Inside LAFC | Episode 216 - Heading to DC

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Welcome to Inside LAFC podcast presented by Ticketmaster.
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I am Max Bretos.
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There's Benny Failhubber.
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We do apologize.
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We try to get the message out that we would not be at our normal time of 1230 Pacific time.
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We will return to that time.
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Very good reason.
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I don't want to mention any names, but some people are on the road having a,
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Grand Ole time looking for some new work.
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How's it going, Benny?
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Are you driving the bus that's going over me as well or just on it?
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Benny's becoming a TV star, ladies and gentlemen.
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It's real.
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Where are you these days?
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I mean, I'm in Stanford, but I love what Dakug is saying.
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Little time shift.
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You're not going to lose me that easily.
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I can appreciate that.
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Dakug, I can see the comments.
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He timed in at 1231.
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He goes, hello, Eric.
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It looks like maybe they are going live later this time.
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And he came back.
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So we have an evening show.
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And look, we might, we're dabbling a little bit, but we just want to be live every Monday as opposed to, you know, if there's a conflict.
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And Benny's had a conflict this week.
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I've had a conflict a couple, a few weeks ago.
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So we're making it do.
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And of course, you can always watch the re-air.
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So like the video, subscribe to the channel, leave a comment, a question as we are recapping.
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It's actually nice.
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There's no midweek games, so we can recap the game against Portland.
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We can preview the game away at DC United.
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We can talk about all those things in between.
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So come one, come all, and we will talk about it here in great detail.
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It wasn't a win, and LAC dropping points at home in their last – certainly their last two home games after a very exciting development right after the World Cup.
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And I will give Mark Dos Santos and the team the benefit of the doubt when you look at the busy schedule.
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They have two stretches at the beginning of the season and after the World Cup where they weren't inundated with lots of games, and they have performed very well.
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The good news is there's not going to be too many –
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Log jams of the schedule coming up.
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There's a couple of midweeks for the rest of the year.
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There's no more Champions Cup.
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There's more and more Leagues Cup, although we welcome that all the time.
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Quarterfinals of Leagues Cup coming up tomorrow and Wednesday.
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LAFC, we're almost there.
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But it is clear sailing.
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So I think based on what we have seen from this team, it could be pretty good.
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But all in all, the final, let's get right into it.
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LAFC won, Portland won.
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And it ended the losing streak, but they weren't – it wasn't a situation where they got the victory.
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That said, I broadcast that game, and it was –
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It was an exciting game.
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It was LAFC on the foot on the pedal.
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And we're going to talk about something here that's going to be a theme for this program as we talk into it with you guys.
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And it's falling behind in games, which has been poisonous for this LAFC team.
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They battled back.
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They established, you know, they got a ton of shots.
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They got the goal.
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They had gold.
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James Pantemis looked like best 11 all time for Major League Soccer, but they weren't able to go in front despite all their efforts.
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But here we are, Benny, and we got to figure out how to not fall behind games, but more importantly, if LAFC do fall behind in games, which they will, how to get out of that bind.
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Yeah, well, the good thing is that they haven't fallen behind very often this season.
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Right.
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And that that puts us right at the top of the standing still and in still really good position to not only, you know, get into the playoff, get a home playoff game, but ultimately still compete against the Vancouver's.
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That's that's kind of starting to.
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create a little bit of a gap there from one to two.
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But again, LAFC has the quality and, and they've shown that they have the, excuse me, capacity to turn these performances into streaks.
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Like we saw at the beginning of the post world cup phase.
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So,
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I don't have any doubts that this team is built for certain moments that aren't as easygoing as we kind of felt like after the World Cup.
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But they got to find a way, like you said, to in moments of adversity in the game, in a game that I think LAFC...
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Easily was the better team from the eye test.
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They got to find a way through adversity when they fall down 1-0 and go behind.
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How do they claw back into it in a little bit more cohesive way?
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Because, yes, they created, I think, 34 shots, you said.
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I think 12 on target.
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The expected goals was above 2.0.
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And so ultimately, yes, they, quote, unquote, did enough to get back into the game and tie it up and maybe even win it.
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But they still look somewhat uncomfortable in the moments that they are down a goal and trying to push forward.
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And I'll also say this, it didn't cost in this game at all.
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But in the first half, albeit few times, you know, few and far between, Portland had some moments that they also countered LAFC.
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And we looked to be exposed, but they didn't do anything with it, thankfully.
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So I think those two aspects of it, down 1-0, yes, go build the attack and send some numbers in certain moments.
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to score, but also we got to be conscious of don't give up the second one because you know what happens if you go to nothing, much more difficult tasks to come back from.
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So some points to talk about, some things that LAFC need to kind of improve on, but it's definitely not one of those where I'm worried in the sense that, look, the world is, the sky is falling, right?
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LAFC is still a premium team in this league, and they just have to tinker with a couple of things, maybe get a few bodies back as well, and try and limit the amount of times that they go down.
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Yes, these are first world problems for LAFC because despite the fact that it feels like they are in a bit of a skid, which they are by their lofty standards and only 1.3 games, only one goal over these three games, which is another issue that they've got to find ways.
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And this plays into what you've been saying about creating chances, getting higher percentage chances.
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That said, the XG in the Colorado game we'll talk about a little bit.
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I mean, you got to throw that one out with the bathwater.
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because it was a major rotation.
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Clearly LAFC were running on fumes with the league's cup demands.
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And that's not a built in excuse.
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You just look at the minutes that Denny Buonga and Mark Delgado and certainly Sung Hoon Min were playing.
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They needed a break.
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Everyone else was getting breaks across the league.
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This is not normal to have this many games.
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And you know, in defense of LAFC too, they're on game 22.
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And for a team that had CONCACAF Champions Cup duty,
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That's it's crazy because all the other teams have played 20 games or 21 games.
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So why wouldn't the league give a team that made the semifinals, much like Nashville, who've played less games, a little break in the schedule, which LAFC haven't gotten?
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We've spoken with Mark Dos Santos in that and they've they've tried to get that push through.
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And here they are.
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And the rest of their schedule now benefits from that because they're.
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It's going to be more agreeable.
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It's not going to be too demanding.
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But I think they would have preferred to have it one more game demanding and maybe cleared that Colorado game or a game in April or May to accommodate that.
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The fatigue is real.
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This is a really demanding stretch.
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But now LAFC.
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has got to put their, you know, the money where the mouth is and get these results.
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But this is, I saw a team that looked fresh.
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There's still some things that obviously have to work on, but when you look at good chances, Benny, the XG is supposed to tabulate those chances and tell you, yes, they are getting good chances.
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And the XG certainly against Portland and, and,
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to a little lesser degree, but still the same against San Diego, was very good.
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But, I mean, we have to address that because if that comes, this season's going to be spectacular for LFC.
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Because I relied, Benny, 1,000% on that defense.
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I mean, they gave up the goal to David Acosta, which just was like a miscommunication they got through.
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But other than that, this defense has been spectacular for LFC.
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for pretty much the duration of the year.
