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MLS Updates: Big Moves and San Jose as a Dark Horse
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1/17/2025
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Very exciting news this week for MLS.
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We have some big departures from LAFC, new signings.
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We got a team that was the worst team last season that now seems like
00:12
the dark horse, and I will be afraid to face that.
00:15
That is San Jose.
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Guys, let's dig into what do you guys have?
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Any any special chisme that you guys say like this is the story of the week
00:23
for MLS, Chiba?
00:24
A special chisme, of course, man.
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Bogus, Mateus Bogus.
00:28
They're saying that he's already signed with Jusazul.
00:31
What's going on?
00:32
What's going on with the LFC?
00:33
They let it go.
00:34
The whole squad, we're like four weeks away from from starting to play,
00:38
you know, and we're missing players.
00:40
You know, only one player has come.
00:42
Well, two, Eric Duenas has also signed with with Houston Dynamo,
00:47
which is I was surprised to see him go.
00:49
I'm happy for him.
00:50
I know him since he was 12 years old.
00:52
He's been part of LFC since he was 12.
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I think it's a great opportunity for him to be able to prove himself
00:58
and be a starter on a team, because unfortunately in LFC,
01:02
he was not getting that that option.
01:05
And again, I don't know what's going on, but I'm a little, you know,
01:09
like to say, like, we're waiting for JT to take us to the promised land.
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I don't know if it's going to happen.
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It is tough.
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It seems like we are barely going to be able to feel that 11 comes March
01:20
with all the departures from LFC.
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Nick, any movement that has surprised you
01:26
at the beginning of this, you know, signing season
01:29
and the beginning of the preseason for the teams at MLS?
01:32
Well, for sure. So much.
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But you know what?
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I don't have any hot, steamy cheese for you.
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But one thing that obviously caught my eye, like, you know,
01:39
the main elephant in the room, I mean, I always talk about Neymar.
01:42
Where's Neymar going to go?
01:43
Is he even going to come to the MLS?
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You know, obviously, Miami is kind of the first thing that comes to everyone's mind.
01:48
Apparently other teams like Chicago are after him as well.
01:51
I don't see him going anywhere other than Miami because it's Neymar.
01:55
I think wants to be with the Barca homies, but I could be wrong.
01:58
What do you guys think?
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Rumors, rumors, rumors, a lot of excitement around MLS right now.
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I think that we will see Neymar coming to MLS, playing with Messi.
02:08
Might not be this this tournament, but that's something that will happen.
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Just like I also believe that Griezmann eventually will be part of LAFC.
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A lot of rumors.
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I'm very excited about San Jose.
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San Jose is a team that is a historical team.
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It's one of the founder teams of MLS.
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They have been champions.
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They have produced players like Lewandowski.
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They are the, you know, maximal scorer of the league.
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And now they recruit Bruce Arena as their new coach,
02:38
the winningest coach in the league.
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If you want to make, you know, if you're excited about betting into a dark horse,
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I think San Jose has the highest possibility to be one of those teams
02:49
that from one season ago, from last place to MLS champions.
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I would definitely put my money on San Jose as well.
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They're going to be interesting.
02:57
You know who's not excited?
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Probably some of the players on San Jose.
03:00
Look, not to get back to the cheese meal right now, but I heard it.
03:04
Rumors are not that apparently, even though he was really successful
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with New England, one of the main reasons that he left
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is because he just fell out with the supporting staff.
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He was difficult.
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He was grumpy to deal with as a coach.
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I don't know if that's true, but that had a lot to do with it.
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So he's going to be a tough coach.
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He's going to be scary.
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Of course, I'm joking.
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The players are super excited, probably to have such an amazing coach like him.
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But at the same time, he's not going to be easy on the players.
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And they need that. It's going to be great.
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And I do want to clarify the deal that Bruce Arena has is very unique
03:30
because he has both the role as as head coach, but also a sporting director.
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So he's master and commander of the team.
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Whatever he wants, he gets because he is his own supervisor.
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So Chiba, what do you think about that being, you know, like the balance
03:44
within a team to Nick point, having total control and having on check
03:48
balances might create certain atmosphere that players might not like.
03:52
But like you said, once you are the last place in the league,
03:55
maybe a little bit of discipline and hard work is a is a key to success.
04:00
I mean, I was going to say San Jose has been irrelevant for for many years already.
04:04
You get somewhere like Bruce Arena that this is not the first time
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that he that he gets that kind of power.
04:09
He had it when he was with Galaxy, you know, and he's a very successful coach.
04:14
Yeah. Yeah.
04:15
He's he's arrogant.
04:17
He's tough.
04:19
He he plays no games, but at the end of the day, he's a very successful coach.
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