Andre Blake

And I don't mind doing that.

I am not about to say that he is at the level of Caution, and I can't tell you about Schwalke because Schwalke is playing, and Rick is backing up Andre Blake, who's not going anywhere.

It was not going anywhere.

But Rick is certainly in consideration for the Olympic team, from everything I've heard, and has in his back pocket, along with Julian Eyestone of Brentford, who's another one that Pochettino's been watching.

Now, there were some...

I know they've given up a couple penalty kicks or one penalty kick, right? The two penalties, no, it was two penalties in New York City, which are controversial penalties and could have potentially been a third if it wasn't for Andre Blake making the save against Owusu last game against Montreal.

But all in all, to only concede nine goals in nine games, that's a goal a game you're conceding.

It's not too bad.

Yes.

Uh, anyway, um, Andre Blake's performance as of late, uh-

He's, he's stepped it up

...

Like, he's not, but I, I, I know what Ryan's gonna say, so I won't pause.

No, I think it's...

You know, he's, he's Andre Blake, and he's for me the best goalkeeper in the history of our league, and he's playing at that level.

So let's keep, let's keep that going and, and, um, I hope he feels confident and sharp because the team feels that energy from him, and you just, you feel, you feel secure that every mistake you make as a defender or, uh, as a coach, that he bails you out sometimes.

And we can go back and back until our faces turn blue to shout it, but should have gone alone.

But I don't think any of us ever imagined that, that, Andre Blake would be playing as many three matches per week weeks as he has been this season.

And again, it makes me wonder if there's something in that contract that's going to trigger as an option that he is just playing out of his mind, meaning that his body's holding up.

So, so good for him.

Maybe not this window, but in a further window.

So the U S I mean the, the union, because it does feel like the U S at this time with the amount of players that could potentially be caught up to the national team or the Olympic squad, the union could potentially have an, a unfortunate situation, a fortunate, but an unfortunate situation on the hand where they get, it feels like half the roster got it because of international call-ups.

It's, it's kind of giving me bad flashbacks, right? I think about the times where it was Dostog, Andre Blake.

Andre Blake, man, that's another name, right? Like, I...

from the Montreal goal man, Prince Owusu.

He steps up, he stutters, he shoots, and he puts it right down the middle into the arms of Andre Blake.

And that is a... horrific penalty from the Montreal striker the 16 year old wonderkid Kayvan Sullivan picking up the pieces of a counter-attack by the union and Montreal were not even close to laying a glove on Philly tonight As it's back to the drawing board for Philippe Lafoye and his side.

As they get set for a midweek game against Charlotte coming up at Saputo Stadium.

It's unfortunate because Prince Owusu is a very good penalty taker.

His technique is really strong, but the problem is this technique hinges on baiting the goalie to bite first.

And Andre Blake is a very experienced MLS keeper.

He did not bite.

He steps up, he stutters, he shoots.

And he puts it right down the middle into the arms of Andre Blake.

[crowd cheering] And that is a horrific penalty from the Montreal striker.

Yeah, tough penalty.