Madrid, Leroy Sane out of contract at Byron in the summer, yet to receive an offer for a

If they sect Jewel Lopateegy.

Tottenham set to stand by manager Unge post to Koglu back him despite their run of poor results. Manchester United could be set to do battle with Arsenal for Luis Composts.

So that's.

That's where all of that is. So uh, that is your gossip, rumor and innuendo for this afternoon. Let me go and check and let me check and see if there's anything else left to watch today this afternoon, see if there's anything left to watch. North Carolina, by the way, won their twenty second NCAA title in forty three years, won twenty one of the first thirty one on the women's side, had not won a national championship since twenty twelve.

And for that, we got him at the end of his school day. So we go to.

Suburban environ and catch up with Kaylor Hodges. So how are you my how actually, how was your school day?

You know what? Not too bad? Not too bad. I have a headache right now. To copy Profen we you know, we recover. We'd say, we drink lots of water, of course, drink your water people, and we're good to go.

Okay, because you know, if you if you're I would think that headaches and schooling would they would have some kind of symbiotic relationship at points, I would think.

Anyway, I mean, there's at least one day a week, but it's not as one to one as you would think.

Okay, how long do we have you, by the way, because do you don't you have a show tonight?

We do, but it is that nine pm Eastern Standard time six pm Pacific.

Ah see, there you go, nicely done. Uh.

The Apertura, for lack of a better word, is wrapping up in USL Super League. So what has been going on there? From all of the observations? Is it still groups of two? Pretty much? You've got that that first group, and then the chase path?

What's it like? Is it the leader in a peloton? How's it going?

I mean, yeah, pretty much. It's your ones and it's your two up top, and then kind of everybody helps. I mean the points look close. I mean you're looking at Brooklyn, Dallas, Carolina. You look at those three as being kind of close. But to me, I think you look at the class and that's Brooklyn and Dallas being really the class right now. And then you have Carolina for Lauderdale and Tampa Bay all feel very close to me.

So so it's basically the Kentucky equivalent to Talladega, is what you're saying. Yeah, basically because for those that do not know that legend, there is the same there. There is a legitimate story going around in that particular part of Alabama that the reason that the Big One always happens is because when the the Native.

Americans Mossenega, Mossgasoga Mooga the natives.

Yes, so yeah, so that the Native Americans that were on that land were kicked off the land as a part of Trail of Tears, and as they were kicked off.

The land, they cursed it.

And so that is why there's always the Big One at Talladega's because it was built on ancient Native American land that was cursed.

But now it's just horses that couldn't win races and they just built I don't know that light always looks really good and then just some find some bizarre, depressing way to concede and then it just never gets back to it. It's they're just a sad watch because they're not bad, they're just cursed.

Comeback Player of the Year the interesting sponsor Tiger Baum. By the way, finalists for Comeback Player of the Year. That's that's that's that's a spot on marketing right there. Brother, Leo Fernandez, Zach Arravau, Aiden Quinn, Zach Zandy. If you were voting, or if you have voted and wish to divulge your vote, how would you vote in this category?

Sir? It's kind of hard because in terms of what they mean to their team and just who they were and just seeing them come back, I think Leo Fernandez is a clearer answer. I think that Zach Carravau is the right answer because when he came back, he was just different Gravy. I mean, he was arguably the best player on Rhode Island, and he was what kind of propelled them to go forward. I think the right answer is Zach Carravo. But I would listen to Leo Fernandez conversations.

Okay, there are a couple of things in the state of Alabama that I wish to discuss with you. I think did we discuss Ronaldo Damos last time? Being picked up by Legion.

We did not. We did not at that point. It was announced I think the next day.

Okay, so Ronaldo damis added by Birmingham Legion. That's a pretty decent step when it comes to putting the ball in the back of the net for twenty twenty five.

