Inside LAFC | Episode 221 - A Week Off

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Very little different of a show today.
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I don't timing is very interesting for being at a Monday.
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Sometimes you kind of get into that, but we obviously have some big news to share.
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Benny fail, however, on the road joining us.
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You're over in Europe, so it's late for you.
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So you're probably doing the show, having a little tea and then probably hitting the sack, I would imagine.
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That's right.
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I'm hoping that I'm back to sleeping in regular hours because for a while there I was very jet lagged.
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So, yeah, in Spain right now I'm with the U-17 national team, actually, assistant coaching with Jeremy Hall.
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But can't miss the show, Max.
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The only reason why I missed the show last week was I was mid-flight.
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I could not be on the show last week, but here I am back again.
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Well, you weren't here and people were just raving about Moe, dude.
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Everyone loves him.
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Oh, man.
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He brings it.
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People are clipping.
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He's fantastic.
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But everyone loves Benny, former US international star, LAFC original, who was a player under Mark Dos Santos in year one.
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And that's where we're going to start here.
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And I know everyone's going to want to get their two cents in and expected that.
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But let's just share the news here that Mark Dos Santos has been relieved of his role, LAFC parting ways with regards to the statement from John Thorrington that came out.
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Late Sunday, Mark has given a great deal to this club over the years, and we are grateful for his commitment, care, and contribution to LAFC.
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The club will share an update on its interim coaching plan soon as we begin the search for a new coach.
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Nothing new from then till today, but everyone's sort of getting maybe ahead of themselves, above their skis, to see what lies ahead.
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And we'll talk about that, but...
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Mark, we're not surprised.
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Obviously LAFC plays at a very high level and they are supposed to meet those demands and those demands were not met during this stretch in a very challenging year.
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A massive log of fixtures, which is part and parcel for LAFC.
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A good run in CONCACAF Champions Cup, which ended in a really disappointing fashion with the loss to Toluca.
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And of course that puts you in a position
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where the season went off the rails shortly thereafter.
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We got to the World Cup break.
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Everything was put into that CONCACAF Champions Cup basket, and rightfully so.
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That was the tournament, the trophy that LAFC was going for, and when you don't get it, you've got to really pivot quickly.
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They struggled.
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The World Cup break played well.
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and then hit a bit of a malaise.
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The market came, David Martinez left, and LFC looking, to me, and we'll talk about this Dallas game as well, looking for that player that they can rely on to score other than Denny and Sonny.
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And personnel-wise, they didn't really have it, and that's not really on Mark's fault.
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Some moves that came in, some injuries.
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You go back to Stefan Eustachio, the Igor Jesus return hasn't,
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gone to plan.
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So a whole lot there.
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Mark, I just want to say this about Mark really quickly.
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He's a wonderful man and working alongside him and he kept a positive air about this position.
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The players were behind him.
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You didn't see a play revolt.
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And this is a
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you got some murderers on this team, right?
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With the highest, highest level that could have easily said, this coach isn't getting it.
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You didn't hear that from Hugo.
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You didn't hear that from Sun Hyung-min or Denny Buonga.
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They came in, they were behind it.
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You see the agony.
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They never got blown out.
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They played for their coach knowing it was a challenge.
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You could see that in the...
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Sergei Palencia address at the end of the Dallas game.
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So there was a lot here on this going to training.
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It was an open door.
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He made my job very easy and we really appreciate that.
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And he was always trying to keep it as positive as possible, despite the fact that the season was not going the way he envisioned.
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I see Keith Costigan joining us in here for my host.
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He had to tune in as well.
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So we'll talk about Mark the man.
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You know him very intimately.
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You've played for him.
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This was a huge job.
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This is the biggest job, one of the biggest jobs in American soccer.
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He knew that.
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And if it doesn't match the performance, this is usually what happens.
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I think he, look, I can echo exactly what you talked about, Max, as a person, right?
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I got to work with him when he was an assistant coach the first year with LAFC.
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I actually got to meet him prior to that.
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He was the second team coach at Sporting Kansas City when I still played.
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Really hardworking human being.
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Really, really good assistant coach.
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And he had a big opportunity, obviously, with LAFC.
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And I think he also understood the responsibility that came with it.
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So, yeah.
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you know, for whatever reason, didn't work.
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The team didn't, you know, really, I think, find a way to play more importantly than the results, right?
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Obviously LAFC has a very high standard and we've seen that.
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They've only had two coaches prior to Mark.
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And so we've seen what that standard is.
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And I think Mark knew that going in.
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And so the performances just didn't match exactly what I think John Thornton and company would have expected.
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And so,
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This is where it leads.
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It's the professional game.
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I'm a coach myself, and I understand that these are realities in this industry.
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And I think LAFC did a difficult thing, but I think ultimately probably the right decision right now, where we are in the season, is...
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There's still some games to go.
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It's a little bit of an, obviously, the international break.
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So maybe you can get a clean little transition here for the interim.
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And hopefully you see an uptick in performance from the players as well going into the playoffs.
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So not an easy decision, not an easy time for anybody within the club.
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But ultimately, I think it makes sense.
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to try and find what that next step is in the season and in the evolution of LAFC.
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You talked about the timing.
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And it is tough for this to happen following a game where I thought, you know, LAFC were done in by a really bad call.
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They haven't got calls in the last two games.
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We addressed that after the game against San Jose as well.
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And it is two efforts that probably should have ended up with four points instead of one point.
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So,
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This was also a game we knew that you almost had to give them a pass because you're missing not only Sonny, you're also missing Danny Bowanga, Jude Terry.
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We'll talk about the internationals.
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They're all across the board.
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Matthew Schwanier, Jacob Schaffelberg, they all played.
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Jude's going to probably play tomorrow with the under-19s.
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And then you also have Leo Valta who just came, and he started for Finland as well.
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and you're incorporating players so this was a no-win situation but the timing if you're going to do it and look i would have been surprised if you let mark as long as the and i don't know what behind closed doors maybe the players are like okay this you can see there that it's not working then if you took this to the end it's a big risk but also making a change is a big risk depending how you manage that whether it's uh
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Bringing in one of the assistants and you have Andy Rose there, Shabit Amarit, Enric Duran.
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I don't know who would be the interim for now.
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We'll find out soon enough.
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Oka Nikolov, I would imagine it's going to probably be Enric or Andy and then we'll see what happens for the long term and how big of a candidate.
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We'll talk about that, that LAFC approaches it.
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I see that on the comments, I should get to that.
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Max, give this message to John Antonio Mohamed, please.
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The coach at Toluca who has said he wants to coach in Major League Soccer.
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That would be a very sexy pick, but you got to keep in mind, this is a big, big personality.
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And I don't know if that coexists.
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I know Wilfred Nancy has been there, but we'll talk about that in a moment.
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Sir UB, Father Bredos, what is going on?
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Father Bredos?
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By the way, I'm sorry I'm a little hoarse.
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I went to the Maiden Megadeth concert at BMO Stadium.
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I had to leave early.
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because they were playing forever, but I was singing along.
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The Nachos, the elephant in the room.
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We're talking about that, certainly.
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Some people, I can see, I know people have been saying that about the change because change is good, but we also got to look at Mark about being a coach that's
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had a very challenging stretch, and things just haven't gone the way, and the goals weren't there and the results weren't there either.
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Benny with the under-17 staff.
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That's some good news.
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Is it?
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Is it good news?
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Back in the coaching, it's not good news.
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You better not be sniffing around the coaching stuff, Benny, with regards to – because we've got a good thing going here.
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You working on TV?
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Max, somebody's going to have to sweep me off my feet to take me away from the podcast here with you and Sarah's.
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All right, Keith Costing-A-Sys.
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Hi, Benny.
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For serious news, I wanted to kind of touch on some of the things that you were talking about here, and I know that, Max, it looks like your Wi-Fi isn't the best today.
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It was just – I don't know if it's mine or yours.
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But, yeah, I don't know.
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But, anyways, my big point is this.
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LAFC have shown, and this is what I was talking about,
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Bob Bradley was there for, I believe it was five seasons, four or five seasons.
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Terundolo was there for a long period of time as well, something similar to that.
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And so LAFC is the club that they don't tend to make quick decisions.
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And I don't think this was a quick decision in that sense.
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I think it was calculated, right?
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I think that they had conversations.
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Obviously, the course of the last five, six, seven games haven't been what they expected.
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And so it's one of those where dudes,
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you decide to ride it out for the season, right?
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And hope that things kind of turn in the way that you'd expect.
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And I think for that decision to be made, you have to see some moments in these games that you're not getting results, the performances that you like, or it may be going in the direction that you'd like it to change into.
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And then conversely, you can potentially make the decision, which is what they made.
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to go in a different direction if you, for some reason, don't think that it's going to change and you don't want to necessarily, you know, give up on a season, which I don't think LAC ever want to do.
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So I think that was the mindset.
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I'm sure it was extremely calculated by Thornton and company.
