195. Swift City Soccer Show | Charlotte FC 3 – Columbus Crew 1

[upbeat music] Welcome to the Mint City Soccer Show, or should I say the Swift City Soccer Show, 'cause it's, uh, it's been me past couple of episodes, and it's gonna be me again.

Uh, so I'm gonna say whatever I want, and I have, I have a lot to say this episode.

Oh, Matt.

Uh.

Whoops.

Yeah.

Wait, what?

Oh.

Oh.

We're, we're right here, dude.

We're literally-

Oh.

[can opening]

I'm just cracking a beer.

Like, what are we doing?

Oh.

Oh, um.

Like it's-

[laughs]

We're ready.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Sorry, I, I thought this was just gonna be...

I thought this was gonna be Swift City Soccer Show.

Um, welcome back, guys.

I think we-

He's trying to take over.

[laughs]

I definitely think we need to make that a logo for this episode, is the Swift City Soccer Show.

[laughs] Swift City.

[laughs] That doesn't even make any sense.

[laughs]

Swift City.

Um-

It's fine.

But no, welcome, welcome back.

I got lonely doing the show without you guys.

I had to figure out how to plug my microphone back in tonight, so-

[laughs]

... that was a fun experience.

[laughs] It just shows you how long it's been.

No, it's, it's good to be back, man.

Uh, thanks for holding down the fort for us.

I know me and Corey had a birthday the same day.

We did not plan that.

And then travel.

[laughs]

But our parents did.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Just wanna be clear.

We didn't plan it.

12 months apart.

But our parents totally planned that.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Um, so you know, we had birthday travels, and then I had beach travels and work, so glad to be back here local.

Think we've got a lot to talk about, as you kinda segued into, but-

Mm-hmm

...

Corey, it's good to see you again, and Swift, good to see you again.

Good to see y'all.

Happy to be back.

Yeah.

I don't, I don't know what to do now, Gus, so you're gonna have to take over because-

It's all good.

[laughs]

I had, I had a whole thing and now y'all are here.

[laughs]

I mean, we could just sit back and let you just, you know-

[laughs]

... read, read your thing again.

I'm just joking.

I don't think you-

[laughs] That, that would be even, even more weird, 'cause let me tell you, it is, it is so strange to do the show yourself and not have anybody to, like, really talk to, so, uh, it's probably our listeners are also very thankful that you guys are back.

[laughs]

Eh, I don't know if they're excited to see me back, but it's okay.

We'll, we'll see.

Too soon to tell.

But I will say, regardless of how they felt about it, like yeah, doing a monologue for 30 minutes about soccer is not, is no easy feat, so like kudos to you for, for carrying the team for a couple weeks there.

That was, that's-

Oof

... not messing around.

Yeah.

And for those on YouTube, I just gave Matt a round of applause.

So, um, thanks Matt for, for [laughs] everything you did.

But, uh, yeah, Swift, I think we've got lots to talk about since we've last did the show either together, but also since you had your monologue for, for soccer.

But, uh, let's dig into, uh, I, I mean, what, Leagues Cup first? You wanna kinda recap that, how you're feeling? Kinda talk about how Leagues Cup went for, for Charlotte FC.