ExtraTime Radio: Ike Opara (Sporting KC), Taylor Twellman (ESPN)

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Andrew Wiebe

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4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Ike Opara has serious bounce. Dunk off two feet, sky above the pack on a set piece hops. The Sporting KC center back joins Andrew and Simon to talk ankle injuries, the best dead-ball defender in MLS, his alternate future as a basketball star and the NCAA Tournament. Plus, find out why his teammates are bothering him about MLS Fantasy.

Ahead of another big MLS weekend, Andrew wonders why the league seems to be stuck in first gear. Of course, Simon disagrees. Taylor Twellman gives his take in the second segment, and chimes in on a USMNT side that has just two wins in 12 games and can't stop leaking late goals. What games are you watching this weekend? Let us know in the comment section below.

In the mailbag, the one and only Victoria Borg joins in to dispel the myth of the scoreboard, the guys debate whether another United belongs in MLS and there's a case of mistaken gender.

Transcript

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0:00.0	I don't like this business of preaching defense.
0:07.0	Calm down, Greg, it's soccer. It's soccer.
0:10.0	You know anything else about something?
0:12.0	Not much.
0:14.0	All I know is.
0:15.0	I got a lot of balls.
0:17.0	It doesn't matter if you're in the stadium watching the game on TV,
0:20.0	it's just the guy's not good enough.
0:21.0	The guy is just not good enough. Simon, I don't know if you're big in New Year's resolutions,
0:26.4	but you know, wondering if maybe you pledge to come out of your shell a little bit in 2015.
0:31.6	Kind of pisses me off to be honest.
0:33.0	That's why he's here!
0:35.0	Oh, from New York, New York, you are listening to Extra Time radio on Sirius XMFC, channel channel 94 and MLS Soccer.com I am Andrew
0:46.8	Webee back in studio hobbled so hobbled Simon Borg with me David Goss, but we do have a special third member of our crew.
0:56.3	We'll pipe her in right now. Victoria Borg, say what's up to the people of Victoria.
1:00.4	Hello everybody, my name is Victoria Borg. My favorite team is the rebels and you're
1:04.2	listening to Extra Time radio boom we have got a built-in bumper right there we're
1:09.2	gonna bring Victoria back in the mailbag we've got some special questions to ask you, Simon, through your daughter, chief
1:16.7	among them, what is the scoreboard and does it exist? So think about that, Victoria. No answer
1:22.2	yet, no answer yet. Hold off. The question is what's the
1:26.1	scoreboard? Don't give her those looks. No, I'm not going to give her looks.
1:29.8	It's a very blank look. Andrew, thank you for coming in today.
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