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Mac & Bone Show - Ashley Westwood Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Anyway, let's bring in the man who, for some reason
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  Speaker 1: we don't know why, has chosen to help us as
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  Speaker 1: our World Cup correspondent. He is Ashley Westwood, captain of
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  Speaker 1: Charlotte FC. It's World Cup, Westy, Westy? What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: Man? How you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Good morning fellos. Hopefully we don't need doctor Kongo.
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  Speaker 4: Today's Hey Wessy. That was me like when I hold now,
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  Speaker 4: I'm all in. That's a different version of me a
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  Speaker 4: while ago.
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  Speaker 2: You're yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Now you're an expert. Now you're in guru. Man, Westy,
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  Speaker 1: are you let me ask you this? As an England fan?
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  Speaker 1: Are you worried about this matchup today? They're huge favorites
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  Speaker 1: or have you thought about the prospect of their next
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  Speaker 1: game if they win in a Stadio Azteca, which is
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  Speaker 1: a which is an insane environment. We saw it last
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  Speaker 1: night against Mexico. Either of those things concern you, Westy.
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  Speaker 3: If I was speaking as a player, I would say
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  Speaker 3: I just concentrated on this game. But no, as as
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  Speaker 3: a as a fan, we're looking for our second It
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  Speaker 3: should be amazing. I watched watch Mexico last night. It
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  Speaker 3: looked an incredible stadium.
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  Speaker 1: I know that place was on its ear man and
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  Speaker 1: you know they will be in the round of sixteen. Uh, well,
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  Speaker 1: I get to an I've got a question, Westy, what
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  Speaker 1: have you been doing with your life during this Wild
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  Speaker 1: Cup World Cup? Because I know you went to the
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  Speaker 1: beach at one point. We talked to you at the
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  Speaker 1: beach at one point. What are you guys training? Like?
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  Speaker 2: What's going on with Charlotte FSI players? Have you guys?
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  Speaker 1: You guys get like a long vacation. I have to
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  Speaker 1: imagine they brought you back for some training.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, we started back two weeks ago.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay, they were back.
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  Speaker 3: We're back in the full swing of it. But we
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  Speaker 3: we get home. We've got a good life. Mate. We
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  Speaker 3: get home for about two pm.
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  Speaker 2: Oh there you go.
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  Speaker 3: And then me and the little me and my little boy.
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  Speaker 3: We watch every game.
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  Speaker 2: Oh nice, that is cool. How holds your How old
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  Speaker 2: is your older boy?
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  Speaker 3: He's fourteen today? Birthday today?
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  Speaker 4: Oh awesome, Happy happy birthday to him. I'm sure you
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  Speaker 4: guys will be watching the US tonight against Bosnia. Is
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  Speaker 4: there any any concerns with this matchup? And if saw
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  Speaker 4: what what could Bosni do that might bother the US?
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  Speaker 3: These are tough these are. This is probably the toughest
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  Speaker 3: game you're gonna have there. I would say they're coming
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  Speaker 3: in as underdogs, so they've got they've not got much
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  Speaker 3: to lose, and they're just going to be typical European,
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  Speaker 3: well Eastern European. It means the world to them.
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  Speaker 1: They I mean, everybody's anticipated in them, wesd to not
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  Speaker 1: have the ball, right, the US to have the ball,
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  Speaker 1: a bunch to defend. They're all so big, you know,
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  Speaker 1: so they probably want to make it physical. Like do
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  Speaker 1: you worry about the US in a game like that?
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  Speaker 1: I mean the Paraguay and Australia played that way and
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  Speaker 1: it went well for the US. What do you think
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  Speaker 1: about about that aspect of this game?
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  Speaker 3: I think these have probably got a bit more grit
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  Speaker 3: than the other two teams. So yeah, it's good, but
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  Speaker 3: I fully expect USA to come through.
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  Speaker 4: What we're we're we're kind of marveling when the show
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  Speaker 4: began and just about how how quick and how good
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  Speaker 4: Now it's not shocking, but how good France has been
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  Speaker 4: so far. Do you see anyone that can slow them down?
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  Speaker 2: How?
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  Speaker 4: How could France lose this thing? What has to happen
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  Speaker 4: for France not to win the.
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  Speaker 3: World Cup, and we called it early on. They've got
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  Speaker 3: they could put two teams up seriously and two of
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  Speaker 3: their teams could probably make the finals. Well again, you
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  Speaker 3: never know that Harland looks like his leading Norway who
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  Speaker 3: are incredible. I'm even doing the Viking row.
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  Speaker 1: Viking roads amazing. They were doing that everywhere.
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  Speaker 2: Wes, You've got to bring that to Charlotte. Man, you
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  Speaker 2: gotta do some rowing. That is so cool.