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And there were probably many conversations behind closed doors, obviously, of what the best pathway for this team was.
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So, again, I think I think it's a it's a good decision for the club.
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have these moments, but in football, this is, this is what happens, right?
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It, the, the, the coach is always one that is going to be the first to blame because ultimately if there's, you know, some issues with players, rosters, you know, anything else, those are more difficult fixes.
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And so I think they made the right decision here and hopefully for LAFC, this leads to some better performances and better results here in the back end of the season and into the playoffs.
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Rich saying, I was surprised to see MDS getting sacked.
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And I think there is some, the timing is a big part of this story.
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But I think that's also what you touched on, Benny.
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is the season can still end very well.
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And that's the forgiving nature of MLS.
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And the Western Conference, no one is playing out of the park.
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No one's really playing.
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St. Louis is having a great spell.
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I think many people feel like they can come back down to earth.
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FC Dallas is the second best team.
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They were missing Peter Musa.
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They're second in the West.
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I know they're missing their star striker, but LAFC missing some players ran with them away from home.
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And these are teams that you're not going to be too scared of.
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But really, even if you get through the West, it's possible.
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So the timing makes sense because you have six games to go, four of which are at home.
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If you can get 11, 12 points out of those 18, you're in business.
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I think you look at the top four spot, all attainable.
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You get into the show.
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I know some people say they're not going to make the playoffs.
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They're going to make the playoffs, but you do want to finish in the top four, and you've got some teams brewing behind you as well.
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So I think that the timing there is something to take into consideration.
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Alan had this is we always like to get into the context, even though this isn't so pressing.
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But this is a really good question.
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Benny, give us some insight.
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What goes on in a locker room when a coach gets fired?
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What is that discourse like between the players?
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Well, the biggest thing is that things change in terms of who the hierarchy of the players, right?
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Hierarchy.
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the subs, the guys that maybe don't get so many minutes at all.
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And when a new coach comes in, there's always those little small changes to – you're not so worried about the tactical aspect of the game yet.
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It's mostly like, oh, well, is the coach going to still utilize these players in their positions the way that the former coach does?
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So it's kind of getting to learn what the coach is expecting.
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I think you talk about the new coach bump.
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People tend to elevate their game because they want to show that coach, hey, I'm the guy, whether you're a guy that's been there.
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Right.
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And it's become a little bit I can take my foot off the gas because I'm a consistent starter.
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Well, now not anymore.
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So I got to keep continuing to prove that.
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And obviously, for the guys that haven't been consistent starters and want more playing time, they they feel like this is the moment to really showcase who they are.
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Hey, this is why we've been losing or not getting results.
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Put me in the game.
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I'm ready to go, and I can improve the team.
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So typically you see an uptick in competitive environment on the field, and there's kind of that new hierarchy taking shape within the locker room.
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But I do think that at this level, so many players, they want to win, right?
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And I do think, again, I was in that LAFC locker room, and I know that's many years ago, but that locker room has always been very connected.
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Right.
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Whether it's year one, whether it was further removed when they won MLS Cup.
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And I think still to this day, it's very connected from everything that I've heard.
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And so I do think that it'll be kind of that collective of getting together behind whoever is the interim, probably somebody that's been in that organization in some capacity already.
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And so I think they'll find a way to like, hey, let's make this right.
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Obviously, we didn't get it right with Mark.
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Let's get it right with who the interim is and make the most of the season.
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Some of the comments, Kitty Cat Cat.
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LAFC in bolds.
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Bring on Ante Razov from Richie Rich, who also says, I feel bad for Mark.
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Wishing him all the best.
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I'm going to give Mark a call in a couple days to check on him, see how he's doing.
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It's got to be, you know, it's devastating.
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But this is, you know.
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a big boy business and he certainly know what is possible, not only coaching LAFC, but coaching a team with Hugo Lloris, Sun-Hung-Min, and big, big personalities and a big fan base.
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That is a brand that is globally known and respected.
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When you see the guys like when there was these Antoine Griezmann, these players know the LAFC won a,
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The brand of the year in, I think it was Dubai.
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You know, Cristiano Ronaldo was talking about how great the LAFC brand is.
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All of this and how impressed they are.
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So people know this in a very young league that this is a club at the top.
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The numbers, it is treated like with Inter-Miami.
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You get the big push.
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You get the big viewership in comparison to the MLS.
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And it's like the Habs.
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The club that might take this into MLS 3.0, which you will see.
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Keith Kosigan again.
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Big show today, boys.
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Good listen.
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You better still be in the room there, Keith.
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good luck to Mark remember the great start we had as a head coach there were some great memories man I remember the building with Cruz Azul and that first leg against Toluca the win at the Coliseum the win at the Galaxy again October 25th that's a game coming up here when I know someone said the Galaxy are closing it's one of the comments here Wilfred Nancy will be nice Vela as head coach and I guess we could talk about that let's talk about what comes next
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I have a little idea.
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First, maybe kick the... What do you think?
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I'm just...
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This is pie in the sky.
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Bob Bradley.
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He did some TV work.
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He's the builder.
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Maybe he could be the rebuilder.
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Comes in short-term.
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Coaches with Andy.
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Maybe brings Benny in as well with a little guy that's... We go old school.
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Hey, I think Bob would be great, and I would come very, very happily be moving to L.A. to help the coach, help the team in any way that I can.
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Again, pie in the sky, we don't know.
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I talk to Bob every once in a while.
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I know he loves coaching still.
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I know he's great at the TV stuff, but I think he would love to coach at some place that makes sense.
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Again, I think he was one of my favorite coaches, one of the best coaches that I've ever had.
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Uh, I, again, I talk about how I learned as a player and I always go back to 33 years of age.
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When I went to LAFC, that season under Bob Bradley was when I improved the most, which is saying something when it's the 13th year of your career.
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So, um, again, I know we've had it, uh, we've had Bob as the coach in LAFC.
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So it seems like maybe unlikely, but again, I do, I do believe in, in Bob.
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We'll talk about, I won't mention the play, the coaching candidates, because we don't know.
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And there's two conversations here.
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The take over the team now, and then a permanent guy.
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And it might be the same person.
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We shall see.
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So hear me out, Coach Chiellini.
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I don't know if Giorgio is going to want to do that, but that's inside the beltway.
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I saw some people mentioning Jim Curtin.
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And that is not a candidate because he is going to take over Austin FC next year.
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He is a coach in waiting.
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I don't know if you can talk him out of it.
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He'd be great.
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But that is not an option unless you move heaven and earth.
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So Joe Simpson always has good questions.
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With the change in league calendar, is it better to hold on a new manager, hire a permanent manager now, or wait until the season ends?
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And that's a really interesting way to look at it.
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You have these six games and the rest of 2026.
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You have a sprint season, which is going to be interesting, but it's not your typical year.
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You have a chance to win a title.
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There's all there at stake.
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But everything, you'd be naive to say that everyone's not focusing in past summer 2027 for that new year where everything gets matched up.
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That's the big benchmark tentpole moment for LAFC and all of MLS.
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But what do you think about the timing of how to proceed here without ruffling the cages and disturbing the waters too much, but getting the most out of this year where you could still lift an MLS Cup potentially?
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I truly believe that the timing is more relevant with whoever they're thinking about being the head coach today.
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you know, permanently, if they have, if they have a top five, right, or a top three, or maybe even one specific name that they're really, really interested in, then it doesn't matter when, right.
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Whether it's now, whether it's, you know, before the sprint season, after the sprint season, I think they have to go and try and figure out who the best candidate for that job is, and then figure out the timing within that.
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Because, you know,
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Um, what you don't want to do is, well, we're not going to start the process, you know, yet we're going to name an interim and we'll figure it out in the future.
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We'll see how the interim does.
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I think LAFC is a very big club and not to say that an interim can't come in and wow, you we've seen it in MLS, right?
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I mean, we talk about certain coaches, uh, I forget his name, but the guy that took over, I think Cassidy was it in Portland did really well.
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Obviously, Richter in Philadelphia is breaking records in terms of how many points he's got.
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Really quickly, but they brought in Marty Cifuentes at Portland, and ever since he's a permanent guy, it's gone.
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So it's a very delicate situation.
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Exactly.
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And so, look, I think that all options have to be open on the table right now.
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But, and again, neither one of us know, you know, inside John Thorrington's brain, what he's thinking in terms of what his candidates are, whether it's within MLS, whether it's outside of MLS.
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I think that the search has to be more importantly focused on who they desire, as opposed to when they are trying to find someone to come in.
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Right.
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And so to me, the timing isn't necessarily as relevant as who it is that you eventually get and be the guy that you truly want.
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We've got a great turnout here.
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Lots of great questions.
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We want to get to them all.
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I like Nancy.
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Wilford Nancy would change the football at the club.
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Craig Griffin, headhunt Millwall coach Alex Neal.
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We're not going to have a Millwall coach here.
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No, we're not.
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Come on, you irons.
