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Well. Once again we have made our way up to Vancouver, and once again the Sounders have won. Here in Vancouver, it's a final from BC plays. Sounders dominate the white Caps three nothing. They have moved up to third place in the Western Conference with fifty three points. Weal sal Lake also have fifty three, but Sounders have the win on top of them fifteen to fourteen. They've also now topped them on goal differential. Sounders right now have fifteen
plus goal differential. That's second place in the Western Conference. By the way, LAFC is only on plus fourteen. A heck of a night here. What a night for Paul Rothrock, What a night for Albert rus Neck, What a night for Georgie Manoongu who scores his first career goal. As the Sounder route Vancouver, Callen Rowe Pete viewing. My name is Jackson Feltz here for the postmatch show. As we celebrate this three to nothing win, let's just start off
with with the opening thoughts. There's so many different things to get to, so many specific questions to ask about how this blowout came about. But Kellen opening thoughts on the three nothing to win.
I'm just glad it was a blowout because it was there was a bit of an ease and loll to this game. And it may have been the fact that you know, not even half the stands were full. There was a Wednesday night and a midweek and you know, Vancouver's missing their their big time player and Ryan Gaald and the possession is I mean, I would I say upwards of seventy five percent for Seattle Sounders, and so
you saw this loll. So I'm glad they finally got those goals in the second half because they were really needing it.
Yeah, I agree with you because it could have gone you know, if Seattle doesn't get the two goals bang bang as they did, it could have been a nervy night at the end. But it was an interesting game because it became very wide open. Keilln you said at halftime the wing play because of the Vancouver was playing. It seemed as if we just had so much more space on the wings.
And I'll tell you what.
Paul Rothrick, it's his second maybe third time he's drawn a penalty kick this year.
Right, does well? Georgie plays him a good little ball.
And then Albert Russnik now getting two assists he's won away from Nico. Jordan Morris got two assists tonight as well, so that gives him five for the season, which he's putting together a really nice year. And so and then I really was glad Steph got the shutout because he was under some pressure. I mean, you're gonna see the score if you didn't watch the game. They go Seattle killed him. But there were a lot of balls in the box that for Stephen Fry to cover some ground,
and he had some moments. There was one that he made a great save going to the carpet quick. It was called offside, but it was a really good save, showing how sharp he is. So momentum going in the playoffs, we all know that's very very important.
It's a great bus.
Ride home for the team and everybody on the bus and then they get ready to go off to Colorado. So it's a tight week, right, That color out of game is gonna come really fast. For them, but to get the clean sheet, to get all those guys in, to be able to sub as many players as Brian Schpitzer was able to sub Atensio getting on Rebaker, Whiting, Pedro, Masovski, Bell, that's a good thing as well.
So it's a happy bus ride home. And three nothing is terrific.
And now third place and by the way, this thing, I love this right the last. Since June fifteenth, the Sounders have more points than anybody else, eleven.
Two and two. And we are so used to this team being successful.
We heard all the noise this season about well, they're not that good, they're not this, they're not that we didn't get any dps. But come on, we're in third place eleven two and two. That's very impressive for this squad.
We are twenty four and five against teams not named LAFC since the.
End of April.
Okay, that's good, pretty darn good. You mentioned some statistics, and I love statistics. You mentioned Albert fifteen assists, now one off a Nico's record.
Let's get to some more.
Paul Rothrock now eight total goals in twenty twenty four five. I have an MLS two in League's Cup one in the US Open Cup, Kellan, you also mentioned the possession there. Sixty percent was the final, but it did really feel like seventy to seventy five. It was just such a controlled game. But you know, it's funny. I think this is a good avenue. We have to get to our Toyota man of the match. Anytime there's a shutout, you obviously have to look at Stephen Fry, You have to
look at the defenders. Georgie Manoonkhos first career goal, Paul Rothrock had obviously his goal in a good game. Albert Rusnak has two assists, and of course the penalty kick. There is a lot of contenders for who was the most important player for the.
Sounders today important.
I think you're actually didn't even say his name, Obd Vargas and I heard Danny talk about it on and he's just steady Eddie. He was one of those guys that continuously on the ball, had the maturity of just slowing the game down when needed. He made some good tackles when needed, and he had a few long balls that were right on the dime, right into Paul Rothrock's foot. So he's up there for me, of guy, when you talk about importance of a game today, especially with the
amount of like I said, ease that happened. He wasn't one that kind of stepped down and and lolled in this game.