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And they're healthy, and they have Hugo Lloris, Ryan Portris, Aaron Long, Kosi Tafari.
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They'll get better with some fullbacks.
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They've had to really push Ryan Hollingshead and Evgeny Chiberko here a lot because they don't have any options.
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But by and large, while the chances aren't coming out from the back as much as you'd like, defensively, they are as steadfast as any team in the league.
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Yeah, and look, Max, I'm looking through the standings right now and the goal differential and goals plus or goals for, goals against.
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And LAFC, it's what you said.
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Their bread and butter this year has been defensively.
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So they've played 22 games.
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They've given up 22 goals.
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So one goal a game.
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That's as low as you're usually going to find.
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Maybe there's, you know, I think I'm looking through here.
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There's only Vancouver has less goals against in the Western Conference with 18 goals.
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So again, you're right at the tippy top of that strength in the league as one of the best defenses in the league.
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And I think Mark DeSantos is a very good coach in making sure that that is a big aspect of the team.
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And it doesn't just mean that you have –
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four good defenders, right, two center backs and outside backs, it means that he's gotten the whole team to buy into the defensive work rate, whether it's a Denny Buonga, a Sonny, a David Martinez, a Jacob Schaffelberg, and so on and so forth.
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So it's from back to front the ability for the team to work hard and defend, and I think that is the bread and butter.
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Now, with guys like a Denny Buonga and a Sonny and a Schaffelberg and a Martinez and so forth,
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you would expect the goal scoring rate to be a little bit higher as well.
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And I'm looking at it.
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And again, it's, it's, it's high compared to other teams 36, but there's other teams that are right in there, right?
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Vancouver, again, number one in that we have San Jose with 39.
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We got Dallas with 38.
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We have Portland with 38.
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So again, there's other teams that I wouldn't think have the same quality as LAFC have in the attacking and the attacking 30, the attacking half.
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but they're getting around the same kind of production.
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So how can we just uptick that a little bit?
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And that usually comes in moments that we're losing, right?
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We go down one, nothing.
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How can we turn a one, nothing loss into a two, one win?
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Right.
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And that was exactly what almost happened against Portland.
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If we get that one, one goal a little bit earlier, you probably see the two one.
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But that's where the difficulty lies right now for this team.
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This is Inside LAFC Podcast presented by Ticketmaster Live on LAFC YouTube, LAFC Facebook, LAFC's X account.
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Benny Feilhaber and Max Barretos here with you.
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Let's get to some of the content comments.
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Guitar Man, hey.
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That's right.
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Hey to you, Guitar Man.
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You were there right from the beginning.
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He also said we should have won.
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uh juice three two three good evening everyone thank you for having us sarah max and benny juice three two three you are too kind i look forward to seeing you again at the uh at the stadium glory glory tottenham hotspur with a hello bonnifer hello gentlemen i left work early to watch this
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Hope you're talking about the five o'clock Pacific and not the 1230.
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Black and gold should have won.
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Yes.
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I read that twice.
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Sorry.
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At least we aren't suffering like the 49ers are.
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Oh boy.
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They're owners.
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That was the big news story of the day.
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Last time we exited a tournament, we lost four straight looking better this time around.
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Yeah, I agree with it.
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Zayn Assad.
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Good to see you.
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It was part of our, my translator's not working.
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I have to fix it, but I appreciate you commenting here on the, on the podcast.
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And, yeah,
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The 34 shots were not good shots or chances.
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All right, we will talk about that.
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Their squad, LAFCs, is too thin to rotate effectively, so it's only natural that they're strongly to perform at their best.
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They do have them.
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Jeff Yam, thanks for joining us as well.
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I see you.
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Shout out to Raposo coming on and picking up the energy and creating chances.
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I thought he was good, and they scored a goal shortly after he did.
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Sadie would have made the second goal for us.
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Sir, UB, you are on probation now with your Sadie comments.
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I like his comments.
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But let's get back to the 34 shots were not good ones.
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And let's talk about it.
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That is a club record, 34 shots, breaking the 2019.
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I want to thank Josh Gross for tweeting this.
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He's been fantastic.
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And this is where I get it directly, as I found out shortly thereafter.
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2019, they had 31 shots.
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There were 12 shots on target, which is a lot.
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There were 11 shots blocked.
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which is that one's frustrating because you want to get them through.
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And there were, I wouldn't say that they weren't good shots.
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I mean, there was that one from Sean year where he gets through pantomise who did make the team of the week, did this split, it hits his leg and then it hits the inside of the bar.
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That was a great shot.
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There was a couple of good, I think the one things that I was a little, I want to see more out of are the set pieces.
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I think we've gotten really dry there with the corner kicks,
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We had two good free kick opportunities up close.
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Neither one really threatened.
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We know Sun-Hung-Min, if he takes those, is very capable.
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You need to get more of them.
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But they got a ton of corner kicks as well.
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They're not looking as dangerous there.
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I think there was some good buildups.
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I saw the comment about kicking the ball.
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It should be an all-star game.
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The ball that Danny kicked out of the stadium.
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It went above the 3252, and there's like a little sliver of open air, and it went through there, and I believe went down to Christmas Tree Lane.
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It was insane.
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But Denny was – I love what I saw from Denny.
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He was relentless, and then he gets this incredible goal to tie it up.
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I would –
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I think the San Diego game, I'd be a little more frustrated.
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This Portland game, I think the Timbers walked out like, wow, we dodged one.
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Pantamist really, to sound cliche, stood on his head.
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I thought there were at least seven or eight excellent chances.
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The Timmy Tillman one, he ends up hitting it right, right before he left the game.
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um these are good chances now can you finish better a hundred percent and generally when you see teams like this when you get chances like it and you got to see if they can progress in this direction eventually the ball goes in the back of the net so I thought they were good chances and I loved how effective LAFC was and they didn't put their head down at all uh you know Benny it has to be frustrating when you're firing shots and you're not going you're like
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It's not our day again, but they found a way at least to get a point.
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Yeah, and I'm looking through some of the shots.
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I mean, I will say I have watched far too many games Monday and yesterday, and so some of the shots have gone in and out of my head, but I'm trying to recollect.
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my memories again but i do remember obviously the tillman shot obviously denny buonga goal was fantastic uh but i i fall somewhere in the middle of what you said max and in regard to like the high quality shots and you know portland obviously i think portland 100 leaves bmo feeling good about the point um
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and potentially that they dodged the bullet of losing the game because Pantamas had a great game.
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But also I think there's that aspect of, I wouldn't say that the shots were not of high quality, but I think because LAFC is still a semi-uncomfortable team when they're down a goal, they get into situations where...
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They take shots where they don't necessarily score a lot of goals.
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Or they give the other team the ability to block shots or for goalies to make incredible saves.
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Because the shots aren't, you know, cross to the back post like the game prior.
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I remember which one.
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I forget which one it was.
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I think it was Raposo cross it to Denny Buonga to tap it in the back post, right?
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You're not seeing those kinds of get down the end line, get a service into a guy –
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overlapping and then a cross back and then it's a tap in where we see a lot of these goals from LAFC when they're, when they're leading.
