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🚨 USWNT ROSTER BREAKDOWN 🚨 Emma Hayes, Lindsey Heaps, Alyssa Thompson, Lily Yohannes, Naomi Girma... and much more! · Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women's Football

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Hey, welcome to Into the Channel podcast primarily about one's
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football. I'm your host Dean with the
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suspicious. And as always, I am joined by my
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coast, Mr. Grant Engel. What is up man?
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I'm feeling pretty good, buddy. I think there was some good news
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today. I was happy to see.
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I got excited to see. I threw out the bat signal to my
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guy and said hey, you want to do a show and talk about football
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and I appreciate you for saying yes.
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I mean, we got news, we got news in the morning.
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You know that another West Coast perk.
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You know, you wake up at a reasonable hour and you know,
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half the world got got half the day in the books and there's a
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bunch of news in our feet. So that's that's been great.
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But yeah, always happy to get the bad signal, always happy to
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respond. I think, I think a USWNT
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specific episode might be in order this evening.
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But yeah, with that, said Mr. Grant, angle where you want to.
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Get started the US women's national team roster came out
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the training camp roster came out did you hear that's where
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I'd like to get started and I want to get started with a
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delicious beverage cheering to everybody who made this squad
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couple first timers on there good news for everybody let's.
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Go cheers to the defending Olympics champions.
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Excellent point. I just want to start the bidding
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with I fucking love this roster. I think it's AI think it's a
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good vibes roster. Like if we're going, if the
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World Cup started in two weeks, probably not the roster I would
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pick. But that's the World Cup doesn't
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start in two weeks. And so I want to see a lot of
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these players in these next couple friendlies.
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And I just think the make up of the team is extremely
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interesting. I I love the good vibes angle,
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the the zoom out for me. And you know what?
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We'll we'll get through the all the units and, and the, and the
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entire 24 player roster sort of kind of as we go through the
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show. If you're watching the show.
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So if I'd say you probably already saw the roster, but if
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you didn't, we'll work our way through it.
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So be patient. Bear with us.
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My main take away when I saw the 24 was like a little rugged,
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like, you know, it's almost like, you know, like the the
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rugged tires on the like I like this this approach.
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I mean, whether it's like, you know, Cooper and Sears the
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midfield, it's like a really, you know, beefy midfield.
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I I just I feel like there's a lot of kind of heft to this line
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up. Maybe Emma Hayes tipping her
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hand a little bit with regards to like, maybe playing a more
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physical, not physical, like we're going to run past
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physical, like we're going to be here for all of it from a
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physicality standpoint. I, I don't know, I, I, I like.
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So maybe it's a combination of the good vibes and then also
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things get a little a little testy.
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We're going to be ready for that, too.
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Yeah, I could see that, and that might speak to why I just like
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it. My gut reaction when I saw it
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was, whoa, I really like this roster.
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That probably plays into it. I think.
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I think you're right on about that.
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You mentioned the World Cup, you know, like how would we feel
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going into the World Cup with this roster?
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It, it's, I mean it it's, it's funny because obviously our
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podcasting journey begins the 2023 World Cup.
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We're right about halfway between that 23 World Cup and
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2027 in Brazil. So do we feel like players
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showing up in this 24 have a reasonable shot to be at in
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consideration? Because I I think at this point
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halfway through the cycle, if you're Emma Hayes obviously have
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to fill, fill this roster, you probably aren't putting veteran
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players on this list if you don't think that they've got a
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shot. And in 2027 is, is that kind of
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like a like a relevant reader or what's your thought on that?
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Yeah, that's that's interesting. I mean, you have some players
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who are definitely going to be on the borderline.
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I mean, you know, it's been, I've said it many a times on
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this podcast. Crystal Dunn is probably my
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favorite US women's national team player ever.
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I mean, she everybody knows what a physical specimen she is.
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I can't remember what the exact number is, but I think she gave
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birth to a human being and played professional football
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like less than 150 days later or something absolutely insane like
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that. Please Fact Check me in the
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comments. I know it's something just
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outrageous. Emily Fox or pardon me, Emily
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Sonnet. I think Emily Fox is probably
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safe to make the World Cup. Emily Sonnet I think is going to
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be on that, on that borderline a little bit.
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Lindsay Heaps will probably be a little on that border.
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Lin B and Dolo might be on that border of, you know, what kind
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of options do we have? Or are you kind of edited at an
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age where you might not make the final roster?
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So, but I think your, I think your read is right because if
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they're on the borderline of that, then they probably have
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they're within shouting distance of making it, yeah.
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That's totally what it feels like.
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And I think, you know, we'll see what the line UPS look like.
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We had, you know, as part of an extension of the bat signal was
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like, hey, let's have some fun here.
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Let's let's pick an 11. Usually what we might do, we
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might, you know, make it a little bit more combative.
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You know, if you in our past, we might try to do a draft or kind
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of go heads up and that it might end in some sort of social media
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poll, you know, where there are winners and losers.
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But here at the ITC, this is 1 unit.
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There's real cohesion here. You know, we're, we're, we're
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kind of like heading in the same direction.
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So no competition here. We're just going to throw an 11
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out there, pick a pick a formation.
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I went a little off the board with the formation here.
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I'm I'm kind of excited. I, I know this is usually a 4231
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show didn't go with the 4231 kind of I, I put them together
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more reflective of who I thought was on the team personal wise.
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So let's go unit by unit. You let me know who you had.
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You know, we were I let's let's cover the formations up top here
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and then we'll go unit by unit talk about some of the players.
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OK, that's totally fair. I and despite usually being a
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4231 guy, I went with more of a 433.
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I went a little more traditional because I, I too similar to what
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sounds like what, what you were thinking, just kind of looked at
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the personnel and thought if I was named manager, something has
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gone 1, something has gone terribly wrong in the
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federation. But obviously you know, you're
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coming with me because I need you on the staff.
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If I, if that were to happen, but if I was named manager and I
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had to pick the roster versus the People's Republic of China,
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who they they play here coming up, I would, I think I'd play a
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433. Yeah, I like it.
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Yeah, not I'm not too far off here.
