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Well back to back wins and your Seattle Sounders are now third place in the Western Conference. Busy busy week here it just continues tonight as the Rave Green find themselves down in Commerce City, Colorado to face the Rapids for this third game in the last eight days. So welcome into the Sounders FC pre Match Show presented by Providence Swedish, official healthcare partner of Seattle Sounders FC. Jackson

Yeah, it was really great to see them play and without much atmosphere apparently. I don't know what the exact crowd number was, but it was very quiet. And for the guys, I mean, sometimes you need even the away crowd to get you going, but they didn't need that and they handily beat them three zero, no problem.

Absolutely, go into a rivalry game midweek is kind of odd with the scheduling, but they dealt with it and got a three great points away at a rival you know, a venue so it was a great win for the Sounders.

It certainly was. This is going to be a game tonight for the Sounders where right now you're at third place in the Western Conference. Is a chance to you know, theoretically move up and get a shot at the two seed. The question now for the Sounders, now that they've locked up a playoff spot is you know, the one seed is out of the question. LA Galaxy have that wrapped up. But la FC seem to have the route to the

Well, there what he talked about today. Well, the change in what the way they're going to play is that it's going to be a hard first twenty minutes. They're gonna have to absorb a lot of pressure. But with the lineup, I mean, yeah, well the the lineup from the Wednesday game, what was that?

Yeah, there's only there's only one change, one change from from Wednesday.

Yeah.

I think that day la Vega is definitely going to be ready to play. It's going to be a different maybe atmosphere for him. I'm not sure how much he's ever played in in altitude, but uh, he is on the cusp of playing great all the time. I have a I'm a big believer in him. I think that he's a great player. He hasn't really done exactly what people kind of want him to do or think he can do, but I think that he's right on the cusp of it, and I think he's gonna be important player for us in the future.

I definitely want to spend some time talking about Pedro. But that Delta starting eleven for Brian Schmitzer has Stephen frying Goal knew who your left back, Christian rolled on. Sorry, Alex Roldan, you're right back, Jackson Reagan, Yemar Gomez Androti the center backs, of course, it is Obed Vargas Christian rolled on. In the holding midfield, you have Paul Rothrock on the right, Albert in the middle, Jordan up top, and then that one change, only one change, being Pedro

Without a doubt.

But when you're on a roll, you want to ride it, and I'm sure they're doing it very strategically right and noting kind of the load that certain players have. So for me, they'll they'll go in and they'll have a result oriented mindset, which means that altitude. You don't have to go press for ninety minutes. You want to get your second win as quickly as possible, as Chance alluded to, and as coach Smetch alluded to, that first twenty minutes

Pay certainly will chance. One of the players I want to talk about is Christian role Don because I feel like, you know, maybe this is this is a bold take. I don't think it's very bold at all. I think we're seeing Christian role Don in his best position right now and maybe playing You know, we've seen Christian at

Yeah, I've said for a long long time that the second that Brian writes down on the lineup sheet after Stephen Fry is Christian rolled down. He has been fantastic for us over the years, and it's amazing how he can play in multiple positions, not only through the year, but sometimes in a single game. He is a very

Absolutely, I mean CR seven has been fantastic, one of my favorite players, and I completely agree with Chance. I mean definitely the second person you ran the lineup. But I think what makes him great at multiple positions, you know Allah Brad Evans, who used to do the same exact thing, is he makes others around him better. So whether he's on the right side in the midfield, central midfield,

Let's talk about Pedro del Vega, because I think the thought for Pedro is we saw him play sixty minutes against Houston, came off the field. I don't think we saw the best Pedro in that sixty came off the bench against Vancouver, And I think the question and I want to kind of go around the room here where we're including our producer today, andrews Hurst in this conversation, because we were having it off the air right before the pre match show started. So let's go around the room.

Yeah, because it's not only your physical presence, but mentally getting into the game, your confidence, getting the consistency, knowing how long you're going to play, and things like that. He doesn't seem like he knows exactly how long he's going to be out there, and he's always looking over his shoulder, probably to be subbed, and that that is not a way to have a player of his ability or his his The way he plays is attacking. He needs to play free and not worry about losing the

Certainly an important player, and I always tell my young player, you have to earn the trust and respect of your coaching staff and your teammates by the way you prepare, compete, and recover. So even those sixty minutes may be not what we necessarily want him, getting through a competitive sixty minutes against a good Houston team is very good. So does stat consistently good minutes, whether it's starting or coming

His talent is so high. I think we can see that that skill so clearly on the field. You know, it almost feels sometimes you know he'll just be it's like link Nico at the end of his career, running around to get involved and get the ball. And if he just kind of plays within himself we've heard this before, then then he can just let that skill come through and turn out some good results. Hopefully we see that loading bar. I think hit another point tonight where we

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They've They've got their backs against the wall a little bit and having a couple of bad results lately. They want to get a win tonight. Hopefully the Sounders, you know, will keep up their intensity and even though they've done well all of the last five games and the last couple of months. Keep that up and fight through the altitude and the Rapids team that's going to be coming after.

Him certainly, you know them being at home. Like I said, they'll definitely start the game very fast. It's going to be a slippery field to be a very fast paced field. They push the numbers, a lot of numbers into their press and into their attack, which leaves them pretty vulnerable in the transitional moments. And that's what happened against the Galaxy.

Do you try to.

Play through the high press, as coach Smets alluded to, or do you just kind of go direct early on and try to bypass that, get your lineup and cause them to make mistakes. But yeah, it would be a big game for both teams tonight.

A couple of sizeable absences for Colorado A Cole Bassett's the first one, a young midfielder who's been developing through Colorado for years. He's out with a quad injury. Kevin Cabral who has five goals for assists this year, he's out as well. But they have some guys who can score. Rafael and Navarro up top, who leads Colorado with fourteen goals plus five assists. Georgia Mihialovich, who you know really has kind of come on to the scene and bursted

Number without a doubt, and he's motivated to make it back into the national team pitcher. So that's his motivation. But like I said, I think the goals that have been given up Colorado leaves themselves exposed, which he'll try to really correct. And you have to look at the goals and the chances that they've given up without a doubt.

Chance do you do you get them on early? Do you kind of withstand pressure in these first fifteen minutes? How do you think the Sounders play it considering Colorado is the home team here.

Yeah, definitely, what we talked about earlier, they're going to have to sustain some pressure, just soak it in and as James said, get their second legs to them, they get their second win, and I think that they'll be fine that way. The thing that's going to open up as Colorado needs to get the win, they're going to

We have pace, right, we have Paul, we have Pedro, we have Jordan, we have speed on the field. If they get forward, let's get them. I love that idea there. We'll come back here in the pre match show. We'll give you our Sounders players to watch, and also the history against the Colorado Rapids. It is some good history

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Sometimes you're in the middle of a great conversation off the air and then you're you have to start the segment. And what's great is it fits into our players to watch right now, because we are leading into Sounders versus Colorado Rappers to just about fifteen minutes away on Sports Radio nine to fifty khr. AM, I'm going to continue the same conversation. My player to watch is Paul Rothrock, because you know, Paul's the guy obviously from Seattle. He's

A doubt, he's been a fantastic player. I think I was on Zachawani's podcast maybe a month ago, and I just said, for me, I just describe him.

He's a dog.

He's a guy that you want on your team any given day. And then that's not easy to say, and so I just think he brings it on both sides of the field, and it's like a little bit of a Rocky type mentality. It's not always pretty, but he just gets the job done and he competes well for the team and the Crest, and you know, very happy to see him in his success. He's twenty five though, correct, he's twenty five years old. He's gone through the college system play that's come a defiant so like he's ready

Yeah, well, it's sort of the opposite of what we were talking about with day la Vega. He has gotten those things that happen for him. Some goals come for him, and he gets that confidence and so he's feeling it and when he does read the press clippings or if Brian probably he doesn't do this, but lets him know, Hey,

Who you going with tonight?

You know what, I'm going to go with Peter de la Vega. I really and that's more of like maybe an emotional thing. I really really really want him to do well. I want him to do great. I think that he just needs to get, you know, another goal or two or an assist or something on board, and then even if he can't go the full ninety, that's okay, That's who I'm going to go with. But I am

Hold on.

You've predicted things before, and then you've nailed the predictions, and I've said chance predict that, and you're like, no, I didn't. Actually, that is a full on prediction. He's gonna skip a low ball for a goal tonight. That's a full on prediction. What's gonna happen now, James, go ahead. Player to watch?

I'm gonna go with two as well. I'm gonna go with the outside pairing of Alex Willdon and Knew who won. They're both national team pedigree their respective countries. Second, they've been very consistent, not only this year, but over a course of many years, and they bring great balance to the team. And so I don't think our outside backs get spoken about too often or enough, but they just bring a great balance for every everyone on the team,

I love that you each both got two players to watch. So I'm gonna add Jackson Reagan for the long reason I wanted to mention Jackson Reagan and I haven't had the chance to yet tonight because the guy got a new contract. He got a nice bag of money here recently with his new deal through twenty twenty seven option

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My key for the match for the Sounders is just to keep a good mental hold of the game no matter what's happening at the beginning. Just keep yourself calm, all right, absorb pressure if there is pressure, but stay in the game and don't think of it, even though they've been doing really well as a throwaway, right, and just really stick to the game plan. Hold everything down.