Yeah, I mean, you're looking at a guy who scored forty eight goals over the last three years, and I don't think that includes his playoff goals. You're taking a team that did not convert their chances. And I'm not saying that rinaldo'damis is this highest conversion rate guy of all time. In fact, I mean he's kind of not. He takes a lot of shots. He shoots, he shoots, he shoots, but that's why it scores. I mean he is.

Ten.

I think you're going to need to bring back Aritas a Year or someone else like that, bring back a Bruno Lappa or someone of that mold, and you're going to need to allow Tyler Pasher and a Dawson McCartney, Preston Taber or Tega Preston, you know, guys like that to play off of him. Because what Rinaldo Damas does really well is he drops in deep, he receives the ball, he plays the ball to somebody else, and as soon as he plays that one too, he has gone to

All right.

So since we're talking Legion, let's talk Legion. Thirteen players only invited back to play in the Reindeer Game so far for twenty five, signing both Enzo and Tyler Pasher to new contracts, exercising options On Van Ogle, Corcoran, and McCartney. Additionally, Spangenberg defenders at Rami's Hamouda Funeral, Cavita, Moses Mensa, A. J. Patterson, Kobe Hernandez Foster, Jake Gruff, Preston Taborataka also set to return, So let's take it in that group. Jared Smith had

It's so funny because he's not as much of that guy anymore. It's real because what he was when he was at Charlotte is kind of a different Dark Arts. He works the ref more than he does the other stuff, Like he is just an expert at working the ref, but he doesn't do the extra curriculars. I think that bringing back Enzo's great. I think he's going to have a job in Birmingham as long as he wants to. Same thing for a Matt van Okle. I think that those are gonna be guys that as long as they

Way of departures.

Alex Crnali, Mikey Lopez, Prosper Cassine Deep deepo In Wegbosta, fanal Pino, Derek Dotson, Miguel Perez returned to their parent clubs and Dots and by the way, is on the MLS expansion list.

For his parent clubs.

So no Cornali coming back at least right now. This is as it stands. No Cornealiti, no Mikey Lopez, Cassim and Weggbo and Stefanopino. So there's there's some names there. What value to those names?

I kind of put it together. I put together a video on hammering down a couple of them on and one of them was on the departures. And I don't like to go buy goals contributed or clearances. I like to go just by minutes because each position on the field you have to cover three thousand and sixty minutes in a USL season, and Al's Karnale accounted for six to eighth ish of those minutes. You know, you look at a guy like a Pimo, he covered about two

Okay, there's a lot of player movement, and I'll probably I'll probably go rapid fire here just to and actually tell you what what I'll do is, we'll play Cliffhanger and it's like the old prices right day. So if I mentioned a transaction, y'all stop and.

Talk about it. Let's get let's do it that way.

Uh. San Antonio resigns, Mitchell Tayner, Shannon Gomez, switchbacks return, Zach Xandi Wante Hatta.

I mean, I like those those are just good signings. Good for them.

Oakland Roots re signed Neviel Hackshaw and Johnny Rodriguez.

Johnny Rodriguez is huge for them, huge for Oakland, especially with everything else that they have going on and what they're building around. Johnny Rodriguez going back is massive. If we're talking re signings for clubs, he is up there for the most impactful resigning of any player.

Colorado Springs signs Jonas Fieldberg to a new contract. They also signed with Quad to a new deal. We mentioned Rhode Island's roster decisions. New Mexico United exercises options on Marco Mcletto as a part of their grouping.

Oh the signing of Fernando.

Delgado by Legion Mexican Youth, the Mexico Youth International.

What sticks out there anything?

He's already was in Birmingham. I think we mentioned this before. Who didn't play goalkeeper for Birmingham last year, So like, I mean, he was one of the many, but they paid for him and I have a feeling and this seems like very far off. And I know this may sound dumb. He's either going to be GK one or GK three. I think no matter what, Spangenberg is going

Sacramento signs Rodrigo Lopez to a new contract. I think that's big. Alex Dixon re signs with Monterey Bay. Lexington is a part of their growth. In addition to resigning Cameron Lancaster or not to his juve, they resigned Kam as a part of that. Battery re signed Daniel Kuzemka to a multi extension in NET.

