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But yeah, with his two goals, Zhang recorded his third professional brace of his career and all three coming in his first professional season, as the club notes.

And that's kind of something to remember here, Jeremy, that this time last year he was playing at Georgetown University after helping Vermont Green lift the USL two titles.

If we were worried about some of his shakiness, you know, in his first exposure, you know, on our main roster, maybe that's the reason of itself to be a little patient with his development.

And, you know, Tom, just a reminder, his loan only cost us $50,000 in GAM.

I was talking to Jonah and Ian last week on this podcast about kind of being a newly minted women's team follower.

I had started following a couple years ago when my daughter got really involved with watching our local club, Vermont Green, here.

And... it's amazing.

I had to

work it in, Ian.

I was going to say, everyone drink Mike just referenced Vermont Green.

If we can get a baseball reference in, I'll have a bingo card.

I was going to do it a little later on, but we'll get to it.

You know, I think we're all hearts are hearts.

We're all Vermont Green fan for a moment in time.

But looking at this specifically set to Division two and you can incorporate USL one into this to a certain extent, too.

The USL championship final is set for the weekend of 1120 to 1122.

And those two players didn't work out.

You know, I mean, the ones that got away, you know, which are... ilman and da uh and jai uh i don't know we had a we had a player at vermont green last name and da um and that's how we pronounced it um same spelling but um You know, he's the one that kind of – the big fish that got away, right? We were trying to get that Richarlison to Everton and DA situation squared away and over the line, and it just didn't happen because Manchester City, Jonah, you talked about it, came in and swept in and – and took him from us because for one reason or another, we couldn't get the Richarlison deal done maybe that had something to do with it.

Maybe it didn't.

Who knows? But Ian, do you think missing out on this player really matters? Because I could see both sides.

But, you know, I think Spurs win this game at the very least 2-1.

But here's something I think we need to talk about.

This year, with my Vermont Green, my love for the Vermont Green football club, I, with a couple of the women in the supporters group, started a women's podcast for the Vermont Green women's team who played their first full season this year and ended up losing penalties in the national championship game, outlasting 70-plus other teams in that USLW League.

So I went ahead and I started this women's podcast, and it really, really opened my eyes to the world of women's football because previously, in the United States here, we do have the WPSL, which is really super fun to watch.

go pro and it won't happen and then you're not going to get a return

yeah i mean that's the you know you got to get everyone on board i guess to to hit those uh those marks but i was just thinking about uh we've done stories about other usl2 teams or other you know pre-professional teams that are getting big crowds and for the most part those Teams that are big draws like the Annapolis's and the Vermont Greens, they've been restrained in those, you know, the public outcry for, hey, you guys should go pro if you're getting 10,000 folks out to your games, this, that, and the other.

And then it's interesting to see this other approach where they're like, we're getting thousands of people here.

Let's have them go for it.

yeah i mean the game that was on right after that uh st louis and fc dallas st louis was up three to one with uh with 10 minutes left and playing at home, you know, they made several subs.

Shout out to Zach Zenge, by the way, who made his MLS debut, former Vermont Green player.

They made some subs maybe a little early, maybe a little too comfortable up 3-1.

They gave up two goals in the last 10 minutes.

Um, you know, but, like, I've talked to, I've talked to a lot of coaches, like, you know, I- I've talked to Abby Carcillo who, who was the head, uh, women's coach, uh, y- you know, at Boston College.

Um, and I, and I've talked to Chris Taylor, uh, who, who was the head coach for Vermont Green, and, and he said that, like, when you, when you're playing a team that plays, that, that plays a low block that doesn't typically play in a low block, one of the hardest things to do is to prepare for that team and to prepare for that low block in two or three days, right?

Mm-hmm.

So when they're coming off the Brentford game and they're playing, they're playing a team that wants to sit back, I, I, I don't think Charlton completely sat back, um, in, into a, you know, into a, a-

In 2025, Vermont is the king of soccer.

And the Vermont Green win their first ever USL 2 title.

And Green is the color of victory once again in Burlington, Vermont.

Hey, it's United Green Podcast back again.

I don't know what Tyson's got on tap for tonight.

Maybe he's got some real bangers.

But, you know, basically that's where Vermont Green, you know, finds itself at this moment.

Coach Taylor took over as head coach in 2025 in Atlanta.