Well, I appreciate you guys coming on. This is my first time, honestly, talking with soccer players, and you guys will have to teach me as we go. I got to know a little bit about you guys, but like, I've watched Ted Lassau and that's about it. You know what I mean? That's a good starting point. It's a good start. It is. You guys watched that last, though? How, how much to this? Now,

obviously, all the writing involved, but as far as like the, uh, the life around the locker room

and everything like that, like, how does that relate to you guys? Is there similarities? I think they pick

up on like the really small things that actually do happen and then blow them up to like make it a real storyline.

So it's like even guys getting like rookie haircuts or like doing little the types of pranks and the types of jokes they make are pretty similar to what goes on.

Yeah.

I think the inside of like the different cultures is really on point because you got so many different walks of life in the locker room and like the different cultures yeah is really on point because you got football is

many different walks of life yeah in the locker room and like the the cultural diffusion is

in ted lasso they really hit the nail on the head yeah when uh like as far as the the way

ted lasso as a coach seems not i don't want to not disconnected but like I guess removed from the coaching side of things to where it seems a lot more player ownership than it would be in like a football locker room. Like in football, you know, you're sitting up there. It seems like when you're coaching soccer as a soccer team, you're kind of like asking your guys, like what's the best route to go or the soccer guys kind of know a little bit more about what to do than like what, not saying football

guys don't know what to do, but you're really leaning on your coaching and what

plans they're going to make, what adjustments they're going to make. Like, is that, is that a, is that a

Yeah. Okay. Oh, is that a topic?

Let's go.

You know, the thing about soccer, like, once you get on the field, players have to navigate, you know, the game and the adversity.

And for the most part, our team, I think, does very well at managing that.

But I would say in Ted Lassow, that's maybe exaggerated because a lot of coaches want

to have, you know, complete control over what they're trying to do.

And you got to be careful.

If you veer too far off, like, the path that coach is trying to set, then, you know,

it might be tough for you to stay in the lineup and,

um, to perform, you know, to the exact specifications of what the coach wants, you know.

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