James, Yes, you can three things. Set your line of confrontation, so you can press early first ten to fifteen minutes, and then set your line. Could you know Colorado is going to come out and really try to push the game at home, and then transitional moments are going to be critical and set pieces.

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Good Evening from Dick Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, where your Sounders take on Western Conference rival the Colorado Rapids.

Two games to.

Go for both teams and all still to play for Colorado have enjoyed a resurgence this season under head coach Chris Amas. In twenty twenty three, the rap has finished in the last place in the Western Conference and the second worst point total in MLS. With a flurry of new signings in the offseason, they have turned their fortunes around and are pushing for a top four finish. Your Sounders played their third game in a week, but they

Coming into this weekend's games, Brian.

Schmetz will want to end their travels this regular season with a win and a chance to reach second position and solidify top four and home field advantage for the first round of the playoffs. I'm Danny Jackson alongside former Sounders winger Steve Zachquanny for the call tonight. Before we get to see for his initial thoughts, let's get you

First MLS goal in the midweek.

Albert Russnek won assist one goal and his two assists one goal on his game last week against Vancouver. Paul Rothrock on the left with a goal, and then Jordan Morris up front for Chris Armas his team for two to three one stack, Zack Stefani goal, a back for Rosenberry, Abubaka Masu and Vines Larez alongside Connor Rohan in the middle of the park, Harris on the right in Mahailovich Lewis and then Navajo their fourteen goal man upfront. So see as the teams get lined up ready to go,

Yeah, and I think you've got three at the playoffs.

This is especially considering this is a team that if it was to end today, as Jackson mentioned, this is who you'd be playing and you'd have to go up there and try to win a game.

So I think he treat you like a playoffs.

You continue a good form, You've had got a massive winning midweek following up a massive win at home last weekend.

Why not end on a nine point week?

So I think for the Sounders after this you get a very good break until it all comes down to the game against Portland. Source the game you shoot at the playoffs and start from minute one.

Colorado get us going here and they're all burgundy kit. They're one flag kit attacking the goal to our right. Tonight Sounders back in their anniversary kit, green shirts, blue shorts, white socks. They're attacking the goal to our left. And we'll just see how the Sounders come out the gates, if they'll absorb some early pressure from Colorado. As was mentioned in pregame, they've scored lots of goals fifty nine. They've also conceded a ton as well in fifty six.

And there's a snapshot right there of what roth Rock does there. As soon as Christian Rodun got on the board, he just took off and made he demanded the board from Christian Rodin And I think in the end, Rothrock does the right thing trying to get the little cop back there because Albert russ Knack was coming, Jordan was his only other option, but Morris really took the defenders away, and in the end it's just it was two sound as players to five Parala defenders and he lost a

I think James Riley mentioned it. They were vulnerable in transition when they played that high press in that four two three one, and it was La Galaxy took advantage, especially Maxu in the back, not the fastest, certainly got exposed at times by the lights of Peck and of course Jovlich and then Pouge getting a couple of goals in that win. It was actually the first loss in

It's in second on one hundred and fourteen.

Clean Sheets, surpassed Kevin Harmon just a handful of weeks ago. And he continues steve to play at such a high level. He made a couple of crucial saves in each of the last couple of games when the team needed it most.

He has and I think, you know, one of the things for the Sounders team is, even in this past couple of years, I think defensively has been so good and now that sort of that steady pairing of Reagan and Yemar, it just gives a lot of confidence to the whole team. And if you do get past that, you still have Stephan Fry, who's still after all these years at the top of his game. Has come up really big at times this season, and he's a match winner.

Continues to play at such a high level. Of course, the world that Tommy Deuchra does on the practice field day in day out, continues to prepare these players to play not just individual games at a high level, but careers at a high level. And certainly Andrew Thomas waiting in the wings now has already proved himself this year in performances both in US Open Cup, League's Cup and then an MLS as he's been called upon, He himself

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Sounders building out the back here early on here in Commerce City, fifth minute, nil nil between the Rapids and the Sounders, both teams jostling for position as we approach the playoffs.

Two games to go. Sounders get a two week break after this.

So it's been a heavy load the last seven eight days, three games, but it's been seven days of success, two clean sheets, two wins against teams in and around them in the playoffs and then they finish up, of course on Decision Day, October nineteenth, in two weeks against their art's rival, the Portland Timbers. And won't that be a showdown of sorts Cascadia Cup on the line home field advantage I'm assuming will be on the line at that point.

Is it gives you a lot of confidence when you know that you're center back and ping that board fifty sixty yards with accuracy and you're gonna make runs. And I think it's an era that Brad Evans especially has talked about a lot, and also directly to Jackson Reagan that if you could add that to his game, just sometimes you've got to bypass the press and another sounders love to build out from the back, but especially when Colorado Rapids are going to press, can you bypass that?

Here come the Sounders. Dela Vega in the middle of the park, tucked in from his right midfield position, spins out of pressure, well flixed at the outside of his foot to a Roznak has been in scintillating form this year. Here's a Rothrock, another players stepped up big time in the last couple of months, really solidifies his place. And they're starting eleven.

As the ball gets whipped in towards the back stick bounces through.

Would be a goalkick for Colorado and Zach Stephan here in the seventh minute Colorado nil, Sounders nil.

Yeah.

I think for the Sounders is it's the kind of start you'd have wanted.

You don't want to go, you know, into a place like Colorado where you're fighting the altitude.

As well.

They've been very good at home. Ten wins at home. That is a very very good home record, and if you're under the cush from the first minute, it can have been a very, very long evening. So you came in there sort of edging your way into it. We haven't see Stephan Fry too much. The sounders keeping a board well, connecting passes great balance between building up and also being a bit more direct. Would love to see a bit more efficient road Down and Albert Russen like

You know.

I think Brian was talking about it today about the lineup, and you'd mentioned, you know, hey, maybe he doesn't quite know it's perfect eleven, which at this point the season you'd want it.

But the questions are in the good area of the field.

It's about players performing at a high level in the attacking third, whereas the back four and of course Seth fan Fry and even roll Down and Vargas are being solidified in those positions and playing as a really high level getting in the clean sheets.

Yeah, that picks itself. There's a couple of question marks, you know what.

You know that higher up the pitch as well, Jordan's gonna play, Albert's gonna play. It's really on that right hand side, and that's sort of the freeway battle right now with De la Vega, Jugo, Georgie.

Rough Frock at the moment.

Actually probably he's a solidified as well, So it's really those last two spots down the right hand side for those two players. But for branch mess he's having good problems right now. He seems in very good form. Guys are playing well, and he told us today that he's so happy with the depth of his bench, the bench as well as a big era that we know in playoffs it's usually gonna be the guy you don't expect.

A couple of guys are missing tonight through the combination of niggling injuries and some sickness.

There's Leo Chwu and Rail Ruy Diaz.

Want to be great to get ruy Diaz just back on that bench. Can he give you ten to fifteen twenty minutes of magic to potentially see out his career in the Sounders. Wouldn't he love to put one more championship trophy on the shelf and go out with a bang? And we know that Raoul has not had the second half of the season as he really enjoyed in the first half eight goals in his year, hasn't scored in a while, but continues to be the leading goal scorer

Sixteen yards out is Rosnak blocked well by the back line.

I think it's Maxu or Vines who's got a foot in the way clear their lines throwing for the sound.

As it's near side.

In the end, it's great defending by the Rapids there, but again it's rough Rock. They great out there for Jordan Morris. He picks out Russnak on this occasion and Albert does everything great. You see what you guess. He's good first touch first of all, hard and low. You gotta give the Rapids credit. They've got the numbers back. There was very sloppy play from the Colorado Rappers, and you cannot give the sound as a ta how they're firing right now these kind of chances.

But this is the improvement in rough Frost's game.

Sometimes you know, as a young player, you just play across without looking, but you slow down a little bit. Now he picks out the run of Russneck intentionally there and the Sounders maybe wanting to get a bit more from that, but gives it offenders some credit for the Rapids.

Though they're good pressed by the Sounders. It's gonna be a corner kick for Albert Rosnick first of the game here on this left hand side one. I'm up in the air right foot because he steps a couple steps back, now moves into it.

Now he's gonna float it towards the back post, towards Jackson.

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It just hesitated, ball goes through corner kick Sounders No.

You said it.

Jordan the kicking himself because if he takes a chance of there, it's a simple head up. It's a tap in because Dela Vega just whips that. I mean, you cannot ask for bear area too far for the goalkeeper to come out. The defenders don't want to get touching. It was an on board right there along the six yard line, and if Jordan just gambles, it's a head off.

But you were taking himself there. What a chance, and what's across by de la Vega?

Yep, didn't take a second, just put his head down, whipped it into the area between back line and goalkeeper. Here's a corner kick for Rosnack, floated in top of the six, popped up in the air, headed down, good strike, just takes the deflection. Zach Stephan scrambles to his right, saves it before he goes over the end line. Looks like he's a little bit of a black eye potentially. Zach Stephan just got called into the men's national team,

Yeah, we just woke about Rudiaz and that's the sort of thing he did. He would just make that run and you just gammed when as a winger, you just put a ball into a dangerous area hoping someone's gonna get there.

Here's Rosenberry, good block by new who's been in scintillating form defensive lazy strides forward, arms, going, gets mad, no backup for him. As Rosenberry picks it up right corner of the box, floats it in towards Navajo just flicks off his head. It's going to roll through to the far side as Alex Roldan chases it down, but it's going to be a thrown for the Sounders. A little bit of a giveaway on that right hand side, although

He's been good.

