Allocation Disorder: Thoughts on Gregg Berhalter's U.S. roster for October, the Chicago Fire fire Raphael Wicky, news out of FC Cincinnati, and much more
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🗓️ 1 October 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode of Allocation Disorder, Paul and Sam react to Gregg Berhalter’s roster for the October World Cup Qualifying window. What do they like? Who are they excited to see? And how do they see game-to-game rotation turning out? After the USMNT chat, it’s on to some MLS topics.
Why did the Chicago Fire fire Raphael Wicky after a 2-0 win? And what’s gone wrong for the Fire in a more general sense?
Finally, to close out the show, Paul and Sam discuss front office news out of FC Cincinnati.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Allocation Disorder. |
| 0:19.6 | I am Sam Staskell joined as always by my colleague and buddy Paul Tenorio. |
| 0:26.1 | Paul, we have a U.S. men's national team roster to break down. |
| 0:29.2 | It's been so long since we've talked about the U.S. M.T., you know. |
| 0:33.3 | We haven't had any games. It hasn't busy. |
| 0:36.1 | None of that's happening. |
| 0:37.4 | We have a roster to break down ahead of the upcoming set of qualifiers, the 4th, 5th, and 6th World Cup qualifiers in the Concaf Octagonal against Jamaica in Austin on October 7th at Panama on October 10th, and back home against Paul Tenorio and Costa Rica on October 13th. |
| 0:55.9 | Paul, I think they're going to need you on the field. Are you ready for that? |
| 0:59.0 | I think putting me on the field would fit the MO of the Costa Rican Federation right now with |
| 1:04.0 | their team selection. |
| 1:07.0 | Well, maybe you can get out there, man. Like, what kind of better reporting experience than to play against, you know, the U.S. |
| 1:13.6 | men's national team? |
| 1:14.8 | It doesn't, you can't get much closer to the action than that. |
| 1:17.8 | I wonder how many people on Twitter would lament my decision to choose Costa Rica over U.S. soccer |
| 1:23.5 | and to talk about the failures of the Federation to not recruit. |
| 1:27.2 | Yet another failure. |
| 1:29.5 | Latino and Hispanic lack of outreach, you know, just another, another sad story in a long, |
| 1:36.7 | long history. |
| 1:38.5 | No, I'm kidding. |
| 1:40.2 | Don't get mad of me, U.S. soccer. |
| 1:41.9 | I'm kidding. |
| 1:42.8 | I'm kidding. |
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