That's a big one. That is a big one, especially with Greenwiz retiring. I I don't know if Kauzvinska is going to be the GK one, but I think they're going to give him every opportunity to be. I think in terms of his career, that's a big deal. And he'ss and NET that they can trust him. I think that is a huge deal for Charleston.

New Mexico exercise the contract option. Alex Timbakis to me, that's probably one of the bigger no brainers in the history of Earth. Forrest Lasso gets a new deal with Tampa Bay.

I mean, he is arguably the best defender to ever play in the USL. Three time Defender of the Year, all three with different teams, all three in different eras. I mean, you get the late the late teens Charleston Battery, you get the late teens in FC Cincinnati. You get him with Nashville FC in the two thousands, or that the twenty twenties where he wins it again and then he was a finalist for the Rowdies again. Yes, he's

Team that you're really high on in USL League one, or that was in USL League one. I guess they're an un team right now. Bruno Rendon goes to Indy eleven. I thought this was a sneaky good pickup for Indy eleven, getting League One defender of the Year Bruno Rendon.

Unless I'm missing something, I think he was the top right back option across all the leagues in League One or Championship. If you're looking for a right wingback who can get up and down the field, you don't get one better than him. I think there's a conversation of a Stephen Payne out of Ford Madison. I think you obviously can look at a Derek Dotson who knows what's

Figure figured you'd be happy with that one. Detroit City gets Mary Donor from Monterey Bay and they also bring in Shane Week to their defensive core. Taylor Dowell assigns a multi year contract extension with lou City. Uh. Smart move for lu City to keep the keep the band together as long as humanly possible. Switchbacks bring that Mahoney into a contract extension and reacquired Yos Khanya on loan from Rapids two for twenty five.

That one's a huge. Hanya is huge. I think they're the one that's going to get over like a little bit is Donner Uh for Detroit City. I think he was also a pretty good right back option. I keep asking teams that sign him to make a tifo or a chant that's like, ain't no party like a Donner party?

Just wow, careful, don't don't encourage a covered wagon or anything like that. Or don't unleash that tifa on a cold day. Yeah, I don't do that at Keyworth on a cold.

Day, cold day and Keyworth don't. Yeah, I want, I want to throw that one out there.

You don't want to have that kind of a party. Uh. There were another a couple.

Kenneth Hoband signs his first year Academy Product deal, signs a deal with El Paso. Kyle Adams gets a new multi year contract with Blue City to go along with Dava Davla and Adams. Once again, you're keeping the band together as long as humanly possible here, so no real surprises there.

I think there's another one. There's a couple of other that you're looking at that I think are big deals you're looking at. Edward is a going from Pittsburgh to Indy. I think that one's a big deal. I also think Anthony Siah Siaha is a big deal from Monterey Bay, which Monterey Bay is just getting rid of everybody right now, but I think that Siaha is a very big deal for Indy. He is about as of one to one to a Hunter Shultz as you're going to get, big body,

And we had Steve Livingston on for a one v one where they broke down the decision where they're going to be playing at the University of North Florida. They're pairing up with one of the big academies down there.

So off the.

Field, it's mixed bag because Brooklyn pushed back another year.

Did I hear that right?

Yes?

