Chris Durkin
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Oct 23, 2026
Matt BakerHOST
Welcome, everyone, to Fly Over Footy.
Matt BakerHOST
My name is Matt Baker, joined by my friend Chris Gebhart from SDL Soccer News on this episode.
Matt BakerHOST
And yes, if I sound different, if this does not sound like the usual Matt Baker that you're used to listening to, there is a reason for that.
Matt BakerHOST
St. Louis City SC has won their first major trophy in club history.
Matt BakerHOST
But I promise you, we have nothing but good vibes to talk about when it comes to St. Louis.
Matt BakerHOST
So I'm going to dig deep and try to sound my oldest, my most grown up, as opposed to sounding something like this, which if I get too excited, that will happen.
Matt BakerHOST
But I will be leveraging Chris Gebhart for a hefty amount of this.
Matt BakerHOST
So Chris, we were both there to witness this epic event.
Jen SiessGUEST
They really do.
Jen SiessGUEST
Again, I always put my barometer on people like Chris Durkin and Daniel Edelman who run eight miles per game.
Jen SiessGUEST
It had to be more in that game.
Jen SiessGUEST
Simon Boettcher, who always seems to have one more available.
David GassHOST
But what started this turnaround for St. Louis is togetherness and tenacity and hard tackling.
David GassHOST
The bullshit that got them through this game, the Edelman, Durkin, 101 stuff, the Lucas McNaughton stuff, that is the foundation that this season was built on for St. Louis.
David GassHOST
100%.
Matt DoylePANELIST
Yeah, they are a hard-playing team.
9 MINS LATER
David GassHOST
And then on the flip side for St. Louis, as we said, like it's a battle.
David GassHOST
I think Volum was pretty good in this game.
David GassHOST
Edelman and Durkin did what they had to do.
David GassHOST
I mean, you swooned for Simon Betcher as he drew fouls and he swaggered across the field.
GraysonHOST
Oh, Grayson, you're muted.
GraysonHOST
Chris Durkin just went upper 90.
GraysonHOST
It was nice.
GraysonHOST
So it's
Ron NuttallHOST
And as we thought, some of the key players were, well, a couple guys were out that would normally be in.
Ron NuttallHOST
I think Chris Durkin's on concussion protocol.
Ron NuttallHOST
He's our midfielder, a big part of what they do in their system.
Ron NuttallHOST
Alex Maton, they just needed to rest his legs.
Jimmy ConradHOST
There's no...
Jimmy ConradHOST
Chris Durkin right now is reported to have a concussion.
Jimmy ConradHOST
He's been a nice partner in the middle of midfield with Daniel Edelman.
Jimmy ConradHOST
So they have a couple losses here.
Phill GroomsHOST
this year's squad and the squad under Olaf for goodness sake look at the injury difference like someone is doing something right here because it's it's been so good so far and so I have faith in Dame and our physios this year and he also mentioned I believe this 100 percent looking at every Open Cup game looking at what St. Louis FC was able to do with teams that were playing on a higher level than them you just go extra the open cup and the final even more so dame said it in that answer to that question too he said i expect these guys they're going to be able to do more it's a final and i expect them to do more and um so they'll be ready i think in the last open cup it seemed like there was extra going on even in the semi-final like these guys want it and um they keep setting goals that they haven't reached yet and so you know no worries for me i think they're going to be up for it
Matt BakerHOST
Chris, when you look at some of those rotations, what are your thoughts on how DeMay has managed the player pool coming into this? Because as we found out just today, Chris Durkin, Conrad Vollum are going to be available.
Matt BakerHOST
Both were in practice.
Matt BakerHOST
Both are in training.
Matt BakerHOST
Let's dive right into our starting 11 talk then, because I think this is a good opportunity to round this out as we close it out here at the Pitch Club, to look at the lineup St. Louis is going to be taking in.
Matt BakerHOST
And I think to the points we were making, most of this starting 11 is fairly straightforward.
Matt BakerHOST
Roman Berkey, Timo Baumgartel, Thomas Toland, Conrad Vollum, Daniel Edelman, Chris Durkin, Alex Matan, Carlo Holsa, and Simon Boettcher would seem to be nine of the 11 no-brainer starters.
Matt BakerHOST
Is that a consensus, do we feel? Yes,
David GassHOST
Matan didn't play on the weekend.
David GassHOST
And then the two big notes here are Chris Durkin and Conrad Vollum both went down with head injuries last midweek.
David GassHOST
Neither of them appeared on the weekend.
David GassHOST
That would be a huge loss for this team.
David GassHOST
The other note we've made every single time for these rounds is Hafen Avahu is captied for this.
David GassHOST
So he cannot play.
David GassHOST
in this game so simon betcher will start up top for this team you assume holsa and matan are sort of the two attackers underneath him and then there's a little bit of a question mark who's next to daniel edelman if chris durkin can't go you assume the goal there would be ball winning and tenacity because you're not going to replace durkin's passing in combination there keep it clean and keep it safe and let the guy like set the table for the guys in front of you
Tom BogertPANELIST
Yeah, I think that's going to be interesting.
Dan EliasHOST
Louis city getting ready for the open cup final, uh, Song Bin Zhang with the start, our guy.
Dan EliasHOST
But guys like Carlo Holsa, Chris Durkin, Alexandru Matan, they don't play in this game at all.
Dan EliasHOST
Daniel Edelman didn't start.
Dan EliasHOST
He came in at halftime.
Matt BakerHOST
The the midfield was I don't want to say crippled something.
Matt BakerHOST
but it was subpar from what we were used to so much with Matan and Holsa and even Chris Durkin.
Matt BakerHOST
With Chris Durkin absent, I think you missed a whole lot of that capability as well.
Matt BakerHOST
And Durkin, I don't know that he's getting the appreciation he deserves based on this performance because the mind immediately goes to Matan and Holsa sitting.
Matt BakerHOST
And I think Durkin should be a part of that conversation when it comes to the struggles that we had in ball progression and playing it down the wings as much as anyone else who sat.
52 MINS LATER
Matt BakerHOST
I think it's the creators underneath their attacking midfield has gotten significantly stronger with some of those players that we just talked about.
Matt BakerHOST
I think they're the ones that we have to worry about the ball being played through.
Matt BakerHOST
Again, similar to what St. Louis is doing with Alex Matan and Carla Holsa and Chris Durkin is trying to use our central players to augment our wingbacks, help to progress the ball up in those areas, create overloads, and then get in that attack high up on the field.
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