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But when they're down, it's either just outside the box shots, sometimes just inside the box.
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But again, the other team has like eight to 10 players inside the box that can potentially block shots and whatnot.
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So, and it also allows the goalie to make some spectacular saves at times.
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I think that LAFC are still not fully comfortable when they go down a goal.
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to get to the moments where instead of taking 33 shots that add up to 2.3 expected goals, give me 10 shots or eight shots that add to 2.3 expected goals, which means each one of those are more high quality than the 30 combined, if that makes sense.
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That's where we usually score goals.
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It's not when we get 33 shots.
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It's when we get 10, 12 shots, 6, 7 on target, and 3 or 4 of them are from inside the 6.
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And so I think that's where we have to try and get to, whether we're up a goal, whether we're down a goal, whether we're tied.
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That's where we see the best showcase of our abilities in terms of finishing.
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So I want to get into this a little bit because I do agree with you.
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And it is frustrating.
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The early goal, I mean, I give the team credit for coming out of it.
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But when there's that early goal, knowing full well how good –
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LAFC is, I think they're 15-0-2 when they score first.
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They haven't lost a game.
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When they score first, they are unbeatable.
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When they give up a goal, this is pretty troubling.
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I mean, they've had, and you include all the competitions, four points out of a possible 33.
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In MLS, when they've fallen behind, they have salvaged two points.
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So if they fall behind...
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They don't come back.
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So that is something that has to be resolved.
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And again, to your point earlier, it's positive to see that LAFC doesn't fall behind in games, but I would find it hard to believe that they didn't.
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To Coog, we had attacking volume.
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What we lacked was attacking precision.
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Is that personnel structure or just one of those nights?
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And I think hearing you,
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Benny, it's definitely a combination, but the personnel as well about kind of falling behind and getting maybe a little flustered and going for goal and go just pepper the goal instead of finding that extra pass.
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I think when they fell behind too, we know about LAFC's prowess of scoring outside the area.
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When you fall behind, Portland knows they're going to take that away.
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And I saw there was a couple moments where it was maybe Eddie Segura or Schoenier, and they're looking for a shot from outside because they know.
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And then there's just too many yellow shirts in front of you and you can't get it through.
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How do they get that precision?
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I mean, what is required to get that extra pass to maybe, you know,
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instead of taking a shot, maybe recycle the ball and go, okay, that's not going to get it done.
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Let's see if we can get something better.
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What, what is, what is the best means of approaching that?
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Yeah.
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So, I mean, there's, there's so many different possibilities.
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I can't tell you that one solution would 100% solve it.
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Right.
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I think it's, I've, I've talked about coaching in this way that coaching is a very imperfect science where not every person,
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Problem has the same solution because there's different sets of players.
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There's different ideas.
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And I do think that with how LASC are set up, right, you have a Denny Buonga on the left side, Sonny down the middle, and usually an inverted winger on the right side as well.
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For me, I'm wondering if the possibility of you go down a goal, you slightly change the formation of this team to kind of allow there to be more service in the box,
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from a left-footed player on the left, a right-footed player on the right.
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I think that's one of the reasons why when Raposo comes in, he provides some of that ability down the right side to get those crosses in.
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I'd almost think that, again, like I said, it's an imperfect sign.
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Sometimes you've got to throw something on the wall, try it, and see what happens.
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I would be really curious to see what this team would look like
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If you go down a goal, you go to a 3-5-2 where you put three center backs, you put two wing backs, a left-footed guy on the left, probably Schafferberg, right-footed guy on the right, not sure who that is, if it's Hollingshead, if it's someone more attack-minded like a Raposo, and you put Denny Belonga and Sonny as the two forwards in that moment.
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And now you make those two guys work closer to the goal as opposed to out wide.
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And you might lose an opportunity like Denny Buonga scored against Portland because he got the ball out wide and he cut inside.
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So it's not a it's again, it's it's one of those things that you kind of have to see what happens.
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But I think that when you're down, when you're down a goal and LAFC is one of the top teams in this league, you're usually going to play a team that's going to bunker in.
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And it's really hard to jam it through the middle.
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It's very difficult.
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There's just too many bodies.
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So can you progress the ball, have overlapping runs, get the ball into a shop over down the line, a Raposa on the right down the line, or a Hollingshead or whoever it is on the right, get services into the box.
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We're now Sonny, Denny Buonga are crashing.
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There's also a third option maybe coming through with the center midfielder, whether that's Tillman, Mark Delgado, whoever that might be.
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Maybe that's a little bit more imposing for other teams as opposed to try and be so precise and going through the middle and jamming it through the middle, which is what I think we saw.
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But again, out of the 34 shots, we got that one beauty of a banger, right, that you called infamously with at the end of a lightning bolt.
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Wasn't that I don't want to ruin it living on the end of a lightning bolt.
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So how much do I owe you for that?
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That's copywritten, isn't it?
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I believe that actually came from a professional wrestler, Dusty Rhodes.
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So I'm kind of copywriting it off him.
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I got it.
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I heard it and I brought into the vernacular.
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Again, it's not a perfect idea.
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I would love to see that because I do think that those two guys close to the goal, if they get a chance, they're both burying it.
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And you allow other people to kind of, you know, creation and running off the ball.
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I think it would be more difficult for other teams to deal with two forwards in that central area as well.
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So, again, an idea.
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I'm not saying that it's going to work.
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I like it.
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But something to try a little bit differently in those moments that we've had, you know, difficulty in finding success.
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Well, to that point too, Inside LAFC podcast presented by Ticketmaster, all on our LAFC social media accounts, YouTube, Facebook, and X.
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There was moments where there was a turnover and a transition, and then there was not enough players in the box coming.
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and a wide player was looking for a cross and kind of had to circle back or wait for that support.
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I saw that in Colorado, too, when it was Boyd and Schaffelberg.
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And then in this game, too, Schaffelberg was making some inroads, Raposo later.
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Is it a case of adding an extra body into that area?
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Inner Miami does that all the time, and they end up scoring a lot of goals.
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Would that take away from the LAFC defensive effort?
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Possibly.
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I like what you brought to it.
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There are ideas.
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on how to get that, especially when you know if you're behind in a game, which is something, again, LAFC just don't do, but you would have to imagine it would happen here at some point, and it happened so early against Portland in a game that was really firing off.
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I mean, LAFC came out great.
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You're like, all right, this is a good tempo, and then all of a sudden that you're like, oh.
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And now you're chasing the game.
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In the back of your mind as an LAFC fan goes, we can't tie this game.
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We've got to win this game.
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We've got to get back to it.
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And we'd see where things lie after that.
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Some comments here.
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Hear me now.
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Believe me later.
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St. Louis is going to be a problem.
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And that's from Dakut.
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And listen, LAFC are in third place.
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No harm done.
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Third place in the West.
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But 1.3 games.
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If they go to D.C. and it doesn't work out, and they come back against Salt Lake, and then they're not getting points, they will drop from third to sixth in an instant.
