JEFC postmatch show Sounders FC Sucker is brought to you by Providence, Swedish official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. The Sounders FC post match show starts now. Well, that just wasn't a good time. I think we're gonna say that already. That was not a good time for your Seattle Sounders too. Nothing loss as San Jose is the final. Jackson Felts here for the post
match show. In a moment, we'll bring in Michelle Ludget and Steve Zakiwani from PayPal Park in San Jose. But for the Sounders a goal given up a penalty in the first half, Espinoza slotting in past Cleveland. And then the second half Trouco what a sensational strike off of a corner kick, hit it with his left foot into the right side of the goal, ball that
no goalkeeper in MLS would save, goost past Cleveland. And those are the two goals for San Jose in what was a very disappointing night of soccer for your Seattle Sounders. Let's bring in Michelle and Steve down in San Jose. Great call to both of you, fantastic broadcast asked that's that's as much as
I can say, Michelle, get your get your thoughts first. Then you talked to Schmitzer there at halftime and what he was looking for, and just overall thoughts from from what you saw from the ninety minutes from the Sounders tonight. Yeah, thanks Jackson. You know, the first half, I think it was beautiful to start, and I think Steve would agree to me. The first you know, fifteen twenty minutes of play, the Sounders had possession,
they were moving the ball, they were creating opportunities. Things were looking really good. The second half of the first half is when you kind of saw the Sounders doing too much. And that's what Brian Schmeiser alluded to me at halftime. That and that's kind of to the detriment sometimes of the team that they want to win so badly that they go away from what they're supposed to be doing in an overplay, try to overcompensate. I think that kind
of led into the second half. But then as soon as that second goal hit, it was like, Okay, we're done, we're thinking about Saturday, we're getting back on the plane, and it was just there was not and this wasn't the whole team that was you know, on the pitch, but I would say the majority you could just see it in their body language. Steve, they just were they were done. They checked out. Yeah,
I agree with that. I think there was an acceptance of the result going to you know down it sort of felt like, you know, we're gonna get us back on Saturday at the weekend. We'd love to see a bit more fight, a bit more urgency. I think one goal could have really put pressure on the Sinose A team and really given a sound as a chance to at least get a point. So that will be disappointing, but I think for minute once to minute nineteen, yes, the first fifteen twenty
was quite promising, but then it never really materialized. It never went on from there. There wasn't enough attacking prowess, attacking innovation of the final third was very slag, very slow, and in the end a very comfortable either for Sinose. That's absolutely right. That's the voice of Steve Zakhani. You also heard from Michelle Lubka. They're down there at PayPal Stadium in San Jose. Jackson Felt's back here in the KJR studios on Elliott Avenue for ninety three
point three KJR FM. And I want to follow up Steven on what you just said right there, and Michelle, get your two cents on that as well, and the issue from me. And we saw this back in Vancouver in May, I believe, where the Sounders lost a similar game to nothing where Vancouver, just like San Jose tonight got the second goal and that body language and I saw it too watching on my screen here just completely slummed and
it didn't look like the energy was in it. You know, it didn't look like there was any tempo moving the ball up the field on the offensive end. And that is a massive concern though, when this team gets down to nothing, I mean, yeah, down a goal like last week in Vancouver, right, you can fight back towards it, but listen to there's a reason that the cliche goes to nothing is the most dangerous lead in soccer
because teams consistently come back from two goal deficits. It happens a lot, and it frustrates me, Michelle that the body language isn't there when this team goes down to nothing. We saw it again tonight, yeah, And I don't know what the change is here, and I'm interested to hear what Steve has to say, because I was, as you were kind of setting that up there for us, Jackson, I was thinking back and Sounders years past, and I was trying to recall, like is this something new, is
this something we've seen before, you know? And I honestly, I don't know. I don't know if this is something that you know. We have just really noticed a couple of instances that have stood out to us this season. I was so encouraged, I have to say, being down on the sideline after the first p K, the first goal that was given up, the Sounders sideline erupted with like positivity and like let's go, clapping gesturing at their teammates, and it was like, come on, guys, come on.
