Five Takes On The Five Stripes

The one where Guz stood on his head but our playoff hopes are still nearly dead

On this episode we discuss...

😢How much that loss hurt

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The one where Nashville kept the belt and we just keep feeling like we've felt

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On this episode we discuss...

🏆What is the southern champ belt?
🥟 Dumplings and hotels 🏨
🔮Uncertain futures for both our teams

🗝️When key players don't play like key players
🤝The unified match and what the beautiful game is really about


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The one where we may not have much luck but we do have some good Fortune

On this episode we discuss....

🐲DragonCon

🗓️We're back baby...next year?

💪The upcoming unified match

🖐️ Our takes

1: Champions of XG, you’ll never sing that. That about sums up the first half. It wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great. We looked organized defensively and pretty average in attack. We’re just not clinical on the chances we should be burying. 

2: We improved in attack in the 2nd half. The chances we started to create or happen upon came from quick direct play and quite frankly, just trying. We stopped looking for the perfect opportunity before shooting or just putting a dangerous ball into the danger area. Waiting for the perfect opportunity is something we do too often. 

3: Alexey is a talented player. Little hard to see how this particular player makes this particular team better. He’s not a quick with his feet playmaking 10 & that has been how ATL through the years has found success. We might not see how good he can be until this team is really overhauled in the offseason.  

4: Ask a fan what an ATL goal looks like. Doubt anyone has a good answer. Still, bout time Fortune gets a little fortunate. Just another name in a long list of kids we have asked to grow up quickly. He’s been a bright spot and like we said last week, play the kid higher up, he’s a dynamic threat that isn’t afraid to have a go. 

5: 1 Nil?? In this economy? Said it before, will say it again, 1-0 wins are, in a lot of ways, more impressive than multi goal wins. It doesn’t happen often with us but it’s usually a result of balanced play and that’s what we saw tonight, particularly in the 2nd half. 

 

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The one where we needed more than an Alexey to defeat a Galaxy

On this episode we discuss....

 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿The start of the EPL 

✍️The profile of players we're looking to sign

🤔Candidates for next coach

🖐️ Our takes

🫵 Your takes

 

1: It took about 20 minutes, but the team looked pretty good in the transition moments. Rob said they were emphasizing that over the past few weeks so if we’re not going to have possession, I think we gotta be pretty happy with that. 

2: In truth, the team played some pretty competent football, which sounds like a low bar to meet but it’s just how the season has been. We held the top team in the West scoreless for 75 minutes. Moreover,  we avoided the glaring gaffes. 

3: Not happy to see both of the goals chalked off for offside but nonetheless it was nice to see them come from a restart of play and an attack in transition. Both areas have been lacking and that’s been frustrating because they should be strengths of this team. 

4: Fortune  needs to be playing higher up more often. He’s got real attacking quality and is at his best when he is in a more direct attacking role than he is as an orchestrator in the midfield. 

5: Miranchuk coming on didn’t dramatically change things but we did get to see some of his quality. He’s got a pretty sweet left foot that’s well calibrated. That should bode well for future service into the box. If only we had a lethal 9 waiting for said service. 

 

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The one where the US women are seeing better days because we've got Emma F$#&%ing Hayes

On this episode Amy Anna Marie joins and we discuss....

👀The potential new Women's League from MLS as reported by Scarves and Spikes
🥇USWNT ARE BACK
⚾️ Softball 2028
🏒 Field hockey AKA cat herding
📖 The stories behind the athletes 

 

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The one where fans aren’t in the seats because they’re tired of defeats

On this episode Amy Anna Marie joins and we discuss....

🧐Are fans being gaslit?

🇺🇸 USWNT in their Hayes era
🖐️ Our takes

🫵 Your takes

1: It’s a shame that this was the first playing experience at the Benz for Pedro. It looked like a covid match. Can’t blame the fans for not showing up. The tournament doesn’t feel meaningful and the product on the field isn’t good. It’s a bad showcase for the club. 

2: Having a hard time seeing Slisz as a DP level player. It just hasn’t been enough this season. Questionable decision making, questionable ball movement. So many questions, so few answers. 