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  Speaker 1: And then when Odegarde hit the drum and the players
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  Speaker 1: and fans in Unison after the game to do like
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  Speaker 1: that's cool.
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  Speaker 4: Man. Howlin had his Viking hemet on after the game
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  Speaker 4: after that. Always the thing does he always wear that?
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  Speaker 4: And he I'd never seen that.
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  Speaker 1: And he had a cowboy hat on down there in
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  Speaker 1: Texas as well.
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  Speaker 4: So you got a cowboy hat you wear, mister America.
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  Speaker 1: You're telling Westy, we're getting a fan question here, and
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  Speaker 1: ask Westy question. Westy's fourteen year old son. Does he
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  Speaker 1: play soccer? And if so, does he get yellow cards
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  Speaker 1: and get into uh, get into scraps like his dad?
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  Speaker 3: He plays he plays the same position. Okay, Well he's
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  Speaker 3: a bit more culture than me.
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  Speaker 2: Mom's influence. Mom's influence must have played a key role
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  Speaker 2: that she's Oh, she's worse. Does he play any other sports?
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  Speaker 2: Right now?
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  Speaker 3: We're just soccer into golf. Well I forced it into golf,
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  Speaker 3: so it gives me an excuse to go.
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  Speaker 1: I have noticed that my son is in high school
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  Speaker 1: and he started really getting into golf. And I have
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  Speaker 1: noticed it's fun because I can tell my wife when
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  Speaker 1: I go and blow time and money on golf, it's hey,
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  Speaker 1: it's it's it's father son time.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 1: It does got a bonding time that works out really well. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so I got something I'm curious about. I want to
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  Speaker 1: ask you. You, I gotta be honest with you. I'd
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  Speaker 1: rather I wish you took more penalties for Charlotte f C.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't want to get in I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to get on your teammates or anything like that, all right,
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  Speaker 1: but I wish the captain would step up more. But
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  Speaker 1: with that said, there was a story after Germany lost
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  Speaker 1: in penalties, there was a story out there where it
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  Speaker 1: was reported that four different German players basically said, I
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  Speaker 1: don't really know about if I want to take a
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  Speaker 1: penalty here. I'm not feeling it, and that's why the
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  Speaker 1: center back ta had to step up and take his
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  Speaker 1: first penalty ever and he sailed the damn thing. Man
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  Speaker 1: it get it into another world. You you seem cool
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  Speaker 1: as hell on those occasions you have to take a penalty.
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  Speaker 1: But is this something where like a players will say no,
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  Speaker 1: man like, it's not best for us to have me
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  Speaker 1: take it in a penalty shoot Like?
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  Speaker 2: Is that more more common than we would think?
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  Speaker 3: Uh? Yeah, it is. Probably depends how you've done in
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  Speaker 3: the game. Listen, if you've had a bad game, you
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  Speaker 3: don't feel confident. I think these these boys that play internationally,
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  Speaker 3: they should they should have enough experience and yeah, a
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  Speaker 3: bit more confidence to take Apparently I would, I would
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  Speaker 3: step up. Yeah, would you again? You got a lot
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  Speaker 3: of pressure. It's a lot of pressure.
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  Speaker 1: We know you don't fear anything, Westy. We know you,
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  Speaker 1: we know we know Captain Westy stepping up? Do you think, like, well,
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  Speaker 1: the team think less of guys that said no?
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  Speaker 2: What's that?
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  Speaker 3: I fear the wise?
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  Speaker 1: It makes two of us. Brother We got different wives,
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  Speaker 1: but we both have the same fear. I fear my
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  Speaker 1: ex wife. Oh my god, do you think guys want
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  Speaker 1: let's hear your ex wife. Do you do you think
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  Speaker 1: guys will think less of those players?
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  Speaker 3: I'm probably in a few months when it all settled
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  Speaker 3: down and nothing, that's my ideal. Yeah, I'm there a
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  Speaker 3: talk of Van Dyke. Mister didn't want to take it
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  Speaker 3: as well. So but you take some to Liverpool.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that big old bit. I thought that big old
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  Speaker 2: bear wasn't afraid anything. Man. How about that? How about that? Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I hate Liverpool. I had to get that shot in there, Westy.
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  Speaker 1: But all right, brother, enjoy the games today, enjoy the
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  Speaker 1: father son bonding, whether it's watching World Cup or whether
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  Speaker 1: it's out on the golf course. We look forward to
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  Speaker 1: seeing you guys back on January twenty twenty or January.
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  Speaker 2: What am I talking about? July twenty second?
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  Speaker 1: That's a long break west side, that long read July
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  Speaker 1: twenty second against it Atlanta at the bank. All right, Westy,
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  Speaker 1: thank you so much, brother, be good.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, follows, good luck tonight, enjoy it all.
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  Speaker 2: Right, good look to y'all too. There you go. Ashley Westwood,
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  Speaker 2: Charlotte FC