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So, yeah, man, come on now.
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West Ham, huh?
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Millwall's having a good year.
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West Ham as well.
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They just played each other.
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I think, what was it, a 2-2 draw?
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2-2 draw.
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They were down two goals.
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They came back to time.
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Come from behind the hammers.
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Yeah, that's right.
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They got back there at the den to play that one.
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Wilfred Nancy, keep in mind also, John Thorrington had an extensive search before appointing Mark.
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I know many people go, no, he kept it in-house.
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No, no, that's not how they do business.
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They have an incredible scouting department coaching.
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So they do a lot of interviews.
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And I know they did that before Steve Cirundolo.
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So there might be somebody there that you have in the system you want to call in that was close to getting the job.
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that didn't get it.
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And I think with Mark as well, it made sense because you wanna, you had this roster, you had this big year coming up.
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Don't disturb it too much.
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And I was on board with it and it got off to a great start.
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It just didn't keep it that way as well.
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A good Juan, it took Max Huevos to let MDS go with six games to go.
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Juan thinks I'm the general manager here.
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He thinks I'm related to the drug Lord Sosa in Scarface.
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He always posts that thing.
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Apparently I look like him a little bit, but okay.
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Very funny.
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I don't have any call.
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But this is a big decision nonetheless, even though it was a little tongue in cheek there.
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Dakou talking about that call at Dallas.
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Thank you, Max.
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It was a horrible call.
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Sir Wah took a dive.
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And just to talk about that, we'll get back to this conversation.
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And LAFC does not get any breaks.
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Um, the, that was a strange call.
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And if you get a one, one result, who knows if we're having this conversation now about it, because I think that Dallas game was interesting because you showed a shortcoming, certainly on the international, what they had.
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And LAFC battled and battled and they got that one chance.
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Um,
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And they converted and was taken away and they couldn't come up with it again.
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But they put so much energy into that.
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And I think that's a good sign that this club can go for it and you get those pieces.
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But it's also probably a good sign because, you know, you talked about the locker room.
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These guys, I mean, I'm around there.
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You can feel it.
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The energy is like when you're not winning, you've got to tread lightly and ask these questions.
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So you need that kick in the pants.
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But the morale is pretty low when you look at calls like that, the effort and not getting a payoff.
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And I think that all is part and parcel to how we get to this point here with the parting ways of Mark Dos Santos.
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Yeah.
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And with the parting ways of Mark Dos Santos in an eventual interim, you kind of get that, you know, resuscitation, you know, the medical device that you go.
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Right.
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And so it's a defibrillator, defibrillator.
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Say it again.
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The defibrillator, defibrillator, defibrillator.
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I don't know.
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You said it.
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I'll let you say it.
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But you guys know what I'm talking about.
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It's one of those where, yes, you're you're.
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Dude, it is terrible losing.
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It really is.
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As a player, it's so deflating.
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Everybody in your household, your wife, your kids, they feel it when you go home and you're just depressed, the depression.
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And so it's good that for LAFC, there's going to be that moment of like, hey, come back to life.
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Let's try and find a new way, a new path, a new desire for the players to showcase themselves.
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Because I think it's needed right now in the season.
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It really is.
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And I think we're going to see, look,
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Rich Jamara, defibrillator.
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There we go.
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We got it down now.
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But I think it'll be – I think the players in that locker room, the professionalism of them and the desire that they have to succeed, I think we will see them turn a corner here and turn this into a positive moment in the season.
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I wanted to mention, because BMO Stadium was a light, Iron Maiden playing Rime of the Ancient Mariner was nice.
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They had a big stage show, these three-dimensional chords.
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And Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a 14-minute song.
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So once you hear them play that, you got to get settled in.
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But it was very nice.
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And I like my three-minute songs.
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Fluffhead Max is LAFC1.
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All right.
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Yeah, I love this club, and I know you guys, too.
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That's why we're all here together.
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You guys are loud and clear on our end, so that's good.
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I know we thought we had some technical difficulties.
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I saw it, but it might be me.
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Did Max leak the news to Reddit and use Iron Maiden as an alibi for crying out loud?
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No, well, you know, we found out.
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We found out yesterday.
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We sat and waited, you know, a little bit before the announcement was made.
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You know, John gives us a heads up, so we certainly appreciate that as everyone braces for what comes next, which we are talking about.
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Everyone wants to talk about Iron Maiden.
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Everyone wants to talk about the calls.
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So I'm glad we talked about the Dallas.
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It was a very dicey call and bringing back plays.
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But, you know, those things even out.
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Every coach in MLS says they don't complain too much because –
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The craziness happens, so I think LAFC are due for one or two coming up.
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Look how frantic MLS Champ Miami has been changing coaches over the past 15, 18 months.
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Yeah, they've been...
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In Miami, I think people get the impression things are going well there.
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It's not, and they lost again last night to Columbus.
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So, I mean, every team is struggling.
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Everyone's hitting a wall.
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This is not...
441
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um specific to lafc portland rsl uh i did the seattle sounders they lost they were winless in 13 games uh minnesota are one win in 16 it's i've never seen anything like this but well don't forget max it's a it's a world cup here that's into the world cup the world makes a difference the world it met it messed up everything it tilted the plan i'm not saying it in a bad way hey take it easy it's the world cup it's the world cup we love the world cup
442
00:26:48.255 --> 00:26:49.897
But of course, it does.
443
00:26:49.977 --> 00:26:51.718
And it doesn't, it's not just in MLS.
444
00:26:51.738 --> 00:27:00.746
I think MLS is maybe affected even more so because one, there's the parity in MLS, but also the travel in MLS isn't easy.
445
00:27:01.187 --> 00:27:02.528
The schedule isn't easy.
446
00:27:02.648 --> 00:27:03.889
The weather isn't easy.
447
00:27:04.830 --> 00:27:09.532
There is maybe a greater effect, but you see it worldwide with, with players being injured.
448
00:27:09.572 --> 00:27:14.115
I mean, I think I just saw Mbappe get injured in the French game.
449
00:27:14.155 --> 00:27:15.856
I think I saw somebody else in that game get hurt.
450
00:27:15.896 --> 00:27:16.636
It was a long list.
451
00:27:16.776 --> 00:27:17.576
It was a long list.
452
00:27:17.596 --> 00:27:18.577
Somebody else got injured.
453
00:27:18.597 --> 00:27:23.860
And so look, you see those moments you see of any junior around Madrid, not having the season that he's had.
454
00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.240
So look,
455
00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:31.462
No doubt the World Cup plays a part in this season, and we're seeing it be affected by a lot of teams, including LAFC.
456
00:27:32.002 --> 00:27:38.823
Yeah, look, we love the World Cup, but it is folly to think that after the World Cup, we get back to it and everything's great.
457
00:27:38.903 --> 00:27:40.904
It takes a while.
458
00:27:41.104 --> 00:27:45.465
You almost need like a month, six weeks, two months to really get things back and running.
459
00:27:45.485 --> 00:27:48.506
And now we have an international break against all these guys reporting to their countries.
460
00:27:48.526 --> 00:27:49.746
This is really demanding.
461
00:27:49.766 --> 00:27:50.766
And I think in the big picture,
462
00:27:54.947 --> 00:27:56.750
certainly international players can do.
463
00:27:56.890 --> 00:27:59.554
So it's, I didn't see it coming.
464
00:27:59.914 --> 00:28:03.619
I had an inkling, but now that we see the effect, everyone's affected.
465
00:28:03.640 --> 00:28:06.724
And I think this is a season that we have to get through.
466
00:28:06.784 --> 00:28:07.685
That said, Benny...
467
00:28:08.886 --> 00:28:11.689
It could benefit LAFC because wherever can get their bearings.
468
00:28:12.049 --> 00:28:14.592
And I see some, some, some folks, they're joining us.
469
00:28:15.012 --> 00:28:16.514
Benny, I, I agree.
470
00:28:16.534 --> 00:28:25.764
We need fresh air in our club and you talked about it earlier, but I want to revisit that about, and you mentioned the new manager bump, but the timing wise, it's pretty, it's pretty interesting.
471
00:28:25.864 --> 00:28:26.025
It, it,
472
00:28:26.765 --> 00:28:29.606
I'd say like eight out of 10 times you get a new manager bump, not always.
473
00:28:30.667 --> 00:28:34.028
And then you get guys that lift their efforts because it's a new coach.
474
00:28:34.449 --> 00:28:36.289
But this is unique with these six games.
475
00:28:36.329 --> 00:28:40.791
You know, if LAFC can get that going and just getting back to with the timing.
476
00:28:40.811 --> 00:28:43.893
But just someone saying about that fresh air, Al, how valuable is that?
477
00:28:43.913 --> 00:28:48.495
And how do you think that's going to manifest itself when this team takes the field again on October the 10th?
478
00:28:49.758 --> 00:28:50.658
Yeah, I touched on that.