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And now there's three teams, two points behind them, including St. Louis, which is hard charging.
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LAFC played St. Louis.
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And that was a very tough opponent for them earlier this season.
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06327, the midfield is the answer.
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This is an issue, too, because Timothy Tillman left the game injured, adding to the list.
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So the starting midfield was Delgado, Schwanir, and Eddie Segura.
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I think Eddie's been great in that position.
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We're waiting on it.
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Actually, I'll give it to you now, a bit of a roster update, because some people asked.
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I want to talk about the midfield.
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So talking to Mark Dos Santos last week, he's hoping that David Martinez can come back, train this week.
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And again, this is a big week, training all week, and then travel to D.C.
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It's a long trip, but you can get a full week of training.
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You can rest.
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You can regenerate, regen, or whatever it is, as much as you can.
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Hoping David Martinez is up.
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If he doesn't come back D.C. United, I think you can expect him in a couple weeks' time.
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Igor Jesus is training and they're, they're still very cautious.
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And Mark was telling us probably early September, which is just around the quarter.
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They said, Sergi Palencia is ahead of schedule, probably September.
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Armindo Sieb, the new player, not ready yet.
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Nothing definitive on him.
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And,
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Maybe that's a player.
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If Dobby comes back, you have that extra plane.
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You have Schaffelberg.
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Your offense looks good.
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But I want to get back to this midfield because that is where it's getting stretched.
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There's not much LAFC can do without replenishing the squad because, I mean, they're one injury.
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Jude Terry came on and played pretty well, I thought.
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But you're one injury away or a suspension where Jude would have to start.
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And you're down to these three midfielders.
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I have no news on Timothy Tillman, but he came out of that game.
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And I imagined that would put the next game or two in peril.
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But we'll get more details on that.
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But I mean, how do we how do you resolve that?
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I mean, they've kind of put a bandaid on it.
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It's been OK.
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This midfield can get better.
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I think Igor Jesus will change it tremendously because of the type of profile player he is.
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And that will allow the guys who play at the eight a little more freedom.
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But that is that's unfortunately an area of the field where they have been really stretched.
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And it appears that there may not be as many answers that you have in this incredible defense or with the potential, certainly in the tack where we can we certainly imagine Sonny is going to start scoring.
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And now Denny's up to 11 goals and you have David and Schaffelberg and a couple other guys that can fill a gap here or two.
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Look, all those points are valid, and I don't think there's necessarily like, oh, man, we're thin here.
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We're going to go buy someone or trade for someone.
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I think the part of the whole conversation that you just kind of brought up that I find interesting is Juteri.
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Right.
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This is MLS.
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I'm sorry to say to our fans, this is MLS.
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It's not you know, we're not dealing with Real Madrid and Barcelona where there's an injury and there's an instant replacement.
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And if there isn't, you go out and buy it.
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You need to have faith in the guys that haven't played much.
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And Jude Terry is a guy I think I've mentioned in this podcast.
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I've coached him.
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I coached him at the U18s when I went in as an assistant coach.
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I got to know Jude pretty well.
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he has more than enough ability to fill in for a Mark Delgado, for a Eustachio that's not here anymore, for a Tillman.
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Yeah.
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He has no experience yet or very little experience.
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But this is what happens in MLS, right?
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It's next man up mentality.
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And you better hope that either you built the roster the right way in terms of depth or you built your academy and second team and progressed the players through the pipeline.
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properly but this is the type of moment that a guy like that in Jude Terry needs to showcase himself right if if Tillman's out and and Jude Terry needs to potentially start if somebody else you know either falters or they need a break or whatever he needs to be able to provide that and and play well look I remember I think it was
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I think it was last year, Max, was it beginning of this year, where Jude Terry played against Portland.
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He started and he scored that banger of a goal.
423
00:28:58.093 --> 00:29:00.654
So, again, he is not Mark Delgado.
424
00:29:00.714 --> 00:29:03.796
He's not experienced like Tillman and so on and so forth.
425
00:29:04.276 --> 00:29:10.420
But he definitely has the ability to grow into a spot, whether it's a starting spot or a spot starter here and there.
426
00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:13.422
I agree with you that he came in off the bench.
427
00:29:13.722 --> 00:29:16.503
And I think he helped in –
428
00:29:17.644 --> 00:29:42.396
create a little bit of more dynamism in that attacking third maybe it didn't directly lead to that goal but I think LAFC grew with some of the movements and the passes that he made so maybe a little bit more games a little bit more experience and more minutes could could benefit him and the overall depth of this of this team inside LAFC podcast presented by Ticketmaster with Max and Benny uh some comments legend has it that Denny's ball is still in the air no it came down it came down
429
00:29:43.415 --> 00:29:49.879
But Denny will hit it, and then he can hit the most precise ball, but sometimes he just bangs it.
430
00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:53.321
Just a few good chances out of 34 means they're not creating good chances.
431
00:29:53.441 --> 00:29:55.623
And, look, we've talked about the creation.
432
00:29:55.663 --> 00:29:57.104
There's certainly work that needs to be done.
433
00:29:57.464 --> 00:29:58.024
How about this?
434
00:29:58.424 --> 00:30:00.486
Lateef Blessing, I'm watching you, my brother.
435
00:30:00.966 --> 00:30:02.427
That's something he would say, right?
436
00:30:02.447 --> 00:30:03.127
That's Lateef.
437
00:30:03.447 --> 00:30:06.309
We've had Foe, Diego Rossi, and Carlos Valdez.
438
00:30:06.329 --> 00:30:10.011
That's definitely Lateef on his Facebook account joining us on the pod.
439
00:30:10.272 --> 00:30:10.912
What up, Lateef?
440
00:30:11.012 --> 00:30:11.792
I didn't even see it.
441
00:30:11.812 --> 00:30:12.253
Where is it?
442
00:30:12.833 --> 00:30:13.253
It's there.
443
00:30:13.273 --> 00:30:14.674
Oh, man.
444
00:30:14.734 --> 00:30:17.156
What minute?
445
00:30:17.296 --> 00:30:17.856
5.16.
446
00:30:18.436 --> 00:30:19.357
He may not be there anymore.
447
00:30:19.377 --> 00:30:20.057
That was a while ago.
448
00:30:20.478 --> 00:30:20.638
Okay.
449
00:30:22.251 --> 00:30:22.772
I see it.
450
00:30:22.792 --> 00:30:24.652
People asking about Tillman's injury.
451
00:30:24.692 --> 00:30:25.933
I don't have any details yet.
452
00:30:25.993 --> 00:30:26.953
Hopefully it's minor.
453
00:30:27.634 --> 00:30:30.995
But he played on, and he almost scored a goal after that.
454
00:30:31.495 --> 00:30:31.955
I know.
455
00:30:32.015 --> 00:30:41.979
I was wondering what the injury was because it seemed like he was ready to come off, and then he got back up, and then the ball, of course, finds the one player that wants to not touch the ball at that moment.
456
00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.660
And he had to rip a shot.