He's been very dangerous on that Occasionally, I just think Jordan Morris has to hold his run because he was He would have been in, but Jordan was so eager to go and by the time Rothrock actually was able to play him the ball, Jordan was just offside and that's why Rothrock took the driven option there. But he's been involved in almost everything the sounds I've done attacking.

Know, questionable games in the middle of that patch.

And I love that she met stuck with him, didn't punish the kid, kept him in there, happy as the young players.

And now he's really finding his very best friend.

Paul given away by Newho just sloppy and slow on the ball in possession this time, he can't get mad at anybody. Was his own fault, but picks up. I never blocked well by Jackson Reagan. He turned his back hit the number twenty five goes over the end line for a corner kick. But a bit of a game of mistakes right now, Steve, A little bit of flurry of quality. Was to see a replay of Paul Rothrot

It has been I think though, the one thing that haven't let from new who there can give the bad away, but his reaction, he's giving a bad away a couple of times. Friend hands in the air, not tracking back. I think New's better than that. He knows that, and I think Petzman, Precki and those guys will be on him for that for sure. You give the boat away, you work, you defend, get through the danger, then address

Colorado have been deadly this season from set pieces. War whipped him by Mihailovich's been good on the delivery. Most penalties and most goals from set pieces this season in MLS of Colorado Ohilovich, as we mentioned, eleven goals fourteen assists. He breaks Colorado record for most gold contributions in a season. He got signed in the off season from Alcamar and Holland. We have spent one season or that. He was in Montreal in a great year in twenty twenty one with

He's playing with a lot of confidence, dropping his shoulder, trying it across it into the box. On this occasion wins a sound as a corner. Another set piece opportunity to get the big lesson on the back forward and hopefully the sound has been capitalize. But it's been very good on the step fan's side so far from rough Rocks opening seventeen minutes.

Yet you always know when a player knows he may have hit his hand when he holds his face like he got hit in the face when it's obviously on his arm, but his ball to armed or ball to

You'd think. So, I mean, they've been really good.

I guess the sound is in it a few times if they this season, but I think at some point the Sounder is okay. And especially that Open Cup one that one kind of got away. So if you have asked Britches to win MNS Cup and Sounders have been or salts of Smetha this morning along with Miami, maybe the best team in MLS since the turn of the summer, really and so there's no fear of LFC as good

Well.

The one thing that teams around the league and players around the league know where the Sounders is. They've got the experience in big time competitions ever present group of players that have been through it, thick and thin of once championships here in Seattle, from Stepan Fry all the

The energy to stand his identity on the team, and I think it just needed to change. I think, you know, Robin did an excellent job there, all things considered, but sometimes things reached their end and the changes needed. And Armist, with the pedigree he has was you know, he was on the bench at Man United at some point, so obviously he knows.

What he's doing here.

And I think they've they've been a very good team, Colorado Rapids, And it's always been a team for me that it always sort of flatted the sea at times over the years in MLS. But this season, especially at home, they've been very good.

Sex steph and long clearance finds its way to the far side to Lewis, picked up by Alex Scholdar on one v one. Lewis has his feet, drops the shoulder to his right foot, cuts it back, clips it towards the back, sick headed away, poor headed by news strikes it off the face or back if they think of you see who that is that that's Jackson Reagan. But great strike top of the box poor header by New

Yeah, And that's something the Sounders have been doing very very well when teams are have when teams are on top of you, they're having their wave and sometimes you know, playing in these games, especially in a place like Colorado where you're fighting also the elements at the altitude as well, and no, if they're if we're facing a good Rapids team, you have those five ten minute stretches where it just feels like you're gonna conceidew on top of you and

It goes direct towards Jordan Morris, headed away by a Bouba Car. But then the Sounders start to press now with rosnekhn Lorez, and again that's a bit of a change from the Sounders early in the season. They try and build out back almost too much to get caught in possession. They gave away some sloppy goals. It caused some of their problems in the early part of the

In the last fifteen games, thirty five points.

That's the most points in MLS only second first and the MLS second is Miami with thirty four points. When you think about what they've been doing over the last couple of weeks, shows what the Sounders have done quietly and efficiently. Steve A building points and buildings.

Because that's a support she would pace.

You know, Miami's about to break the record for most points in the regular season all the time if they can win their last game, which is hard to bet against them not doing that. And as Sounders, I've kept pace with them for several games now, and so it just makes you wonder if you came out the gates a little bit quicker. Some of those games you gave

Conversation, Well, it's been picked up at home, of course, eight wins at home, only two losses, but six ties and a good chunk of those who are in the beginning parts of the season where they're in winning positions and a number of occasions and it felt like it was a red card here, a sloppy goal given away there, a last minute goal there. They've just lost their way at times. But now it's becoming much more efficient place to play as Luman. They're getting the results. They're comfortable.

Houston.

They didn't get that second goal to make it more comfortable during that game. See we talked about it, you know, but they managed to find that one nil win, which is what you need to do as you build for the playoffs exactly.

Houston will be a playoff team, as were the Rapids. Now you're playing teams you played a white Caps as well.

Here comes to elevate a good shift of pace, tries to find oh, I guess the thing was even Morris who cut back outside the six. He looked to cut the ball back. It bundles over the end line. It's going to be a goal kicked for Colorado. Remains nil ill here, but good change of pace by de la Vegasy Zach Kwani.

Yeah.

We maybe he's feeling a little bit left out. We're talking about rough Rock so much now. The l Vega shows a great turn of pace and he's getting a bit more involved. And I actually think now branch Mets and his staff will be a little bit disappointed because you've got in behind five six times now into really good areas, which is tough to the way from home, getting crosses into the box low and hard like that.

And we should have.

So I think for branch METSA, yes, we'll created chances. We're getting in behind. Both My wingers are very active, but you've got to get more from the situations because away from home it is hard to sustain that and they will come a time when that will dry up and you're still zero on the board.

Is not good poor headed by Alex Roldan flicks off his head, finds the foot of Mahailovich left hand sidy top of the box. It goes a little cut back there. Lorez just dribbles in, stood up by Yamar Good defending by Jemar again playing in solid form in the last month or so, team with a match day last week for his performances, clearances and breaking up attacks. Here come Colorado flicked around the corner to Lewis, the little turn and swivel top of the box, strike low and hard,

Yeah, and the Rapperds did well to sustain the pressure there.

But I think the end of the day, for facing a shot from twenty five yards out, Sounders had enough players back there was never really threatening was evyone target.

I think you live with that.

Stephan Fry if he gets to be from there, he's going to take probably a very very special strike.

Yeah, you mentioned sixty four percent possession for the Sounders. As Yemark, maybe there's a hand to face. Hopefully it's nothing more sinister than just an innocuous challenge. I think everybody's surrounding the referee. Heel a car for Yemar. Referee Tim Ford let things go in the early parts of this game, but saw something that maybe we didn't see was Navajo closed down yem Yemar. He put his arm up just to protect himself from the ball, which see

It's a really soft yellow card. I mean you said it. I think Yama is trying to protect himself. Yeah, his hands a bit higher, but there's no swing, there's no forced there's nothing in that to get a yellow card for that. So yeah, very disappointing. But the Sounder's got a regroup, can't focus on that. Yeamo's got to stop talking to her free at this point because they're still yapping away at each other, and you've got a free kit to the fend in a very good position here

It's happened.

It comes a free kit for the Rapids. Sounder just sitting on the PK spot. Now they back up towards the back post. The Buba car goes in, makes ahead of him six yards, flicked over the top. It looked like from Stephan Fry. Nothing given by the assistant referee or the referee. We'll see a replay, right, here's Steve. The ball comes in, Bukar gets up and it looks like a little flick from Fried.

It looked like in real time Stephan Fry got to touch you.

I think they're getting a repo out of stadium because the fans are reacting. Yeah, how does not this sounds escape? So one bad decision for the free kick and the sound is even up now, But that should have.

Been a corner.

Maybe the referee felt bad about his decision before. As Navajo clatters into the back of Jackson Reagan, Jackson REGs is a little bit careful asking for the yellow card. We know that's getting hit on by US Soccer and FIFA around the world when players asked for yellow cars. But it was a clash in the back, and I think it's a worthy question if Yemar we seemed like an innocuous challenge on Navaja gets a yellow card.

Navajo more cynical this case.

Clutteres into the back of Jackson and Reagan as he from the free kick not soo long towards Rothrock and picked up by Colorado. Rapid's a good step by Vargas was called into the senior men's national team for Mexico. Plays the ball out left hand side left corn the boxer Rothrock just slows the game down back to Jordan Rice five yard ball inside to roll Don comes back to new who slopping that first touch. Now its signed to go in a bit of a dead end here,

Here?

Here's Rotter drop the right shoulders. Looks that far corn not a bad effort by Rothrock, just goes why it's gonna be a goal. Kate remains nil nil in the thirtieth minute, but Rothrock continues to cause problems for Colorado.

So direct, so direct, and you can see the moment he gets it. Rosenberries backen off and when a defender does that, just drive, drive, and he knows his mind.

Was made up.

He's been looking for his teammates all afternoon, all evening. That one he's gonna got alone and it's a really really good strike there. Again, doesn't actually completely the way he wants to, but I would have played the approach play.

This is a man playing with a ton of confidence right now.

