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Now, Well, that was a game, and that was a situation that we may never see again. And I'm not talking about the score line Sounders beating the Columbus.
Crew by a score of four to nothing.
The unique situation is that for the entire second half Columbus played without a goalkeeper and that was a absolute craziness.
We talked about it at the halftime show.
Get ready to watch shot, shots and more shots, and that is exactly what we saw. A lot of shots and a lot of goals and another Sounders hat trick. It is unusually the third hat trick against the Columbus crew for Seattle.
Blaze Nikufo, Albert Rusnick.
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So three hat tricks against column and Albert gets it tonight. It's the first hat trick for Seattle since Jordan Morris was against Sporting Kansas City last year and this was a game diego that listen, we we can talk about the goals, the uniqueness of it. Three for Albert, one for Jordan. I think we need to take this first segment of the postmatch show and just talk about the situation itself, and if you're just joining us, if you
didn't see what happened right before halftime. This was right at the start of added time in the first half. There was a ball over over the top to Jordan Morris. Abraham Romero was the loan goalkeeper on Columbus. Today, emphasize on the word loan. Abraham Romero comes about twenty yards outside of his goal, collides with Jordan Morris, his forearm goes into Jordan's face. That was a serious foul play. That's a red card for Columbus's keeper.
Remember that word loan.
Right he is sent off and Columbus does not have another goalkeyp So they had to put a midfielder, Seant Zowatski in goal for the remaining minutes of the first half and the entirety of the second half. That is basically a situation for Columbus where the midfielder Zawatski was obviously not comfortable at all.
The first shot he.
Has to face is the free kick from Rusnak. It goes in the back of the net. It's one nothing. They basically basically plays Zawatski is like a you know, a as Kellen Rose said during the game, a hockey goaltender. In the second and late in the game where they have to pull the goalkeeper, Zawatski plays about forty yards outside of his goal in possession, he's way at a position, he's way uncomfortable, and we see three more goals go in the.
Back of the net.
But it is a situation diego where Columbus had to play an entire half of soccer without a goalkeeper, and it went about is what we expected. But the uniqueness of the situation was just incredible to watch. Just that we're watching history, watching something that we may never see again.
Yeah, no, it's crazy because also for people to understand, right, so you're talking about the loan goalkeeper. Also considering this this window and this particular weekend, it's an international window for FIFA, so there's a lot of players that are out, including one of the goalkeepers for the Columbus grew right, So it's like all of those factors that actually play into the sounders favor with that play. It's a good point because changes, right.
You're right, yeah, one keeper on international duty, one keeper who was injured, Romero is their third and boom.
Yeah and exactly right. If we have like a window, then we have like at least you know Romero probably you know of course being on the bench. But I think with that factor it also changes. And also we were talking about it of when we're like during the break, like how unique is soccer compared to other sports? That goalkeeping is such a unique position that no matter how you years you play as a field play here, you're never gonna have those skills to be a go like
a professional goalkeeper in this type of scenario. Right, And you saw how the words he didn't know. I mean, yeah, ever I can play goalkeeper, but he didn't have the technique to save some and we saw like the first opportunity he had it was a goal right in that free kick from al he was just a positioned, really
bad position. He doesn't know what his feet And it's like those details and those uh finite moments that it really you know, it sets apart, like a real goalkeeper versus one that wants to be a goalkeeper or like never played in that position before. So I think that's also unique that you get that that nobody can play from the entire Columbus roster that they had tonight. And yeah, they ended up playing with a field player. And we we saw it and we were talking during halftime like Okay,
this is gonna play. Either it's gonna be Saunders can score from anywhere like three yards of you know, lots of goals we saw at least, you know, for Neil, or it could be like a tighter, tighter game. It wasn't three because Columbus I think once they lost Romero, I think mentally they knew it like, okay, we're screwed, like we don't have you know, like we don't have we don't have a real cool you know, we don't
have a goalkeeper to really save us from tonight. And I think that lacy in their head and we saw it also second half, the first five minutes, Columbus wasn't playing like they used to play with that confidence and passing the ball. They were hesitant right every time they passed, all because they knew in the back they had the risky like, you know, he's not a goalkeeper and one shot could be you know, easily a goal.
