Welcome to the Sounders FC post match show. Sounders FC Socker is brought to you by Providence, Swedish official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. The Sounders FCEN postmatch show starts now. Well. It was a rip roaring start for Seattle Sounders FC tonight against CF Monterey in the final match of the group stage of the twenty twenty three League's Cup, but unfortunately Sandle came up on the short end of the stick four to two overall against Seattle needed to win this
match by three goals just to advance. Welcome into our postmatch coverage live here from Lumanfield on ninety three point three KJRFM Andrew Harvey alongside Brad Evans. And it's time now for the Emerald Queen Casino Play of the match. And there's there's little surprise. It was Nico Lodero's magic moment. Less than sixty seconds into the contest. Sounders look for an early goal. Here here's Nico over
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betting capital of the Northwest, and Brad. It really felt in that moment this club has done so many magical, almost impossible things over the years, and you could really feel the energy that people were ready for that to happen again. After that first Yeah, I mean, the crowd came out tonight and they were on fire as well, and I think that start should have signified a Sounders win through and through. We don't exit this game without a
victory. I don't care if it's one nothing, two nothing, three nothing, or if it's six to five. But the Sounders needed that win to push them into this break. And to see them walk off the field at halftime so dejected of all the effort they put in in the first thirty minutes of that game is really disappointing. And you saw them walk off the field after the game shaking their heads trying to figure out what went wrong and how did it go wrong so badly tonight. I just feel that that start should
have set them up for success tonight. In every facet, the crowd was behind them, the players were energized. You get another one after just a couple of minutes, and then the crowd is even more into it, and
so credit credit to the fans for sticking here and sticking it out. And it's unfortunate to leave them again with another loss, leaving the stadium with a third of the season gone and now a twenty one day break until this team will play again here at Luminfield. Well, you mentioned that that second goal. Just moments later, Jordan Morris gets on the end of the cross from the left alley from Leo two makes it too nil. All of a sudden,
Seattle's pretty much just a goal down in this contest. And then from there it takes till the half hour mark for Monterey to find their first. Bert Ramey had a ball in on the inside, close shot, re bound, follows it up, taps it home stoppage time penalty kick. It's a close call, but it is the right call to give the penalty for that there. Bet Arami puts it away, no question. He finishes it hat
trick for the fourth goal of the game. But really you have to feel like that dagger is Jordy Cortizo, the second half substitute, coming on two minutes into the second half and just putting one in to make it three two in Seattle. At that point, you know, needed to get four goals back. Yeah, at that point the Sounders were out of it, but you're still playing for Pride at that point, and I don't think that they
put all their effort tactically in the second half that they needed to. I think guy's heads were down, and you know it, it's hard as a player to know that you're probably not going to score four goals in a second half and come out of here and win this thing. But the effort should still be there, the passes should still be there, and playing the way
that you're supposed to play the game should always still be there. And you make a sub with Leo two comes off, and then you kind of move some guys around, and at that point you figure, okay, we're gonna play all of our young guys from here on out. We've thrown in the
towel. But on both goals in the first half, that withdrawn striker as he plays bert Rome really cause you know, the two center backs from Seattle problems tonight, and it happened on multi It's happened on the third, the fourth goal as well, and the third goal too, where Ortiz comes in, there's a withdrawn striker. Both of the center backs just keep dropping, dropping, dropping. He picks up a ball at the top of the box and smashes at home to make it three two. And that is a big
question mark for me. As good as this Sounders team has been, who's going to be the guy back there that's gonna step up and make a challenge. I don't care if you fall him on top of the box and you take a yellow card. I'd rather have that than him run free top of the box. Both of our center backs are three yards deep in our own eighteen, and at that point it's it's you know, it's one against the keeper. At that point, he's got a free shot from the top of
the eighteen. He smashes at home. So some questions to be asked about the defending tonight, you know, and then the Sounders effort in the second half. You know, you're probably not gonna Roel hits the post, and things just weren't going the Sounders way, and so it's it's it's just an overall, its appointing night. And what do you say to the guys in
the locker room. It's you have twenty one days off to Schmidz, go in there now and light them up, or is it okay, I'm gonna play this one cool and say, Okay, you guys are gonna take four days off, get your minds back. We're gonna come back in the second third or the third third of the season and say we're gonna have a second preseason for two weeks, and we're gonna work you guys, and you're gonna be fitter than every other team that we play, and you better. You're
probably gonna feel a veteran lineup. And if you guys don't get the job done, then we're gonna have to start making some changes. Delta Airlines is proud to donate one soccer ball for every mile ran by Sounders FC players this season through Rave Foundations One one Ball program. Andrew Harvey alongside Brad Evans here at Sounders FC post match drop a four two home result to CF Monterey.