And I do feel like the Sounders tried to but that was kind of the last time we saw it. And and you do have to give San Jose credit. They had two beautiful goals. They took advantage of their opportunities, and I really have to credit I think the fans here tonight. Also, they did do a really good job of getting behind their team and making an intimidating place to play, which I don't know if I would necessarily normally
say that about coming to San Jose. Yeah, And I think Jackson's act to Mitchell's pointing that I think the lack of fight can be for a couple of reasons. I think the quality of the goal is very deflating when when the team does that, it's going to be there night. It's very hard to see your way back from there. But there was so much time left on the clock. I think Brian Schmetze was lining up three subs to come in when it was still one nail, so he wanted to go for it.
Then the second goal goes in, you still make your three subs when you're doing it from a bigger position of weakness. And I think just overall the fight had left the group. Why, I don't know. Got to really talk to the players, talk to the team being the lot of crimin to know the reasons for that. But like I said, in football, you're always given another chance. It's a very short turnaround because Saturday is another chance for three points, and this is one that you have to forget as
soon as you get on that plane home. If this game did it happened, there's nothing to really learn from tonight. You've got to look to the weekend and if you can win at the weekend, the pulsit spin is it's three wins out of the last four and that's what you've got aimed for. That's absolutely right. I mean you just yeah, I think this for for fans and for the team, this is a completely forgettable game. I mean it's a midweek game, you know, sandwiched between you know what could be,
you know, two good wins. So just pick your head up and I would just say, let that, let that hour and a half, two hour flight, whatever it is. Just erase this entire night, and you recommend a sounder fans, just well please you may remember this tonight, but it's starting up tomorrow morning. Just completely, just completely forget about this. Moving forward, Let's take a quick break. We'll come back, and I want to follow up on a couple of things, including Brian Spencer's halftime
comments to Michelle Ldka. There two good goals, a penalty kick and then a great goal from Trauco. You know, I hate to make our emeral Queen Casino play the match in away goal. I always hate to do that. But his goal, that sensational strike in the sixty fifth minute. That's got to be at the play. The match is presented by Emerald Queen Casino, the betting capital of the Northwest. A sensational goal in the San Jose Earthquakes beat the Sounders too nothing. We'll come back with more on the post
match show on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM. Welcome back to the postmatch show, your Seattle Sounders falling tonight in San Jose to the Earthquakes by a score of too nothing. A penalty kick and a golozzo sync the Sounders and put them at the loss. Let's bringing back in Michelle Ludken and Steve Zakkawani down there in San Jose. My name is Jackson Felds here at the
KJR studios on Elliott Avenue here in Seattle. A couple more topics that I wanted to bring up regarding this game before we move on and start looking ahead to Dallas in what will be a good game for your Sounders back and we'll see if Jordan Morris and Christian rolled On could factor. The United States lost tonight in the Gold Cup semifinals, so we'll see if Jordan and Christian could be back. But First off, Steve, I want to ask you about
these Wednesday games. The Sounders own four in these short turnarounds this year. Is there any common denominator or anything you can point to on why this team is struggling so much in these short rest matches. No, is No, it's never going to be an exact reason why, and sometimes you get seasons where that's just the case. Right. I think even you know, when Michelle brought up to Brian special today when we're speaking to him, he was
surprised because you don't really pay attention to it. Now when you start to dig in and look around, I think for the Sounds, yes, there are reasons. Right. How many times this season have the sound has had a full team to pick from? Not often. So if you're playing guys who maybe wouldn't even be starting on the weekend normally have had to play major minutes on a Saturday, by the time you get to a Wednesday, there's
probably more rotation than usual. Not tonight, but in previous weeks. So you know, you're never really playing your strongest eleven in a midweek game, and sometimes the Sounds are going to the third or fourth option for a midweek game. That's part of the reason why they're and I think a lot of it too. We just for the sounds like a game like tonight, it just never happened for them. The ideas were good, I like the first
fifteen twenty minutes, and it just never materialized from there. So that was the issue tonight, I think in previous weeks is because the simple answer is how many times as Brian Schmidts have been able to he's best eleven on a Saturday, let alone a midweek game on short rist It's a good question. I mean, yeah, you look at it overall, and the occasions have been few and far between. And this team right now, I mean, if there is a positive coming out of tonight, it's you know, no
major injuries. We thought Obed might have taken something, but you know, he's a tough kid. He stayed in, so that's good. So you get Jordan and Christian back and this team could be a very very short amount
of time away from one hundred percent. Michelle, I want to go back to something that Brian Schmencer told you at halftime, and I thought it was a very important comment that you shared there right when the second half started and that's what he was talking about, how the team was doing too much and all the players so hungry to do so much and to get a win and
to be involved, and they're trying to do too much. And we've heard that before and specifically, you know, looking at Nicholas Ladero, a guy who starts on the right wing, and he himself has admitted he is trying to do too much and he's impatience is causing him to go into the middle and then drifts all the way to the left side, which pitches, which