457
00:30:43.780 --> 00:30:48.682
It was an unbelievable save, but I was wondering if that's like a hamstring or a muscle injury, quad.
458
00:30:49.202 --> 00:30:50.583
Man, that shot couldn't have felt good.
459
00:30:51.849 --> 00:30:52.630
No.
460
00:30:52.790 --> 00:30:54.753
Angelique, Sonny is the best.
461
00:30:55.134 --> 00:30:58.479
I'm feeling good with a lot of training.
462
00:30:58.499 --> 00:31:02.505
I feel Sonny is going to have a nice stretch here heading into September.
463
00:31:02.585 --> 00:31:03.967
I like the two forwards idea.
464
00:31:04.407 --> 00:31:05.429
I think that's potential.
465
00:31:05.469 --> 00:31:05.930
We shall see.
466
00:31:07.191 --> 00:31:07.591
what's up?
467
00:31:07.671 --> 00:31:09.312
Great call on the Denny Goldmax.
468
00:31:09.392 --> 00:31:10.592
All I did was make some noise.
469
00:31:10.632 --> 00:31:13.092
I don't think it was my best call, but I will tell you this.
470
00:31:13.112 --> 00:31:15.333
That was a fun game to call because it was action.
471
00:31:15.693 --> 00:31:17.053
The crowd was into it.
472
00:31:17.353 --> 00:31:18.774
The Portland fans were there.
473
00:31:19.074 --> 00:31:23.795
That was a really special night out, and I'd say the same thing about San Diego.
474
00:31:23.855 --> 00:31:26.196
Every night at BMO Stadium is special.
475
00:31:26.316 --> 00:31:35.298
Obviously, LAFC have to be successful to maintain that, but even when times haven't gone as great as they've been the last week, the fans and the atmosphere has been fantastic.
476
00:31:37.458 --> 00:31:41.399
VIPs, et cetera, the field club 10 folks are coming out.
477
00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.940
So this is important work.
478
00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:47.921
If you come to the games and you help create that atmosphere, this is important work for the club.
479
00:31:47.961 --> 00:31:49.081
I know they appreciate it.
480
00:31:49.101 --> 00:31:51.142
So thank you for your support.
481
00:31:51.182 --> 00:31:55.223
The midfield is looking thin, exactly why we should never have let Eustachio get away.
482
00:31:55.703 --> 00:31:59.964
And I think back to when Eustachio was there, man, they looked amazing.
483
00:32:00.424 --> 00:32:04.906
We were really excited, but I don't think the plan was ever to keep Stefan Ustakio.
484
00:32:04.946 --> 00:32:09.568
And unfortunately, in the business of soccer, you would have had to make him a DP, I believe.
485
00:32:10.109 --> 00:32:12.790
And you would have had to pay a substantial transfer fee.
486
00:32:13.330 --> 00:32:15.411
And generally, you don't do that for midfielders.
487
00:32:15.451 --> 00:32:18.373
I mean, in hindsight, maybe you take a flyer.
488
00:32:18.453 --> 00:32:20.614
I remember he was dealing with some injuries earlier in the year.
489
00:32:21.454 --> 00:32:25.219
And that injuries complicated things for Ustakio here, but it looked amazing.
490
00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.941
Maybe there's a chance for him to come back.
491
00:32:27.002 --> 00:32:28.003
I know he liked it here.
492
00:32:28.564 --> 00:32:29.705
But, you know, that was back then.
493
00:32:29.725 --> 00:32:30.887
You said Ustakio's here.
494
00:32:31.407 --> 00:32:34.431
He's going to go back to Porto, and then we're going to have Igor Jesus.
495
00:32:34.491 --> 00:32:35.353
The world's going to be good.
496
00:32:35.393 --> 00:32:36.474
But, you know, this is sports.
497
00:32:36.514 --> 00:32:39.178
Things don't happen so linear and like you would like them to.
498
00:32:40.676 --> 00:32:48.244
And just to add to that, Max, I think that was probably the thought process that, you know, you don't have Igor Jesus for the first six months of the season.
499
00:32:48.264 --> 00:32:56.232
You get Istakio on loan and there's no way you're going to keep him because you're not going to get a DP in that position.
500
00:32:56.592 --> 00:33:02.738
And more importantly, how are you going to fit everybody in when Igor Jesus comes back and you have Istakio, Mark Delgado, Tillman?
501
00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:12.844
And so it seems like a simple decision, which then, you know, makes it now retroactively sounds a little bit weirder because we don't have Igor Jesus back yet.
502
00:33:13.364 --> 00:33:17.326
But I think it was always the plan, like you stated, to have him for that first half of the season.
503
00:33:18.587 --> 00:33:23.330
Benny, I think you should remind everyone, every podcast, that this is MLS and not Premier League.
504
00:33:25.110 --> 00:33:26.691
There's a cap, people.
505
00:33:27.091 --> 00:33:27.692
Come on.
506
00:33:30.150 --> 00:33:36.216
By the way, the Premier League's crazy because it's – I mean, every team is good now, all 20 teams.
507
00:33:36.856 --> 00:33:40.400
I mean, I'm watching Hull City beat Manchester United.
508
00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:42.362
You're watching Ipswich win.
509
00:33:42.402 --> 00:33:45.565
You're watching Brentford blow the doors off of Tottenham.
510
00:33:45.625 --> 00:33:48.868
I mean, the Premier League to me is – Are Ipswich even in the Prem?
511
00:33:49.328 --> 00:33:49.969
They're in the Prem.
512
00:33:49.989 --> 00:33:51.010
They've got back in the Prem.
513
00:33:51.130 --> 00:33:52.031
They're one of the three-primers.
514
00:33:52.051 --> 00:33:53.693
They went up, down, up again.
515
00:33:53.713 --> 00:33:54.033
Yeah.
516
00:33:54.193 --> 00:33:55.553
They went up, down, and up again.
517
00:33:55.993 --> 00:33:56.854
Exactly what you just said.
518
00:33:56.874 --> 00:33:59.734
I don't know if you need to be talking about Hull being a great team.
519
00:33:59.975 --> 00:34:01.055
I thought that was – They're not.
520
00:34:01.555 --> 00:34:08.557
That was for Man United, but – They have Lucas Harrington, formerly of the Colorado Rapids, now played some minutes.
521
00:34:08.797 --> 00:34:11.297
So there's a bunch of Premier League.
522
00:34:11.317 --> 00:34:15.458
There's three former MLS players on the field for Hull City.
523
00:34:15.899 --> 00:34:19.780
Matty Crooks, and then was it – Salt Lake, right?
524
00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.360
Was it Salt Lake?
525
00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.820
Salt Lake.
526
00:34:21.572 --> 00:34:29.855
Yeah, Matty Crooks, Lucas Harrington, and then there was a defender, McNair, who's a Northern Irishman who played at San Diego FC.
527
00:34:30.195 --> 00:34:31.876
I know some people are taking shots at the midfield.
528
00:34:31.896 --> 00:34:33.556
The midfield is good when it's healthy.
529
00:34:33.576 --> 00:34:34.396
They have options.