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I'm, I went with A442 or sort of 4411 in the spirit of seeing
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what BFC did this past weekend versus Angel City, but somewhere
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in the, in that neighborhood. So we're not, we're not too far
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off. So I'm excited to get into it
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with you. Let's start though, with the
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goalkeepers. I, I look at this list.
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So who's on the list here? Mandy Mcglinn, Claudia Dickey,
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Fallon Tellers Choice, PTJ When I look at this list of three,
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kind of get the feeling that this might be our best three,
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our best three options. Apologies to Aubrey Kingsbury,
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who I think has a real a real case, sure, but I would feel
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really good heading into a tournament with these three.
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I think that's fair. Caught me mid sip there.
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Sorry, but I was slacking. No, you're good.
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That's on me. Yeah, I think that's probably
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fair. Yeah.
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So like Aubrey Kingsbury, Jane Campbell, Casey Murphy probably
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want to be in that mix. But you know, I, I think I think
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there's a real argument to say these three are probably the
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best 3IN America. We talked about it two weeks ago
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where Laura Harvey was heaping praise on Claudia Dickey and
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saying something to the effect of I don't want to misquote
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Laura Harvey here, but said something pretty close to me
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actually did it. In a response to a question I
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asked that that Claudia Dickey has a real shot at being the
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number one goalkeeper in the USA, which I thought as I've
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thought about more is pretty interesting.
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As probably everybody watching this show knows, Valentellus
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Joyce played for Seattle Rain or OL Rain in their previous
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iteration. And I'm not like, I don't say
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this to stir anything up, but I do kind of wonder if if any of
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that ever gets back to PTJ, if she just kind of raises an
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eyebrow to just go, hey, Laura, Remember Me?
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I'm American too. It's.
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Like, OK, just a little thumbtack goes into the into the
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press board with the clipping. Love it.
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I appreciate your your journalism work there.
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Obviously holding Laura Harvey's feet to the fire and I, I
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remembered that tidbit for sure. Then I went back and checked.
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OK, what kind of statistical case does Claudia Dickey have to
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be #1 Well, Dickey's got the best save percentage in the NWSL
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of American players. She started in the league, but
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first among Americans, 77.4% of shots on target.
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She's also number one by a lot by a mile, by almost double in
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post shot XG minus goals allowed, which is basically how
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many good how how much good XG is she keeping out of the net?
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And she's good for about 0 point, a little bit over half a
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goal per 90, which again is is miles ahead of of who?
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The second who's in second place.
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So I think is like 0.33. It's a big, big gap between even
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1st and 2nd. The one downside though, 12th
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among WSL goalkeepers in past completion percentage, she's
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like completing 71% of her passes, killing Sheridan at the
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top of the league at 85 S Outside of that, I think Dickie,
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well, I mean, we're going to, we're going to put together 11
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here. Dickie is my starting keeper of
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these three. I think.
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I think I'd put her in that slot.
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I think she's on a bit of a heater in the NWSL.
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Confidence is high, stops her shot stopping is really good.
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Her passing, I think that's something that can evolve.
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But yeah, I think, I think I've got Dickie #1 slight edge over
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PTJ, Mandy McGlynn. It's tough to say because I
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think in Utah it's been a, it's been a rough year.
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And I think her last outing or last outing year 2 for the US
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possession team a little shaky. You know, she had, she had a
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couple moments there. But yeah, I think my read on the
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on the goalkeeping room, I'm I'm definitely excited about having
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these three. Yeah, I think that's that's
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totally fair. So all right, we have our first
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diversion. I went with PTJ, as you know, my
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analysis, that's a goalkeeper. That's how I feel about her.
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I mean, I love the shot stopping ability is the same thing.
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I think people kind of question her ability to play the ball out
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from the back and her passing ability kind of relies on the
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long pass, similar to Claudia Dickey.
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But when you are long and athletic the way those two are.
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And now we talked about it last time when when people had kind
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of questioned PGJ in in the last round of national team matches,
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she didn't have Naomi Germa back there.
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And now Naomi Germa is fit, you know, fresh off fresh off a
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double for Chelsea, winning the league and winning the FA Cup.
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And now she'll be there to distribute the ball.
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So I'm going to go with as much as it hurts my heart, not that I
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dislike PTJ at all. Like, you know, I think she's my
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favorite keeper in the USA right now.
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But I have to pick a Manchester United player, which I don't
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feel great about, but that's OK. She's a great goalkeeper.
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Over a Seattle Rams player at that.
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So I don't know, just press clippings flying in every
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direction here at the ITC, just so we're just getting on
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everybody's bad side. All right, objectivity, no
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argument there. Obviously, you already know how
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we're all here. Let's scoot ahead. 11 unit up
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the field to the defenders. Well, why don't you kick us off
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here? What was your first take away
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looking at this group? Well, let me let me kind of go.
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Let me knock through real quick. And this is an order of
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appearances. Crystal Dunn, Emily Sonnet.
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Emily Fox. Naomi Gurma.
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Tara McKeown, Emily Sam's Avery Patterson and the debutante from
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the Orlando Pride. Well deserved.
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Under ballyhooed, I would say. Carrie Abello, welcome to the
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party. Yeah.
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What do you what do you think of this group?
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I think this is where we start to look at some of that
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grittiness that you described. And I think we're probably we're
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going to see it up and down the roster, as you mentioned at the
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top of the show. But yeah, I I like the make up
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of this of this group of defenders.
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You have your toughness, you have your smarts, you have your
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experience, you have your your energy.
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You know, the running the the gamut.
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I understand it. Carrie Bellow has zero caps.
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But running the gamut from Crystal Dunn's experience to
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Avery Patterson's experience. And then you have two players
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with amazing skill sets, years and years apart.
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I think it just kind of shows obviously the excellence of this
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team, which is no secret. Yeah, and I think each group has
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that distribution. It feels like, you know, except
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for the goalkeepers where it's like a lot of experience years
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in the league, you know, we'll get to the midfielder.