And we saw that a number of times where he just had poor positioning. And I mean, like honestly, Abraham Romero owes Seanz Sawatski about steak as I tweeted Steak Dinner every night for the rest of the year, because yeah, he put them through something that I wouldn't put on my worst enemy. Mixed up for maybe the Pearland Timbers because that was rough rough scenes tonight for Columbus. I mean, if you're if you're a you know, a light soccer fan,
who's you know, a football fan, baseball, whatever. The closest thing we could maybe compare to this was actually happened in the NFC Championship game a couple of years ago, and it caused a big you know ruckus about you know, teams having a third quarterback available because San Francisco was We're down quarterbacks.
Brock Purdy got injured and.
They were down, I believe at some point down two quarterbacks and they didn't have another you know, eligible starting quarterback ready to go. And I think you can compare it to a situation where an NFL team has two quarterbacks and you know, one or maybe both of them get injured and they're to a third guy and they don't have a third quarterback available and they have to throw somebody in there.
But the difference, I think you make a great point.
With soccer to football is that you have you know, obviously, fifty two guys was it fifty three guys on an NFL roster for game day right, And of those fifty three guys, those are the best of the best of the best from their given high schools.
And many of those.
Fifty three have probably played quarterback at some point or another. They can go under center, and maybe they don't understand the full offense. But I mean, every team's got a guy they can throw in as an emergency guy and he knows how to do it. Soccer is a lot different, and the goalkeeper position is so very different. And it's not just like, oh, yeah, I played soccer maybe when I was eight years old and a goalkeeper, and even though I transitioned to being a defender, I can play.
That's not it doesn't work that way. It's it's a unique position that you can't just throw a guy into because he played it when he was eight or thirteen years old. And we saw that tonight where Wilford Nancy, who we talked about on the pregame show, maybe the best head coach in MLS. Once Romero goes out, he calls a couple of midfielders over. I believe Jackson and Zawatski as well and as great as a coach as he is, even he didn't know what to do in
this situation. He didn't have a backup goalkeeper ready to go.
Yeah, we saw the broadcast he basically saying, Okay, who wants to be a goalkeeper.
Other than two guys? Okay, what's to take it?
And then I'll take it. But yeah, it's one of those unique situations that it's it's so tough that even you know, wilfriend Nancy to your point, like he had that plan see right or plant?
Not even they.
But uh, And I think it's also the amazing thing about this is it all starts from that unique play and how it's all like a bad decision from Romero because at the end of the day, we're talking about it during halftime. If you're an experienced goalkeeper, you don't do that type of you know, getting out. He knew that, yeah, Morris probably would would win the ball, but there was also like two defenders next to him, right, so you as if your experience then you will hold off and wait.
But then Rori just went straight to you know, to shove your Morrison with his forearm and end up being a red. Right, there was no no way about it. But but yeah, that that changes everything. And I think also now talking about the result, well, let's.
Let's say it breaking.
Let's talk about the result because honestly, for nothing, Sounders over Columbus. The fallout of this result. What this result means we'll obviously get to a lot with this game is the Sounders. It is a massive, massive results obviously with the hat trick. Tonight's Toyota Man of the Match is Albert Rusnak. Your local Toyota dealers are project to
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The postmatch show.
You're here and taking care of business because the Sounders one tonight by a score of four nothing. It almost feels a little bit dirty playing this song because it just again it feels like our boardop of Mitchell BLI here, I think accurately said our man of the match was Albert Rusnak, but it could have very easily been Abraham Romero. It just feels like it feels I made dirty. Isn't the right word, but it's like, man, this was this
was taking candy from a baby. And I know that term gets set a lot, but this was actually like taking candy from a baby. It was just too easy tonight,
as the crew played if you're just joining us? The crew played forty five minutes the last half of the second half of this game without a true goalkeeper, and Albert Rusnak scores a hat trick and speaking of that, it's time for our Emerald Queen Casino play of the match, and really the goal that changed everything and it made this go for the Sounders in a four to nothing win was the first goal, the free kick from Rusnak.
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Goal and the first thing he does it is pull the ball out of the back of the net.
The sound is lead one nil.
The play of the match is presented by Emerald Queen Casino, the betting capital of the Northwest and Shanzovo. Osawatsky was the midfielder that went into goal for the second half for Columbus, and he did not have a good day to say the least.
But you know, Diego, speaking about that goal, I think it leads to.
A great discussion point over what this game could have been because that was, you know, the last meaningful kick of the first half, and if that ball doesn't go into.