Yep, two goals in the last two games. It was a very similar position as his goal against Houston, which was the game winners. It curled it into the bottom corner. It's going to be a free kick for sorry, goalkick for Colorado. Zach Stephen, sitting in the middle of his box in the yellow just strikes it. The former Man City player played some time on loane at Middlesbrough time in England, came short found his way to the Rapids

On the year.

I think a man of his quality. But it's also he's made saves as well. It's not been particularly protected well by the back four. Sounders aren't able to capitalize it in this pressure so far only two shots for the Sounders, zero shots on target. Sounds will be comfortable right now in six or four percent possession. Referee gives the advantage. It looked like, yeah, mom, maybe got pulled down Highlevich on the ground. Referee is not going to

And here in the thirty second minute it's the Rapids nil sounds.

Well.

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Fair.

It's kind of found that lull in the game.

Steve It. It got off to a good start and it just feels like both teams are playing somewhre of a chess game. They both played on Wednesday. Of course there's be some heavy legs because of the altitude.

But yeah, one of the issues of Sounds that are having is no this season especially they like bringing Alex roll down when the attacks sort of inside into midfield. In the build up, but Pedrol has to come inside as well, and so when they're on this left faust side there is absolutely no width.

On the right hand side.

You have both Pedro and Alex in the same line inside sort of like ten to fifteen yards in from the touch line, and you just course ask Alex to play a bit more white, and then Pedro come and said.

Here comes Morris, so inside the box right inside, cuts it back to Pedro just aluds and now it's Rothrock tries to slide it in the corner, blocked out well by the Rapids back line, clipped up in the air towards Vines, able to hold it up but giving away. Sounders have it again in the attacking third of the fielded a good break from Dalla Vega balling to Morris. It's been a much more willing runner in these last

And a lot of it's been Alvin. He has to play right now.

Here comes Lewis left corner of the box, challenged by Alexual darn comes aways right for because of the fast side, just wide of Stephan Fry's goal, maybe a bit further wide than we thought. Fried looked very comfortable. It's going to be a goalkick here in the thirty fifth minute. Colorado nil, Sounders nil. And this score update is presented by Michelobultra Sounders. As we mentioned, two weeks off an international break, US played Mexico in Guadalajara on October fifteenth,

Steve is well deserved.

I mean, I keep forgetting how young he actually still is, because now he's seasoned. His name is one of the first ones on the team sheet. He's building a great rapport of Christian Roodande you cover so much ground. He's added offensive elements to his game, and he's a player from day one I think who came in and a lot of young players come in and just tried to not mess things up, not make mistakes, and then some come in and can do that and also make things.

Happen, and albed is in that second group. He was trying to make that from day one.

Plays with a ton of confidence and he's a fiery character as well, So I'm not surprised at all, and he's only at the beginning of his career. He has a chance to go if he stays there for a long time. He'll have options, but to be one of the true true sounds greats.

Let's not forget back in the CCL Championship season. Started the early part of the season, got the nod, earned his position in preseason and then came off the bench to replace JP when he got that ACL injury and just played fantastic and he picks up an injury himself. Of course that year that put him out for the back half of the season, but he certainly continues to go up in statistics. Last year no goals to assist, this year one goal, seven assists in regular season and

I think the first two step of was were fine. It was the fourth and fifth one will have an.

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Yeah, and that's why Harris held his run because he saw Knew who was re engaged, was going to track him back all the way and he's probably not gonna win that foot race nine times out of ten against New who So that's much better from New you give. You know at times he's transitioned defense and hasn't been good in terms of recovery on that occasion. That's what makes him one of the very best in Amos when

Yep, four clean sheets in the last five. For those clean sheets were wins, convincing wins. The Sounders of found waste of wins in different ways, found goalscorers in different ways. It wasn't for a blunder at the end of the San Jose game, it would have been five wins out of five. But here comes Mahidlovich. Now has been a revelation for Colorado this year, coming in as Jackson Reagan steps in, marks it to Lorez, who picks it up playing alongside Connor Roan and goes to that man. Ronan

Yeah, that low sen of gravity, he sort of can ride challenges so close to the ground.

And I think Pedroy he was involved maybe.

The first twenty five minutes, and I think you mentioned the game sort of went into a loan and I think he suffered a lot from that. He needs to be in the flow of the game, team having lots of little touches in between players. He's sort of been

And they've also sort of taken out that transition ball as well.

There comes Rothrock again, just drops his left shoulders, sitting wide on his left hand side. Now it makes you run inside as he tries to fine pockets the spaceball. That's the right inside to Delaveag's already put a great ball in towards Morris drops the shoulder again, whips it in. Good play again it was it was Maxu came flying in, eventually cleared over Stephan's goal almost in the back, and then it went. But it's again Dela Vega's right foot causing problems and that.

Outside it's good play from Pergura again. I mean he just direct. Both Sounders wingers have been sold direct. That's a really good ball there. And in the end, maybe Zack Stefan shout was heard. He collected that comfortably. Maybe, but MAXI wasn't to know try to deal with it, and he's just lucky he didn't turn it into his own net.

You know.

The corner kick to the Sounders and they make it count. Sanders struggled from corner kicks in the early part of the season. I think it's one hundred and three corner kicks without a goal, and then more recently it's been qualities. Paul goes in, it just goes wide. It was Christian roll down flashing to that front post. It's going to be a goal kick rapids nil. Nil's still here in Commerce City. But Steve's a quantic, good delivery, good chance for the Sounders.

Yeah, it's a good boy into that near post. Spaces to so many goals scored in for Christian. You want to just try to help it on, keep the ball going, and he trying to sort of flick it on. He tries to get almost makes too good of a contact then and in the end he overran the near post. It it would have been hard to turn that in. But it's a good board, good run from Christian and the sound is finishing a harsh run.

Yep.

Branch went so once fifty five percent possession from his team is getting sixty five percent today, So Real dominant in possession of But it's a matter of trying to test sex definite. Steve zac Quani mentioned and Sanders taken advantage of chances because playing away from home in MLS, it's tough to generate good chances as Samd's just faff around with it again in the back given away by

Yeah, I mean, you've got a thing. They want to get much more from the last counter attack. It's free against free at one point four against free even and I think it just was too narrow. Wasna's running and he has little veg against that and that should be a foul for the Sounds.

It's not given.

And disappointing there because I think the sound has had numbers in the attack in transition and Indian album got quught on the board, but his options weren't great.

Here's the Sounders again. Marie's top of the box, first chance to really go at the back line with the ball at his feet, goes over the end line. Laretz comes back, takes it off Della Vega's foot. One minute of at a time. He fifteen seconds past the forty five Sounder's gonna have a chance from cornerkick here there's sixth corner kick of the game. Already had pressure in the attacking third. Can they nick a goal before the

Tim Ford's going to get a earfull from.

Colorado and Chris Armas if the Sounders can do something here, it's going to be a corner kick on the Sounders left or which in low clips it around, bounce around the et and yard but away by Sam Vines and there's the referees whistle. Eventually puts the whistle to his mouth, brings this first half to a close somewhat of a chess match in some ways, neither goalkeeper really having to

Steve your final thoughts, Yeah, I think it's a good half from the Sounders.

I think defensively did well, didn't and let Stephan Fry get tested too much, couple of ships from distance. Offensively, you got into so many good positions, bought some white areas and the one letdown has been maybe not made Zach Steffan work as much as it should have.

Well, don't go away, we'll be right back after this short break where Jackson fails James Riley chance fire, We'll be back to break it all down and halftime here at Dick Sports and Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado's Rapids nil, Sounders nil.

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Forty five minutes in the books down in Commerce City, Colorado. Your Sounders and Rapids even at zero zero right now and Sounder's FC Soccer is presented by Provident, Swedish official healthcare partner of Sounders FC. Jacksonville's Chance for James Rally. Here for the halftime show. To break down those first forty five minutes, Let's just start with opening thoughts. Chance, what do you see from this zero zero game so far?

I think it was good.

We kind of thought that they were going to be under a bit more pressure. Colorado came down a few times, but we've had apparently sixty five percent possession and it was a good solid first half and we've had a lot of attacking moments, especially down the left hand side with Rothrock and a couple of great crosses from Peter on the right.

For me, exceptional. I mean, I'm watching the game like that. That is a fantastic forty five minutes from everyone on the field. I thought, in possession at a possession transitional moment, the fact that we're continually you know, having end product and creating set pieces and and corner kicks is great.

I think I forget if this was on the air off if before the game started, during the pregame show, we were talking about like we want to see a good good sixty minutes from pedro 'de levey at least go and I said, define good chance. I feel like what he did tonight. Yes, there's no assistant, no goals so far in the first forty five minutes, but from what we saw from him, that is that is good. That is very good. From what we saw from Pedro.

I thought, yeah, we all agree, it was very good. And it just so happened that a lot of the play was going down the left hand side, so he really didn't get the ball as much as a Rothrock did. But when he did, he was quality, and he was getting back and helping defensively a couple of times too.

I thought he was solid.

