Nos Audietis

One of the most interesting people in the Seattle soccer scene is undeniably Wade Webber. The Tacoma Defiance head coach is from Federal Way, helped the Sounders win two A-League titles, played several years in MLS, became a high school history teacher and helped run Washington Premier before joining the Sounders as an academy coach. For the last three seasons, he’s headed Defiance, overseeing easily their most successful stretch during their nine seasons of existence. The Defiance have now won back-to-back Pacific Division titles in MLS Next Pro and have a chance finish with their best-ever regular season with two games remaining. During our interview, we discuss some of what is behind the Defiance’s success, learn a bit more about Sam Adeniran’s departure, get a scouting report on Braudilio Rodrigues and navigate some cat issues. In the subscriber-only portion of the interview, we also discuss the improvements Reed Baker-Whiting has made this season, the emergence of Snyder Brunell and get the story behind the banana bread phenomena. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.

For a half, all was seemed good in the Sounders world. They were flying around the field, scoring goals and beating the Timbers at home. They took a 2-0 lead into halftime that easily could have been 3-0, but just as importantly were making the plays they needed to make to keep the Timbers off the scoreboard. We all know what happened next. Léo Chu picked up what I still insist was a pretty soft second yellow card, the Sounders went down a man and the Timbers came roaring back to tie the game and ultimately claim a point. Jeremiah and Aaron unpack it all and come away with some very mixed feelings. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Ride of the Valkyries team -- including Jacob Cristobal, June Eden, Steve Voght, Sylvia Bullock, and Susie Rantz -- discuss OL Reign's undefeated group-stage run to the NWSL Challenge Cup semifinals and preview the semifinal matchup between OL Reign and Racing Louisville. Coffee & Valkyries - a podcast by the Ride of the Valkyries team. Part of the Nos Audietis family of podcasts and is brought to you by Sounder at Heart which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21, 2023. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/  

This is the final week of the mailbag episode being available on our public feed. After this week, we're going to make this available only to paid subscribers on our private podcast feed. If you'd like to become one of them, we have plans starting as low as $19/year.  This week's episode serves as a preview of sorts for the Portland Timbers' match on Saturday. We answer some questions about the game; about the upcoming brand refresh; how Raúl Ruidíaz and Jordan Morris differ; an update on Danny Leyva as well as a host of other issues. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

It has been far too long since we have recorded after a win. In fact, it’s been nearly two months since the sounders last won a game, a streak they finally ended on Wednesday in very satisfying faction when they beat Austin FC 2-1 on a 90th minute Albert Rusnak. In fairness, the Sounders were the beneficiaries of some fortunate VAR decisions, but give them credit for putting themselves in position to take advantage. Both goals they had were well taken and they did a good job of limiting Austin’s chances. I think you can even argue that they had as many and as good of chances as Austin, if not better. The Sounders did all this while rotating fully half their outfield players. Dare I say it, but this win felt … important? Let's discuss! Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

There's been a lot of talk about what's going on behind the scenes with the Seattle Sounders. To help us get to the bottom of that, we asked Niko Moreno to join us. As you might imagine, it's not all rainbows and unicorns but possibly not as messy as you might fear. It's also becoming apparent that the players are aware that change is on the way and how some of them are positioning themselves for their next moves.    Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.        

Welcome to the first episode of a still-unnamed show. It’s envisioned as a minipodcast by Sounder at Heart. Today is Monday, Aug. 28 and I am Jeremiah Oshan. My hope is to do this podcast every Monday and every morning of a gameday with the intention of sort of seting the table for what just happened or what we expect to happen. For today’s episode, I’ll be doing a quick breakdown of the Minnesota United match, giving a quick preview of the Austin FC match on Wednesday and looking back on my story about the Sam Adeniran situation Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more: https://www.sounderatheart.com/about/ You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