Brad, I'm sure over the course of your career, whether it was with the Sounders or not, you've played in matches that maybe started to feel a little bit like a lost cause. Tonight, the Seattle had a long way back to go, even as soon as Monterey pulled level going into halftime. Mentally, what is the sign of a championship caliber team that's able to ride through the brakes and even if you're not able to get the result you need? What what do you see out of those teams? Did you see any
element of that tonight? And what can the Sounders try to take away from this? Yeah, you know, with a championship team, things just tend to go the right way. Right. Raoul shot at the end goes in. Nico has one from distance that you know the keeper's caught off his line in years past, he might, you know, somehow find a way to loop that ball into the back of the net. Defensive plays, you're often making the right decision in the back, you're making crunching tackles, You're you're
making a statement. That statement wasn't made by Jackson until he picked up a yellow card in the seventy fifth minute. I'd rather see him pick up a yellow card in the first five minutes of the game and say, hey, we're here to play, and I'll take a yellow card now because i know I'm a good enough defender and I'm confident enough in my game over you know eighty plus minutes that I'm going to set the tone for this one. Guys are going to follow my lead. And it goes back also to Nico.
I mean, he's the captain, He's the guy who needs to control the pace of the game. The Sounders go up to nothing, now the third goal doesn't have to come for another seventy minutes, so we don't need to go a million miles an hour and try to get it in the first half. Put your foot on the ball, play it back to the keeper, because I know the flip side of this. If Monterey is up to nothing, they're gonna put their foot on the ball, They're gonna play it to
the keeper. They're gonna knock the ball around, really control the tempo and then wait for the right moments to attack. I think we got a little bit ambitious in the first half, thinking we had to get the third one before the halftime break, and we sent too many numbers forward, and then we got caught because we know we talked about it pregame. Monterey is such
a good counterattacking team. How many times you see their goalkeeper pick up the ball, throw it thirty yards and a striker or a midfielder's dribbling it and they end up in our own eighteam. You don't see that very often, and that's a sign of a dangerous team. And it just happened too many times tonight, while you are listening to the Sounders FC postmatch show again, they wind up on the wrong end of a four to two results against CF
Monterey here in the twenty twenty three League's Cup. Brad Evans is with me. I'm Andrew Harvey. We'll take a break. When we come back, we'll continue taking a look at this and where the Sounders go from here. You're listening live on ninety three point three KJRFM. Well, we are back on our Sounders FC post match show here at Louman Field. Sounders drop a four two result to CF Monterey in the twenty twenty three Leagues Cup group stage
and they will not advance to the knockout round. Fans, there's still time to join the Sounders FC family this year with the twenty twenty three season membership members enjoy access to take a pre sales pro shop, discounts and invites to exclusive events. Secure your membership today by visiting SOUNDERSFC dot com slash Memberships. Andrew Harvey alongside Brad Evans for you breaking down this one and Brad, as we take a look at the stat sheet on this one, doesn't look too
bad numerically for Seattle. You know, outshot pretty level on possession, managed to get five shots on goal against Monterray's nine. Passing accuracy looked pretty good on the border of eighty six percent cross as you start to see the differential twenty one to six in favor of the visitors from Mexico duels one forty four
to thirty seven. Obviously, the stats never really can tell you the full picture of a match, and I think you mentioned it perfectly, where with great teams they just have a way of getting things done and the Sounders seemed a little snake bit out there. Yeah, I think I think Raoul is
a little bit behind the eight ball right now. I mean, if you look at the chance in the first half where he's put in by by Nico and he decides to cut the ball back instead of taking a strike on goal, maybe putting it through the keeper's legs, and then the Sounders are in
a pretty good position going into into second half. You know, I finally got to watch the replay of the fourth goal, and what I mean by effort is I think it's a set piece for the Sounders and there's a ball cleared and Yamar is ten yards in front of the eventual goal scorer, Brits Rame, and he outruns him the entire field and it's just pure effort. It's worst case scenario at that point. And that's what I can't stand is
I want you in. I don't care if you rip your hamstring off the bone, but you need to be on a flat out sprint if you have a ten yard advantage on someone to get back there and make your defensive play. And that to me is effort and heart and playing for the badge, like I'm gonna do everything I can as a defender to keep that ball out of the back of the net. And so that kind of signified the mental
state of the team. And that's only the sixty seventh minute, sixty eighth minute, maybe even earlier than that, and at that point they probably weren't going to score four goals again, but that's the effort that you want to see and the fans want to see at the end of the day. And to see someone outrun you for the entire length of the field, that and you have a ten yard head start on him, that's unacceptable to me,
and that's got to be addressed in the locker room. Was there a moment in that first half where you saw something switch or shift, because again, it was such a picture perfect start for Seattle, you couldn't have dreamed of it better. Right, two goals up to nil six minutes in, and then it just felt like something change. I'm curious if there was anything you noticed. But Monterey started getting on the ball and starting building up those attacking