He looked really good. And James, speaking of Rothrock on the left side, we've seen him get those opportunities much more. And I'm just gonna say, yeah, I tweeted this out too. If they don't contain Paul Rothrock, if they keep allowing him that much space and allowing him to make moves, he's going to get him for a goal or assist tonight, without a doubt. It's it's interesting to see kind of

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Welcome back to the halftime show Sounders and call out of Rapids. Even at zero zero. By the way, Houston diamod right now losing two nothing to Saint Louis. If the Sounders were to win this game and Houston We're to go on to lose, Sounders would clinch a top four seed tonight. That is something to monitor as this night goes on. Twenty twenty five. Season memberships are on sale now, so join Sounders FC Legacy and secure your

Surprised if there are any changes at the halftime. I think they're gonna let them keep going as as is We've had good focus in the first half, just a little bit sharper in the final third and in the box, and I think I think will be to the good. But we've had I marked down here, Jordan, Albert and and Rothrock all had three decent chances that could have been goals. So we've done really well.

Yeah, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Like I thought, it was a great half. Now you're just trying to optimize in the second half. Take your chances when they come. I think they can be a little bit but more dangerous on corner kicks. So do they throw in a short corner?

Do you know?

We try to do something there, But they're producing a lot of corner kicks. But all in all a great half. Look for more of that to continue. And then obviously you have the the Firecracker coming in if you want to and Georgie who can?

Who can?

This is a game that he could really unlock. With the Colorado Rapids two outside backs probably being their weakest, you know, getting him isolated on that right side against fines could really possibly unlock this game.

We'll they're right back. Kegan Rosenber offensive primarily player and if he tries to cheat up the field little bit too much, no matter if it's Pedro, if it's Paul, or if it's Georgie, make him pay. And that's where the Sounders could get their opener. But it is zero zero right now. This copyrighted audio cast of Major League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduced, or rebroadcast without the express written consent of Major League Soccer. We'll send things

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Welcome back Sounders fans to Dick Sports and Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.

As the players get ready to kick this one.

Off nil nil at halftime, bron Schmidt sim short he works for his team, executing the final Furdom show was a top of his list. Sounder's in the anniversary kit this evening. Green shirts, blue sh shorts and white socks. They'll be attacking the goal to our right. And then Colorado and they're all burgundy kit tonight shirts, shorts and socks.

They're attacking the goal to our left.

Colorado ten games unbeaten at home before they're three to one loss in.

Midweek against the La Galaxy.

No changes for either team. Let's get you the lineup as the Sounders will get ready to kick this one off. Stefan Frying goal a back four roll down, Yemar Reagan Knew who Bargas and Christian rolled on in the middle of the park, De la Vega, who's been lively on that right hand side, Rosneck Rothrock and then Jordan Morris.

Eventually saved comfortably by Fry.

I think it was hearts in Males moment for a second as it came through a bevy of players, But it's gonna be an early save for Stephan. Friary mains Neil Neil Steve's that one of your thoughts.

Yeah, we haven't seen too much of that from the rapids, where they've got this intricate passing in the round the Sounders box and that for a man who's got so many goals this season, that's a good chance doesn't catch it all the way well, and so it's comfortable winner for Stephan Fryer. But I do expect in the second.

Half given away by a yellow Carney's to be very careful. Navajo knows it. It needs to be more professional than that. Think he's asking it for the yellow car. He knows Yemas on one went down a little bit too easily, like he did for that yellow carn Actually.

When Yemar put his arm up in the air to protect himself.

Went down, Yama should have never been on the yellow and yea and oh you got to focus on trying to just get to the gold. I think he's looking for the foul, trying to bait name what into the foul. Yaima into the foul and it wasn't. A referee made a good decision there. But I think you'll see both teams maybe a bit more emphasis and urgency in the attacking sense. I think there was some decent play that both cultures can maybe say, yeah, I like what I've

Here's Mark Shop of the box, wins the ball, slots it good.

Save by Stepan, follow up by Rossneck back and then it goes and the sound has taken early lead. Here at Commerce City against the Rapids.

It was a.

Deflected shot from Stephan's say, found the foot of Russneck and he rolls the ball in the back of the net for his tenth goal on the season.

Two goals in two games for the Sounders, number eleven.

They go up one nil and.

It's a defensive mistake again by the Rappers, and Morris is so quick to pounce. He stood up very well by Zach Stephan there. But Rossnick doing what you're taught to do, which is following the play. He does it really well, keeps a shot hard and no I think he ends up going through Maxw's legs there and Zack Stephan's legs that I guess the deflection into the back of the net, but the Sounders won't care. Jordan would have wanted that one to go in, but russ Knack

Big goal for Russneck continues to elevate himself up the rankings of Sounders all time goal contributions on a season With that one, I believe he ties Clint Demsee for number two.

Ober Flemi Martin sits at thirty.

That puts Rouznek at twenty five, ten goals, fifteen assists on his year.

What great time to score it, especially the way the results.

Have gone around the league so far. We'll get you that in a minute. As the ball comes off Max Who's hand, the referee now it's just gonna hold things up. He obviously came up Max Who's hand as he went down to challenge the ball as Vargas trying to clip it down the line. I think it was for Jordan Morris who made the run. Nothing more given by the referee than a free kick, no yellow card. So see get let's get some of the standings here. So LFC

LFC go in there, win three nil. That elevates them to fifty eight points.

The Sounders can't get into second place today, but with a win tonight then it clarifies their position as home field advantage because it separates them away from hust who on fifty one points, Sanders currently sitting in fifty six points, celt Lake at fifty four. So the win tonight now it does give them home field advantage. And it's just just about now see about which position they get a Landy huge and.

I think if you can, if you can secure that in that three game series, give yourself two of them.

His Harris shot just wide, Willig goalkick Sanders remains one. Ny'll finish your thoughts, so they give yourself two of them. At home, that this potential deciding third game will be at home. I think that's a massive for the Sanders, who've been a very good home team. But it's been We talked to Schmetz this morning and kind of it's been sort of like nationally, at least from what I've seen, I don't think that Sunder's going to creditly have for

Maybe not the front runner, but this he's put together. You don't really see the Sounders talked about in that way. And I think at least here we know inside the locker room the confidence is there, and if you can suck your home for the advantage, no seam wants to have to come and try to win at Lumen in a third game deciding going the playoff series.

As they mentioned, the Sounders are one point ahead of Miami if the last fifteen games Sounds on thirty five, Miami on thirty four. They get a win today to solidify their Supporter Shield championship one nil in Toronto. Sounders now will be thirty eight points out of last sixteen games. So remarkable turnaround based on the start they had. And I think see if we talked about it are fair.

It is and another great courting job.

And I won't just single out branch message there because you'll point to be staff as well. The job they've done together year after year to always be one of the very top teams in the West. It is truly remarkable. It's impressive. And I think you know he doesn't always get the credit he deserves as well. Bran Schmidson, and I think you have to just say, you know, this

I think it is pretty impressive.

He really is.

He's maximized what this group can do. And you look at Rosneck.

You mentioned Jordan Morris on thirteen goals career year for him his.

Highest before that.

Who would have thought rough for five goals on the year, that's great culture.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, and some goals in League's Cup and US Open Cup as well. I mean he starts pushing him to his eight goals on the year, five goals in regular season with a couple of assists. Here's Lewis now in Colorado, trying to find himselves back in the game. Strike just wide. Fry was rooted to the spot. Look to his left. It went narrowly wide for Mac Sue stepped up from his central defensive position, slices the ball wise, it's gonna be a goalkick for Sounders to remain rapids nil.

Yeah.

In decent response by the Rappers.

Actually, since going behind, they've had the ball in the sound As half almost exclusively and for the sound I just want to relive that pressure. Maybe a couple of balls over the top ass to run Jordan Morris, to run something he did really well in the first half.

Here's Jordan Morris. Stefan reads the game well as you'd expect to play over his caliber to do, clears his lines. It's going to be a throwing just through the Sounders bench. Ranch Mets are just telling his team calm down.

Just thought Alex walked to everything.

Take this thing out again. This is time management.

Third game in a week, and right now the Sounders are going to be sitting on their third clean sheet in a row. Three wins, three clean sheets, and the other two wins before that tie against San Jose were clean sheets as well. So defense wins championships. To know that Adage and Sounders certainly is showing what the benefit of strong defense is and the results they're picking up now.

Really good attack.

Christians involved, Albert's involved, Pesles involved, and everyone there did everything great. Jordan ran hard Porter rough Rock put a board in the era you should because the timing was a little bit off there, but another very good attap by the sound has been very good in the wide areas today really have been.

So here's my question. You've got Yamar on a yellow card. You've got one game coming up. You know, you know Colorado are going to be coming and pushing Navar, who's already looking to try and get that second yellow one Yema Brian Schmidtz to protect him, maybe pull him off. He got Nathan You've got Jonathan Bell that could come in and slide in the defensive center back position along Jackson.

Yeah, I would be surprised if we don't see that change in the next ten, ten to fifteen minutes here. But maybe it's a case of he'll trust Jaim. It's a bit to not make that tackle. Say hey, you know you've got a yellow, but once you to see the game out, don't make that tackle. I don't want to make any defensive changes because you know coach is a bit more reluctant to make change that the back, especially when you're trying to maybe get a third clean sheet.

And to your point about the clean shees.

I think for the Sounders, you've played all playoff teams and two of them on the roll because it's very impressive.

They come from the Rappers on the right hand side, deep cross with Rosenbery blocks out off knew who as he comes back to defend ball into Harris around the corner to Navar who tries to pull around them. Yima just holds up, just like Steve Zacquani mentioned using his experience. The ball gets clipped to the back post, collected well by Fry. I think it's see who that is. That's Alex s rolled on gets clattered into on the back stick, maybe by Jonathan Lewis, referee from Ford asking the medical

Yeah, that's a strong that's a strong hit.