479
00:28:50.678 --> 00:28:52.939
I think it's going to be huge, right?
480
00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:57.080
It's the anticipation of new beginnings.
481
00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:58.181
It's a clean slate.
482
00:28:58.641 --> 00:29:01.962
Of course, you're going to have your top players that are still going to be your top players.
483
00:29:02.402 --> 00:29:06.543
But it's a clean slate for every single player on that roster, for every single player on that field.
484
00:29:06.543 --> 00:29:27.872
field it's it's a new slate for the team itself right where they want to go on there and and showcase the new beginning maybe there's new ideas and so i i do think that that will be uh a big development for the team that big when is the next game october the 10th at home bemo stadium against top of the ladder vancouver
485
00:29:28.885 --> 00:29:35.427
Well, there you go, a big team at home, and you've got about a two-week, a little bit less than two weeks until that game.
486
00:29:36.587 --> 00:29:46.349
I think we see a different LAFC, a more front foot aggressive, right, forward thinking a little bit more, trying to create with the ball.
487
00:29:46.369 --> 00:29:54.291
They're not going to be all of a sudden Barcelona with 75% possession because it takes time, but I do think we're going to see some forward thinking,
488
00:29:59.633 --> 00:30:10.532
I think we will see a little bit of a slant Towards the possession stats And hopefully we start seeing More goal creation Because that's where we've been lacking I think we get that
489
00:30:12.108 --> 00:30:12.809
Inside LAZ podcast.
490
00:30:12.829 --> 00:30:14.370
We're having some technical difficulties.
491
00:30:14.390 --> 00:30:16.872
I know Benny wanted to pawn that on me, but it's his connection.
492
00:30:16.892 --> 00:30:18.494
But we'll work on it, and we'll see.
493
00:30:18.534 --> 00:30:22.337
If not, we will fix that here in a moment.
494
00:30:22.457 --> 00:30:23.218
Just need a little time.
495
00:30:23.238 --> 00:30:23.978
Just give it a little kick.
496
00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:28.142
El Chipote Warren, Failhaber coach for Los Soberanos LAFC.
497
00:30:28.582 --> 00:30:30.924
And then Sergio Failhaber has great knowledge for the game.
498
00:30:31.084 --> 00:30:34.167
He should take over LAFC coaching.
499
00:30:34.287 --> 00:30:34.627
Benny...
500
00:30:36.487 --> 00:30:37.488
is great at doing this.
501
00:30:37.508 --> 00:30:40.351
He's also a great coach and he demands all that respect.
502
00:30:40.371 --> 00:30:41.292
So we'll see what happens.
503
00:30:41.472 --> 00:30:42.353
I'll take question mark.
504
00:30:42.734 --> 00:30:45.797
Phil Neville is coach, new coach out for crying out loud.
505
00:30:46.317 --> 00:30:48.179
Oldest coach of professional soccer was 72.
506
00:30:48.239 --> 00:30:50.221
And someone says, Bob is 68, a kid.
507
00:30:51.342 --> 00:30:52.864
Max, did you leave Bob to prepare us?
508
00:30:52.944 --> 00:30:53.465
I did not leave.
509
00:30:53.485 --> 00:30:54.586
I haven't spoke to Bob in ages.
510
00:30:54.606 --> 00:30:57.709
I just thought, you know, there's some ties that bind who knows, but,
511
00:30:57.909 --> 00:31:00.270
It's just, you know, we're just throwing some things in there.
512
00:31:00.550 --> 00:31:03.411
I saw someone mention Xavi Tamarit, who's one of the assistants.
513
00:31:03.451 --> 00:31:09.113
I haven't really carved out a lot of time with Xavi, but he's really impressive with what he's done in Spain and Argentina.
514
00:31:10.093 --> 00:31:12.494
And Andy's a high, high level coach as well.
515
00:31:12.534 --> 00:31:14.395
I mean, that was a big hire as an assistant.
516
00:31:14.415 --> 00:31:15.595
Bring him over from Seattle.
517
00:31:16.115 --> 00:31:17.456
So all of that is pretty good.
518
00:31:17.976 --> 00:31:18.996
Yeah, I don't want to get to the bombing.
519
00:31:19.036 --> 00:31:19.836
I just threw that out there.
520
00:31:19.856 --> 00:31:20.377
It's just something.
521
00:31:20.397 --> 00:31:20.857
But who knows?
522
00:31:21.457 --> 00:31:23.998
The season has had some highs.
523
00:31:24.018 --> 00:31:26.520
The Coliseum unbeaten streak at the beginning of the season.
524
00:31:27.020 --> 00:31:28.001
Lloris clean sheets.
525
00:31:28.041 --> 00:31:28.721
There's a lot good.
526
00:31:28.761 --> 00:31:31.062
We still have a very good defense.
527
00:31:31.342 --> 00:31:32.483
Benny's getting a lot of love.
528
00:31:32.803 --> 00:31:35.325
I don't know, but we'll talk more about this.
529
00:31:35.425 --> 00:31:39.867
But with what comes next, I think we'll hear something pretty soon.
530
00:31:39.887 --> 00:31:41.468
You're going to have to hear something.
531
00:31:42.309 --> 00:31:43.129
You have this week.
532
00:31:43.149 --> 00:31:45.170
I think by the end of the week, they'll probably have an interim.
533
00:31:45.670 --> 00:31:46.931
And then maybe there's a big picture.
534
00:31:46.951 --> 00:31:49.733
But I think LAFC is going to take their time here because they can.
535
00:31:50.693 --> 00:32:01.657
And I, the comment earlier about the full season in 27, eight makes a lot of sense because maybe the interim takes it at 20, 27, you want to get this right.
536
00:32:01.677 --> 00:32:03.417
And I think LAFC will do their due diligence.
537
00:32:03.737 --> 00:32:07.659
So we'll wait and see Benny, but it's a new day for LAFC.
538
00:32:07.899 --> 00:32:09.839
There's a lot of, a lot to play for.
539
00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:11.900
Now we got to see if LAFC can grab that ring.
540
00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:14.241
I tell you this, man, I'll tell you this.
541
00:32:14.701 --> 00:32:15.721
I think they can do it.
542
00:32:16.582 --> 00:32:16.902
Benny's.
543
00:32:17.482 --> 00:32:18.343
coming in and back.
544
00:32:18.523 --> 00:32:18.924
I'm back.
545
00:32:19.004 --> 00:32:19.344
I'm back.
546
00:32:19.685 --> 00:32:20.025
I'm back.
547
00:32:20.045 --> 00:32:20.846
Try to fix my internet.
548
00:32:20.866 --> 00:32:21.667
I'm trying to fix my internet.
549
00:32:21.687 --> 00:32:22.148
It looks good now.
550
00:32:22.649 --> 00:32:23.249
It looks good.
551
00:32:23.510 --> 00:32:24.691
Yeah.
552
00:32:24.731 --> 00:32:26.714
That's what we call a tech genius over here.
553
00:32:27.074 --> 00:32:32.421
Before we move on, I think LAFC, Vancouver is going to be tough, but they are having issues too.
554
00:32:32.641 --> 00:32:33.803
They've hit – I've watched their games.
555
00:32:33.843 --> 00:32:34.403
I've done a couple of them.
556
00:32:34.423 --> 00:32:35.104
They have struggled.
557
00:32:37.746 --> 00:32:40.167
Last year, Vancouver was a machine, right?
558
00:32:40.527 --> 00:32:46.570
And they were rather unlucky and obviously going up against the greatest of all time to not be able to win that final.
559
00:32:46.610 --> 00:32:48.271
But I agree with you, Max.
560
00:32:49.311 --> 00:32:50.912
There's been some issues.
561
00:32:50.972 --> 00:32:52.793
I mean, the defensive aspects of the game.
562
00:32:53.173 --> 00:32:54.694
aren't as clean in their end.
563
00:32:54.714 --> 00:32:58.237
They gave up three goals against DC United this last weekend.
564
00:32:58.657 --> 00:33:00.058
Obviously, there's some players that aren't there, right?
565
00:33:00.078 --> 00:33:05.222
They lost Sebastian Berhalter, and there's a little bit of flux in how clean they've been.
566
00:33:05.422 --> 00:33:07.884
But even within all that, they're at the top of the table.
567
00:33:07.964 --> 00:33:08.304
Why?
568
00:33:08.364 --> 00:33:13.448
Because every team has felt those kind of issues, maybe World Cup-based or not.
569
00:33:14.209 --> 00:33:15.330
throughout this course of the season.
570
00:33:15.350 --> 00:33:24.324
So a great opportunity, like I said, for LAFC to showcase this new idea, this fresh blood, a little bit more aggression with and without the ball.
571
00:33:24.704 --> 00:33:28.189
I think we'll see a different team that can go out against Vancouver and make a statement.
572
00:33:28.750 --> 00:33:33.272
Yes, and his beautiful images now of Benny in Spain with the reset on his internet.