And I think Ovid Vargas has has my vote.
Well, that is a really tough one because you got two assists and a goal for Albert Georgie.
I thought it was dangerous. It was great that he got the goal.
I'm gonna make I'm just gonna go with who got the most points out of the game. That's Albert, right, And yeah, assists and a goal, you got to give it to him.
But I'm with you.
I thought Ovid was really good, smooth on the ball, good vision, turned out of trouble quite a bit, picked off a couple of important passes. So uh, but I thought also Stephen Fry came up with a huge save in the nineteenth minute.
Yeah, right, And how different is the game if it's won. Well, this game could have been different many of times. Right in the first half, they had three chances that were just clear cut could have been a goal. They we created another one here in the second half that could have been some good stops, some good saves and offside call thankfully, even though it was a good save. I mean, this game could have gone a lot differently than the
three zero result that it was. And these kind of games, you know, they can have them to just turn on their head. It's one to one, you're going, oh no, there's panic, and now that they have momentum, they continue to come down Arthroat So it's a little bit different. But the fact that they were going to get the shut out, obviously Stephen Fry made some incredible says, especially in that nineteenth minute.
Yeah you know what though, it's Georgie's first goal and it's his third start.
See, I was just gonna say that, you know, And I bet.
Brian Spetzer would say, I give it to the kill. And the kid was good.
That's the thing too.
It wasn't just that he was at the back post waiting for the Jordan header and there to get it and putting it in. I thought he played really well too. But ultimately, Pete, I think your first thought was correct here. The reality is the most. I mean, it's the points and it's the two assists now one off of the club record. I mean, Albert Rusnak. Here's another stat for you. Nine goals and fifteen assists just an MS play in his I think thirty games. Can anybody say designated freaking player.
That's about right. He is making every dollar of his contract. A sensational year for Albert Rusnak. Just continue tonight. So we're gonna say your local Toyota dealers are proud to present tonight's man of the match Albert Rusnak with that big game. But again, Obed Steph, everybody, really, everybody, everybody got a plus performance today for the Sounders. What a great day. Delta Airlines is probably donate one soccer ball for every mile ran by Sounders FC players this season
through Ray Foundation's one Mile, one Ball program. I would like to just point out, by the way, every time the broadcast has come here to Vancouver, the Sounders have won. Twenty eighteen, we won Cascadia Cup, which, by the way, because the score finished three to nothing. This sets up
an interesting situation against Portland. On decision day, I was talking to Jeremiahshen, a Sounder at heart down there, and his stats I think are right here that if the Sounders even just tie Portland, they will finish with eight points on the Cascadia Cup campaign, and because all the teams will have eight points, it will go to gold differential. The Sounders will have it because of this three nothing win. So all we need to do is draw Portland that
gets this Cascadia Cup. But heck, let's just go beat them for nothing and make it real easy. So with that said, the Statters can't look at the decision to yet. They have one more game before that last game of the season. The penultimate game is against the Colorado Rapids. We'll talk about that later on, but we still have to talk a little bit more about this three nothing demolition of the Vancouver white Caps here at BC Place. We'll continue doing that next on Sports Radio nine to fifty m.
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We have to get to our Emerald Casino play of the match, and with all due respect to Albert Rusnak, who is our man of the match, we're not gonna
include his penalty kick that made it to nothing. I think the two finalists for play of the match are certainly between the first goal Georgia Mnoongoo's first goal of his career, that of course came off of the assist Rusnak and then headed on by Morris, or it's the great combination and final goal by Paul Rothrock that made it three to nothing, where you have assists by once again Morris and Rusnak. So I think that the debate is the first goal or the third goal for play
of the match. Kellen, we'll start with you, what do.
You think I'm gonna throw a wrinkle in here and actually say that there's another one that's the double save in the nineteenth minute. We'll have to keep us in the game, and I think that is not where I'm gonna go. But it's a good thing. You gotta go to the first goal, it's Georgie mcongouy. You never forget
your first and especially in the way it happened. You see the celebration, all the guys around him, you know, in your two stars for the year in Albert Rusnak and Jordan Mars with the assist, it's it's got to be that one for.