pushes Leo Chi inside and things don't exactly work offensively, you know. So so based on those comments from Brian schmittster I wanted to get your two cents on on if you saw that same thing, and Steve you jump in as well. Uh and and you know, overall this this idea of players doing too much and how that potentially could even be remedied because we have seen it a few times here over the last couple months. Well, I think formation is key in soccer. Yeah, where you're at in the on the pitch,
where you're at in relation to your teammates. You know, it's a game of triangles. You're constantly trying to connect passes and keep possession and move down the field, and you're supposed to be in areas. And it's not just Nicole Ladero. I mean, Brian Schmitzer also has pointed out, like you know, time and time again that when when the attacker up top beat ravelru Ideas or today it was a bear or you know, whomever is up
top. Sometimes we've seen Jordan up there or Freddie, and you know, when they're not getting the ball, the first thing they want to do is come back to try and get the ball. But then the second they come back to try and at the ball, as soon as the ball gets down to the final third and it gets crossed in, then there's no one there. And so I think tonight, for me, it wasn't necessarily Nico and his positioning. I was really disappointed to see the lack of bodies actually crashing
the box when the ball got down to the field. I mean there were numerous times and then I felt like, and again I brought this up in the broadcast kind of asking Steve and Danny about the pitch because I noticed a lot of players falling and slipping and whatnot. But it also seemed to me and it might just be again midweek match. The players kind of gave up
in that second half. But it seemed like, in addition to not enough bodies crashing the goal, when a pass would come in and crossed in, the timing was just so not there and it was and it was almost like, way, why aren't we getting that timing? Yeah, I think Michelle makes an excellent point. You know, we didn't get to toush on it's too much on a broad cross. But every time the board did get wide, and you think about a second half, the whole reason Alex Rodan came
and was to get more crosses into the box. There was a couple of times the ball came in it was just rolling inside the box. You know, you didn't have the opposite winger, which should be Leo True crash in the box. You know you want Albert Russknack also get into the box. Your two sixes attention involved, which you take up higher positions for the counterpress but also for anything that falls on the edge of the box. We never
really saw that the options weren't there, the runs weren't dynamic. Everything looked slower as the game went on, the sound has got slower and slower and less decisive in the final third, and honestly never really looked like scoring tonight. There wasn't a stretch of play where they really were, you know, peppering the San Jose gold and putting the back of under pressure. They were good moments, but nothing sustained, and I think a large part of that
was the lack of runs inside the box. When the ball got wide, there just wasn't enough action inside the box, so the guy on the board didn't feel compelled across it, and when they did, it was one against fan. Steve, And I love that you said that because and the Sounders were slow because when I was watching this and again this was kind of to my point of asking about the pitch conditions, because it seemed like the ball was moving too fast. And you're right, it's the players were too slow.
And I think that goes to their mentality tonight, the overall effort that we saw on the pitch that yeah, yeah, Steve, go ahead. No, I think he just played into Sundose's game and the game plan was set from the beginning. They wanted the sounderstot possession misunders at times at seventy percent, sixty five percent, but a home team doesn't usually allow that. They wanted that. They took their chances in transition and that's how they wanted
to play. And when you have that field of Sounders, you have got to take care of the board of the final third. You can't be sloppy. The Sounders were a little bit sloppy in the final third, played into the game pan of sound as they wanted, and for that reason they also suffered tonight. You're both exactly right. I mean, the best chance for the Sounders tonight was in the seventh minute that shot by a Bear when he turned to his left and it was a save on Marsenkowski. Other than that,
you're exactly right now, Steve, I think you nailed it. The lack of decisiveness and in the final third, it just it was you know who's going to take the shot? You? You? You, It just it was there for the Sounders. Um, we'll take one more break and continue the postgame show. I want to bring you guys back for one more quick segment as we look ahead to FC Dallas coming up on Saturday. Jackson
Felts, Michelle Ludkins, Steve Zakiwani from San Jose. One more a segment with them, and then we'll continue and hear from Alex Rodan and Stephen Cleveland plus head coach Brian Spencer. A lot more to get to on the postmatch show on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM. Welcome back to the postmatch show Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM. Sounders falling in San Jose
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coming off of a loss, but two wins before that. You know, how are they going to be able to forget this quickly and move forward? How do you think the vibe will be injuring a big game on Saturday? Yeah, I think the team will be fine. I think you know, we don't know yet what's gonna happen with you know, Jordan Morris and Christian Road. That would obviously be a massive boost. If they can even come
off the bench and give you twenty thirty minutes, I'm hopeful. But even short of that, with those two coming back, you have the chance to make it nine points out of twelve if you went on the weekend, that's a positive four game stretch, and then this game really doesn't mean much in that context. The issue is if you follow up tonight with another bad game in front of your fans and you drop points again, then it makes the two wins look like they would the anomaly, and you don't want that.
