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My name is Taylor Rockwell.

On today's episode, we are doing a belated Decision Day recap.

We are doing an MLS playoff look ahead.

And I'm going to guess there will be some trash talking along the way because predictions have come good or come bad in certain cases. Here with me to talk it all out are Mr. David Goss. Hello, David. Oh, what a fine day to be together, Taylor. All together for the first time in a while. Were you not expecting me to come to you first? I feel like you had to unmute yourself really, really quickly. No, I'm just preparing myself. Oh, no. Oh, no. I'm just like,

sure my notes are right. And Joe Lowry, how you doing today, my friend? I'm doing as good as someone can be when right before we go on, I'm told by one of the co-hosts that they're coming for me right off the top of the show. So I'm on edge a little bit. You know, I'm just kind of dancing around waiting for this moment to come,

going to dodge and weave a little bit.

But no, Taylor, I'm doing well.

It's almost MLS playoffs. So I'm on edge a little bit. You know, I'm just kind of dancing around waiting for this moment to come,

going to dodge and weave a little bit.

But no, Taylor, I'm doing well. It's almost MLS playoff time. Taylor, this feels like it should be an MLS heavy show, right? Like decision day we're going into the playoffs? I would say yes. Now I'm concerned. Am I about to be sure? I want to make sure we have enough MLS experts on here.

Because I feel like MLSSoccer.com prediction for 2023 regular season on 12 different analysts,

Joe Larry came 1229 points away from being correct, second to last, just ahead of Bradley Wright-Phillips.

Which means you have the potential to be a record

goal score for the New York Red Bulls, but not maybe a predictor of standings. Yeah. No, you're right to flame me. Absolutely, I'm right to be flamed on this list. I finished, what, 11th out of 12th? It's just not good enough, guys. It's not good enough. It's not. We're reflecting internally on some changes that need to be made, some laminators that may or may not need to be returned or given to folks from around the league.

I'm ready for a lot of these teams that are coming after me and others that finish, you know, in my general stratosphere in the lower table, which is, again, where I am only above BWP.

I'm tied with Melissa Ortiz and Sasha Clestion. I'm not that, like, means that I'm 11th and not 9th. I don't know what happened there. Maybe it's alphabetical. I think on the losing half of sides, when you're tied, you go to the bottom of the standings instead of like, tied for second. It's not my best work. I'm sorry. I'd like to blame the LA Galaxy, the Columbus crew,

in Sporting Kansas City for finishing not where I thought they would.

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