We tried something new with the mailbag episode: Rather than soliciting questions from Twitter, we sourced them from our new Discord server. We were really pleased with the quality of questions and talked a lot about roster building, who might succeed Brian Schmetzer eventually as well as talked a bit about the new minority owners. It went so well, that we think we'll keep doing it this way for at least the next few weeks. This is also a good chance to promote the Discord server, access to which is limited to Sounder at Heart Supporter tier members and above. There's a lot of fun stuff already being discussed there and you can get in on the action too by becoming a member. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Coming out of a three-week break in which they presumably worked on tactics, got rejuvenated were hoping to start the stretch run off strong, the Sounders instead turned in one of their worst performances of the season, a 2-0 loss at home to Atlanta United.  The first half was especially bad with the Sounders surrendering 70% of possession and getting run off the pitch at times. Jeremiah and Aaron discuss where we go from here. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast for Sounder at Heart, which became a reader-supported website on Aug. 21. You can support us by becoming a paid subscriber, learn more here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Garth Lagerwey spent eight mostly very successful season with the Seattle Sounders. On Sunday, he makes his return as the President and CEO of Atlanta United. As he did regularly when he was with the Sounders, Lagerwey was very gracious with his time when he met with us on Wednesday. We talked about his transition to Atlanta, what he has liked about Leagues Cup and what he thinks of the roster he left the Sounders and Craig Waibel. Producer's note: Jeremiah had some audio difficulties and as a result doesn't sound so great. We apologize. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter Nos Audietis is the flagship podcast of Sounder at Heart, which will become a primarily-reader supported website on Aug. 21. You can help make the site sustainable by becoming a paid subscriber.

With more than half the Sounders' salary cap potentially freed up this off-season there should be some big changes ahead. We discuss the possibilities. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Jeremiah is on vacation so Aaron fills in to host with guest and friend of the show, Mark Kastner. They discuss the Leagues Cup aftermath, their outlook on the rest of this regular season and give their takes on how they feel about this current group of players. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

We had planned to do a "normal" episode this week to talk about the Leagues Cup loss to RSL, but our scheduling got a bit complicated this week. So, rather than listen to Jeremiah and Aaron bemoan one of the worst performances in recent memory, you'll have to suffice with this interview we did with Jordan Morris earlier in the week. Hope you enjoy it. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

To help us preview Real Salt Lake and give us insight into their recent surge, we enlisted friend of the show Matt Montgomery of Wasatch Soccer Sentinel.  Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Jeremiah and Aaron take a bunch of questions from listeners that inquire about Brian Schmetzer's contract situation, whether advancing in the Leagues Cup is actually desirable and what we want the starting lineup to look like going forward. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

That was not what the Sounders needed or were really expecting was it? Coming off a disappointing loss to the Earthquakes, and needing a win badly, the Sounders played much better but still had to settle for a 1-1 tie with FC Dallas. The Sounders have now not scored more than one goal or won consecutive games at home in about three months. This while playing good by almost all the underlying numbers. Still, the sounders head into the Leagues Cup break not in an entirely awful position, fourth in the West and only one point out of second. We put it all in perspective and assess the Sounders' chances in Leagues Cup. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Since their inaugural season of 2022, Ballard FC has taken the USL League 2 world by storm. Not only are they consistently filling up the 1,500-person capacity at Interbay Stadium, but they're winning a ton of games as well. In the recently concluded regular season, they finished 10-1-1 to win the Northwest Division and are now hosting the Western Conference quarterfinals and finals this weekend. You can buy tickets here. To discuss their past and future, we brought on co-founders Sam Zisette and Lamar Neagle. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Remember all those good vibes from a couple of days ago? Those seem to be pretty much gone after the Sounders looked very flat in a 2-0 loss to the San Jose Earthquakes. Going with a very lightly rotated lineup, the Sounders looked like a team that was not at anywhere close to its best. Mark Kastner joins Jeremiah for this quick pod. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Welcome to another edition of Nos Audietis, sponsored by Full Pull Wines, Watson’s Counter and our Substack subscribers. This is episode 414 and We’re recording on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. I am your host Jeremiah Oshan. Joining me today is my co-host Aaron Campeau and of course our producer Likkit.  For the first time in three months, the Sounders are on a winning streak. Sure, it’s just two games but baby-steps people. Win No. 2 came in pretty satisfying style, beating Vancouver 3-2 on the road in a game where they erased two deficits. They got two goals from Leo Chu and a game-winner from Yeimar in the 91st minute, the first regular-season stoppage time winner since the season-opener in 2020.  Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Sounders finally scored a goal at home. It only took 405 minutes, but they did and it was enough to snap a five-game winless run. As luck would have it, they also moved up to second in the Western Conference table thanks to LAFC losing to the LA Galaxy, allowing the Sounders to inch ahead on goal-difference. The goal, it should be said, was very well-taken. It started with Obed Vargas driving forward to find Nicolas Lodeiro, who worked a 1-2 with Léo Chu, who then found Albert Rusnak for a left-footed finish from about six yards out. Sure, it came after the Houston Dynamo were reduced to 10 men but we are in no position to be questioning goals at this point. Is everything fixed? Of course not. But it sure is a lot more fun to talk about wins than a scoring drought. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Our interview with Seattle Sounders Brand Ambassador and Broadcast talent, Brad Evans. It's a rather long interview, the full version of which is only available to our Substrack subscribers. This is an edited version. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Houston Dynamo have been one of the surprising teams this season, sitting fourth in the Western Conference after a horrible 2022. But they've only claimed five points on the road. We talked to Victor Araiza of The Striker to get his sense of the situation. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Jeremiah is doing this week's mailbag episode solo. He talked a lot about the future of Nicolas Lodeiro and his assessment of Héber's performance. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Sounders’ scoring woes extended into another game, as they settled for yet another scoreless draw, this time at home to Orlando City. The Sounders have now gone scoreless in three straight home game and have been shut out in 4 of 5 overall.  The Sounders are still somehow in third place and only three points out of first, but this is becoming increasingly brutal to watch. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