530
00:34:34.416 --> 00:34:37.097
They just have guys playing out of position.
531
00:34:37.117 --> 00:34:41.419
If you have a true number six, then all of a sudden that allows everyone else to play.
532
00:34:41.459 --> 00:34:45.060
But some guys are not being able to play the position that they would like.
533
00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:50.282
And I would stand by Timmy Tillman as an eight if you put him there as –
534
00:34:51.511 --> 00:34:54.934
The way he was coming on last year, he was one of the best at that position.
535
00:34:54.954 --> 00:34:58.656
He's had some injuries, and I think he's kind of hit a wall a bit with so many games.
536
00:34:59.437 --> 00:35:00.017
But that's that.
537
00:35:00.758 --> 00:35:01.779
I know they would love to.
538
00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:03.140
Let me cut you off one thing, though.
539
00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:10.085
I know the fans are giving it to the midfield, and I agree with you that the midfield is solid when healthy.
540
00:35:10.225 --> 00:35:14.829
However, and this has always been a talking point, I think, on this show and with our fans –
541
00:35:15.389 --> 00:35:23.395
There is one specific type of midfielder that we have never had this season and for a little bit of time, and that's a creative midfielder.
542
00:35:23.415 --> 00:35:37.066
And again, when you're down one nothing and the other team is packing the box, it's always nice having a guy that instead of like a Timothy Tillman does, takes a shot from the top of the box, maybe has a little bit more of slow it down, try and cut someone and slip someone else.
543
00:35:37.546 --> 00:35:38.867
We don't have that kind of guy.
544
00:35:38.987 --> 00:35:39.267
And so.
545
00:35:40.208 --> 00:35:47.896
Yes, we have guys that are eights, that are box to box, that run all over the place, that can hit a pass over long distance and over the top.
546
00:35:48.297 --> 00:35:59.169
But we don't have that, you know, Ryan Cherokee type that Man City can put in when nothing's working and they're down 1-0 and they come back and get two assists from him and they win 2-1.
547
00:35:59.609 --> 00:36:01.952
Again, because this is MLS and not the Premier League, talk, talk.
548
00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:11.866
in your face inside LAFC podcast live on LAFC, YouTube, Facebook, as well as LAFC X late start today.
549
00:36:11.926 --> 00:36:14.788
We'll go back to our regular time next week.
550
00:36:15.088 --> 00:36:20.313
So bear with us, but we appreciate everyone jumping on here on a regular basis with us.
551
00:36:20.373 --> 00:36:21.714
Dream one, two, three, six, one.
552
00:36:21.814 --> 00:36:23.655
I was an LAFC fans and stay one.
553
00:36:23.675 --> 00:36:25.377
So you've got, you're here for the long haul.
554
00:36:25.837 --> 00:36:26.378
You were there.
555
00:36:26.438 --> 00:36:27.438
You set the foundation.
556
00:36:27.458 --> 00:36:28.219
You got to keep going.
557
00:36:30.748 --> 00:36:34.372
Eustachio was much more than an offensive threat than Jesus will ever be.
558
00:36:34.612 --> 00:36:36.614
Without question, Eustachio is more of that.
559
00:36:36.654 --> 00:36:39.536
But I think with Igor Jesus, you get the ball winning.
560
00:36:39.556 --> 00:36:40.677
You get the distribution.
561
00:36:41.018 --> 00:36:47.384
You get the physical element, which let's remember when Igor Jesus was playing, we were all like, who is this guy?
562
00:36:47.424 --> 00:36:50.286
And a lot of people were paying attention to him as well.
563
00:36:50.506 --> 00:36:52.048
I'm still thrilled that Lateef was on here.
564
00:36:52.708 --> 00:36:53.930
Somebody who mentioned...
565
00:36:54.870 --> 00:36:57.012
about to shout out to LAFC United.
566
00:36:58.013 --> 00:36:59.334
I think you mean the unified team.
567
00:36:59.574 --> 00:37:02.597
And I want to give them some props here before we preview DC United.
568
00:37:03.357 --> 00:37:06.500
LAFC unified team competed the undefeated season.
569
00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:09.262
They played after LAFC Portland.
570
00:37:09.943 --> 00:37:16.608
The unified team is a squad with athletes with learning disabilities, some who do not.
571
00:37:16.669 --> 00:37:18.570
And they bring them together to create a team.
572
00:37:18.670 --> 00:37:20.772
And man, they're really competitive athletes.
573
00:37:20.932 --> 00:37:22.833
They were, they're just an inspiration.
574
00:37:22.853 --> 00:37:23.774
They've inspired me.
575
00:37:23.794 --> 00:37:25.094
They've inspired so many people.
576
00:37:25.114 --> 00:37:26.535
A lot of fans stayed behind.
577
00:37:27.095 --> 00:37:28.176
We streamed the game.
578
00:37:28.216 --> 00:37:28.956
I called the game.
579
00:37:28.996 --> 00:37:32.078
Sarah, our producer, got it up there and we streamed it.
580
00:37:32.118 --> 00:37:34.239
We had a huge audience.
581
00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:37.461
And this LAFC team, Unified team, went 8-0-1.
582
00:37:37.881 --> 00:37:39.362
I want to shout out to all the players.
583
00:37:40.063 --> 00:37:40.263
Um...
584
00:37:41.063 --> 00:37:44.086
Turbo, Miguel Gonzalez had an incredible free kick.
585
00:37:44.186 --> 00:37:45.527
David Haley had one too.
586
00:37:46.247 --> 00:37:48.810
Manuel Zambrano, who is an all-star.
587
00:37:48.870 --> 00:37:51.732
Douglas Molina hit the penalty, had a great celebration.
588
00:37:52.433 --> 00:37:55.575
Zion Young and Jaden Carvajal joined us on Black and Gold Insider.
589
00:37:55.615 --> 00:37:58.358
You can check that out here on LAFC YouTube.
590
00:37:58.418 --> 00:38:03.622
Penelope, Ashley, Coach Yado, Michael McKnight, excellent.
591
00:38:03.722 --> 00:38:06.565
Portland, Benny, brought their unified team.
592
00:38:06.585 --> 00:38:07.445
So they traveled.
593
00:38:07.505 --> 00:38:08.827
They got to play like they were –
594
00:38:09.742 --> 00:38:14.726
Professional athletes, staying in a hotel, taking the bus to the stadium, getting dressed in the locker room.
595
00:38:14.746 --> 00:38:18.949
It's just amazing stuff, and I'm really proud that we were at the club that prioritizes that.
596
00:38:19.569 --> 00:38:20.370
Yeah, that's amazing.
597
00:38:20.810 --> 00:38:22.431
I wanted to know what the celebration was.
598
00:38:22.451 --> 00:38:26.374
You said he had a fantastic celebration after, what was it, the goal or the penalty kick?
599
00:38:26.434 --> 00:38:32.498
He celebrated like Marco Tardelli at the 82 World Cup, and then everyone on the sideline just jumped on top of him.
600
00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:35.280
It was very touching.