Me well, and I liked the diversity and the variety of the restarts that we had leading to that. That was about the third one, and so all of a sudden we find Georgie at the back post.
So that was good.
But I'm going to go with the other goal because I thought it was a great ball to Jordan Morris. He kind of knew he was going to get clovered when he flicked that header on and then Russnik picked out uh Paul Roth. Paul had a good, very good first touch, a better second touch and then he just slatted it. And the timing of that goal. This was a very very quiet crowd. It became a morgue after that.
So I thought I was back in New England in twenty twelve on a Wednesday night.
It was it was wild and Tom Brady just kicked you off they were going to get at the end of the game of the eightieth minute because Bronk and Brady you warm up, Yeah.
Yeah, I can imagine. But it was such a clinical finish, right, And.
I think you make a good point, p and I understand that that is the goal that ended it. But to go to Kellen's point, and I'm gonna agree, you never forget your first And and for Georgie, who's we've been seeing him come on to this scene. We've been seeing that promise and yes it was just a simple tap in the back post, but it came off with a great set piece. So far our Emerald, Queen Casino, play the match. It is the goal that made up one nothing from Georgie Manongo.
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Great celebration by the way, between Georgie and Paul Rothrock two. They certainly enjoyed that one. The play of the match is presented by Emerald Queen Casino, the betting capital of the Northwest. Before we take a break quickly, we spent a lot of time Pete in the pre match show talking about Jordan Morris, his ability to play a lot
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Well.
Brian Schmittzer said some really good things about the last three years to get him to this place right now, and that the fitness group, the strength and conditioning group, the medical group has done a great job to get him here. I thought he made a lot of good, dangerous runs. What I do like about Jordan Morrison maybe he should be a little more demanding when he makes those runs, But he doesn't look at his teammates throw
his arms in the air. He's still willing to do the hard work and he put his body on the line on that on the last hover.
He just knew he was going to get hit from behind.
It It wasn't that dramatic, but I thought he was dangerous a lot of the game. And you know that he's got what thirteen goals right now and five assists, so you know he's come a long ways and I like that. Brian Schmittzer said he's in his prime right now and he's gone through a year where he's had to really win that spot to keep that spot, and he's done that.
So I'm proud of the kid.
You know, he's two AC's type one diabetes. We forget about some of these things sometimes, right he gets kicked a ton, it never complains. You never see him flopping. So I'm happy where he's at right now. I would love to see him get twenty goals. Now that's seven more goals.
You know, we got two and we've got two regular season.
Games, so we started with fifteen.
Well I'm including postseason, right so I think it's you know, he can be a multi I used to say to Bobby McAllister, You're a multi goal scoring scorer. I'm not sure that's proper English, but Jordan has that ability. You know, San Jose, you got the two goals, so I'm just happy that he's playing the way he's playing and getting the rewards and getting to assist.
Night's great for him.
I think to also twenty twenty, I think sorry, seventeen total goals I think across all competitions this year, So twenty in that regard very doable.
We'll take.
He has the chance.
We talk about, you know, his resilience and his professionalism and him getting back into starting and all these things. But look, I'm looking at the last This is going going into the last two games this season, going into the playoffs. So they've obviously had a long stretch, especially through that summer with the League's Cup continuously playing, but they did have about a week off beforehand.
They've played a lot of games this year. Don't get me wrong.
I want to see a starting eleven out there that is the same starting eleven as quick as possible, as many times as possible. The guys that are know, they know each other. They cantgether right now. We were making one change.
From what you're making.
You're making one change, but that one change actually was a positive, and you saw guys actually look for him in many ways. So yet, Georgie, Georgie, you saw in the first half, especially when he took a guy on, he beat him, he played across. Okay, it wasn't the best cross. I think two passes later, ball was back at him, and everyone's back in the box of thinking, all right, he's gonna go out of a lot of faith. There's a lot of faith in him, so that one
doesn't drop as much as you think. But you look at abrown leagues across the world and you're seeing the same eleven most of the time, especially when it comes to big games.
And these are big games.
Now, these are games that you need to have whether it's Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, I don't care. You need to have your your top eleven guys on the field. And I think at the moment that this is this is what they have. Well, three days from right now, the Sounders will be in Colorado. Will we see the same lineup with maybe just a slight tweak. We'll talk about the big game against Colorado.