So yes, playing for three points to the weekend to keep a good film going. I don't see this couple prayers and this team and this coach having any issues being up for it. Michelle, you're looking at this weekend game. You know, obviously Vibal play into it as well. But I think for Brian Schmitzer getting this team ready to go, and we'll see again about you know, really quick, really quick. Becaustive. He brought it up right there, but before before I ask me Michelle about this game as well.
We look at how much those two guys played tonight for the United States men's national team. I believe fifty seven minutes for Christian old On, forty five minutes for Jordan Morris, assuming they're traveling back, and maybe a quick regend session tomorrow maybe and they train with the team on Friday. Is it realistic to expect anything from them on Saturday? Considering fifty seven minutes from Christian, forty five from Jordan, you know, I would think you probably would
see at least ten to twenty minutes from them. My guess is they will be at least subbed on depending on how the game goes. But I think, you know, that'll be up to Brian Schrenster and the fitness staff. My guess is they won't rejoin the team until Friday, and then they'll have to kind of see how they've been and they won't just look at what they played tonight, but they'll look at how much they've played over the last couple
of weeks, very similar to what they're doing with Alex Roldon. They're obviously, I think, not gonna want to risk anything. You obviously flying, traveling all that. You know, you want to make sure their bodies are right, especially with Leagues Cup coming up, that you wouldn't want to risk any injuries, especially you know, given that Christian was out so much and
kind of read getting back before he left for the national team duty. So I would assume you would see them in some capacity, but I wouldn't. I personally don't think I would. I would plan on seeing them a lot. YEA, Steve, what do you think considering those minute way? I agree with Michelle, ten to twenty seems right, But what do you think I mean? I can see it both ways, because I mean it's no
different to having them at play tonight. If they played in this game tonight, the whole same number of minutes they could stall and right, it's still it's still a playing right to travel, to travel issue, right to rejoin. Yeah, that's the main thing. What condition do they arrive in, So they need to get assessed right away. But Christian historically is a very durable player. You know, Jordan probably might be better off the bench.
But it's gonna depend on them. I mean, it's gonna be their import. They're probably a conversation happening now with them, if not first thing in the morning, and once they get back on Friday, two Star fire, they get assessed. It's no different to playing a midweek game for your club. So I don't think that should be too much. It wasn't an overseas trip. They will in America. They're here so I can see them playing big minutes. If they're fit, there's no injuries and want to play,
I will play them. But before I let you both go, there's then the question of you know, when they are back and healthy and the rest of the you know, the the first choice. You know, the first choice I put in air quotes, you're starting rotation. Uh, there's the great question of what do you do? Do you put Jordan out on I don't even know how to set this up because I don't want to actually,
you know, set an anything right in front. But Steve, how do you set up the combination of JP, Christian Albert, Nico, Leo Chow, Jordan role, how do you set up that offensive tandem when they're all healthy, who's the odd man out? Or how do you configure that? Well, I'll say it's a very nice problem to have. That's a problem we haven't had enough of this season. So Brian Schmidtz and his staff,
they'll be welcoming that it's gonna go down to form. I think, listen, in the very very best team, you still think where I would the number nine That then pushes Jordan out to one of the wings. Leo true, how can you bench him right now? He's been playing very very well. So these are good issues to have. I think we'll see a lot of rotation in that. But I think Brian Schmidts as we get towards the last four or five games and inching towards the playoffs, he'll have to settle
on it his first eleven for what he wants to close season out. But up until then, we'll see rotation. There'll be games when Nico's out. I can tell you that for sure. I think that will happen. There'll be games when Leo choose out, They'll be game where Jordan's at the nine. I think as options there, we haven't had those this year. So
I welcome down. I just want to add their Jackson too. I think it's really interesting what Steve just said of you know, as we get to you know, four or five six games left in the season, Brian schmiss is really gonna have to figure out what that formation, who those players, what is a starting attack looks like. And it kind of blows my mind that we're in a season where there's ten matches left in the regular season. Yes we've got League Scott, but there's ten MLS matches left in the season
and we don't have that answer. Yeah. Yeah, and Brian Schmisser doesn't have that. That's a good point, Like if you think about how crazy the season has been in terms of injuries and up and down and this and that, like it's it's it's gonna be a really interesting stretch. It's gonna be so interesting that that's a wonderful point. I'll chew on that a little bit coming up in our next segment of both you Safe travel back to Seattle.