There couldn't tell first if kind of with more into his back, but no right into his head, and his brother Christian right away alerting the referee to that. So yeah, there was some concern, but Alex seems to be okay. He's good. Yeah, treated by the medical staff. He's on his feet, and nothing intentional by Lewis at all. He's going for the ball boards in the air, you know, but there definitely was a lot of contact on that.

Yeah, Let's remember when Alex Roldan picked up a concussion in the first few seconds of a game earlier in the season, put him out for a concussion protocol. Then his brother of course last season had two instances where he had to miss time because of concussion and recurring symptoms. But good news for the Sounders as we see Alex Roldan walk off, just gonna take a moment, I'm sure,

Albert Rosneck spoke to the press yesterday, spoke to the.

Fact that he thought Georgie's performance was the best of the Sounders against Vancouver and Steve you know, you're by far the best winger in Sounder's history, one of the Georgia Mnungoe is probably one of the only out and out true wingers that you could even compare to the way that you played similar styles.

Absolutely, he's electric. He's electric.

And you know, I went down to the pitch after the win against Suston and had no I thought he played really well. So I had a very brief convo with him and just kind of you know, every time I bumped into him. You know, is such a infectious personality, a joy for the game and watching that game when I watched and listen to you on Brad on the broadcast.

That comes with Haalovich clicks up in the air, Harris picks it up inside the box. Good covering by obit of August coming back to do his defensive duties. Can't do anything more than knock it over the end line. It's gonna be a corner kick for Colorado. So a chance from set pieces, and they are a team that have been very dangerous this year most goals scored from set pieces MLS. There's gonna be Ahilovich's good a jog over and take it from their right hand side.

Yeah, he normally puts on a good service. He do's beheliver.

So sounders a defended world so far this evening at least from any set piece situations that the Rapids have had. But as the game goes on, these become bigger and bigger, and so the sound has got to stand strong here and not give away any chief silly goals, thick with your runners, crowd.

Behind their team. Bor gets whipped in, headed up and away by Jackson Reagan. Referee was to whistle to his mouth calling a fowl inside the eighteen yard boxing on navajo of Harris. They were both going up to challenge Jackson Reagan, who won his aeriel battler as he expects him to do at six foot five. And even Bryan Schmizer talked about Jackson kind of how does he kick on from last year where he really came on the scene. Here and Yema have the second that the tie best

Yeah, and he's he's come out and said that's an error. He wants to improve his role and just yeah, you want to be a dominant defensive force. Of course, the benchmark and especially here in Seattle, will always look at Chad Marshall.

Right.

He was someone who almost every set piece, every goal kicks that the bulls attracted to, the bull found him. It seemed like he was always there first. And I think for Jackson Reagan that's the next step. Be that imposing figure where we know every defensive set piece, every offensive stet piece, you're going to be in and around the action every.

Chance of bears.

Rothrock again that left hand side been a constant threat, continues to play at a high level, consistent, high level.

That's what you want from young players. There's some consistency.

We know that Brian Schmetz looks to that on his players, and it's kind of a yo yo effect in performances. It's not what a coach like Brian likes to see. And so far Rothwro continues to play at that high level. Sounders are playing at that level as well as a team. In these last sixteen games. This is the sixteenth game where they could pick up their twelfth win and only

Yeah, and I think the initial wave of attacks following that goal from the Reperds. They weren't the most dangerous, they were sort of let it were probe and problem, and the Sounders stood strong. And now the tide beginning to shift back to a more even game, which the Sounders want to see.

And just I am critousy. Third game in a.

Week, Yes, you'd have a couple of weeks off, so maybe he doesn't go through his bench as much as you would normally if you had another game next weekend. But you also do want to have as many of you guys fit and ready to go into the playoffs as you can. And I can't think of a better opportunity you're gonna get than this game. The Timbers game won't be that kind of game. That game is gonna be all out trying to win, and it's really your

Defending by new who as he slides and cuts that ball down the line out it's gonna be thrown for Colorado eighteen yards or so from the end line, and it's gonna be a change.

Made.

But as that happens, it's gonna be a couple of changes for Colorado Cannon the number four player coming in from QPR just this month, last month, and it's gonna be Fernandez who started the last couple of games on that high left hand side. So it's gonna be Sam Vines that comes off. It's gonna be a lightful like switch likely for Canon for Vines. And then Lewis comes off the number seven that classed into Alex roll Dan again light for like switch with Amir Fernandez, who's gonna

Can he get there?

He can?

Cuts away from Ronan the irishman all goes in, splits the linders rolled on. Now he finds his brother Alex tucked way into the middle of the park from his right back spot. Just Rothrup holds his run, comes back from an offside position, collects it far side the left comes back to Russneck started the attack as he moved the ball forward his gaimer on his right hand side, rolls it out to Alex Road on time and space. Can he turn right corner of the box, the Levega

Fernanders can't save it. It's going to be a thrown for the Sounders.

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Couple of good balls in and we'll get to your thoughts in a second.

As the sounders have it with Manunga de la Vega ask him for the throw, still supporting his teammates, even walking and trudging back to the bench. But what do you make of Dela Vega's performance tonight?

I think he played well.

You played well.

He showed really well the moment he was involved, put at these two really really good crosses into the box.

His touch was good.

I think he's balanced between when to stay wide when to come inside. It improved as the game went on as well. It was a very good outlet on the right hand side.

One knew you to be.

But I'm with you. I think he would have wanted to play a bit more today.

I think he was a game where he maybe felts a goal out there and at least an assist for him, and yeah, you're gonna get a couple of weeks off before you have to play again, so I think he would have been disappointed. But it's tough to say that Georgie has earned some minutes. How well he played on Wednesday.

Night, yellow card for Jackson Reagan's he made have found in the middle department. Not a bad foul to give. As Colorado managed to skip through Jackson Reagan's initial challenge pulled him down a professional foul gets the yellow carter. Now the Sounders two center backs are both on a yellow card. It's gonna be a little bit careful. You don't want the Sounders backline to be changed for that all important Portland Timbers game in a couple of weeks.

The ball comes in.

Cleared by Jackson Reagan. It was Harris that cut in on his left foot. Just try to find Navajo cleared by the Sounders backline. But it's gonna be a thrown again for Rosenberry, ten yards or so from the corner flag on their right hand side, the far side the right. He's gonna wind this one up, is Rosenberry captain for the Rapids. Gonna be a long throw comes in towards the top of the six Good headed by Jackson. Reagan be dominant in the air tonight, but the ball finds

You can hear that scream from here, But.

That whole sequence there is why which looking at potentially free clean sheets in a row, I mean, really good defending. The rapids kept coming trying to probe, couldn't find a way through, couldn't find a way to get a shot off.

Any cross that came in was blocked.

Guys are sacrificing their bodies diving at the ball, and that's where it takes at this stage of the season. Can you get into October pushing towards November. You need guys that are going to be able to sacrifice their bodies and defend him that way. And as a unit, it sounds there were so tough to break down the rappers having a very difficult time for you to run to play.

The rappers faithful, up on their feet.

Ball comes in Outswinger headed up and away again by Reagan. Three headers in a row. He's managed to clear his lines. Here's Georgie. Now can he try and break the line? He's not good defending by Fernandez the sub because his defensive duties comes inside. Is my Hilovitch flipped down towards the end Line's Rosenberry towards Navajo clid Well by Yamar sounds just hanging on right now.

Sef and Fry hasn't had to do too much in goals.

The Sounders backline that are cutting the entry balls out from the Rapids. So far, so good for the men in green, but backs against the wall gotta stay strong then don't break. It's gonna be a thrown for Rapids on their right hand side. It's most likely going to be Rosenberry as he goes over yet winds it up.

Referee just pulls it back. Just referee tim Ford.

Holding things up, which is gonna potential VR check not sure if that was something on that entry ball and Yamar coming in again, this would be referee getting involved there and nothing given. Rosenberry does it again, it's gonna launch it up in the night sky. Easy for Cephro and Fry comes and collects at top of his six yard box allow potentially his back line just to move up. Rolls it out to this near side the right to Alex rolled On. Good performance so far from the Sounders

He would lose his mind.

And that was always if you're looking across the line, then you cannot be off side, and you just cannot. And from your lone if you're looking across the line that far Yeam was winding up, the wrappers have drops off, the ball's gonna be played. You've got to look across the line there and know you're gonna be off side. And just another point on I think what makes him so unique is is how relentlessness he's driving at you every single time he gets the ball.

There's Vargas top of the box, left foot, little scuff shot blocked by Colorado, and there's Yamar ambitious from thirty yards out inside of the fir trying to guide into the top corner.

Benchway.

Think it's explained to new of course, I'm gonna shoot, you shoot in this distance, you know, the one thing you love as a coach. I imagine, yes, you can have a chuckle, your one nill up and your solidified playoff spot. You're fighting for home field advantage, but the players having fun. Yeah, that's the biggest thing. Right You've got a center back who's was on the Team of

And how this is all gonna work out.

I imagine every team sitting around the Sounders right now is thinking, eh, maybe you want to be seventh not sixth.

Yeah, exactly, And especially if the Sounders do lock up that home field sort of advantage there, you don't want to get a Sounder as that sort of advances a team that's had so much the experience that comes into it. So many guys on the pitch right now in this squad have success and history in winning major trophies with this club, with this coach, and so I think for the sound As it bodes well and you start to find your best form towards this time of the season.

