I think the front office has a lot of work to do this all season, but

firing Roberts is not part of the solution. I don't think that that's

uh, addition by subtraction. It would feel good.

Something great. It would feel kind of good for you.

Hello and welcome back to take line. I'm your host Jason Concepcion. We've got a great soccer theme

show for you today. The footy is, is wonderful right now. It's been a while since we've had an

active pro on the pod, but that's true against today with our, the addition of Kellyn Acosta

midfielder for L.A.F.C. and the U.S. men's national team. He will join us to discuss L.A.F.C.'s

regular season success and preview L.A.F.C.'s entry into the into the playoffs after our first round

by they play the galaxy. This Thursday, El Trafago is on. Uh, Los Angeles soccer fans are very

nervous right now because I think that L.A.F.C. fans would rather lose to Nashville than lose to the

galaxy, but it'll be, it's exciting. It should be exciting. Uh, and then we'll be joined by

Wall Street Journal reporters Josh Robinson and John Clegg, the co-authors of the new book Messy

Versus Ronaldo. She's a deep dive into the careers of two of the iconic players in world sports

over the last 15 years and how they transition into their respective twilights.

Dodgers out, mets out, braves out, the Yankees clinging for their lives to life.

What does this mean? What does this mean for baseball after a recent tweaks to the

playoff format? Is the playoff format broken? Should we be concerned that the best teams in

baseball are on the way out of the playoffs are gone are not here. What does this mean?

Is this just luck? Joining me now are super producers Ryan and Zuri to unpack yet another Dodgers

and try to figure out like what exactly what is what is going on here. Um, the L.A. Times

published a opinion piece. I think it was like either the morning that the Dodgers were later

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