Wonderful call tonight, game aside, who was a great broadcast. Thank you both for your hard work down there in San Jose and Safe travels back. Thanks Jackson, Niko Jackson. Awesome stuff there from Steve Zakiwani, Michelle Ludka. We'll let them go. I'll chew on that thought thought. It was great thought there from Michelle Ludka. Also we heard from Alex Roldan and
Stephen Cleveland plus head coach Brian Spencer. All of that comes up on the post match show Sounders Fallowing tonight in San Jose two nothing more Next on Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM. Welcome back to the Sunders FC post match show following a two nothing last night to the Earthquakes down in San Jose. Thanks again to Michelle Ludka and Steve Zakiwani and they joined the broadcast there. Steve was on the call there with Danny Jackson and San Jose. Michelle
on the sideline. Three of them. Great call down there in San Jose. Unfortunately, the team did not put together a good enough performance two goals for the Earthquakes to none for Seattle. Their two goals were a penalty kick from Espinoza in the nineteenth minute. It was a fair foul in the box on Yaman Gomez Andratti in the eighteenth minute. Espinosa stepped to the line and hit in the nineteenth and then an incredible goal by their left back Alco in
the sixty fifth minute. Corner kick from Espinoza that he sailed to the top the far side, a corner of the box and you know, a little bit like Jimmy Madronda hit in Portland back in what was that twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, I think that was the sixth to two game. For all
of you Sounder fans who absolutely remember that, wonderful, wonderful memories. You know, the corner came way out to Jimmy Madronda who hit it with his left foot, and I believe that one actually hit the crossbar and went right down into the back of the net. This one wasn't exactly the same positioning, but it was sort of the same kind of corner kick that sailed and Troco hit one of the goals of the year in Major League Soccer, hit it into the right side of the back of the nets and that was San
Jose's second goal. And then so we talked about in the postgame show, just disappointing for Seattle because what happened at the end of it was a lack of energy, a lack of tempo, nothing going on the offensive end, unfortunately, and for your Sounders it ended up in a loss. Now, the other thing that affects the Sounders is the fact that LAFC one tonight against Saint Louis. This was a battle between the first and the third place teams
in the Western Conference. Saint Louis went to LAFC in LAFC one three nothing. I believe with those three points, LAFC has now jumped Seattle for second place in the Western Conference. So here is this crowded, really crowded room
in the West right now. This is wild. I mean you look overall and ten points divide second place from eleventh place, LAFC with thirty six, Seattle with thirty five, Salt Lake with thirty four, San Jose now with thirty two, three behind Seattle. Then you have an even crazier bunch here where three points divide three through eleven. Austin at twenty nine Dallas at twenty nine, Houston at twenty eight, Vancouver got the win there at twenty eight,
Minnesota at twenty seven. Kansas City, which were the bottom dwellers. Kansas City has surged back with now twenty six points, so three points divide six through eleven. It's gonna come down to the decision day. I guarantee you for a few of these final spots for the playoffs. Thankfully, nine teams make the playoffs. So Seattle right now, well in good position right now at third place thirty five points. But yeah, we fell a spot,
so not good tonight. With that said, I believe we have some things ready here, so lots of good press conferences and lots of good content. We're gonna get to head coach Brian Spencer in a few minutes in our final segment of the post match show. But here let's head down to San Jose. Both Alex rolled On, who subbed on in this match in the second half at halftime, actually for Cody Baker and Stephen Cleveland. You're Sounders
goalkeeper starting right now while Stephen Fry deals with a concussion. So Alex rolled On and Stephens Fry both stepping to the mics for a press conference. Let's start off with the questioning down there in San Jose. Yeah, just kind of how you guys felt you reacted to going down and again in a mat is obviously something that happened on the weekend, but kind of the difference in how it turned out. We started off really well to the unfortunate palty,