To help us preview this weekend's Sounders-Orlando City match we enlisted the help of Michael Citro, who runs The Mane Land. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

LAFC is near the tail end of a brutal stretch in which they'll play 16 matches in about two months and 22 matches in about three months. To get a better sense of how that has taken its toll we talked to LAFC podcaster Travis Helwig. In addition to hosting Happy Foot Sad Foot, he's also a member of the currently striking Writer's Guild. We talked to him about that and how to support them. He suggested donating to the Entertainment Community Fund which supports other parts of the industry. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Should Albert Rusnak replace Nico Lodeiro? What about Cody Bake for Nouhou? How much off-season change should we expect? Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Give the Sounders this: At least they made it entertaining. The Sounders finally broke out of their scoring doldrums by putting three past Charlotte FC, including a brace from Raul Ruidiaz and another from Cristian Roldan in both of their first starts in about two months. The only problem? The Sounders also gave up three goals, albeit all pretty well taken. Each of Charlotte’s goals erased a Sounders lead, meaning the Sounders blew more leads in this game than they had in their previous 17 combined (it had only happened once). In the second half of the show, we discussed Cristian Roldan and Jordan Morris' USMNT call-up, suggest holding the Leagues Cup concurrently with the Gold Cup in future seasons and give our outlook for the second half of the season.  Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Obed Vargas is back from the U20 World Cup and to get a better idea of how he did and what kind of impression he made, we asked Adam Belz the Scuffed podcast to give us some insight. Scuffed, for those of you don't know, is one of the top US Soccer podcasts and they are fully listener supported.  There's also a second-half to this interview where we talk about Jordan Morris and Cristian Roldan's place in the national team and some of the broader issues surrounding the program. To listen to the full episode, you'll need to become a paid subscriber to our Substack.  Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Jorge Gonzalez of Top Bin 90 joined us to give some insight on Charlotte's injury situation and a lowdown on soccer culture in the South. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

This is a pretty short one but we do touch on Albert Rusnák's potential move to the No. 10, Obed Vargas' performance at the U20s and how happy we were to see LAFC lose in the CCL final. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

That was not much fun. While the Sounders managed to stop their losing streak against the Timbers and picked up their ninth shutout of the season, the match itself was a pretty massive letdown. Not only did it end in this rivalries first scorless tie of the MLS era, but there simply wasn’t much action. The Sounders only took five shots and the two teams combined for just .6 expected goals. It was ugly. As someone who has suggested the Sounders’ performances have mostly been better than the scoreline suggests, I have no such defense in this one. We discussed all that while making some time to talk about the ramifications for Messi coming to MLS. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Believe it or not, we've made it to Episode 400. It's been quite a journey and taken us about 12 years to get here. Mostly coincidentally, we're marking the occasion with a joint podcast with our friends at Coffee and Valkyries to preview the Seattle-Portland doubleheader. Thanks for listening! Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Jamon Moore of Quakes Epicenter joined us to preview Wednesday's match against the San Jose Earthquakes and explain how Luchi Gonzalez has managed to improve the woebegone franchise. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Ben Cork of View From 202 (and formerly Once a Metro) joined us to share insight on Saturday's opponent, the New York Red Bulls. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.      