573
00:33:33.632 --> 00:33:36.334
Inside LHC podcast presented by Ticketmaster.
574
00:33:36.354 --> 00:33:37.274
We'll talk about the coaches here.
575
00:33:37.635 --> 00:33:41.737
Someone said, I hope they had a coach in mind when the decision to fire Mark was made.
576
00:33:41.817 --> 00:33:42.677
I don't know if that's the case.
577
00:33:42.697 --> 00:33:44.338
I mean, you're not really actively looking at it.
578
00:33:44.358 --> 00:33:45.298
You may be thinking it.
579
00:33:45.899 --> 00:33:48.580
There are some guys available, but this is the middle of the season.
580
00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:51.682
So it's not like, I mean, some guys like Wilfred Nancy.
581
00:33:51.742 --> 00:33:58.205
I did want to mention that Wilfred Nancy was asked about when he lost the Celtic job, that he wanted to remain...
582
00:33:58.645 --> 00:34:00.747
in Europe to find another job as well.
583
00:34:01.047 --> 00:34:02.748
So, I mean, he's waiting for the cycle.
584
00:34:02.768 --> 00:34:09.432
And none of these coaches are going to rush in unless it's the right gig, which LAC would probably be on the top of the list of many to choose.
585
00:34:09.612 --> 00:34:11.493
DeChamps, oh my goodness, maybe.
586
00:34:11.533 --> 00:34:13.094
I mean, he's got the Hugo Lloris connection.
587
00:34:13.955 --> 00:34:15.176
Some people say Guardiola.
588
00:34:15.256 --> 00:34:15.616
I don't know.
589
00:34:15.636 --> 00:34:17.217
And I mean, he was visiting New York City.
590
00:34:17.337 --> 00:34:20.279
And if he comes to MLS, I think he'd go there.
591
00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.260
There's a connection and they have a new stadium.
592
00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:24.342
So he loves New York as well, but he'd love LA.
593
00:34:24.362 --> 00:34:24.562
Yeah.
594
00:34:25.722 --> 00:34:26.302
as well too.
595
00:34:27.603 --> 00:34:31.984
Max, let me touch on Nancy a little bit because I'm a big Nancy supporter.
596
00:34:32.944 --> 00:34:36.165
I've always liked his clubs, the way of playing.
597
00:34:36.565 --> 00:34:37.965
You can even go back to Montreal.
598
00:34:37.986 --> 00:34:42.447
He changed a team that, I mean, we see what Montreal is year in and year out.
599
00:34:42.787 --> 00:34:46.368
And the team that he had when he was there, they played amazing football.
600
00:34:46.408 --> 00:34:49.008
And so he went to Columbus, obviously.
601
00:34:49.229 --> 00:34:52.089
I mean, LAFC and Columbus have played each other in these cup finals.
602
00:34:52.409 --> 00:34:54.450
So we know what that team looked like back then.
603
00:34:54.830 --> 00:35:01.891
And I think the roster that LAFC has can sort of compare to the roster that he had in Columbus in those days.
604
00:35:02.851 --> 00:35:06.132
So it would be a great and interesting hire, I think, Nancy.
605
00:35:06.532 --> 00:35:10.913
I don't know if he's a guy that is in the moment ready to come back to MLS.
606
00:35:10.953 --> 00:35:12.833
I know he'd love to stay in Europe.
607
00:35:12.893 --> 00:35:22.995
But if he doesn't have an opportunity in Europe, maybe with his time period that he had in Celtic, maybe those opportunities have been a little bit dry, let's say, right, and maybe not as many opportunities.
608
00:35:23.155 --> 00:35:23.615
Yeah.
609
00:35:23.735 --> 00:35:36.361
maybe he decides LAFC is a really good chance to kind of recreate his ideas, his ideology at a really good club, win trophies, and then kind of continue to progress wherever his career may take him.
610
00:35:36.401 --> 00:35:38.943
But look, I think Nancy, I said this when, uh,
611
00:35:39.763 --> 00:35:47.127
after the world cup on air at CBS, actually, they asked who would my, who would my pick be for if Pochettino didn't stay?
612
00:35:47.467 --> 00:35:49.268
And I said, Nancy would be interested.
613
00:35:49.688 --> 00:35:50.189
He's a guy.
614
00:35:50.569 --> 00:35:57.152
I feel like Pochettino put the team to like this kind of next level of, I've never seen the team play the way that they played against Paraguay in the world cup.
615
00:35:57.172 --> 00:35:58.573
And it comes against some of the other teams.
616
00:35:58.953 --> 00:36:01.915
I think Nancy could continue that tradition of the evolution there.
617
00:36:02.335 --> 00:36:04.356
So maybe he can be the guy that comes in here again.
618
00:36:04.476 --> 00:36:08.178
There's many other guys, but I think Nancy would be a pretty good and bold choice.
619
00:36:09.050 --> 00:36:10.672
Uh, great stuff in the comment section.
620
00:36:10.712 --> 00:36:13.114
I'm going to try and get to all of these, uh, and they're all over the place.
621
00:36:13.154 --> 00:36:14.435
We might go out of sequence.
622
00:36:14.455 --> 00:36:16.878
This is inside LAC podcast presented by ticket master.
623
00:36:16.938 --> 00:36:18.800
Like the video, subscribe to the channel.
624
00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.400
Let's do it.
625
00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.101
Call to action.
626
00:36:20.862 --> 00:36:20.982
Uh,
627
00:36:22.167 --> 00:36:23.668
Rumor is Andy's going to be the interim coach.
628
00:36:23.708 --> 00:36:24.589
We don't know anything.
629
00:36:24.649 --> 00:36:25.549
It would make sense.
630
00:36:25.589 --> 00:36:29.052
I think – I don't know the pecking order.
631
00:36:29.072 --> 00:36:38.959
I think Enrique with tenure might be it, but Andy's the guy who probably took this LAFC job with the idea of getting a head coaching job next, not knowing it would be LAFC.
632
00:36:38.999 --> 00:36:44.583
But potentially, if I was a betting man, I would think Andy would probably be the guy in the interim basis with a chance –
633
00:36:45.444 --> 00:36:45.804
to do well.
634
00:36:45.824 --> 00:36:50.711
And he's got the great pedigree, father-in-law of his father-in-law is Bob Bradley, Michael Bradley.
635
00:36:50.731 --> 00:36:51.832
So he knows the game very well.
636
00:36:51.892 --> 00:36:53.434
And he's been a great servant to this league.
637
00:36:54.055 --> 00:36:56.058
How do you think Sieb and Vasquez did?
638
00:36:56.098 --> 00:36:56.719
Let's ask you that.
639
00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:58.782
Cause we're trying to build this team that can be effective.
640
00:36:59.262 --> 00:37:00.063
Vasquez was great.
641
00:37:00.103 --> 00:37:01.605
When he came in, he got after it.
642
00:37:01.786 --> 00:37:02.907
He looks amazing.
643
00:37:03.347 --> 00:37:11.754
And I talked to Stefan Harin, who is the scout of Ecuadorian soccer, and he is really excited about Ecuador's done very well for LAFC.
644
00:37:11.774 --> 00:37:12.835
And I think they got a good one.
645
00:37:12.855 --> 00:37:14.196
He played for a smaller club.
646
00:37:14.596 --> 00:37:18.820
This is the first player from that club to make it to the exterior like this.
647
00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:22.142
So this is, I got to interview Vasquez.
648
00:37:22.162 --> 00:37:25.105
He's very humble, but the way he played, he does his talking on there.
649
00:37:25.165 --> 00:37:27.126
I think he's going to start getting a lot of minutes.
650
00:37:27.387 --> 00:37:28.487
You know what I like about Sieb?
651
00:37:29.288 --> 00:37:30.669
He has the dark arts in him.
652
00:37:31.170 --> 00:37:32.931
I mean, he get in there.
653
00:37:33.131 --> 00:37:34.913
He's like a little bowling ball in there.
654
00:37:34.973 --> 00:37:36.594
I think there's a role for him too.
655
00:37:37.555 --> 00:37:41.659
It's not the cleanest player, but I think there's a physical nature and he's got a personality.
656
00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.500
So I like them both.
657
00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:45.742
And I think playing that game against Dallas, which was...
658
00:37:46.603 --> 00:37:48.846
you know, rubber meets the road game.
659
00:37:48.906 --> 00:37:55.633
Obviously, it saw the end of the Mark Dos Santos era that you saw a guy who battled for this club.
660
00:37:55.673 --> 00:37:57.175
It felt like he'd been here for a couple of years.
661
00:37:57.195 --> 00:37:58.557
So I like what I saw from both of them.
662
00:37:58.577 --> 00:38:00.419
How do you think of the new players?
663
00:38:00.459 --> 00:38:05.164
And remember, Leo Volta, I think, is going to be a guy to perform as well for here when he returns.
664
00:38:05.184 --> 00:38:05.545
Yeah.