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Like you have that that dichotomy with one player in the
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midfielder with Lo Levanta. But I, I just love the fact that
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there's no one unit or one spot where it's like, I wish we had
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like more, more here or like, you know, like everything feels
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pretty well fleshed out from an experience standpoint, from a
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skills standpoint. Feels like we've got a lot of
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bases covered. I think as we move up field
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we'll have more to talk about, but let's get to the four
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defenders that you had slotted in for Year 11.
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From left to right, give me Carrie Abello from my Orlando
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Pride. Bingo, Our Orlando Pride.
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I thought I could sneak that in there first center back.
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Obviously you know what time it is.
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Naomi Girma, her partner in the in in the center back area.
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Give me Tara Mickey own. I just like the way she plays
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man. She had that great pass to Casey
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Kruger. She can give you some attacking,
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hard nosed defender and then give me Avery Patterson on the
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right side. She's good, dude.
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I mean, I know that's good. That's not breaking news, but
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she's fucking awesome and I look forward to watching her play
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more and more in the NWSL, possibly in Europe, and more for
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the US women's national team. I love that Patterson took a
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long look at Patterson for sure. That bumps off Emily Fox, who I
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who I had as my starter at right back.
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I mean, tough to tough to knock a player like that.
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I mean, could do everything, you know, for this team, you know,
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even score, you know, I mean, if, if if the moment calls for
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it, just a super player. Also had Naomi Kerma at centre
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back. Had to go with, you know, my, my
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Orlando pride, our Orlando pride, our Orlando Pride
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superstar centre back defending NWSL defender of the year Emily
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Sam's as Naomi Kerma's centre back partner.
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But I love the Tara Mikion shout, shout out to Terry Cohen
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who yelled at me quote that after how Herschelt told me that
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the spirit had to come out and thug it out versus the Orlando
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Pride. And pretty much the highlight of
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my ITC career for sure by a lot. And then I also have Carrie
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Abello. I think Abello and Sam's could
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create some for some nice chemistry.
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Definitely some some rugged ball for sure.
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And I think Carrie Bellow covers a ton of ground, much like what
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Emily Fox does on the other side.
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Ability to get up and down the field, even kind of work away
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into the middle of the field and be dangerous and distribute.
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I think, you know, thinking about where the US has been in
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that spot with done in nice long in the last year or so could be
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a nice breath of fresh air if a Bella can get in there and get
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going. I love it.
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Yeah, good call. And I, I even think it's kind
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of, it's kind of weird to say. And you can tell me if I'm, I'm
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just kind of like making something up.
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There's something about Abello, Germa and Sam's to where I just
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think they, I think they will play well together.
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Like even though Germa's never been on the same team as them
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really. I mean, Sam's a little bit in in
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past national team, but something about those 3 where
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I'm just like, yeah, that fits. Yeah, it, it, it fits.
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It's like, I don't know, a Wade, LeBron, Bosch, you know, kind of
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set up where it's, it's a nice, a nice balance among the three I
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had. I had that same thought.
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I love that you kind of called that out.
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All right, I think I think we're off to a good start here and a
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little bit of a variance in our starting line up.
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So I'm kind of, I'm excited to get into what we're doing the
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midfield. As a reminder, I'm going with
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MY442 or 44-O11. So I'm rocking 4 midfielders
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here. I think it gives me a chance to
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maximize one of the groups of strength for the youth swim
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Sasho team. You look at this group and it's
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like there's not a there's not a there's there's no breaks in
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this midfield. I think all what is it, 6-6 of
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these players are just on the wrong day.
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It's over for you. I mean, it's a bad match up.
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So top to bottom again from number of caps.
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Lindsay Heaps, you already know what time it is.
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Sam Coffey, Lily Ohanis, 3rd on the list, 6 caps.
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That's all about that. That's great.
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Olivia Moultrie, welcome back to party.
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Ecstatic to see Moultrie back on this list.
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Claire Hutton and Claire's Kansas City current teammate
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Lola Bonta. What a nice, what a joy.
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I mean, like, let's let's get into it.
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Lola Bonta, welcome to the party as well. 32 years young, making
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her US Women's National team debut a massive moment for the
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veteran midfielder. Won a natty, You know, I have to
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call it a natty. A national championship in
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college for the Stanford Cardinal in 2011.
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Drafted to FC Kansas City in 2015.
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Moved to Utah when that club folded.
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Spent time in the what was then known as the West League in
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Australia, now known as the Women's A League.
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I believe over there played for Western Sydney FC.
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Comes back to America, back to the Kansas City current and I
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just think every time you see her on the field, obviously she
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was part of the reality show. She it just like is so obvious
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on the field. She is one of the most loved and
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respected players in the league. I just think you'd be hard
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pressed to find anybody who's not really thrilled for her to
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get this moment. Yeah, just a super exciting
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moment. I think it had been kind of
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bubbling a little bit and and I don't know, it's it shows some
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real, you know, leadership from a Mejia stamp.
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And obviously this is like one of the best leaders in sports,
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you know, in a management position for sure, But somebody
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that's going to say, you know, like it, it's sort of like
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there, there, there are leaders that would never put Lebont on
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on the roster because it's like, oh, there's a little bit of
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backlash and what are we actually doing?
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And then there are there are leaders that would do it the
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first chance they got just for kind of like the optics and the
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PR of it. And then you realize it's like a
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a leader like Hayes is like, no, no, this is now.
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We're at the point now where this is the right time to do
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this. And it just feels very natural.
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And even though Labonse is, you know, up there in age, playing
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super well for the Kizzy current.
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Yeah, it's the best. Team in the end of it.
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So I think you know through 10 games for sure.
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So I think I love the move and a rock.
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I mean when I talk about the like a rugged 24 this midfield,
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they're they're they really are no breaks like, you know, trying
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to have to contend with. There's no combination of
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midfielders that would present an easy challenge for any
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opponent. Yeah, I I think that's totally
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right. And, you know, I think I
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invented this phrase. Surely no English pundit has
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ever said these words. Club form has to matter when you
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select your national team rosters.
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And like you said, Labonte has been playing great.
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Sam Coffey, Olivia Moltre in Portland, been playing great.
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Like I always say, we don't get to see much of round edited
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Vizzy over there in Netherlands. So still waiting on those media
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rights, but from everything I understand, Johannes has
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continued to play well. We've already said she's in
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Sharpie. No matter what, until somebody
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until proven otherwise, she has to be in the squad.
