Mikey Varas

They scored three in San Jose at the half and they did the same thing here at Snapdragon and oh man it was just that was the worst loss since that that match in san jose so and different circumstances uh mcveigh uh couldn't be in there uh dua saw a red in that match in san jose so you were down to uh oswald sue and I think Eisner had to come in for a duo, so different circumstances, but still kind of, it felt like the same result.

It felt like San Jose, Bruce Arena just outclassed, again, outclassed Mikey Varas just simply in a miserable, miserable time at Snapdragon.

Yeah, I mean, it seemed, you know, San Diego FC brought the malaise with them from Orlando, and you mentioned it, right? Like, just you can't let the one person take out your team, and usually San Diego FC is really good at maintaining pace with anybody in the league, and just because they have some sort of offensive production, and it seems like that offensive production has just taken a backseat to the style once again, and it's a consequence of a lot of different little things, one of them, Marcus and Varsan not being there, right? This Orlando game, so many crosses, even against San Jose, crosses coming in, spaces where you're like, that's where Varsan is, and I think, you know, people who are like, well, you know, if Alakadi's up there, and Marcus and Varsan wouldn't do anything either, throw Bakambu already, like, why hasn't he started, like, well, it's because Marcus Varsan was a player that was definitely sorely missed in that Orlando game and subsequently San Jose because of the things that he does off the ball.

And really, it's knowing how to be a striker within the system.

we stick to our style, we'll get them.

Their excuse post-match, and, you know, as much as you want to say that it's context or whatever it may be, excuse-making, however it is, they said that the humidity affected them.

That was Mikey Varas, Aníbal Gloy, both said that.

It was the humidity, and it's not an excuse for the way that we performed.

Then we'll get to training ground sound.

Head coach Mikey Varas, Amal Pellegrino.

before boarding a plane to Orlando, Florida, one of the busiest airports in the United States.

Orlando City and STFC coming up this Saturday.

Actually, you can watch the entire video at San Diego Punto Football on YouTube at your leisure down the road.

Before even getting into the substance of it, I just had just an observational note with all my decades of not trying to sound as old as I am, but listening and watching press conferences and seeing how they've evolved.

Mikey Varas is such an outlier.

Because, Tony, you asked him a pretty broad question, which is, you know, what are the things that the club has improved on year two over year one? And he went, hmm.

After the game, San Diego manager, Mik- uh-

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Mikey Varas, Mikey Varas approached Chucky Lozano-

Uh-oh

... who basically ignored him.

So as he...

If, if he didn't see it, why is he gonna acknowledge him?

That was one.

And then two was Mikey Varas and Chucky Lozano doing a replay of the Caleb Porter Pep Guardiola handshake.

non-handshake from the 2014, uh, 2014 all-star game.

Um, that was like, I don't know.

But SDFC was the one that got the final laugh.

Um, I saw a video that Mikey Varas tried to dap up Chucky after the game, and Chucky didn't...

Like, he turned his back.

Maybe not turned his back, but he was walking towards, I think, his supporter corner, and Mikey was trying to get his attention, and Chucky didn't stop, and he kept going.

I was on a podcast last night with some of the Galaxy supporters, and first of all, it's almost annoying just how much people care about chuki leaving or staying wherever you stand on that argument but just how indifferent la galaxy fans are of chuki they didn't want this nobody asked for this in galaxy they're just like why are we much like the the opinion of why are we sending talents to the rivals they're kind of like why are we bailing out our rivals with this loan of of a player that we don't necessarily need just to kind of give a little bit of a preview some news that are that's coming down right now is that marco royce's wife just had a baby he'll be available sergi roberto former barcelona player will be available and their dp klaus will be available so you know are we overlooking the talent that this team actually has in this and the team that they're putting together Potentially because, yeah, the selling point is Chucky and his return and Lozano and how he scorned or maybe didn't.

Mikey Varas is out here with media availability in his comments.

And then you have Tyler Heaps also coming out of the woodwork and having an interview saying, like, yeah, we're just happy he's playing soccer, guys.

Oh, yeah.

Like, it's a former team.

You know, you're giving a reason for somebody to come in and kind of show off.

And then there's always the debate, will he celebrate, right? Like, if Chucky Lozano scores at Snapdragon Stadium, is he celebrating? Is he standing and running over to Mikey Varas and doing the Riquelme and just putting his ears right in front of him? Or, you know, just...

hey, I respect San Diego.