Hello,

Hello, everybody and welcome to a weekender edition of The Total Soccer show.

My name is Taylor Rockwell, and I feel very uncomfortable doing the introduction to the weekender without Ryan Bailey, because I've never done it before.

We'll see how it goes with me hosting and doing the quiz.

It's going to be a lot of me.

So buckle up and please don't turn off right away because there are other people here.

It's not just me.

It's also Graham Ruffman.

Hello, Graham.

Hello, Taylor Rottwell. What do we think Ryan is doing? Do we know where he is? I still am not entirely sure where he is. Yeah. Part of the confusion in this introduction is that you threw on the wrench in that maybe he's in California and not Florida.

And so I'm even not sure which side of the country he's on.

Uh-huh. is that you threw on the wrench in that maybe he's in California and not Florida. And so I'm even not sure which side of the country he's on. He went on a plane. Maybe he just went on a plane trip, actually. Just circling Charlotte. And just a red eye for the fun of it. Joe Lowry, red eye for the fun of it. Sound good? Absolutely not. Taylor, if you think you're a little nervous for this show, think about me for a second. Usually I have Ryan as a buffer between me and Graham and the quiz. Like if I'm embarrassed, probably Ryan's embarrassed too or something like that. Now it's just one v one. Me against probably the greatest quiz player TSS has ever seen. That makes me deeply uncomfortable. I don't know about that Do you see what he's doing, Graham? Do you see what he's doing? I know, I know.

I see it. player TSS has ever seen. That makes me deeply uncomfortable. I don't know about that. Do you see what he's

doing, Graham? Do you see what? I know. I see it. What do you, sorry, what are you guys seeing? I'm not noticing. It's a lovely, setting up for a fall here. It's some lovely expectation setting right there. Mr. Lowry. It is a beautiful thing when managers do that in their press conferences, when they're playing like a terrible team on Saturday.

Everybody knows it.

And we got to take this team really seriously.

We know they have real quality. I mean, this is a good team that's way better than their spot in the standings indicates. Oh, just hush. Nobody wants to hear you say that. Stop lying. But I'm being serious in this case. I'm being very, very serious in this case. Well, what we do want to hear about is some of the most exciting games this weekend. Obviously, in this episode, we're also going to get to what other people are going to be watching. And some scouting reports, all from the TSS Patreon and the TSS Discord. If you aren't there, it is allegedly where all the cool kids are hanging out. So do please feel free to join at any level.

Well, I know that Ryan's not here.

He's not in the Discord now.

So that's officially now where all the cool cart kids are as he tells us.

Graham, since you have made such an excellent and valid point at Ryan's expense,

why don't you get us started?

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