601
00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:38.423
The midfielder, by the way, that creative midfielder was Matty Bogus.
602
00:38:39.185 --> 00:38:43.548
And Matty was – he gave us a little – Matty Boguch was creative.
603
00:38:44.088 --> 00:38:45.609
I wouldn't say a creative midfielder.
604
00:38:45.649 --> 00:38:48.811
He was almost like a creative – oh, man.
605
00:38:49.151 --> 00:38:53.334
He did play mostly as that inside, but sometimes he played as a winger as well, if I'm not mistaken.
606
00:38:53.754 --> 00:38:54.835
He was kind of like –
607
00:38:57.971 --> 00:39:15.446
He did have a hybrid a little bit because he had the ability to drive and take shots and dribble, but it wasn't the incisive passes so much, but he definitely had more of the knack for a pass than any of the eights and sixes that I think currently are on the roster.
608
00:39:16.700 --> 00:39:22.002
And if they wanted a more creative type midfielder, I think the presence of Igor Jesus would allow that.
609
00:39:22.522 --> 00:39:25.143
So there's still a couple of weeks in the marketplace.
610
00:39:25.283 --> 00:39:25.664
We'll see.
611
00:39:25.684 --> 00:39:28.025
I know some people don't think LAFC are being aggressive.
612
00:39:28.305 --> 00:39:31.466
This is the most aggressive team year in, year out in MLS with their roster.
613
00:39:31.906 --> 00:39:32.646
They were aggressive.
614
00:39:32.666 --> 00:39:36.767
They haven't been as aggressive this summer, but, I mean, you can't do that every summer.
615
00:39:36.847 --> 00:39:38.868
And who knows if they don't have a flurry coming up.
616
00:39:39.268 --> 00:39:40.449
So we shall see.
617
00:39:41.509 --> 00:39:46.690
LAFC have always had their foot on the pedal regarding bringing in players.
618
00:39:47.010 --> 00:39:53.112
This time last year, they kind of went after, like, a $25 million transfer fee for a guy named Sung Hoon Min.
619
00:39:53.232 --> 00:39:55.333
So hello.
620
00:39:56.976 --> 00:39:58.298
That's kind of a big deal.
621
00:39:59.359 --> 00:40:01.922
Yes, Igor Jesus is injured, but he's on the road to recovery.
622
00:40:01.942 --> 00:40:03.964
We hope, knock on wood, he did have a setback.
623
00:40:03.984 --> 00:40:05.085
We're hoping it can keep going.
624
00:40:05.746 --> 00:40:07.708
I'll never stop whining about Bogus being gone.
625
00:40:07.748 --> 00:40:08.449
They had to sell him.
626
00:40:08.469 --> 00:40:09.951
They got a huge price tag for it.
627
00:40:10.191 --> 00:40:11.673
Bogus is a hell of a player, though.
628
00:40:12.434 --> 00:40:13.715
I will say he's a hell of a player.
629
00:40:14.613 --> 00:40:16.034
And I want to say that about Nate Ordaz.
630
00:40:16.054 --> 00:40:20.496
People say we shouldn't have sold Nate Ordaz, but DC United gave LAFC a great offer.
631
00:40:20.897 --> 00:40:22.237
Now he's a DC United player.
632
00:40:22.317 --> 00:40:26.400
And that is the next game for the black and gold next Saturday.
633
00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:28.141
So a full week of training.
634
00:40:28.621 --> 00:40:30.782
So LAFC hits the road.
635
00:40:31.343 --> 00:40:31.503
Um,
636
00:40:32.223 --> 00:40:34.806
They've actually not been a hard – they've been okay on the road.
637
00:40:34.826 --> 00:40:36.187
They have three away wins.
638
00:40:36.547 --> 00:40:38.129
I mean, most of their business have been home.
639
00:40:38.529 --> 00:40:44.455
They've done pretty well in CONCACAF Champions Cup, going to Costa Rica, going to – where was it?
640
00:40:44.475 --> 00:40:48.339
Honduras, going to Cruz Azul to get a good result.
641
00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:52.624
So they're traveling to D.C. Then the following Saturday they're at Salt Lake –
642
00:40:53.064 --> 00:40:55.568
So three of the next four games are on the road.
643
00:40:55.628 --> 00:41:03.461
This game, you can get in nice and snugly and watch it at 4.30 Pacific Time, Saturday on Apple TV.
644
00:41:03.861 --> 00:41:05.083
We'll see Nate or Daz.
645
00:41:05.604 --> 00:41:07.868
We're going to have to play against Nate the Great.
646
00:41:08.523 --> 00:41:09.964
You're going to have to play Nate the Great.
647
00:41:10.304 --> 00:41:11.984
He hasn't started a game for them yet.
648
00:41:12.064 --> 00:41:15.826
He's had six substitute appearances, doesn't have a goal, one assist.
649
00:41:15.846 --> 00:41:21.668
But I can assure you, maybe they start him because they know he's going to want to get a shot at his former team.
650
00:41:21.688 --> 00:41:25.469
That's always uplifting, right, Benny, when you play your ex-team?
651
00:41:25.669 --> 00:41:27.430
In Brazil, there's a saying for it.
652
00:41:27.530 --> 00:41:33.652
It's called, and it means the law of the ex, the exes.
653
00:41:33.732 --> 00:41:34.953
Sounds better in Portuguese.
654
00:41:35.333 --> 00:41:35.693
Yeah, yeah.
655
00:41:35.733 --> 00:41:40.454
If they throw him in there, he's the ex-LAFC player that's coming back to bite us.
656
00:41:40.554 --> 00:41:42.694
I hope not, but that's the law.
657
00:41:43.955 --> 00:41:48.036
Sir, UB, my favorite account, really, because all the Sadie commentary.
658
00:41:48.096 --> 00:41:51.656
No price for Nathan could be worth what he meant for the Salvadorian community here.
659
00:41:52.356 --> 00:41:57.817
I will remind you that I believe D.C. United has the number one Salvadorian community in the United States.
660
00:41:58.598 --> 00:41:59.878
If you want a good pupusa...
661
00:42:00.558 --> 00:42:01.838
You go to Washington, D.C.
662
00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:04.319
I'm telling you, man, there's Salvadorians.
663
00:42:04.339 --> 00:42:05.420
They run the place.
664
00:42:06.060 --> 00:42:09.701
So I'm telling you, Nate is going to settle in with the Salvadoran.
665
00:42:09.721 --> 00:42:12.242
He's going to put butts in seats there as well.
666
00:42:12.882 --> 00:42:15.423
So there's a huge Salvadoran community there in D.C.
667
00:42:15.883 --> 00:42:19.284
If you ever go, D.C. is a wonderful place to visit.
668
00:42:19.604 --> 00:42:21.165
L.A. better than the DMV all day.
669
00:42:22.185 --> 00:42:46.205
uh i i didn't see him have a goal did i miss it did he maybe you know he might have had a goal in league no they weren't in league's cup i think he did have a goal in something because i remember him scoring as well well i'm getting i'm getting erroneous information from well i can check i can check here you want me to check real quick i'm on it too uh it says no goals for dc this season that's the mls website
670
00:42:47.557 --> 00:42:48.878
Well, I'm going to tell you right now.