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The midfield has everything like you said.
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Absolutely. Now you caught me mid tip, all
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right, Or even 1 to 1 timing crushing it.
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That's all right. These are friendlies, all right.
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Who do you have? Who do you precept?
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Who do you have in your? Who do you have in your
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midfield? OK, I'm going to go with Sam
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Coffey in the middle, kind of taking more of a defensive
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posture. She's just been a nightmare for
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teams this year in the league. On the left hand side, give me
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one Ali Sentnor, who I realize is listed as a forward, but I
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don't play by the rules. I she can play.
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She can play as an attacking midfielder.
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I want her with a more attacking posture.
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And then on the right hand side, and obviously her and Centenor
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are going to switch the wonder kid herself, Lily Johannes.
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This is as everybody knows, this is the internet's foremost Lily
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Johannes podcast. I think she could play more of
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kind of like a box to box type, give you some on defense, help
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set up the attack as well. So from left to right, Centenor
21:47
Coffee, Johannes. I like it.
21:53
We've only got 1 overlap there. Nice.
21:56
In the midfield, and that is Lily Johannes for sure.
21:59
And I think we've heard from, you know, some sources close to
22:02
the to the national team that, you know, maybe Lily's future,
22:06
maybe more in the eight department.
22:08
I think we had, you know, explored over like whether the
22:10
10 was going to be going to be right or just kind of where in
22:12
the midfield, you know, she might land.
22:14
But I definitely have Lily in my midfield.
22:18
I've got Lindsay Heaps as well as as a running partner and and
22:23
the other two midfield spots I had to go Claire Hutton and I'm
22:27
going Olivia Moultrie. You know, it was a it was a
22:30
really tough call not having Sam Coffee, but I just love like
22:35
there's, there's been something about the US women's national
22:37
team attack where we, we've stalled in the midfield.
22:41
And I think that that heaps coffee Albert midfield, you
22:44
know, it's, it's definitely run into some problems in terms of
22:47
being able to advance the ball forward and create real chances.
22:50
And I think those 3 midfielders specifically haven't been super
22:55
effective themselves getting up field and being part of the
22:58
attack, you know, from from advanced positions.
23:01
So I kind of like introducing, you know, Johannes Moultrie,
23:06
Claire Hutton, who I think this year in KC has kind of moved,
23:09
you know, further up field and then heaps as a veteran, I think
23:12
can can be effective in a lot of different spots.
23:14
But I I really wonder what the make up of this team if like the
23:17
midfield is where Emma Hayes wants to start dominating.
23:21
And maybe that is like more of the recipe looking for 27 World
23:26
Cup. How do we compete with Spain?
23:28
How do we compete with England, Germany?
23:30
Like what? What do we need to?
23:32
What level do we need to get to and where?
23:35
Where are the upgrades going to come from?
23:38
I love it. I think you're probably, you're
23:40
very likely spot on. I mean, you know, Emma Hayes and
23:43
her English background, she probably wants to dominate the
23:46
midfield. Probably obviously very
23:49
obviously knows what it's take, knows what it takes to go up
23:53
against the that kind of European style football that you
23:55
you're going to have to beat in a World Cup.
23:58
So yeah, I think that makes sense.
24:00
That's a, that's a nicely defensive midfield for you too.
24:05
You got, you got, you have a strong like, like obviously
24:08
heaps can help get the attack going.
24:10
We already said, well, you know, with Johanna's kind of playing
24:12
that #8 box to box. However, whatever terminology
24:16
folks want to use. But I think, I think right now
24:20
your squad would be very, very difficult to score on.
24:24
Yeah, I mean, I think and also provides some good attacking,
24:29
you know, just firepower from the midfield.
24:31
Moultrie is like, I mean, looking at what Moultrie's done
24:35
this season for Portland, 48 shot creating actions.
24:39
She leads the NWSL and shot creating actions per 90.
24:42
This is a 19 year old player leading shot creating actions
24:46
per 90 in the NWSLI mean it's so easy.
24:49
I mean, Moultrie's been around for what feels like a lot.
24:53
The math doesn't. The math ain't math in my head.
24:55
Just a 19 year old player for as long as she's been around.
24:57
But you know, still a player with so much growth and is
25:02
extremely effective. Five goal creating actions in 10
25:05
matches a season. She's top ten in goal creating
25:09
actions per 90 in NWSL. And all this is without Sophia
25:12
Wilson. So it's not like she's, you
25:16
know, got she's this isn't Lob City, right?
25:19
She's having to do a lot of work to kind of put up these numbers.
25:22
So I think for me she 100% earned a shot to be in this 24
25:26
and for my 11 she's she's in my 11.
25:29
I love it. No, it makes a lot of sense.
25:31
Our our pal. I think Mr. GOOG on Reddit, Big
25:36
X, the hug on on blue sky, incredible blue sky name pointed
25:41
out weeks ago that like people started to draw like a lot of
25:44
conclusions about Olivia Moultrie.
25:46
And she's still a teenager. And maybe some of those folks
25:50
needed to maybe chill a little bit because now, and she's been
25:53
dynamite for most of the season. Absolutely.
25:56
All right, let's get to the forwards.
26:03
You know, this was the one I stared at the longest, I would
26:06
say. And I'd be interested in to know
26:09
if if there's some alignment on your end as well.
26:12
Not saying that there's anything necessarily wrong with this
26:14
room, but it's sort of like a, you know, a group that we really
26:19
haven't seen together before. But again, I think that the the
26:23
one through line is the physicality.
26:26
Like you've got Ms. ears there, you got Cooper there, Biendola
26:29
Macario's like a big and physical, a tough player to kind
26:32
of bully for sure. And then you got the Thompson
26:35
Twins, with Giselle Thompson listed as a forward.
26:40
Yes, not Twins, but it's a good, it's a good 80s band reference.
26:47
I've, I've thought the same, by the way.
26:50
But yeah, I, you know, we talked about the range of experience.