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Welcome back to BC Place here in Vancouver, Canada, where the Sounders took care of business tonight against the white Caps. They blew them out three nothing goals by Georgie Mnangu the first of his early career, as well as Paul Rotha getting the third and Albert Rusnak with a penalty kick that made it too nothing and he finished with a goal and two assists. Now fifteen assists on the season, one shy of Nicol Ludero's record of sixteen with two
matches to go. Of course, you mentioned earlier you have a decision Day against the Portland Timbers, where if the Sounders, if the Sounders just draw with the Portland Timbers, they will win Casscadia Cup because of gold differential. If they win, which what we hope they all do, they would likely you'd think, hopefully secure a top four seed and of course win that Cascadia Cup. So a lot to play for our decision day, but that's still in a couple of weeks.
Coming up in three days.
On Saturday, the Sounders will be facing the Colorado Rapids in Colorado. So they're gonna bust back from our head back from Vancouver to Seattle tonight. They get ready or Reagen on Thursday, train, Friday, fly out play Colorado Saturday. It's gonna be a busy few days for the Sounders and we will have that game on Saturday right here. Sports Radio nine to fifty km will have a provident Swedish premat show of six o'clock and a kickoff of
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Callen.
I mean we were just talking the last segment about the ability of most of this team, except for Georgie coming in for Pedro de la Vega coming off and playing Houston on Saturday one nothing and then again here three nothing in Vancouver. So can you push this same lineup and switch again Georgie for Pedro. Can you push them all out again here in three days on short rest again and expect another good result on the road against Colorado.
Yes, absolutely, it's that time of the season. It's also that time of being a professional. It's that time of knowing that you're gonna have to be playing through a little bit of soreness, a little bit of the pain.
Most likely guys probably took knocks.
I know Albert took a good knock here at the end, and I bet you he's the first one to say, no, I'm okay, to wrap it up and I'll be fine. And that's the way that these players should take their
careers and should take these games. And I think it's going You're going to see a few changes just because of the travel and the where you're going into Colorado, the results that we've had, and I think there is also that outlook of but our best best foot forward when it comes to being against the Timbers, but I think it should be as similar, if not the same runout that you had in this starting level.
Can you do that as a head coach? Can you expect and just kind of roll the same?
Yeah?
I think you can, because as Kellen said, it's that time of the year, right, and the players know it, and they've grinded through ground through a long season and they've and they've cut a little bit better, a little bit stronger, a little bit more confident as they've gone and you look at just the facts. You know, eleven two and two, most points, uh since since June of any MLS team, and they know it's been those same guys. It's been those same guys. And guess what after this one?
They have two weeks off before Portland. Yea, yeah, they have a good gap. And I think the players, now, this is where the coaches, coaches, you set a vision and you're pulling guys right, and you're you're pulling them and then eventually you're kind of walking with them and then now you're behind them and you're pushing them forwar.
This is the time where Brian Schmetzer says to Christian rold On Stephan Fry Alex rolled on right, some of these guys that Jordan Morrison just says, hey, listen, Albert says it to Albert two, oka't your team?
Now?
Come on, let's carry us through to this one. And then who can't get up for Portland?
Right?
Everybody can get up for Portland home game with Portland and you got two weeks off, so and so this is really one big time push where they've got to really step up. And I would play the same group. I think they've they've they've earned it right, And I think that's the other thing. I think when coaches say you've earned the right to keep playing, that changes a guy's mindset and says, Okay, I'm gonna honor that I've earned that right now.
I'm gonna give my best.
And that's another part. What are you resting for?
To Shae?
But what are you resting for?
You? Look, I understand this's gonna be hard. It is hard to play these back to back games. Don't get me wrong. I've done them many many of times, and I've sat out many of times. But you have nothing to go for and you're going to be tired. It doesn't mean that you can't have a good performance. It doesn't mean you can change the way you play it. It doesn't mean anything of that sort. You're going to be tired. How many guys can push through it? And I know eleven of them at least Ken Well, we'll
see what happens on Saturday. Brian will have certain choices to make. For sure, we'll see what he does again. Pre match six o'clock kickoff is six thirty. That is specific time here on nine to fifty kr AM on Saturday for Sounders in Colorado Rapids.
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