We've seen this script before.

You want to be one of the hottest teams going into the playouts, and the Sounders currently are.

Yeah.

Of course, going back to twenty sixteen when the Sounders were in deep dark times when Siggy Schmidt left the club and Brian Schmitzer came in. The first game actually was against La Galaxy. Remember that's when Brian shifted to a four to two three one Valdez up front. You can't get the winner out, Believe there's a tiny that day, but started off the Schweitzer campaign and good solid form and then of course from that point forward, the Sounders went on a tear, winning the MLS Cup, the first

And I think that's what's happened.

I think if actally a team who didn't achieve last year big changes came there was probably so hell bent on just gettingto the playoffs. They've done it. Take your foot off the gas a little bit, and they're really good teams. Don't allow that. They're really good teams. They

Every time you achieve a goal, a small versions to tick on and do more. You haven't arrived yet.

Branch met So he's obviously been there, done that, and certainly there's certainly a coach. It's all about it's only about the last game, not looking at reputations, about looking what can you do for me?

Now?

Is new who goes into the back of Harris fell On knew who he's a sly grin as he looks across to the referee in the middle of the field, Decktown old pink can't miss him. Well, Let's corporated audio cast of Major League Soccer may not be retransmitted, reproduced, or rebroadcast without the express written consent of Major League Soccer.

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Regular time Sports Radio nine to fifty kr AM Dick Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado Sounders, looking for their fifth win out of six, their fifth clean sheet out of six. The ball gets launched long by roll down. As you mentioned, results have been going on around the Western Conference. Sport Saint Louis City out of the playoffs, top of the Western Conference last year. They win three nil against Houston Dynamits. That was a good result for

He just didn't get his steps right because I think I thought he was really stretching, But having seen the replay, the way on the pass.

Is actually perfect from rough Rock.

He hits it right in front of him.

Nothing Jordan's stride just did a line up of the ball because in the end he has took a couple of quick steps. Then he ends up stretching for the ball, doesn't get a good contact and it flies wide. It should have been to no, it should have been to know what a counter attack. Great play by Rothrock. Then he did anything great delayed delayed way to Jordan was on side, plays a great ball across the six yard box and if Jordan Morris has stride and he's in timing there, it's a tapping.

What a chance.

He's had a few of those chances in the last couple of weeks, way slid in the last couple of games, has had chances inside the six yard but just to guide the ball in the back of the net. Just hasn't been clinical in and around the goal the last couple of weeks. But of course, career year for Jordan Morris thirteen goals and also for Jordan Morris sounds certainly would not be where they are right now, we are foul given. Rothrock just can't believe it's system referee right

And that's what we disappoint Chris Armison lot is they have not tested Steph and Fray nearly enough. I told this afternoon only a couple of shots on target and those were tame at best. And so for the Sounders continue to do what you've done defensively, been really really good.

Sounders, if they hold this result, the eight wins on the road, they'll tie the best record away record in terms of wins in the Western Conference, they'll tie Houston and Minnesota. Of course, the last game of the season for the Sounders is at home in front of the Sounders faithful, and we'll thank as always the Sounders fans who have traveled here. You can spot the green shirts dotted around amongst the burgundy. Robert Vargas continues to have

He loves the game, very infectious personality, always smiling, always, you know, high five him guys and things like that. And you love having those kind of guys on your team. And then the way he plays plays have a lot of joy. The way he plays it brings people off their seat, it brings people together. He's an exciting player. You know, we're talking about the sort of the in sounder sort of MLS error He is a very unique in terms of his playing stuff. We haven't had that

JP comes off the bench ends my coaching career as Reznach comes off the field. Where's that's put a good shift? And of course scored the goal. His tenth goal of the season continues to add statistics to his already career year. For Roznak, it was the year before he came here at RSL, he got eleven goals eleven assists in twenty twenty one. It was a bit of a slow year in twenty two when he had to fill in more as a defensive midfield player. Got three goals to assist.

I think as Stuart Baines, who found himself in.

Behind the back four couldn't swivel and get the shot off, but he was rolled on and came back defended well, rolls into the hands of Fry.

Remains Sounders one Rappids nil.

And it's the first time they've really been able to break the Sounders down inside the box.

Sounders just need to clear their lines. Fernandez has it towards the end line. Ball bounces up and around Fernander's asking for a hand ball, rolled On strikes it forward. Here comes Morris inside the attacking half of the field. Little cushion ball by Stephanie's. He came out of his box.

Yeah, he remains one of the best one v one shut down lockdown defenders and MLS knew who there. Even when you think you've beat him, He's really good at using his body to get back in front of you. And Indian Benz definitely pulls him down. It doesn't take much, but it's a found and a sound is large begins to face a little bit more pressure than to have the.

Wrap is turnue in a dial up.

In there's Navara, a little combination of Shirt Baines giving away inside the eighteen Yardboox sounders just need to connect passes, take this thing out of this game. Get here. In the final six minutes of regular time, they lead one nil, and this score update is presented by Providence Swedish. As I mentioned, the cut miss match of the season is coming up your seat. Sounders will take on Cascade the arrival Portland Timbers at home for Decision Day on Saturday,

Sometimes they feel like the referee could have called a little bit earlier.

It's a minute, mister fowl for the Sounders that will burn off some valuable seconds as they continue to look at a potential home field advantage with this win. So the Sounders currently, let's give you a quick live update. Elli Galax is sitting on sixty four points. If all results down, we'll get some of those results in just a moment. LAFC, with their win three nil win today, they go up to fifty eight Sounders. If they can retain this lead, they'll be at fifty six. Salt Lake

Yeah, you want to see that one. It is a good test for him to see that.

You know, three games against three teams who will be in the playoffs, and this is two of them away from home. Lots of travel day it has been for the Sounders. So if you can pick up a winner, this will be the most impressive of the three because normally it's that third game there you've won the two the playoffs has been assured. You fourth the guess and go a little bit. But we'll keep saying. It's an

YEP, Sounders currently leading one goal to the ball goes down good finging by Rolldn. Ball inside by Georgie finds Christian Rolldan. He's gonna absorb the pressure from Navajo and force the foul. But it doesn't need locks. The ball down the line. Here comes Georgie Rothrop making a slashing run.

Well.

The winner Vancouver was the Sounder's ninetieth away wins since two thousand and nine. That's the most in MLS. We could get there ninety first today and what a week it would have been. It would be three clean sheets, three wins, nine solidifying home field advantage, solidifying the playoffs. And now we started to planning. The ball goes in behind, Stephan comes out. Can Rothrock get it? Does a smart thing, just pulls himself out, doesn't need to get injured at this part of the season.

Sounds are gonna make some changes towards the end of this game.

The first is gonna be the Rapids Luffles Sender's gonna come on the field. Just confirm the change for the Rapids or for the Sounders. It's gonna be Jordan Morris off gonna take a break, Mussovsky's gonna come on the field. Read Baker, Whiting's gonna come on. Paul Rothrock's gonna come off so light for light switches, Massofski will go up front, read Baker White and go on the left is sure Jordan Morris, Steve will be disappointed he wasn't able to

Now, yeah, I had some chances.

You know, the striker, you just want to put yourself in those positions, beat in and around a mixed but he had a couple today half chances and the big one down the second half when Rougher paid across and end up stretching for him pushing the board away. He's gonna wander. You want to be in rhythm, We want we be finding a back at the there. Anytime you see the will hit it back in there. As a striker, he just continues to build your confidence, especially as we approach this part of the season.

So yeah, he'll be a bit let down.

But he's had such a great season and he played his role in the game here today the goal from Russna coming off his shot his rebound, so when you kind of get away from it, you can look at that and see to keep the context. But knowing Jordan, knowing how driven he is, how hungry is he would have wanted that one, especially the one.

That rough rogainst him.

Yeah, for rasnak Kra year for Jordan Morris this season so both players on the bench now the sounder is trying to see out this final minute and whatever the referee will add on, we'll discount tire. I get thirty percent sure to average weight time when you buy a book online at discount tire dot com. Get here in the final seconds of this game. Don't leave us. At the end of the game, Jackson felt, Chance Fry James

I think as a colt, these are the wins where you learn more about your team because you would have thought, you know, we when you watch you as sure of a playoff spot, we just thought about the Rappers were maybe they've taken their foot off the guess a bit, and the Sounders haven't done that, you know, I think, and one of the fingers there still is fights for competition for positions on his team, not knowing the very best at Evans a couple of areas there where guys

Four minutes at and a time, one minute already gone. As Redbaker Whiting dribbles the ball into the corner, gets challenged by Luffles. Send tries to hold the ball in the corner as for the corner kick, celebrates the corner kick, and then the referee just takes all that excitement out of him and gives the goal kick. They here three minutes to go, of four minutes. Branch Twest just encouraging his team as the Sounders continue to come back and help.

I'm watching the play development.

I just go to the corner. Waste, waste a minute there was. His mind was made up, and they'll talk to him because I think in that situation, this is a game management game, cuational awareness. You just go to the corner because now you give the wall back to the rap. Is this to have ninety seconds? If that's a playoff game and it's all on the line, you can't be taking a shot there. I don't mind it being direct, but take that to the corner flag away some valuable.