We'll look is a really good team. They're not in They weren't in first place in the Claus Tour and winning that title last year. This past season for no reason. They're not in first place right now for no reason. They didn't win this group for no reason. They're a really good team. But the Sounders showed that at home under pressure, that they could score goals and you were always going to have to have a massive defensive effort Schpetz talked
about it yesterday. We have to be so solid defensively because they are so good, this Monterey team and clinical, and there was a shift when I mean it was only when they scored. I'm okay with them taking shots from you know, twenty five thirty yards out. I think Steph can cover those. But it was that one cross We're not tracking our runner into the box and then it's a deflection and we're not turned around and in the right position
to clear that ball. So it's a fortunate goal for Monterey. And then from everything there, you know, your mental state as a sounder is like, oh, you're so deflated at that point. You put so much effort into the first thirty minutes and now you have to fight back and score, you know, another three goals at that point. We're here looking at the after math of Seattle's two to four loss against CF Monterey here in the twenty
twenty three Leagues Cup. We'll take another break. When we return, we'll have Brad Evans's final thoughts on this match, what's to come for Seattle as we take a look down the line as they now enter a long layoff before facing off against Atlanta. We'll be back after this on ninety three point three KJRFM. Welcome back to the Sounders FC postmatch Show live from Loloman Field on
ninety three point three KJRFM. I'm Andrew Harvey alongside Brad Evans, ready to wrap things up with our final thoughts about a two to four loss tonight to CF Monterey in the twenty twenty three Leagues Cup and as they look about three weeks out down the line to that upcoming match against Atlanta Braden, as you take a look at this one you've been on, you know, the right
side of results, the wrong side of results. The wrong ones can stick with you, especially one like you said that that went as wrong as tonight feels like it went at times for Seattle. Coming into such a long layoff as a player, how do you manage this? Do you do? You sit with this one for longer than normal? Do you try to get over it faster? I've never had a layoff this long enough. The only layoff this long I've ever had is probably the off season heading into a national team
camp. And the reality is being at a good club, you always played late into November, sometimes the first week in December, and then those camps start January first, So the only thing you can do now I've never experienced this is put your head down and work. If you're going to be at this club for a long time, it's okay to take four or five days off here, but then you better come back and be you know, extremely fit and be doing double days for the first week heading into the final part
of the season. So hopefully this allows guys like Jalpolo specifically to get a break. Right it's a guy that we have to give some credit to and kudos because he's probably not playing as well as he wants to right now, but he had a traumatic injury, right He had an ACL injury, and then he had an early start to the season, really an expedited pre season heading into Champions League and then straight into the league. So this will give him a time him some time to get a break and the other guys to
you know, really look back and evaluate. You can't hang on this loss too much, but you can look back and maybe you watch some tape and some games from earlier in the season and just sit down and force yourself to watch yourself play. That's the hardest part about being a players is just watching yourself play when loser draw right, it's it's always a tough one because every time you watch it's, Okay, I should have done this, I should
have done that. But hopefully the guy's take an opportunity here to sit down and watch some games. What they did well, what they didn't do well. You can't dwell on this one too long. You know, it's a new tournament. The guys put in effort tonight, not the effort in the second half that I wanted to see. So they'll have to watch themselves play and at the end of the day, that's that's how you get better. But it also maybe it's a captain saying, hey, we're gonna have a
barbecue at our house. Everyone's coming over to the house. Don't think about soccer. Let's just all hang out and take our minds off. Right With my high school season this year, we had a big break. We had two and a half weeks off, almost almost nineteen days, and the guys came back and they were bickering at each other. We had two bad results. Craig and I said, hey, we're not going to go to practice today. We're just gonna watch a movie. Step brothers and we're gonna eat
some pizzas, and then we went undefeated the rest of the year. Sometimes all it takes is one person to bring the whole group in and say, okay, let's get back to being a collective unit here, and then the guys are back on the on the right page and where they want to be ultimately. Well, like Brad, as you said, it is going to be a long layoff for Seattle Sounders FC. There next back at home against
Atlanta and nighted on Sunday, August twentieth. That'll be a seven thirty pm kickoff here at Lumanfield in Seattle. You can watch the match via the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV app, listen on KJR or in Spanish on l RAY thirteen sixty am. But the Providence, Swedish prematch radio shows starting at
seven p m. That's gonna do it for us here tonight again. Your final score CF Monterey four, Seattle Sounders FC two as they are eliminated from the twenty twenty three Leagues Cup. Thank you so much for joining us this evening, for all of us, For Brad Evans, Jackson, else Pete viewing and the rest of our cast and crew here on ninety three point three KJRFM. I'm Andrew Harvey sing so long, thank you for joining us, and we hope to see you next time you've been listening to the sounders FC
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