This isn't the most uplifting mailbag episode but we do give our thoughts on a possible formation change, the seeming inability to find late goals and how much a problem the lack of lineup consistency is. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

After a few weeks of disappointing results but some play that was at least decent at times, the bottom kinda fell out in Vancouver. The Sounders started slow and never really got on track in losing to the Whitecaps 2-0, their fourth straight loss against Cascadia Cup opponents. This one was among the most depressing, not necessarily because of the scoreline but because of how bad the Sounders looked throughout. The fight that has at least always been there was nowhere to be found, there were sloppy passes throughout, a lack of creativity on offense and just some generally uninspiring play. The guys try to diagnose the problem and see if they can't figure out a way this gets better. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Sounders seem to have a really annoying knack for losing to teams in really bad form. They actually played reasonably well in this one and created a ton of chances, but is there reason to be worried? Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

A chat with OL Reign defender Sam Hiatt on the team's strong start, her growth as a player, and her representation as a Filipina-American athlete.

With the Sounders hosting Austin FC on Wednesday, we convinced friend of the show Will Bruin to join us for a special episode of Bear With Us. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

Dustyn Richardson of BayouCitySoccer.net (formerly Dynamo Theory) joined us to share insight on Saturday's opponent, the Houston Dynamo. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

These questions were taken before the Open Cup loss to the Galaxy on Wednesday but are still relevant as they're mostly about the larger MLS campaign. We talk about the Sounders' penchant for "playing down" to opponents; what we think of the Léo Chú-Jordan Morris partnership; and how much patience we should have with Raúl Ruidíaz among other things. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

The Sounders came into Sunday’s game facing an opponent that looked all but dead in the water. Sporting KC had gone winless in 10, had only even managed three goals scored and looked fragile enough that an early goal could have completely knocked them out. Instead, the Sounders conceded a goal in the 4th minute -- the first they allowed at home since last season -- and then another in the 31st minute. That was more goals than KC had scored in any game this season and more than they’d scored in their previous 535 minutes coming into this game. It was, to put it simply, a really ugly performance. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. You can also support the show by checking out our line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

We caught up with Jimmy Mack of No Other Pod a Sporting Kansas City Podcast to get a better understanding of what's going on with this weekend's opponent.   Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here.  

This is the mailbag episode for Week 11 of the MLS season. We mostly focus on how the Sounders will handle the situation at left back, but also get into potential plans for the summer transfer window and discuss the possible return of YachtCon. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. We also have a line of merch including every past YachtCon design and our latest skull-and-crossbones logo.    

It wasn’t exactly the result the Sounders were looking for, but considering they had only even claimed a point at RSL once in the past 12 trips to Utah a 0-0 shutout might not be such a bad thing. Utah has been a rather horrific place for the sounders to play and anything that can go wrong usually does. This time, however, it was more of a mundane road draw. That the Sounders also managed to keep a shutout should probably be seen as a bit of a bonus as well. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here.  

Matt Montgomery of Wasatch Soccer Sentinel joined us to share his thoughts on Real Salt Lake, to explain why they call pop 'soda' and to talk badly about Pablo Mastroeni's tactics. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here.

Coming out of a week that was pretty darn depressing and only seem to get worse as it wore on, the Sounders put together a workmanlike win that should calm any lingering concerns that this season was poised to go off the rails. A quick recap: First they lost 4-1 to the Timbers, collapsing in a way we’ve never really seen. Then on Wednesday, Raul Ruidiaz goes down with yet another hamstring injury, that night Jordan Morris plays 88 minutes for the USMNT in an ultimately meaningless friendly that ultimately kept him out of startering consideration and then on Saturday we find out that Nouhou was a last-minute scratch due to some migraines. Through about 75 minutes, the Loons made life pretty difficult, setting up shop in a midblock and refusing the Sounders any sort of transition opportunities.  But rather than get over-anxious or settle for a tie, the Sounders found a bit of magic through Fredy Montero and a perfectly hit shot from Albert Rusnak to secure three points. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here.

We caught up with Andy Greder, the Minnesota United beat writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press to get a better understanding of what's going on with this weekend's opponent. Greder tells us the latest news surrounding Emanuel Reynoso's absence, gives us the lowdown on Kemar Lawrence's potential availability and gives us some insight on how Minnesota has managed to go claim 9 of 12 points on the road so far. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here.

It's our weekly mailbag episode. We try to figure out if the Sounders have completely lost any edge in the rivalry, try to determine which players were most missed, explain what's going on with Xavier Arreaga, and try to help a St. Louis City fan figure out how to avoid becoming an asshole. Sponsors Full Pull Wines Watson's Counter If you'd like to become a subscriber to our Substack, that can be found here. All background music used is royalty-free content licensed via pixabay.