Okay, So Brooklyn is twenty six. Sporting Club Jacks seems to be making inroads. They're going to have a home now. They're looking for Super League to come in first, then USL Championship to come in after that. And it was interesting to catch up with Steve to discuss what's going on with the Super League and you get the natural rivalry with Sporting Club Jacks that's attached to Fort Lauderdale

Yeah, the Super League is doing something that I think that a lot of you soccers want to do, and I think it's what League One try to do but didn't really do as well at first, and it's let's really capture the Florida market, like Super League is like, Okay, we are going to have Florida rivalries, because really it's like, okay, Orlando and Tampa Bay hated each other, then Orlando left,

League one news FC Naples signed their first ever player, and it's Jake Owen, twenty twenty three Young Player of the Year spent his last two seasons in League One with Lex and four Madison. So FC Naples dives into the deep end and bringing in their first player.

Yeah, I mean, it's a good signing. I find it interesting that it's their first one because most teams go with the he came from our own backyard, which is what you know Avi Alta did with Miguel Abara. You know, it's like, we got a guy from our own backyard. This is a guy who grew up three minutes down the street, or there was one time. He flew over the state and that's home for him. Now, I mean this dude from England, right. I think that I think

Speaking of sell on, we go to Tormento. Jackson Cory Yeah is picked up by Tacoma Defiance in the Seattle system. That's a great that's a great move for Tormenta once again to continue to let everybody know about their player development and their player selections, but for Defiance to grab Jackson Corey the twenty twenty three League One Player Young Player of the year. That's a big move on a couple of different levels.

Yeah, I mean undisclosed feed Those are my favorite kind of fees. Yes, I look, this is huge. I think a lot of people a Simbels just a free agent signing. I love this. I was a guy that was banging the drum for him to come to Birmingham. I think a lot of people who were in the Championship are banging the drum for him to come to their club. I think he is just an unbelievable talent that I mean. I think he's someone who can be a superstar for

Greenville announced their initial round of transactions. Evanly Sebastian Velasquez and Leo Castro will return having been under contract to get They're under contract for twenty five. One of the big names, though, Lian McKinnon's contract expired. So have you heard anything about McKinnon's future where it could be is he coming back? Because that's a big miss for Triumph.

I do know where he's going, and it's not back to Greenville. But boy is it a good fit?

Okay?

Boy is it a good fit? I think that if you are someone who has been following the league's around for a while, whether it be MLS, USL Championship League one, et cetera, you are going to love where Liam McKinnon is up. And I'm excited.

To see it. Okay, So so when will we know? Sir?

Usually if I find out, it usually gets announced that within a week of me finding out. So I would say look for it within the next few days.

Okay.

A couple of a couple of comments from Julian Shakia, I can't wait for the Battery starts signing players, and he is saying that they should sign Garner from Greenville.

Yeah, I mean I like Garner. I think that I'm assuming he does mean Christian Garner. I think it kind of depends. Christian Garner and you had gone through Rankenberg kind of trading positions for a while. Both are free agents, so I don't know who's the better player, who's in the better form, who's a better fit for Charleston. I

Okay, so hopefully I haven't burned your pipes out for the show tonight. What can folks expect on the at the USL show tonight at nineteen ninetyaster.

A little bit of super League stuff. We are talking about Super League the matches that were this last week, a lot of fine Super League action, and we're doing a whole lot more of breaking down the free agent signings and where they've gone and trying to paint a full picture of who's available, who's not, who's on thereby his big boards and all that fun stuff.

All right, Well, once again on at the USL Show all of their platforms nine o'clock Eastern Time, eight in God's time Zone, seven Mountain, and six Pacific. It is Kaylor and the Band of Thousands for at the USL Show. Thank you for dropping by after school, my friend, Thank you for being flexible.

We will catch up with you next time. Have a great show tonight.

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So that is that's the latest where that is concern. So keep an eye on what's going on at Manchester United. Once again. He wanted to go one direction. Ashworth wanted to go in one direction when it came to hiring the new manager. He wanted to try and see if it could be either Southgate or Graham Potter and the rest of the group was like, no, we're bringing in Rubenomeri and so Ashworth kind of felt left out of the process and like I said, five months out the

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And basically Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said that Manchester United is not Manchester United. They are I think he said they were average as opposed to who.

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