671
00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:49.799
All right.
672
00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.499
He is on that.
673
00:42:50.540 --> 00:42:52.381
Yeah, I don't see a goal either.
674
00:42:53.582 --> 00:42:57.724
Maybe it was called an – I remember watching him put it in the back of the net.
675
00:42:57.764 --> 00:42:58.785
Maybe it was called an own goal.
676
00:42:59.145 --> 00:43:00.446
He got an assist against Houston.
677
00:43:00.466 --> 00:43:01.387
Maybe that's what we're thinking.
678
00:43:01.407 --> 00:43:02.468
It was a friendly.
679
00:43:02.768 --> 00:43:03.168
Thank you.
680
00:43:03.188 --> 00:43:03.588
You see?
681
00:43:04.029 --> 00:43:04.789
Don't test me.
682
00:43:05.490 --> 00:43:08.672
Don't test me to – That well-concredits against Newton United.
683
00:43:10.336 --> 00:43:14.257
Okay, so DC United not playing well, but it still strikes me as a dangerous team.
684
00:43:14.297 --> 00:43:15.778
They were winless in their last four.
685
00:43:15.798 --> 00:43:17.178
They lost 3-1 to Charlotte.
686
00:43:17.598 --> 00:43:20.779
Their last home game, they lost 3-0 to New England.
687
00:43:21.640 --> 00:43:23.480
This is a very rare matchup.
688
00:43:23.500 --> 00:43:27.682
We rarely play DC and rarely play them here and certainly not out their place.
689
00:43:28.262 --> 00:43:30.002
But this is a big game for them.
690
00:43:30.262 --> 00:43:34.444
And, you know, LAFC, you hope that some of these players are –
691
00:43:35.384 --> 00:43:37.245
can help bolster the team.
692
00:43:37.305 --> 00:43:43.188
Hopefully there's some good news for Timothy Tillman because if LAFC shorthanded, uh, DC United will be doing one of these.
693
00:43:43.328 --> 00:43:44.168
This is a tough match.
694
00:43:44.188 --> 00:43:45.169
They're not a bad team.
695
00:43:45.189 --> 00:43:47.270
They're not playing well, but they haven't been a bad team.
696
00:43:47.310 --> 00:44:01.036
Historically they've been bad, but I think this is a, it's, I don't think there's at this point until LAFC gets a good footing of health and they get a couple of guys, whether it's on the transfer market or from, or from the injury list, uh,
697
00:44:01.916 --> 00:44:06.337
I think all these games are still going to be challenging here for the next few weeks at least.
698
00:44:07.138 --> 00:44:07.958
Yeah, they haven't been great.
699
00:44:07.978 --> 00:44:11.219
I'm looking through their last six games since the World Cup.
700
00:44:11.739 --> 00:44:15.420
They had a little window there where they were getting some results and then it kind of went away.
701
00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:20.461
Well, they've gotten, I'm telling you, they got a draw, a win, a draw, a draw, and two losses.
702
00:44:20.501 --> 00:44:25.123
So at home, 1-1-1 since the World Cup.
703
00:44:25.143 --> 00:44:26.263
So anything can happen.
704
00:44:27.295 --> 00:44:27.535
Yeah.
705
00:44:28.055 --> 00:44:28.396
All right.
706
00:44:28.436 --> 00:44:42.824
So, I mean, I, I, I think I truly believe, uh, and it certainly applies to Sun Hoon Min and the midfield and Denny Bawanga getting a week off and going through there is going to get them, uh,
707
00:44:44.205 --> 00:44:47.067
I hope playing the way we saw them when they came back from the world cup.
708
00:44:47.147 --> 00:44:48.708
I think that is certainly possible.
709
00:44:49.048 --> 00:44:50.390
They still have a roster.
710
00:44:50.610 --> 00:44:51.911
They're still tough to crack.
711
00:44:52.151 --> 00:44:54.093
DC United don't score a lot of goals.
712
00:44:54.453 --> 00:44:59.997
I, as we said at the beginning of the program too, I don't think this is a game you, you fall behind in.
713
00:45:00.398 --> 00:45:02.179
I think LAFC's defense is too good.
714
00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:03.100
But,
715
00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:10.324
It's a question of getting a goal, but this is a team I think you'll be able to crack, unlike what we saw in Colorado or in more recent road games.
716
00:45:11.244 --> 00:45:12.145
I'm optimistic.
717
00:45:12.225 --> 00:45:19.249
I'm optimistic that the perfect storm is collecting for LAFC to get a very important away win to set the table moving forward.
718
00:45:19.269 --> 00:45:22.491
I think Rale Salt Lake the following week would be a little trickier than the DC game.
719
00:45:23.271 --> 00:45:25.152
Yeah, no, I tend to agree with you.
720
00:45:25.172 --> 00:45:29.395
A full week of training is one of the biggest reasons why I think LAFC have a good chance in this game.
721
00:45:30.618 --> 00:45:32.360
Bad teams turn up against LAFC.
722
00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.140
What's that all about?
723
00:45:33.180 --> 00:45:33.921
It's true, right?
724
00:45:33.961 --> 00:45:35.382
You see that black and gold jersey.
725
00:45:35.402 --> 00:45:36.103
You see the hype.
726
00:45:36.123 --> 00:45:37.144
You see all the fans.
727
00:45:37.605 --> 00:45:40.547
And then it's the same with, you know, Inter-Miami or all these.
728
00:45:40.687 --> 00:45:42.149
It doesn't apply to Inter-Miami.
729
00:45:42.189 --> 00:45:43.670
For LAFC, it seems like it does.
730
00:45:46.012 --> 00:45:47.233
No, don't start with excuses.
731
00:45:47.273 --> 00:45:48.935
I don't want to be that type of next excuses.
732
00:45:50.525 --> 00:45:51.226
Ah, good stuff.
733
00:45:51.446 --> 00:45:58.391
So tune in next Saturday, 4.30 p.m. Pacific time here on Inside LAFC podcast presented by Ticketmaster.
734
00:45:58.411 --> 00:45:59.411
We'll call that a day.
735
00:45:59.832 --> 00:46:02.494
We'll be back next Monday at our regular time.
736
00:46:03.054 --> 00:46:04.675
Appreciate all the comments and questions.
737
00:46:04.775 --> 00:46:09.679
If you guys have any comments and we don't get them in now, which we are probably not, leave it on the YouTube page.
738
00:46:09.859 --> 00:46:11.300
I will find the answers for you.
739
00:46:11.540 --> 00:46:13.922
I try to do my best with that every week.
740
00:46:13.942 --> 00:46:18.585
Benny, have a great show, whatever you're doing, and enjoy yourself, and we'll see you next Monday.
741
00:46:19.025 --> 00:46:19.506
Thanks, Max.
742
00:46:19.526 --> 00:46:19.746
See ya.
743
00:46:20.764 --> 00:46:21.671
Let's go black and go.