3: Our offense may be anemic, but our defense is stout. Abram continues to show why he deserves minutes and with how thin we are offensively being able to keep fresh legs on the backline has kept us in matches we probably wouldn't be in otherwise. 

4: Saba sweet Saba. You are the shining light that we don’t deserve right now. He exhibits a skill that is simply on a higher level than the rest. But let’s be honest, even his skills represent the bare minimum of what it takes in this league to win. It’s just plain not good enough.

5:If Cohen is the heir apparent to Guzan his distribution has simply got to get better. Shot stopping is great, but unless we drastically change our playing style a keeper without confidence on the ball and in distribution will be a liability.   

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The one where we still have woes and we didn't even get $3 off Moes

On this episode we discuss

🧠Mental Heath. Be kind & please check on your people

🥇The Olympics & the opening ceremony
🖐️Takes
🤦‍♂️It's the basics that are killing us

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The one where when we're in a tough sitch, just kick it to the tallest guy on the pitch

On this episode we discuss... (No Video pod for this episode)

🖐️Takes

🏆Leagues cup and a potential return to Bobby Dodd

👍 Saba potential MVP candidate for ATL

👎Muyumba and Silva have moments but not consistency

 

1: Columbus kinda does all the things pretty well and we kinda do some things sorta ok. TBF it was kinda sloppy disjointed from both sides but passing below 80% is pretty alarming. Tho everything is kind of alarming at this point. 

2: We do actually create enough chances to score. The chances aren’t coming in bunches but they are actually of high enough quality where we should be scoring and our season XG does back that up. We lack someone who’s explicit job it is to score. 

3: There’s a sort of inevitability to us conceding. Columbus barely celebrated when they scored. Thankfully they didn’t bury us when they had the chance. They felt better than us in open play but they weren’t as incisive as they usually are. 

4: That’s as quiet as it’s ever been in the Benz with the SG’s trying to send a message to the FO. Whether you agree with that tactic or not, it’s undeniable that when a product ain’t good, paying more for it doesn’t feel right. 

5: So after dozens of games and dozens and dozens of attempts we finally score off of a set piece goal. And then we did it again. It’s maddening we haven’t capitalized from more of these opportunities. When a team isn’t playing well it has to make the most of these opportunities and it’s about damn time. 

 

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The one where good business on the books has left us shook

On this episode we discuss...

🖐️Our takes

🫵 Your takes

🙄Fundamental problems 

😡Why is staying focused so hard?

 

1: Problems with re-starts, or in tonight’s case, just straight up starts, continue. It doesn’t make sense. It’s never going to make sense. How do we fix it?

2: The team waking up after going down a goal is nothing new, but that was the best response to conceding we’ve seen all season in the first half. Not only did we equalize but we dominated the game without dominating possession. Rob deserves a lot of credit for this.  

3: Unfortunately RSL woke up next. It was unlikely that we were going to get anything out of this match. RSL is a shield competing team and they eventually showed why. No disrespect but we’re rolling with mostly depth players. It’s difficult to analyze this team until post transfer window. 

4: We hate to quote Alexi Lalas but “set pieces, set pieces, set pieces”. 

5: So what trophy do they give out for best business done? The club is gonna net north of 50 million this summer but what does that net the fans? It’s great business but money has never been an issue. It’s another big window & Garth & Boca have got to get it right and show that we’re capable of more than just good business on the books.

 

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The one where we had to play the Revolution before we finished our Evolution

On this episode we discuss...

🖐️Our takes

🫵 Your takes

🧠Thiago's mentality and Character

🇺🇸 USA losing in a couple ways

1: Fortune was unfortunate. With more time and development and the right pieces around him, he can be a real game changer. He’s got some real unpredictability to him and he’s not afraid to have a hit. 

2: Brooks getting back to form is great to see. His service has been much better. It’s a shame no one had the finishing touch to go with it. 

3: If you’re going to hold a higher line, you actually have to press. We did it last match, we didn’t this time. New England was too comfortable in our end. 

4: Double digit corners and we couldn’t even get a shot on target let alone an actual goal. We should be and need to be getting more from set pieces. 

5: Muyumba’s liabilities are starting to outweigh his positive assets. He has great moments but he gives up possession too much and often at the worst possible times in the worst possible places.

 

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