665
00:38:05.785 --> 00:38:12.851
So first I'm going to reserve judgment on Vasquez because I was in flight, mid-flight when this game was taking place.
666
00:38:12.871 --> 00:38:21.499
So I actually got to see it back over the course of, you know, more like the extended highlights, I think is what we call it on Apple TV.
667
00:38:21.959 --> 00:38:25.803
So I'm going to reserve judgment on Vasquez until I get to see a little bit more of him.
668
00:38:26.283 --> 00:38:31.268
See if I've seen, I saw him live in Sporting Kansas City when LAFC was in town.
669
00:38:32.088 --> 00:38:34.090
And I've liked what he does.
670
00:38:34.110 --> 00:38:34.751
I agree with you.
671
00:38:34.791 --> 00:38:37.413
I think that he does have – He could have three or four goals.
672
00:38:37.654 --> 00:38:38.975
He could have three or four goals by now.
673
00:38:38.995 --> 00:38:40.076
Well, he has one.
674
00:38:40.356 --> 00:38:40.857
He has one.
675
00:38:41.037 --> 00:38:41.657
Should have had two.
676
00:38:42.058 --> 00:38:43.939
They took one away from him is my point.
677
00:38:43.959 --> 00:38:44.180
Yeah.
678
00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:47.543
But look, I like what he's been doing.
679
00:38:47.723 --> 00:38:51.346
I think he does something different than any other players on the field right now.
680
00:38:51.406 --> 00:38:53.448
He's kind of – it's like you said.
681
00:38:53.468 --> 00:38:56.951
I don't know if it's just the dark arts, but he finds himself in –
682
00:38:57.912 --> 00:39:09.583
in little pockets, little areas inside the box, the way that he scored the goal that obviously got called back for the, for the ghost foul that, you know let's say that their goalkeeper did well to create.
683
00:39:10.583 --> 00:39:12.505
But I think those are the things that he does, right?
684
00:39:12.545 --> 00:39:21.233
He finds ways to manipulate himself into, into moments, create little chances, maybe get a goal or two, maybe get an assist or two, but again,
685
00:39:21.413 --> 00:39:24.414
It doesn't have to be pretty for him to be successful, and that's what I kind of like.
686
00:39:24.434 --> 00:39:28.775
It doesn't have to be the beautiful, elegant goals that we see Sonny and Denny Belong to score.
687
00:39:29.015 --> 00:39:40.238
He's a scrappier kind of guy, and he finds some ways to kind of get involved and tussle with the defenders, and I think that's something that works in MLS, and so he gives you that kind of different dynamic in there.
688
00:39:41.170 --> 00:39:43.212
Inside LAC podcast presented by Ticketmaster.
689
00:39:43.232 --> 00:39:52.381
Let's talk about the International Week and let you know what the players of LAC have done as it applies because they're going to come back to a new team with new leadership.
690
00:39:52.601 --> 00:39:56.024
So that's going to be a really interesting moment for the team.
691
00:39:56.765 --> 00:40:00.008
A good Juan, Juan saying, Benny, too handsome for broadband.
692
00:40:03.155 --> 00:40:04.956
How did these guys come up with this stuff?
693
00:40:04.976 --> 00:40:05.396
How about this?
694
00:40:05.796 --> 00:40:07.357
Benny doesn't mad flavors.
695
00:40:07.978 --> 00:40:08.978
Benny doesn't know ball.
696
00:40:09.158 --> 00:40:10.479
He's just another good-looking face.
697
00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.659
I've been saying this for years.
698
00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:13.580
It's all smoke and mirrors.
699
00:40:14.261 --> 00:40:16.362
Hey, I'll keep running with the face then.
700
00:40:17.631 --> 00:40:18.772
We have the Galaxy soon.
701
00:40:18.832 --> 00:40:20.795
We'll talk about that because that's a huge game.
702
00:40:20.835 --> 00:40:23.678
Just really quickly about what happened.
703
00:40:23.979 --> 00:40:26.061
This is a crazy international break.
704
00:40:26.101 --> 00:40:27.963
Whoever came up with it is insane.
705
00:40:28.464 --> 00:40:36.073
After the World Cup, to have a four-game, in many cases, three-week window is bonkers.
706
00:40:36.754 --> 00:40:37.294
Korea...
707
00:40:38.276 --> 00:40:40.779
Sun Yung-min became the all-time leading goal scorer for Korea.
708
00:40:40.819 --> 00:40:42.682
He scored a goal in a win over Ecuador.
709
00:40:43.283 --> 00:40:44.344
A beautiful free kick.
710
00:40:44.365 --> 00:40:45.126
I'm sure you've all seen it.
711
00:40:45.246 --> 00:40:48.711
Today, early this morning, they lost to Uruguay 4-1.
712
00:40:48.771 --> 00:40:49.472
But he did score.
713
00:40:49.512 --> 00:40:50.173
He scored the goal.
714
00:40:50.213 --> 00:40:51.395
But not a good day for Korea.
715
00:40:51.755 --> 00:40:53.298
The good news about South Korea...
716
00:40:54.512 --> 00:40:56.833
is all four games are there in Korea.
717
00:40:57.193 --> 00:40:58.333
So there's no traveling.
718
00:40:58.373 --> 00:41:00.014
So I think it's really good for Sonny.
719
00:41:00.054 --> 00:41:03.635
He gets to get back in touch with his country, his family.
720
00:41:04.055 --> 00:41:07.296
So I think this international break works really well for him.
721
00:41:07.736 --> 00:41:10.317
They have Venezuela on October the 2nd.
722
00:41:10.337 --> 00:41:11.537
He'll play against David Martinez.
723
00:41:12.738 --> 00:41:13.718
How about this scoreline?
724
00:41:13.818 --> 00:41:17.039
Leo Valta started and scored two goals for Finland.
725
00:41:17.878 --> 00:41:18.679
Really?
726
00:41:18.899 --> 00:41:19.841
They played San Marino.
727
00:41:21.102 --> 00:41:22.224
Ah, what did they win?
728
00:41:22.344 --> 00:41:22.624
11-0?
729
00:41:22.664 --> 00:41:22.965
7-0.
730
00:41:23.305 --> 00:41:23.606
7-0.
731
00:41:23.846 --> 00:41:26.710
Okay, two out of seven is a pretty good ratio.
732
00:41:26.990 --> 00:41:27.511
I'll take it.
733
00:41:27.831 --> 00:41:29.233
I'm going to pull up the highlights.
734
00:41:29.934 --> 00:41:30.535
So that's great.
735
00:41:31.476 --> 00:41:32.918
I'm really intrigued with Leo Volta.
736
00:41:32.958 --> 00:41:34.019
And when you think that, and then...
737
00:41:34.520 --> 00:41:37.062
But Tylon Hobart, we haven't seen yet.
738
00:41:37.162 --> 00:41:39.184
The paperwork is insane right now.
739
00:41:39.484 --> 00:41:41.086
But we'll get to him here soon enough.
740
00:41:41.606 --> 00:41:45.790
And John Thornton telling me that he has David Martinez-like skills.
741
00:41:45.850 --> 00:41:51.474
So there's a lot of exciting stuff that other teams cannot say about the players coming in.
742
00:41:51.495 --> 00:41:56.579
But I think you're looking at that sprint season and the beginning of 27-28.
743
00:41:56.659 --> 00:42:02.304
I think that sprint season is going to be phenomenal, by the way.
744
00:42:02.924 --> 00:42:04.046
You like it, huh?
745
00:42:04.066 --> 00:42:04.306
Yeah.
746
00:42:04.466 --> 00:42:09.812
You remember when I think baseball, obviously baseball, 162 games is way too many for me.
747
00:42:10.152 --> 00:42:13.976
But there was one season that was like 50 or 60 games because of the lockout or something.
748
00:42:14.557 --> 00:42:15.798
And every game mattered.
749
00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.320
Every game was intense.
750
00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:19.062
And I think that's what we're going to see in MLS.
751
00:42:19.162 --> 00:42:20.363
I don't know how many games it's going to be.
752
00:42:20.844 --> 00:42:22.205
Obviously, it's not going to be 34.
753
00:42:22.245 --> 00:42:22.826
Is it 20?
754
00:42:23.187 --> 00:42:24.228
I want to say something like that.
755
00:42:24.588 --> 00:42:25.108
The sprint?
756
00:42:25.348 --> 00:42:27.108
No, it's like 14.
757
00:42:27.228 --> 00:42:27.328
14?
758
00:42:27.508 --> 00:42:27.569
14.
759
00:42:27.749 --> 00:42:28.109
14.
760
00:42:28.409 --> 00:42:29.129
Every game matters.
761
00:42:29.289 --> 00:42:31.149
It's going to be like a final every single weekend.
762
00:42:31.669 --> 00:42:32.589
I'm excited for it.
763
00:42:33.149 --> 00:42:36.710
I know we're jumping ahead here, but don't underestimate the sprint season.
764
00:42:36.730 --> 00:42:38.110
I think it's going to be a hell of a year.