and then I thought, we continue to maintain possession really well. Um, we we're able to create many create chances out of it. I think our energy getting a little bit better in the second half, just a little better body laguage from the team. But I think our possession or I mean our shape, our system, we're just couldn't score. All right, thank you. Next question, we'll go over to Jada Evans. Jada, please go ahead and ask your question. Thanks. Um, Steph. Kind of building
on that a little bit. It just seemed like after that goal that, Um, then it kind of just set the wind out of y'all in the second half. UM, I know you, what did you did you kind of field like that way? I mean, when you have a binger like that that goes against you sort of, I mean, I think it's frustrating for us defensively. Um. In the last two games, Uh, four set piece goals. I mean a free kick, penalty, goal kick,
and a corner. Um. Obviously it's a it's a fantastic shot. It's difficult for us, but I think we put kept the pressure on them. Alex had a good chance near the end. I think our energy needs to stay high. And you know, when they scored, there are still twenty five thirty minutes left, plenty of time for us to get another goal. Um, we should kind of keep pushing. Next question, we'll go over to Jeremiah Ocean. Jeremiah, go ahead, please, Yeah, I know
you you got the you didn't start this one, but were you? Were you either of you surprised at how little rotation there was from the weekend? Um, I mean you're talking about Vancouver. Yeah, Like how much how little rotation there was from Vancouver to this game? Um? Yeah, I mean, you know, three games in one week is is always gonna be tough in this league. UM, rotating you know the amount of guys that we did. Um. You know it could it could benefit us to rest
more guys or not. Um, But regardless, I think this this what this league demands. Um. I think we we we all need to go out there and be ready for ninety minutes, regardless of how tire we are, you know, how many games we play. So um, definitely from in terms of um, the team's perspective, that's that's not something that we really you know, factor in in terms of how our our performances are judged. But um, but yeah, that's just that's just kind of how this
league is works. And hew, um what what it demands from from teams? Like from teams, I guess well, let's jump in right there because I want to get to some comments from Brian Schmitzer, who just spoke on there. There is actually some news. Michelle Steve and I were talking about Jordan Morris and Christian rold On and what they could provide for the Sounders coming up on Saturday against Dallas back home at Lumen Field. I want to get
to that really quick. Centers FC Soccer is presented by Providence Swedish, the official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. We'll take a break, we'll come back and get to those comments from Brian Spenser. Coming up next on Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM. Welcome back, to the Centers FC postmatch show a two nothing last night for the Rave Green It down in San Jose against the Earthquakes. Well Delta Airlines is protor to donate one soccer ball for
every mile ran by Sounders FC players this season. The Ray Foundation's one Mile, One Ball program mentioned and tease that last segment about comments from Brian Schenzer. Now listen, Christian rolled On George Morris, both of the United States men's national team, both played tonight fifty seven minutes for Christian rolled On, forty five minutes for Jordan Morris. So both of them. After United States
lost in the semi finals of the Gold Cup. The question is will they be available for Saturday for the Sounders facing FC Dallas back at Lumen Field. That is one of the many things head coach Brian Schmitzer had to say, But he started off his answers by talking about why the team did not rotate as much coming off of Saturday's match in Vancouver. Well, because I think the team that went up to Vancouver had a good performance deserved to have another
chance. Obviously, there was some minute restrictions on Raoul. There was a little bit of concern by the medical staff about Alex and injury risk. Those two were different. But you know, we thought that the team that played well up in Vancouver would give us the best chance of winning this game, and of course, nah didn't happen. What I would say is that the first, you know, twenty minutes of the game, I felt we were playing very well. Reminded me a little bit of Vancouver. We're able to
possess a goal for extended periods of time. Shame Maybear seems to be snake bit, but the chance he has, you know, early in a game, it's a good chance. We go up one nothing, the narrative suddenly changes, but that's sports. That's was the decisions we make, and outcomes are judged based on windsor losses. Ryan, it just seemed like, also the that gold Miguel's goal just kind of took the wind out of y'all.