Minutes or comes across to Connor own and it's a shifted from the middle to this left hand side, challenged by Alex Roldan comes on to his preferred right foot over up and run by Cannon, easily cleared the top of the box by Christian, rolled on under the solid performance by Christian alongside oh Bed continue to be both the starting point of every sounder's attack and then of

Yeah, just go away and keep it going. He could keep going, keep going, made them take it off. You give it back to them, man. Yeah, time is running out here, but the sound is doing their best to give the rappers as many opportunities as they can to go work into the.

Thirty seconds to go, Sounders leading one nill here in Colorado. Can they see this one out and secure home field advantage and need that three points. Here's Fernandez skips it in and Boll bounces around over the topic goes that should be that on the Sounders as you've been in that position before. See if they know this is it ye Seth and Fry will take his time with the goalkick, and upon that goal kick, the whistle should go and the Sounders should get three points.

Yeah, that's the win right there.

But the lessons in there because if this is on target when you're back of the there, that's exactly why Musovski and also Georgie that's why he goes to the corner because you avoid those kinds of situations there.

The Rappers in the end, they don't finish it.

When you're giving a team a chance at a ninety fourth minute in a game that should have been over.

I'm long before them.

Sounder's dominated possession in the first half. It's been much more even throughout the game now as Colorado has really had the line's share of posies in the back half of this second half.

It's a referee's gonna let things tick by. It's thirty seconds go.

I'm not sure what additional extra time it is going to knock it down the lines. Christian world On does the right thing, It's gonna skip through it.

There's the referees whistle.

The Sounders come into Colorado and always tough places to play, and they come away with three points, their third winner of the week, their third clean sheet of the week, and they solidified home field advantage in the playoffs and they go into the Portland Timbers with all to play for. Steve Zacquanni, your final thoughts.

Impressive, very very impressive. What branch mess in this team.

I have been able to do in the past fifteen to sixteen games, but this week in particular sums up this team. Finding ways to win in three different games against free playoff bound teams.

And you know, the third game of a long week, back to.

Back away games, going to Canada, coming back, going over there to Colorado and finding a way to win this game where maybe you're not at your best. I think it shows with three clean sheet as well. Absolutely fantastic.

Well, let's just get you a quick summary.

I'm sure Jackson Feltz and the boys will break it all down, But let's just give you a quick summary of what's happened there the Galaxy. You're currently leading one nil. They're at sixty four points in first place in the Western Conference. LFC got a win today three nil. They're at fifty eight points the Sounders and third place fifty six points, Salt Lake fifty four points.

So the Sounders have solidified home field advantage.

The question now is is it going to be second place, third place or fourth place. L EFC do have a game in hand, they'll play that between now and decision Day.

So for the Sounders, they did their work.

They did their business here at Colorado. Well, thanks for everyone involved in today's broadcast. Anders Hearst on the board, Keeley Dunning, Ryan Kahnes, Kevin Kay and of course the Sounders legend Steve zach Quari. We'll see you back here in two weeks when your Sounders face their arch rival, the Portland Timbers at lumen Field on Decision Day with so much on the line, make sure to be there, don't miss it and support the team.

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Jackson Felts, Chance Freud, James Riley will be back to break it all down from Dick Sporting Goods Park in Commer City, Colorado. The sound has come away with a huge win. Is the rapids Noel sound is one.

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It is a final from Colorado down in Commerce City. Your Sounders are coming home with another dub and what a week it has been. Let's go over this. Eight days, three wins, three shutouts to Paul rothrock goals to Albert roosnat goals won Georgia mcnoon google goal his first career and by the way, because the Houston Dynamo lost tonight

Nonetheless, in the history books, it's going to be a goal and it's gonna be a one zero win.

And that's twenty five goal contribute, ten goals, fifteen assists for Albert Rusnak this season and that comes in what is essentially twenty five hundred minutes. So he has one goal contribution for every hundred minutes in MS this season. That is a designated freaking player. Is I keep saying, let's just talk about this game overall? Nothing another clean sheet,

The one thing that they did really well, the Sounders buckled down defensively just you know, did the work on both sides of the ball. It was a little bit of a lucky goal. Not lucky goal. It was a good shot, but it deflected. But I want to give a shout out to Jordan because Jordan was working hard up front. I made a great play to get in, did everything right and if you look at the replay, Stephan, that was a fantastic footsack and a great job of

Takes who is the analyst who said that?

By the way, Lexi.

Lallis, Okay, I mean, I'm sorry, but Bryan's done a fantastic job.

Of what he has sensational sensational result on the road to cap off a tremendous week. I think a total team performance at starting eleven was lights out from start to finish. It was even on the announce you know, during the game, it just said that they felt that the Sounders are in control for since minute one, which which I agree with. My only criticism is you need to have a deep bench going into the playoffs, and for me, the subs need to come in and impact

Is it not?

Like so, just those little micro plays. If you're called in to play five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, they just have to be sharp. And I just thought the substitutions.

Yeah.

I'm glad you mentioned that, James, because I kind of noticed the same thing too. When you know, those first kind of subs came out, Pedro came off, Paul Rothrock came off, Rusnock came off. The levels dropped a pretty significant amount. I wonder if that's by design, because you're trying to almost gear up for the playoffs. This is almost like a playoff practice game where you're like, all right, this is a team that we might be able to face at some point. We got to hold it down

Yeah, well, I just want to add on to what James was saying about Georgie and Mussovski. They came in and Steve pointed it out that you know, we not only need to focus on the defensive side of the field, but we need to focus when we have the ball. And there were two opportunities to take the ball to the corner totally run the clock out, and they didn't do it. Wild shot by Georgia. Yeah, if it goes in the top corner, we're happy, but in general, go

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We get to hear taking care of business because the Sounders beat Colorado Rapids one nothing tonight down in Commerce City. Let's talk about tonight's Emerald Queen Casino play of the match. It is, of course, the goal coming in the forty eighth minute, right at the start of the second half exactly like Brian Schmitzer would have liked to draw it up, where a big mistake from Colorado leads to Jordan Morris

Good sixty four minutes and he was disappointed to be taken off at that point. You can see in his face he could have gone longer. I felt like he could have. He looked physically like he could go longer. I mean, I know they've got the guys on the sidelines that watch that stuff. But from a mental standpoint there, he was upset, not upset, I should just say he disappointed and he wanted to go a few more minutes. I think he could have gone seventy minutes, no problem.

I thought it was exceptional performance by him, honestly, to have again this pressure to come in and perform again. He's a young player. There's a lot of expectations, but he's still relatively young, and so I just thought it was a polished, professional performance. I mean, he delivered some great balls into the box. His ability to retain possession in tight spaces, and he has an ability to be slippery through defenders, and just good decision making on the ball,

I actually like that.

I want someone who wants to, you know, put that stamp on the game a little bit more, especially from a guy you've invested so much in him. I don't think he's quite firing on all cylinders just yet. But I think that's it's coming. Because today he come saw the best parts of him when he's creating chances, sliding by people, taking people one on one, had a couple of great crosses in that what no one was on

Yeah, I think that we're getting It's sort of like I led a pregame talking about the buffering bar. It seems like we're just watching the loading bar for Peter dalele Vega, and I do feel like we saw another step in the loading bar, you know. Yeah, Yeah, it's only four minutes, you know, in terms of timing on

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Welcome back to the postmatch show. Sounders winning tonight in Colorado by a score of one to nothing. It's their third shutout win of the week. They beat Houston one nothing, they beat Vancouver three nothing on the road, and then tonight, once again on the road, they beat Colorado one nothing. Those are three playoff teams the Sounders just beat. A great week for the Rave Green as they are right now in third place in the Western Conference with fifty

Excuse me at home.

So whether it's Colorado, Houston, Minnesota, whoever, Sounders will be hosting that in that first round. So that is outstanding.

We'll call you that.

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I agree?

I think you have to ride the hot hand. I mean, I think the partnership that Christian Obed have have cultivated in some high caliber games, and just the fluidity in which they play and cover for each other and balance and all that type of stuff. And coach Smetzer mentioned it today. He said, the biggest thing is that that pairing you can cover so much more ground. It just gives you that extra dynamic feel to the to the game.

Chance.

I'm not going to disagree with that. I think that though I'm a huge JP fan, we all are, yeah, And I think there are going to be teams or moments when we will need him. We will need him in certain situations, certain times of the game, and you know, Obad's great young player, but he doesn't have the experience

I think that's true.

Yeah, And there's multiple parts to this, because what's happening right now is I think Christian's playing in his best position. When he's in the middle of the park. He seems to get the ball more, start attacks from a deeper position. He isn't having to like fly pass guys, which isn't really his strength. He's kind of involved in interplay a lot.

That's so weird to me.

That's crazy, man.

But I definitely think you have to keep Christian in the middle of the park, and then if you do move him out wide, that takes off Peter de la Vega, which is our last conversation as well, who's starting to really kind of get things going. You gotta go with what's working. And the last three, the full last week of the Sounders win, win, win, all three clean sheets. I think that's really really important. You got to keep that momentum going into the playoffs.

I think I think we're in agreement right now. The only question is is Brian Schminzer, Tommy Doutrip, Preky you know, and Andy Rose, Freddy Warre. Is that entire staff in agreement. It's going to be very interesting because two weeks from right now, we're going to be in the postgame show of a Decision Day game between the Sounders and the Portland Timbers. I am I cannot wait to see what Brian Spencer does with his lineup, and I cannot wait to see hopefully us raising a Cascadia Cup after beating

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