765
00:42:38.950 --> 00:42:40.431
Taku took a shot at mad flavors.
766
00:42:40.491 --> 00:42:41.451
You couldn't be more wrong.
767
00:42:41.471 --> 00:42:43.071
Benny's analysis is always spot on.
768
00:42:43.131 --> 00:42:44.391
Remarkably succinct.
769
00:42:45.071 --> 00:42:45.792
High praise.
770
00:42:46.432 --> 00:42:48.052
Probably somewhere in between there, right?
771
00:42:48.072 --> 00:42:51.533
It's probably somewhere in between the face and the succinct analysis.
772
00:42:52.053 --> 00:42:52.573
And here we are.
773
00:42:53.113 --> 00:42:53.353
Yes.
774
00:42:55.114 --> 00:42:55.974
So there you go.
775
00:42:56.435 --> 00:43:02.080
We'll talk about it really quickly with the rest inside LAFC podcast presented by ticket master Canada beat Chile.
776
00:43:03.261 --> 00:43:05.983
Matthew Schoenier and Jacob Schaffelberg both started.
777
00:43:06.423 --> 00:43:08.345
They play October 3rd against Peru.
778
00:43:08.985 --> 00:43:11.908
So I think Schoenier is going to come back.
779
00:43:11.928 --> 00:43:16.112
I mean, to play in that Canadian midfield with Nathan Saliba, Nathan Saliba,
780
00:43:16.914 --> 00:43:20.316
is a young Canadian who's going to be a rock star.
781
00:43:20.356 --> 00:43:21.997
He's playing at Villarreal every game.
782
00:43:22.097 --> 00:43:23.177
So just remember that name.
783
00:43:23.257 --> 00:43:24.538
He was at CF Montreal.
784
00:43:24.938 --> 00:43:26.319
He is elite, elite.
785
00:43:26.399 --> 00:43:27.219
I love that guy.
786
00:43:27.279 --> 00:43:28.420
And Schoenier was next to him.
787
00:43:28.540 --> 00:43:34.243
So maybe they're waiting for Kone, who got injured at the World Cup, broke his leg, one of the horrible moments of that.
788
00:43:34.483 --> 00:43:36.364
But he'll probably replace Schoenier.
789
00:43:36.404 --> 00:43:38.345
But Schoenier is getting the chance in the meantime.
790
00:43:38.385 --> 00:43:39.886
So Jesse Marsh likes him a lot.
791
00:43:40.406 --> 00:43:42.187
Jude's with the under-19s in Marbella.
792
00:43:42.487 --> 00:43:43.188
Are you in Marbella?
793
00:43:43.903 --> 00:43:47.444
No, there's so many teams out here, but we are in Pinnatar.
794
00:43:47.825 --> 00:43:49.365
There's a couple of teams in Pinnatar.
795
00:43:49.405 --> 00:43:52.587
I think it's the U – I can't do it.
796
00:43:52.667 --> 00:43:56.308
It's like U-17s and there's a U-19s, then a U-20.
797
00:43:56.628 --> 00:44:10.814
So there's so many different teams, but there are two teams here in Pinnatar where actually we have a game tomorrow against the Netherlands, and then two days later we will play against Belgium, and then I'll go watch Brazil against the U.S., the under-20s.
798
00:44:10.874 --> 00:44:13.115
So a lot of things going on over here.
799
00:44:15.139 --> 00:44:16.079
There you go, international.
800
00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:19.801
I think that's it for the guys.
801
00:44:20.021 --> 00:44:20.962
It's a long list.
802
00:44:21.022 --> 00:44:22.062
Ryan Porteous was close.
803
00:44:22.122 --> 00:44:22.783
I talked to Ryan.
804
00:44:22.803 --> 00:44:23.503
He was very close.
805
00:44:23.863 --> 00:44:26.964
He seems to think that maybe November he'll get a call up.
806
00:44:27.285 --> 00:44:28.465
Fingers crossed he deserves it.
807
00:44:28.725 --> 00:44:29.926
Someone mentioned Timothy Tillman.
808
00:44:29.946 --> 00:44:31.407
He's still injured.
809
00:44:31.747 --> 00:44:33.547
We'd love to see him get back and fresh.
810
00:44:33.588 --> 00:44:34.268
Timmy's a baller.
811
00:44:34.288 --> 00:44:38.550
I know some people go, Timmy's a guy, when you see what he does, he's really important.
812
00:44:38.590 --> 00:44:40.491
Stops the ball, wins free kicks.
813
00:44:40.531 --> 00:44:42.291
Hopefully, by the way, set pieces is something.
814
00:44:43.492 --> 00:44:45.613
the next regime really has to work on as well.
815
00:44:46.874 --> 00:44:48.035
So we shall go, we shall see.
816
00:44:48.115 --> 00:44:49.436
So there we go.
817
00:44:49.496 --> 00:44:50.236
The next game.
818
00:44:50.256 --> 00:44:53.778
So we have a couple of days here in September, October the 10th.
819
00:44:53.838 --> 00:44:55.139
So this, enjoy this weekend.
820
00:44:55.279 --> 00:45:00.062
I am going to Sequoia national park and Kings Canyon for my annual program.
821
00:45:00.273 --> 00:45:00.713
Cleanse.
822
00:45:01.634 --> 00:45:08.157
I will be bringing a couple adult beverages and a cooler, of course, so it won't be a complete cleanse, but it's more for mentally, just to get off the grid.
823
00:45:08.177 --> 00:45:11.979
So don't text me because I'll be – no phone service.
824
00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:13.419
So there you go.
825
00:45:13.439 --> 00:45:17.501
LAFC Vancouver, Saturday, October the 10th, 7.30 p.m. on Apple TV.
826
00:45:17.902 --> 00:45:18.502
Get to BMO.
827
00:45:18.602 --> 00:45:23.144
I think BMO Stadium is going to be rocking because it hasn't had a game in so long.
828
00:45:23.684 --> 00:45:24.265
I'm going to get –
829
00:45:24.985 --> 00:45:26.165
Benny's thoughts on the end of the schedule.
830
00:45:26.185 --> 00:45:27.326
We'll wrap it up here in a little bit.
831
00:45:27.346 --> 00:45:30.027
I'm going to try and get to your questions because I can't believe this comment section.
832
00:45:30.047 --> 00:45:31.247
It's insane.
833
00:45:31.407 --> 00:45:31.747
I love it.
834
00:45:31.787 --> 00:45:34.468
This is why we do this show live, so we can incorporate you.
835
00:45:35.008 --> 00:45:36.708
Craig says, can't wait for the Galaxy game.
836
00:45:36.748 --> 00:45:37.409
I'll see you there.
837
00:45:37.689 --> 00:45:38.949
That's October 25th.
838
00:45:39.469 --> 00:45:41.090
Six games remaining.
839
00:45:41.230 --> 00:45:42.990
It's a hard schedule because you have the rivalry game.
840
00:45:43.010 --> 00:45:48.192
That Galaxy game is going to be one of the biggest ones in that history of that rivalry.
841
00:45:48.892 --> 00:45:51.953
October 25th, there's a trip to New York City.
842
00:45:52.333 --> 00:45:55.154
So I think it's going to be at Yankee Stadium, but sometimes it depends.
843
00:45:55.194 --> 00:45:59.875
And by the way, the baseball playoffs, my Cleveland Guardians, we're going to do it this year.
844
00:46:00.635 --> 00:46:02.516
See if I can get Peter Gubin.
845
00:46:02.536 --> 00:46:05.377
Your guys kicked my team out of the playoffs, the Blue Jays.
846
00:46:06.017 --> 00:46:06.638
Sorry, bro.
847
00:46:07.158 --> 00:46:07.358
It's okay.
848
00:46:07.378 --> 00:46:07.759
Sorry.
849
00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:09.520
I have a good feeling, man.
850
00:46:09.540 --> 00:46:12.043
I don't ever say that, but I have a feeling this might be our year.
851
00:46:12.443 --> 00:46:14.385
So we have to beat the Dodgers.
852
00:46:14.445 --> 00:46:15.526
I love the Dodgers.
853
00:46:15.546 --> 00:46:18.008
You're just the eternal optimist, so nothing to see here.
854
00:46:18.629 --> 00:46:20.330
We got the best rookie class ever.
855
00:46:20.350 --> 00:46:23.874
We got this Australian kid, Bazana, who's legit.
856
00:46:23.894 --> 00:46:24.834
So six games.
857
00:46:25.115 --> 00:46:25.275
Yeah.
858
00:46:26.896 --> 00:46:29.297
it's a hard, it's a hard schedule, but I think the home games will be good.
859
00:46:29.337 --> 00:46:36.340
I think they can get 11 points and that will get them into fourth place, but obviously Vancouver, this is a game, you know, there's history now with the post season.
860
00:46:36.780 --> 00:46:38.301
I think Vancouver is not the same team.
