Hello, this is international football commentator Derek Ray, and you're listening to the Ranks FC podcast.

Hello, R Squad and welcome to Ranks. It's your favourite transatlantic football podcast.

My name's Jack Collins and I will be your host today.

And joining me across the water all the way from San Diego, it's Mr Dean Jones.

How you doing, mate? Hello, mate. Yeah, very good, mate. Yeah, fresh off the way from San Diego. It's Mr Dean Jones. How you doing, mate?

Hello, mate.

Yeah, very good, mate.

Yeah, fresh off the back of my first ever game as a San Diego FC season ticket holder,

eh?

Yeah, exactly.

Went to the thing.

That was cool.

So, yeah, we spoke about that in loads of detail on Patreon.

So if you want to hear more about the weekend's adventures in San Diego

C, then please do come and join us over there. But yeah, in a nutshell, had a great time,

a big MLS fan over here now. I was there. You were in Sweden. Look at us, mate. Gone global,

don't we? Jet setters. Jet setters. I am sad to report that as much as my,

my best efforts to get to it,

I was denied the opportunity to go to Jure Garden against

IFK,

Giotterberg in the Swedish Cup.

And I'm sad I missed it because it turned out to be a four-three

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