The back of the net, it's zero zero going into halftime.
Will Ford Nancy, the outstanding coach he is, can regroup, maybe use some interesting tactics to keep this game zero zero. This second half could have looked very different had it not been.
For that goal. Yeah, No, definitely Sounders took the opportunity in this case. Albert Rosinak right with that goal, I think it would be yeah, just a different mentality in terms, Okay, we're Neil, Neil. We have an ex you know, an extra player for the Sounders, but we need to be you know, careful, and we need to be smart and smart about it. So probably we'll be looking at a
four nil, maybe like a to nil. Maybe I would say, like definitely a Saunders win because you have an extra player and Columbus or we're talking about it during halftime. It's a team that they need to possess the ball in order to operate and play, and with that with a play with ten players, they cannot really do that with a Sounders that they can pressure high and they
can win the ball. So I think we'll be looking also probably a victory for the Sounders most likely, I don't think like I mean, yeah, if they know true, for any reason they're able to play with ten players and get that you know tie, it would be miraculous.
And I think.
It was Danny Jackson was mentioning it was like a game when.
Columbus twenty eighteen they went down a man in like the thirteenth minute and Burhalter was able.
To keep his So it would be like a different story. Yeah, and probably in will free Nancy would say, ok, hey you remember that time and blah blah blah. Maybe right, but it didn't happen. I think at at the end of the day, even though without even I was just like thinking about, let's put like this as a scenario, let's let's play it. Put like Romero still on the game. Still, the Sounders to me, was the better team in the
first half point. If you think about like the first twenty minutes, Yeah, Columbus Crew had the Yeah they were possessing, but they didn't generate any like real like dangerous place on not right, It was just like passing the ball back and forth, and really Saunders didn't have opportunity opportunities. But once Sounders started with I would say Jordan Morris with that first chance that he missed one side of the the goalpost, that's when Saunders started to find the
spaces and generating really dangerous plays. And they were actually the dangers, the most dangerous team in those first four or five minutes without that, you know, red card.
Play thirty third minute was that Jordan going wide thirty seventh was.
A great cross by Rothrock. Didn't look like anybody believed in it, but it could have easily been in back of the net. Thirty eighth minute was another Paul rothrock curling shot that forced a great save. Sounders were the better team they're in the first half, and and really if it's a lot, I think it's a great point that if this were eleven on eleven going into the second half, Sounders equally had a great chance to win
this game. It was just very much helped by the fact that a midfielder played in goal for the last forty five minutes.
Yeah.
So, and but listen, you know, really quickly as we move on, the win puts the Sounders into fifth place in the Western Conference forty three points. And you know, coming out of back to back one nothing lost as diego. You know, the games against LFC in Portland the last week, that's that's now it failed feels like a year ago.
This game really does. This result helps completely.
Hit the reset button into the final six games of the year, and it's such an important result for the mentalities of all these guys.
Yeah, one hundred percent, I think you nail it with that reset term, because I think the Sounders struggled against Timbers, you know that loss and also against LAFC and you're talking about like, you know, top caliber teams Columbus Crew. No matter you know, without like six players I didn't have to tonight, there's still you know, a top notch club, a club and I even said, like probably the best
club in the last twelve months. You think about like the being Mmel's Cup Champions League Cup champions and being in the final like CONKAC Cap Champions League, right, So to me, this is a staple winning in a sense that no matter what the circumstances, is still three points and you're still like winning against the MBLCE Cup champion for nil away. So to me, it's it's definitely this
type of changing the mindset. Okay, we're now back in fifth place, and you can also even you know, if you see the LA Galaxies with fifty two points in first place, you have LAFC playing right now forty eight points Salt Lake City, Colorado, but Seattle Sounders is one point away from Colorado Rapids that are in fourth place
with forty four points. So you can also like look at the why not like look at try to see like those first four spots that Seattle Sounders usually are in though those spots, but this season has been different, but I think with this this win, you can you can go for it because you're also playing against rivals that you can you know you can win and beat them at home and also away.
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Wrapping up the postmatch show here on nine to fifty k AM Sounders with one of the most unique wins you'll ever see for Nothing over the Columbus Crew. Was not unique because of the score line. It was unique because Columbus played the entire second half without a true goalkeeper. A red card at the end of the first half forced a midfielder to be in goal for the entire second half for Columbus, and as you can probably predict, it did not go very well. For Nothing Sounders win
a hat trick from Albert Rusnak. He's now the third Sounder of all time to score a hat trick against Columbus.