861
00:46:38.341 --> 00:46:40.482
This is a, you've got to make a statement here.
862
00:46:40.802 --> 00:46:51.867
You've got to come out and score some goals and get that win because what it's one win in 10 games for LAFC, which obviously saw the change needed to take place, but this schedule, October is going to come in hard November's playoffs.
863
00:46:52.287 --> 00:46:53.728
And then we can dream big Benny.
864
00:46:54.987 --> 00:46:56.227
I think every game is winnable.
865
00:46:56.267 --> 00:46:58.628
There's two extremely winnable games.
866
00:46:58.668 --> 00:47:00.828
That's against Austin and Minnesota, both at home.
867
00:47:01.248 --> 00:47:02.869
So you would expect six points there.
868
00:47:03.249 --> 00:47:11.210
And then all the other games, obviously Galaxy is a tough one, even though it's at home because it's a rivalry game, and those games are always chaotic, and you never know what you're going to get.
869
00:47:11.650 --> 00:47:16.811
But LAFC are a better team than Galaxy, so you would think that they have a chance there to get three points.
870
00:47:17.231 --> 00:47:20.612
The Vancouver game at home against a tough team, I think, puts you in the right path.
871
00:47:21.172 --> 00:47:23.093
And then two away games that I think are tough.
872
00:47:25.994 --> 00:47:46.925
far away right a lot big travel weird field and so you never know we're gonna get there and Seattle Sounders as much as they went through kind of a lull a little bit I think they're finding their footing oh yeah perennial playoff team which will probably need those three points at the end of the year so another tough game but all winnable games and two extremely winnable games against those weaker teams at home
873
00:47:47.585 --> 00:47:49.748
Inside LAFC podcast presented by ticket master.
874
00:47:49.768 --> 00:47:51.870
Let's go through these questions and we'll, we'll call it a day.
875
00:47:53.012 --> 00:47:58.138
If you have any questions, leave it in the YouTube comment section and we can answer them next week.
876
00:47:59.179 --> 00:48:01.722
Turkel Mohamed is too strong of a personality for this club.
877
00:48:02.363 --> 00:48:02.483
I,
878
00:48:03.544 --> 00:48:28.413
i would love to see him i i will say this leagues cup i spoke to piojo hereda he wants to coach here turco wants to coach here uh jardin was at club america uh they all want to coach here but it's got to be a right fit i i wouldn't rule it out i think i'm sure john will take a a meeting with him but we'll see where it goes um benny what was your favorite experience during an international break or an internet or u.s men team call-up oh
879
00:48:29.293 --> 00:48:32.117
Man, I think... His goal, of course, in Chicago.
880
00:48:32.578 --> 00:48:40.308
Yeah, but I'm thinking of more like those smaller, where you come in, you have a couple of games, and look, actually, this is just the one that popped into my mind.
881
00:48:40.348 --> 00:48:44.053
Obviously, I would have to think kind of about all of them, but the very...
882
00:48:45.015 --> 00:48:51.396
The second time that I ever got, actually, it might have been the first time, the first time that I ever got called into the national team was actually with Bruce Arena.
883
00:48:52.416 --> 00:48:54.277
And I think we had a game.
884
00:48:54.297 --> 00:48:57.937
I think the first one was Scotland, but maybe the second was Germany.
885
00:48:57.957 --> 00:48:59.898
But anyways, I was playing in Germany at the time.
886
00:49:00.758 --> 00:49:05.039
And we got to play at Dortmund Stadium, which I had never been to before.
887
00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:07.739
And I got to play with the U.S. against Germany.
888
00:49:08.399 --> 00:49:10.500
Unfortunately, we did not get a good result that game.
889
00:49:11.140 --> 00:49:23.992
But being there with the American colors, seeing the Maurer, right, the Dortmund – it wasn't the Dortmund fans at that time, it was the German fans, but what an environment to be in, and it was fantastic.
890
00:49:24.012 --> 00:49:24.472
I didn't come in.
891
00:49:24.733 --> 00:49:26.514
I didn't come into the game, but I was – That's all right.
892
00:49:27.015 --> 00:49:30.138
I was happy to be there at that point, and it was a hell of an experience.
893
00:49:30.258 --> 00:49:30.418
Yeah.
894
00:49:30.830 --> 00:49:32.150
Some comments about these.
895
00:49:32.330 --> 00:49:33.491
Who is the scout for LAFC?
896
00:49:33.531 --> 00:49:35.551
The technical director is Neil McGuinness.
897
00:49:35.591 --> 00:49:36.431
He oversees that.
898
00:49:37.171 --> 00:49:38.171
There's scouts everywhere.
899
00:49:38.191 --> 00:49:40.312
They have a huge network in South America.
900
00:49:40.352 --> 00:49:43.492
That's why they've been able to get guys like Diego Rossi and Diego Palacios.
901
00:49:44.393 --> 00:49:45.753
They found Brian Rodriguez.
902
00:49:45.773 --> 00:49:47.073
They didn't find him, but they signed him.
903
00:49:47.173 --> 00:49:49.354
And now he's become one of the best players in Mexico.
904
00:49:49.814 --> 00:49:51.374
So they have a really good network.
905
00:49:51.774 --> 00:49:53.614
Takug, yeah, no EV charging up there.
906
00:49:53.634 --> 00:49:55.775
So if you have a Tesla or Rivian, talking about my trip,
907
00:49:56.315 --> 00:49:58.617
My friend, Farolito is joining me.
908
00:49:58.637 --> 00:50:04.423
He has a Rivian and we're wondering if we should take it because I don't want to be trapped in there with no ride because we're going to be doing a lot of driving inside.
909
00:50:04.463 --> 00:50:06.464
It's a great park to drive in, but it's my park.
910
00:50:06.905 --> 00:50:08.306
So I go late September, let the crowds.
911
00:50:08.746 --> 00:50:09.247
Dodgers!
912
00:50:09.567 --> 00:50:10.808
Dodgers three-peat for sure.
913
00:50:10.888 --> 00:50:11.989
I would put money on the Dodgers.
914
00:50:12.770 --> 00:50:14.531
And I don't want to be a guardians Dodgers.
915
00:50:14.551 --> 00:50:17.854
It'd be painful for me in this city because it takes so much out of you.
916
00:50:18.094 --> 00:50:18.534
So there you go.
917
00:50:18.955 --> 00:50:25.480
Party thought again, the news at Mark dos Santos, uh, uh, parting ways, LAF parting ways, Mark dos Santos.
918
00:50:25.500 --> 00:50:26.120
We move forward.
919
00:50:26.600 --> 00:50:28.502
Uh, we wish Mark all the best, good dude.
920
00:50:28.942 --> 00:50:30.003
Uh, and look, he was great.
921
00:50:30.363 --> 00:50:33.406
He, he was, he was here with the championship, did a lot of good stuff there.
922
00:50:33.966 --> 00:50:37.248
Uh, but we will talk more about it because this is the nature of the beast, uh, Benny.
923
00:50:37.629 --> 00:50:38.209
And we move on.
924
00:50:38.229 --> 00:50:41.312
And, uh, I think there's a lot of folks that feel that LAFC, uh,
925
00:50:42.152 --> 00:50:46.355
neutrals out there, media people that I talked to that this season could still end very well.
926
00:50:46.435 --> 00:50:48.736
Everyone's no one's going to want to see LAFC in the playoffs.
927
00:50:49.416 --> 00:50:50.577
Max, you know what I'm excited for?
928
00:50:51.958 --> 00:50:52.138
What?
929
00:50:52.238 --> 00:50:57.701
I'm excited for one week from now we do this show again, and I'm pretty sure we'll know who the interim coaches by then.
930
00:50:57.721 --> 00:50:58.702
And we could talk about that.
931
00:50:58.722 --> 00:51:04.525
So that's exciting to look forward to obviously turning a new page here in the, in the history books for LAFC.
932
00:51:04.885 --> 00:51:10.849
We wish Mark all the best and everything that he's done, not only as a head coach, but as an assistant coach, winning trophies,
933
00:51:11.429 --> 00:51:13.311
helping develop players at this club.
934
00:51:14.051 --> 00:51:17.053
But I think for LAFC, it's time to move forward and look forward.
935
00:51:17.494 --> 00:51:19.515
And I'm excited to see what that looks like.
936
00:51:20.015 --> 00:51:21.356
Inside LAFC podcast.
937
00:51:21.376 --> 00:51:21.957
We appreciate it.
938
00:51:21.977 --> 00:51:22.837
Great comments today.
939
00:51:22.857 --> 00:51:27.160
This is why we do this show, so we can talk about things and give you a forum as well.
940
00:51:27.781 --> 00:51:29.022
And we'll do it again next week.
941
00:51:29.142 --> 00:51:31.143
Benny, we'll see you back stateside in a week time.
942
00:51:31.744 --> 00:51:32.264
See you, Max.
943
00:51:32.444 --> 00:51:33.305
Let's go black and gold.