26:54
I was surprised to see Michelle Cooper on there 'cause I don't
26:57
think she's played for Kansas City since like April 12th or
27:01
something like that. I think I know she, she picked
27:03
up a knock. So I was psyched to see her and
27:06
was psyched to like, oh, I should immediately put her in my
27:08
11. But it was like, wait a minute,
27:10
she hasn't played in a. While so like yeah, I did the
27:13
same thing. So it's just like, how do I, how
27:16
do I figure that out? Because of course I immediately
27:18
selfishly start thinking about the elevens that we had to put
27:21
together. But yeah, just excitement up and
27:24
down. Everybody rallies around Lynn
27:26
Biendolo. They learn from the all time
27:28
great. They learn from the veteran.
27:30
You know, they, and not like any of these players are going to
27:36
have any like, it's not like I know anything about these
27:38
players to where they have any problems with their
27:40
professionalism. But you put them in the in a
27:42
forward room or you put them in a position group with Lee and
27:46
with Lynn Biendolo and good things are going to happen.
27:49
They're going to learn a lot in that situation.
27:52
Yeah, I believe that. And you know, just to kind of go
27:54
through the full the full room again in order of caps.
27:58
Lynn Biendolo, Cat Macario, Liz Thompson, Sentinor, Michelle
28:01
Cooper, Emma Sears, Giselle Thompson Again, I, I, I like the
28:07
room and I, I like what, what's possible there for my formation.
28:11
Again, I went 4-4, let's let's call it a 4411.
28:15
And in my 10 spot, my deeper one, I put cat Macario.
28:23
I think I've been looking for Macario to, you know, kind of
28:28
get get more involved in like the midfield part of the the the
28:31
attack, give her a chance to kind of like run and do some
28:33
stuff and and then also distribute having her at the 9.
28:36
Like I like the the skills could be there, but I think the the
28:40
out, the outputs, the outcomes just haven't been there.
28:44
So we just haven't seen the scoring just yet.
28:47
And we've got some options here. And so that leaves my last spot,
28:51
my #9 spot. I put Alyssa Thompson there so I
28:55
could I continue to kind of like lead, you know, this charge the
28:58
Alyssa Thompson stealth. Hey, I'm not I wouldn't say
29:00
she's my #1 MVP candidate, but she's she's she's in the she's
29:03
in the she's on the ballot for short on the short list, top ten
29:07
shot creating actions, top 20 goal creating actions, tied for
29:10
six in goals and assists this year.
29:12
And this is a player again, a lot like Olivia Moultrie.
29:16
She'll still be just 22 years old by the time the Brazil World
29:20
Cup rolls around. Seems it seems weird and she's
29:24
just having a great season and it's impossible to cover.
29:28
You just cannot, you cannot cover her.
29:31
And I found it really interesting that this team that
29:35
Emma Hayes put together tough, physical, you know, kind of like
29:40
you could just see, you could just see the poster.
29:42
You know, it's almost like it got like a little Bad Boy
29:44
Pistons to it. And then you throw the Thompson
29:46
sisters in there just to just to be like, oh, you thought we were
29:49
playing like this kind of game. Now try to contend with these
29:52
two and and let us know how that.
29:55
Goes yeah, we'll we'll also Juke you out of your boots at some
29:59
point too. So yeah, no, I think that that's
30:01
a great shout. I went with the three forwards.
30:05
I went with Alyssa Thompson on the left wing.
30:07
You know, per usual, I I think that's her, her best position.
30:10
I went with Lin Biandolo on the right wing because obviously she
30:15
has a history of doing that. I mean, she could play on the
30:16
left wing too. I think she, I think it felt
30:18
like she was playing some right wing in Seattle's victory over
30:23
Racing Louisville and in that #9 spot, partially because I want
30:27
to still see it a little bit and partially because I think Emma,
30:31
Emma Hayes is going to do it and wants it to happen.
30:34
I think I think Kat Macario is going to go there.
30:36
And I think if you have Johannes Sentinor, Biendolo Thompson
30:42
surrounding her, you could even switch her and Sentinor at times
30:47
to kind of like vary the looks. I think that could, I think that
30:51
could really work. But I do think your point
30:53
stands. She seems to play a little
30:56
better as a #10 but also it, it feels like Emma Hayes is like
31:02
has in the past couple times where Macario's been out there,
31:05
she's wanted her further up field.
31:07
And so I'm, I'm, I'm not sure what, she obviously has a lot
31:11
more information than I do, but it seems like she sees something
31:15
there that she's just trying to figure out a way to pull it out.
31:18
Yeah, and I think we'll we'll see, you know, obviously the US
31:21
has got five matches and I don't know, something weird 3233 days.
31:26
So we'll see a lot of different variations, you would imagine.
31:31
I love the the forward room of or the the starting lineup of
31:34
having Biendolo up top, Thompson Macario, not too different from
31:39
what I had. Obviously I had Elisa Thompson,
31:42
Macario as well, but you know, another midfielder.
31:46
And I think again, like, you know, as I'm talking this out,
31:48
I'm also learning about kind of like what my preference is.
31:51
I think there is an opportunity and this it sounds a little it
31:55
sounds a little silly to say, but I think there is an
31:58
opportunity to kind of like take a page out of Barcelona's book
32:01
where it's like Barcelona's able to win the ball back right
32:07
quickly. And then just squeeze, squeeze
32:11
you into like the, the, the final third and then be
32:15
dangerous from every position. Moppy Esme bruks, you know, like
32:20
Fridolina, Rolfo, Batri, it doesn't matter who's out there.
32:23
Like I, we've seen Paredes score goals like over the last couple
32:26
weeks in in huge spots. So it's like literally every
32:29
player except got that guy you have to like keep an eye on and
32:32
maybe double like depending on the on the circumstances.
32:35
And I think it would be awesome to see the US from his national
32:37
team try to do a little bit of that, you know, like try to have
32:42
some skill, try to hold the ball, work the ball forward and
32:45
give themselves more options. I think you think about she
32:47
believes that it it kind of sucks to have like Macario
32:51
trying to hit an 18 year old, you know, a 18 yard pass, like
32:55
over the top to a streaking sentinor.