Did you kind of see that? Um? I know that y'all have had some great bangers before, but you know, it just seemed like, yeah about the first second goal, the second goal, Yeah, that one seemed like it just done job well. I remember Jimmy mdrand Is scoring a goal like that down in Portland. Yeah, and yes, it was a tremendous strike. It did kind of knock the wind out of our sales or what was left of it. Jada that that that's something certainly you just go and
say that was a pretty darn good goal. So credit to them on that one. Yeah, you mentioned, Um, I don't know, trying to do too much. I mean, is that Yeah, not to pick on on one player, but it did seem like Nico was roaming a lot in this one. I mean, is that the kind of stuff that you're talking about, or is that that by design that you want him sort of all over the field that way, or is that you know something you're you're talking
about. It's something that I'm discussing. Nic Nico is, you know, arguably one of the best players this club has ever had, and you know, he has played with freedom throughout his career here. This year we're playing a little different than we have in years passed, and the understanding there is that Nico needs to be a little bit more disciplant. But it's hard. I cannot fault nicol La Darow's effort for this club, what he puts in every training session, every game, you know, But we need to remain
disciplined. I wish that we could balance both. I wish some of the guys that maybe don't put as much effort in, you know, and do play discipline that that maybe they take someone equals good qualities. So it's always a given to take there. You know me, Jeremiah well enough to know that I don't mind a little bit of interchange to create overloads in certain parts of the field. I'm not a real you know, structured Kansas City four
three three type coach. I think it's always benefited us to allow players to play to their strengths. But certainly in games like tonight, we get frustrated because, yeah, there's some giveaways and there's some you know moments when we get to the right side of the field and no one's no one's there to help Brian. Any concern about the lack of movement in the final third to create that you know, that shot. We had tons of possession the first
twenty minutes, but eb Bears was the only real clear chance. I think there was some good movements, some good speed ups, you know, given goes. You know, we got down to the Primacys zone on the left hand side, again, you know, I thought San Jose was going to come out and press us a little more. Maybe, you know, be and our half of the field a little bit more. You know, Cody's a lockdown defender, maybe not necessarily an attack minded right back. Maybe Reid
was a better option there. So I need to reflect on my choices. But certainly, yeah, I was a little surprised they set back. Then the last couple of games, you've given up quite a high number of set piece bowls. Any concern about that or that's just very concerned. That's four in the last couple of games. Again, certainly to Jada's point, you know, I think the corner kick tonight was a tremendous goal. It'll be for sure goal of that week candidate. But yeah, we need to do
better, We need to be switched on. We just need to be better there because that's an important piece of the puzzle. Well, Brian, is there a chance that Jordan and Christian can be available for selection on Saturday? I can tell you definitely they will be available for selection. The question will be Look, it was an emotional night. Christian played what seventy five minutes something I know, sixty seventy five tonight. Obviously, the ending of the
game certainly takes a toll. Jordan played a little bit more during the course of the tournament, but I don't think he's burned out. But they are traveling, you know, and there's an emotional side to things, you know, the team, our team has done you know, Okay, I mean, tonight's performance wasn't good, but the guys that have been here certainly deserve a shot at playing. So it'll be something we discuss. It'll be a talking point when I you know, get a hold of Jordan and Christian tomorrow
and see how they're feeling, both mentally and physically. Okay, so there's head coach Brian Schmitzer. Both of them will be available for selection. We just don't know how much. But listen to have those guys back. I mean, listen, the last time Jordan Morris and Christian rolled On we're playing with the Sounders, they scored three goals and things worked out pretty darn well. So very excited to have those guys back, hopefully, if not starting
now, then starting soon. Christian rolled On had a penalty saved in the penalty kick shootout against Panama, and that ultimately was the shot being saved and then Panama hitting that knocked the United States out of the Gold Cup. So they're headed back to the Sounders. We'll see what they can do on Saturday at game against Dallas once again, seven o'clock pre match at louman Field, seven thirty kickoff right here. Sports Radio ninety three point three KJR FM for
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