I believe that's now as an eight or nine all time hat tricks for the Sounders.
Now, I don't have that off the top of my head. Kevin k Ryan Carns here one of them, for sure, we'll have that. But at the end of the day, it's a dominant Sounders win and a very very unusual one. Well, the Sounders FC Ravegreen Run, presented by Providence Swedish, is back. You can join Brad Evans and the Sounders squad tomorrow for a family friendly five k or a shorter kids race at the Providence Swedish Performance Center in Clubhouse Down in Renton. Everyone who registers gets a free race t
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With the win, obviously, as we mentioned, Sounders rising up to fifth place in the Western Conference.
With the loss.
Meanwhile, it basically ends the supporter shield hopes of Columbus. It basically locks in almost locks in Inner Miami mathematically to win the Supporter Shield. So that's another fallout of tonight's match as well. But in terms of what's next for Seattle, it's gonna be three straight home matches. There's only six matches left, four of them are at home.
The next three are all at home and it starts off against the sporting Kansas City coming up next Sunday, So a week from tomorrow, September fifteenth, it'll be a four to twenty five kickoff. Our provident Swedish premat show will begin at four o'clock right here. Sports nine fifty am will also have it in Spanish language on l Ray thirteen sixty and of course you can watch the match via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app
and diego. Obviously Kansas City team. After Kansas City, you have San Jose team and then Houston I think a decent team this year. These next three at home are three big, big opportunities for Seattle to build on what happened tonight in these four goals. And I mean the dream is obviously nine points. It is, by the way, the eighth patrick all time for Albert Rusnik, thank you, Ryan. But this is a chance in these next three games, starting with k C Diego for Seattle to really build.
Up the points and look for a top four seed in the West. Yeah, yeah, it needs to be nine points. I mean Houston to your point, yeah, that could be the hardest game out of the three because it's it's it's a good team they're playing right now against the LAFC, but also like a Houston Dynamo is not a great team outside of their home field, right, So definitely I
think that's an advantage for Seattle Saunders. And I think I think this important win against Columbus to me, changes the picture of how you can see the playoffs for Seattle Saunders, right, because it's it shows like, okay, we you know, no matter what the circumstances, we just won against the m LS Cup champions.
And as you mentioned, we were the better team in the first half.
Too, exactly right. And also Columbus, Yeah, I didn't have Kucho, but also Seattle Thunders, they didn't have Stephen Fry, didn't have Joe Paolo, right, Roridiaz Right. So I think in that sense you can you can say, okay, yes, Seattle Thunders, they can actually beat top caliber MLS contender or the
actual champions. And I think, to me, is this the next few six games are crucial to build up for the playoffs, right, because now you're in a good position, fifth position, or I think about playoffs, but now you have to think about home field advantage because you have those next three game as you were mentioning, that are a winnable games. And I remember that.
First round in the playoffs is a three game series. You want two of those three at home.
Yeah, exactly, So you have to think about that. And I think Branch Matters already thinking, okay, now is the time to start like you know, you know, talk about numbers and math and see, okay, you need to take advantage of any any game that you have left. And now as you get like also players recovered and you know, getting back from injuries and having a Pedro de la Vega who even though today wasn't wasn't his best game,
but he's starting to get more in rhythm. He had a few you know plays that were really really good right and show his quality. So I do think we're up for a good, you know, end of the season for Seattle Sounders and thinking about you know, playoffs that anything can happen.
Six left in the regular season, next three at home. Will have the broadcast right here. Next Sunday, September fifteenth, four o'clock Providence Swedish Premach Show four twenty five kickoff. We'll see out at Luminfield for Sounders and Sporting Kansas City. I want to thank everybody on tonight's broadcast. Great call tonight from Kellen debut from color analyst Kelen Row. Thought he did a damn good job tonight. Well done, Kelen Row.
Great call tonight alongside Danny Jackson, Ryan Carr's our statman here, great job producing tonight's also Keiley Dunning from Afar, Mitchell Bli here our board op rolling the tunes and keeping things on the rails, Diego. Great job tonight. This was a unique one and a very fun one. Thank you for the good time. My name is Jackson Feltz. We thank you all so much for listening to what has been a broadcast and a match that we will probably
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