32:57
And then if that's not perfect, the chance is over.
33:00
And then we got to wait 5-6 minutes for something.
33:02
It's like, aren't we better? Like can't don't, we couldn't,
33:06
we possess the couldn't we like kind of pass it around, move and
33:09
like, you know, keep these options open for longer, make
33:12
these teams defend for longer. I think I think there's a real
33:15
opportunity for that kind of switch with this roster.
33:19
Yeah, I think that's a that's a great call.
33:21
And like part of it, like we joked earlier, like you saw, we
33:25
saw Michelle Cooper on the list and we're like, oh, OK, what a
33:28
player. And so like the first iteration
33:31
that I that I made had Biendolo at #9 and Cooper on the right.
33:36
But then I was like, well, OK, well, you know, she hasn't
33:38
played for like a month plus. But if you did something like
33:41
that, like let's say she's in camp and she's like, Yep, I'm
33:44
way good to go. I'm sure Vladko Endonofsky would
33:48
be super psyched about that. You know, haven't played, hasn't
33:53
played for his club team for a little while and then goes and
33:55
plays for the USA. No baggage there, obviously.
33:58
But if you did that, you could also just then just cycle in Ms.
34:02
Sears on that on that right hand side and like they're not like
34:05
the exact same kind of player, but you have enough similarities
34:09
to where like you don't have to switch up your entire style.
34:13
Yeah, And the last thing I'm going to be looking for, can we
34:16
get a little bit of chemistry on the outside?
34:19
You know, so you look at one side, you already nailed it.
34:21
Emily Fox. Doesn't matter who's there.
34:23
Emily Fox. Emily.
34:24
Ms. Sears. That's great.
34:25
Emily Fox, Michelle Cooper. That's great.
34:27
Emily Fox Biendolo. I like that too.
34:30
Like, you know, and and thinking about on the left hand side,
34:34
maybe it's done. Maybe it's Carrie Abello, but
34:36
maybe it's Carrie Abello to Elissa Thompson, you know, or
34:39
maybe to your point, Johannes is out there heaps up.
34:42
Like I, I think there's an opportunity to start to see a
34:45
little chemistry, much like you called out early on the
34:47
defensive side with the Abello Sam's Germa, you know, triangle.
34:51
I, I, it does feel like the chemistry has been put into more
34:57
consideration with this roster. I think I, I have a sneaky
34:59
feeling also considering the opponents.
35:02
We're going to see some old school big results.
35:06
That's, that's my early, early little half a take chip that I
35:10
think, I, I think coming out that she believes it'll sour
35:13
taste in, in, in the mouth of the entire organization.
35:16
I think we're going to see some big, some big numbers here.
35:19
I like it, yeah. I mean, they they'll definitely
35:22
have the opportunities to score. So yeah, that that'll be
35:28
interesting to see some crooked numbers up there.
35:30
I think that would get people really excited.
35:33
Who would, who are you surprised not to see?
35:37
Obviously, you know, we, we, we look at the list, we get
35:39
excited, you know, we start thinking about who's going to,
35:41
you know, like who's going to start, like start, you know,
35:43
playing that game. And then you start to peel it
35:46
back and be like, oh, couple name, couple names missing off
35:50
this list. And you know, we don't have all
35:52
the information as mentioned prior, but was there one name?
35:56
What are the two names, couple names that that that were
35:59
surprises to you? Interesting that Jaden Shaw is
36:02
not on the team. I understand that she's been
36:05
having a little bit of a rough go at North Carolina Courage
36:08
this this season, just kind of, I mean, pretty clearly just
36:12
trying to find her place in that squad.
36:15
And that style of play has really been a staple in many
36:21
rosters in a row at this point. But as reported by the great
36:25
Jeff Kassoff, looks like she's reporting for U23 duty.
36:30
And Emma Hayes kind of said something like this is an
36:32
opportunity for some players to go out there and kind of play
36:35
with new people. I don't want to misquote her,
36:37
but, you know, it just kind of framed it as an opportunity.
36:40
I hope Jaden Shaw looks at it that way.
36:42
And I hope she says, OK, I'm going to show out.
36:44
I'm going to play with a a new crop of players.
36:47
She's going to, I mean, she's a young player.
36:49
Obviously she's playing for the damn U23 team.
36:52
She is going to be the leader of that squad.
36:54
I would think, you know, what with her experience and then the
36:57
things that she's already accomplished in her young
36:59
career. So I, I will say when I didn't
37:02
see her name and I was psyched for Moultrie, psyched for La
37:06
Banta, I was like, that came at a cost.
37:08
And it it appears to be Jaden Shaw.
37:12
Yeah, that one was a shocker. But obviously, yeah, I mean, a
37:16
couple more names to be included in that U23 list that were
37:20
mentioned today. And I think we're recorded as
37:22
Tuesday night. I think the U23 roster drops
37:24
Wednesday. So probably by the time you
37:26
listen to this, I mean, the news already have broken.
37:29
But as reported by Jeff Kassoff, Jade shot me official Corbin
37:32
Albert, probably all three headed to U23 duty, a couple of
37:37
their big names that I was surprised about.
37:39
Yasmine Ryan definitely made an that's a good one in in a couple
37:43
spots for this US international team.
37:45
I think there was, I don't know, I think there was some some
37:48
positive momentum behind Ryan, like kind of like maybe carving
37:52
something out how Hirsch felt. You know, she's had, you know,
37:56
some of those injury issues this year, kind of still working her
37:59
way back. But you know, I, I, I thought
38:02
she would have fit in and talk about like a a beefy, tough,
38:05
rugged midfield, you know, throw, throw Hershfeldt in there
38:07
and take it up a notch. And then obviously Cory Bethune,
38:10
a player also working a way back that we've, we've gotten excited
38:12
about. That one was probably the
38:15
biggest surprise for me, I think even more so than Shaw not
38:17
seeing Bethune on this list. Yeah, I think, you know, we we
38:21
talked about her the In the Match Week 9 recap, which you
38:26
you could listen to that episode.
38:28
It's free. You could listen to it for free
38:30
on YouTube or Spotify if you want.
38:32
I mean, it's right there for you.
38:33
Just couple clicks. But like, she played 70, Bethune
38:38
played 77 minutes and looked good out there.
38:42
Well, I do wonder, you know, how the the squad is announced
38:45
today. But like, how long ago did Hayes
38:49
have to like, make the decision? And like you, you consider where
38:52
Bethune is at. She's working her way back.
38:54
She's just ready to get more than an hour in the match.
38:57
Like, do you want to do you want to kind of add that to her, to
39:01
her workload? A big miss.
39:04
It's it's not a reason to not listen to the match Week 9
39:07
recap. But a big mess that I had in
39:09
that episode was I was a dope and didn't bring up the massive
39:12
ovation that Al Hirschfeld got when she came onto the field
39:15
when she returned from her injury.
39:17
It was like after we recorded, I was like, yeah, probably should
39:19
have mentioned that everybody went fucking nuts when when
39:22
Hirschfeld took the field. But I think I think the first
39:25
one you mentioned spot on. Yasmine Ryan, she's an Emma
39:28
Hayes type player. She's looked good in her spots
39:31
for the national team. But I think what this roster
39:34
construction shows and what a lot of Hayes decisions have
39:37
shown is that just because Ryan's not on this one does not
39:41
mean at all that she won't be on some of the next ones.
39:44
Yeah, though, totally. I mean, I think, and I think the
39:47
same for Hershelt, Bethune, Shaw.
39:50
I mean, these are players that all of them can work their way
39:53
back into the mix here. Either way, I'm excited.
39:57
Let's take a quick look at the schedule here.
39:59
So US women's national team, they'll be in action May 31st,
40:02
St. Paul, MN, taking on People's
40:05
Republic of China, June 3rd versus Jamaica and Saint Louis,
40:09
June 26th and 29th, People's Republic of Ireland and a couple
40:13
back to backers 26th, 29th. A lot of People's Republic's
40:17
going to get the business in in May and June.
40:19
So look at July 2nd People's Republic of Canada, They're Next
40:23
up on the list. Yeah, that's right.
40:26
Yeah. We still got to check in with
40:28
Miriam Krabi if she scores bangers, you got to get a full
40:31
download of what's going on up there in Canada.
40:33
We never never quite did that. But the team, I mean, they
40:37
stacked roster. That's going to be a fun one.
40:39
July 2nd, but really nice string of matches.
40:42
I think we're going to learn quite a bit over these 5.
40:45
Yeah, no doubt. I think Miriam may have been
40:47
busy reporting on some other thing.
40:49
I can't. There was something with Canada
40:50
in the Olympics, I can't remember what it was probably
40:52
not important, but she obviously important enough for one of the
40:58
best reporters in the game to do is shout out to Miriam Karabi
41:01
also always one of the greats. Yeah, man, I think the these
41:06
matches, I think they're exciting.
41:07
I think the roster is is really exciting and I'm just looking
41:11
forward to chopping it up with you about them. 100% All right,
41:16
so US most actual team, those matches on the calendar for sure
41:21
some big player news before we get out of here.
41:24
I think we got a lot to cover. I mean, you know, as these
41:29
little drips and drabs of news start hitting the feed this
41:31
week, you know, I'm like, oh, that's interesting.
41:34
And then the volume got to a certain point where I'm like,
41:37
all right, this needs to be somewhat of a segment on the
41:39
show. So some big names on the move.
41:44
I think some of them we had been a little Privy to, like Ingrid
41:48
Engen. I think that had been reported
41:50
that she's officially moving on from Barcelona.
41:53
She's been linked to Lyon. Vanessa Giel.
41:56
That was a big question mark. I think this was a shocker.
41:58
I think we kind of expected her to go back to Lyon, especially
42:03
defensively, the kind of year that they had.
42:04
But such a flame out. I I was surprised too, how
42:08
flippantly Leanne, when she came on her show, Leanne Sanderson,
42:12
the legend kind of flippantly was like, yeah, Joe Montemurro,
42:14
he's probably out at Leon, right?
42:16
Like and it just moved right on, you know, just like OK, I guess
42:20
whole. World.
42:21
Yeah, All right, man, we got to got to make sure that we're on
42:24
our shit here. And then Olga Carmona was
42:27
another big one. So we've got the word today that
42:29
she's out from Real Madrid. I mean, big news.
42:32
I'll just, I'll just take a take a pause here.
42:35
Where do we go from here? Old Carmona, possibly the PSG,
42:40
some of the reporting that I've seen on on these Internet
42:42
streets that could be interesting.
42:46
So you, you talked about obviously Vanessa Gill from Leon
42:52
Leon and the club announced the departure of seven players in
42:55
total. Gill, Sarah de Britts, Jennifer
43:00
Mardon, Daniela van de Donk, Laura Bengarth, Sofia Huerta is
43:04
going to return to Seattle Rain FC from Lone and the absolute
43:11
legend Eugenie Lesemer. Some might say Seattle Rain or
43:15
dare I say OL rain legend Eugenie Lesemer.
43:21
Weird thing that I don't think I've ever discussed with you.
43:23
Just a quick, quick sidebar. I've seen Eugenie Lesemer play
43:27
in person with my own two eyes. I saw her play at a minor League
43:31
Baseball stadium in Tacoma in 2021 where Cheney Stadium, where
43:36
OL Rain was playing at the time, and she had it and she had a
43:39
brace in that match against the Orlando Pride.
43:45
So I went back to look at the box where to be like, I don't
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think I'm making it up that she scored in that match.
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And then I I remember I was like, OK, I looked at the box
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where I said she had a brace. So that's awesome.
43:56
Aside from scoring A brace at a minor League Baseball stadium in
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Tacoma, WA, here are a couple other things that Eugenie Lace
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Samer has accomplished well. She's won the league with Leon
44:05
13 times. She's the two time player of the
44:08
year in the Premier League. Formerly Divisian, UN feminine,
44:13
Divisian UN Arkema, all those names.
44:15
She's the nine time Coupe de France winner.
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That's like basically their Big Country tournament.
44:22
She's a two time FIFA bro. World 11 and she is UEFA Women's
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Champions League royalty with one of the 8 trophies in the
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UEFA Women's Champions League. Pretty good I would say.
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Let's go. She's number three all time in
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goals with 50, she's #5 all time in assists with 23 and #3 all
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time in matches played 102. All with Lyon of course.
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An absolute legend. I'll be very interested to see
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where she goes next. Yeah, I mean, wherever she ends
44:54
up, I mean, it'll it'll definitely be well deserved.
44:56
And this kind of opens the door for me to roll out the latest
45:02
version of Card Corner. So more recently, let me, let
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me. I'm glad you went with Lace on
45:08
there because this is a relatively recent pick up.
45:12
If I could just track it down. Yeah, there we go.
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OK, so this one is a tops Chrome pink.
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I'll get the hand. It's got an autograph from the
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legend. You should need lesson.
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Let's go. And it's number to 199, so only
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199 of these. That's outstanding.
45:34
That's a beautiful looking card. It's so chromy.
45:36
It's like it's like shining into the camera.
45:38
But I think the I still got a pretty good view of it.
45:41
Yeah, I mean, maybe I'll, I'll figure out how to put put these
45:44
on blue sky just because they are gorgeous.
45:47
I just love to look at them and kind of flip through them.
45:50
So definitely had fun with that. Congratulations to the legend,
45:53
usually Alyssa Mayer. Let's see where let's see what's
45:56
next for that player. But a lot of players from the
45:59
own moving on. I mean, that was somewhat
46:02
surprising. I don't, I don't know, like do
46:04
you think it can we chalk it up to the Arsenal loss or, or was
46:07
this sort of like a, you know, we're not we're not fully up on
46:11
all the contract situations of what's going on, but it seems a
46:14
little bit, a little bit abrupt. I think so.
46:18
I mean, Marder Jean is 32. I'm not going to try to quote
46:23
all these players ages off the top of my head and make a
46:26
fucking fool out of myself. But like I can see how they're
46:30
going to need to have some turnover.
46:33
And like kind of like what we were talking about with Chelsea
46:35
when they just go Chelsea, obviously different ball game.
46:39
They go in and get absolutely cracked by Barcelona.
46:43
Leon loses in devastating fashion.
46:45
But it's not like they got smashed 2 legs in a row.
46:49
I think that they just, you know, let's shake the snow globe
46:53
a little bit. We got money to spend.
46:54
You know, Michelle Kang is going to spend all the money
46:57
available. So I think it's just a, hey,
47:01
let's, let's not get comfortable here.
47:04
It's time for a reset. Let's let's figure it out and
47:07
move forward. Yeah, and I think I think it
47:09
also says a lot too about who stayed.
47:12
So, you know, Heaps, Renard Carpenter, that that front three
47:18
who made Damaris. I mean, like you can kind of
47:22
sort of see what they're what they're trying to put together,
47:25
you know, and probably Tarsiane now it makes a lot more sense
47:28
maybe who might grab that spot, that Vanessa Giel spot, tons of
47:32
movement. We're definitely going to be
47:34
watching that as we get closer here.
47:37
And yeah, let's hit, I don't know, episode calendar.
47:40
Let's let's hit a little episode calendar.
47:42
So tomorrow or Thursday, whenever, whenever you're
47:45
thinking about this, maybe Friday, you know, depending on
47:48
what you can record. And this can hit the internet's
47:51
your boys will be back. Champions League picks,
47:54
predictions, an entire show dedicated to the 2.
47:57
So we'll get into that, you know, preview the entire final
48:01
and, you know, just put ourselves out there, make make
48:04
ourselves a little accountable. You know, we're not we're not
48:06
just out here spewing. We're going to we're going to
48:08
put our, you know, put our name on on some some score lines,
48:11
maybe some scores. And, you know, just continue to
48:14
get excited about the final. Saturday night.
48:16
We'll be back to recap that final.
48:19
And next week, 2025 champsy play by play announcer for Dezone,
48:22
Chris Sharples. He'll be joining us for the
48:24
second straight year to chop it up.
48:27
Cannot wait for that. A big, big week or two here at
48:30
the ITC, my friend. Yeah, no doubt Chris Sharples
48:33
will be in the building, will be calling the final for the zone.
48:36
He'll be circling back to us to talk about it, to the scenes,
48:42
his calls. You know, me and Dean are going
48:44
to be announcer nerds and just kind of talk to him about some
48:46
of that stuff as well, but mostly about the football.
48:49
But he will humor us and pretend like we're we're, we are actual
48:53
broadcasters also. Sharples 4412, your third
48:57
goodness to me. What?
48:59
Where are we at with that? Talk to us about that.
49:03
Let's go. All right, another quick note
49:05
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And yeah man, I think we did pretty good.
49:53
Anything else we want to hit for you out here?
49:55
I think that's it. We talked to let people behind
49:58
the curtain. We talked about a 30 minute
49:59
show. There's just too much, too much
50:02
good stuff. Here we are at 50 minutes.
50:04
You know, that's how it goes sometimes.
50:06
Sleep. I called ourselves the Sleepy
50:08
Boys podcast a couple times. We're fucking energized today
50:11
that I think that roster announcement really, really
50:15
like, propelled us forward. So I'm, I'm happy to, I'm happy
50:20
to do that and stumble to the end like I am right now, trying
50:23
to try to make some some kind of clever dismount.
50:27
So here we are. Maybe I am a sleepy boy after
50:29
all. Who knew?
50:31
Propelling us right into the sleepy boy nature of late.
50:35
The late evening on the Web Fest, this part of the episode
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51:03
Big day, big announcement. I'm ready, He's ready.
51:07
Usually I'm the one to tell you that that you're always ready.
51:09
Today I was ready. So I'm very excited about that.
51:12
But you know, as, as per use, you brought it.
51:15
I I didn't, I didn't, I didn't pick up any hint of sleepiness
51:19
until, until you brought it up late in the show.
51:21
So I appreciate, appreciate you bro for for bringing the energy.
51:25
Likewise buddy, I knew you'd be ready as a wise, a wise poet
51:29
once said, you ain't got to get ready if you stay ready.
51:33
So we appreciate all of you rock with us and always staying ready
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