Miami vs. Cincinnati & LAFC's MLS Cup Chances Discussed

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00:00My friends, let's start with the most obvious of the games and the one that we can just get out of the way quickly.

00:06Miami versus Cincinnati.

00:08I hope Cincinnati continues to be that dominant team and give them a second year without a championship.

00:16Nick, do you think that Messi single-handedly, along with the little help that the Paul is providing,

00:21is going to have enough to beat Cincinnati?

00:25I definitely think they have what it takes to beat Cincinnati.

00:28When you watch Inter-Miami play, as much pain as it brings, I think all of us here,

00:35they are a well-oiled, well-tuned machine.

00:38They win, they score, they pass with such ease.

00:42They dissect with such ease.

00:43And I just see them going through Cincinnati on to the next round.

00:47I don't know.

00:47What do you guys think?

00:49I mean, they have Messi, right?

00:52Yeah.

00:52You can't go wrong with that.

00:53But on the other hand, you get Cincinnati, the supporters' show winner,

00:56the team that has been consistently on top.

00:59And I do see Cincinnati, you know, beating Miami.

01:03I know everybody wants Miami to advance, and everybody wants Messi to win that MLS Cup,

01:07but it's not going to happen.

01:09I feel it.

01:10I see it.

01:10Cincinnati's a great, great team that is going to overplay Miami,

01:14not for one particular reason.

01:16It's that it's one game only.

01:18See, I think I'm being a journalist about it.

01:21You guys want Miami to go about as far as I want LAFC to go.

01:26That's what it is.

01:27I think that's what it is.

01:27I love the segue.

01:30Now that we talked our piece about Miami, let's talk about the black and gold.

01:35My friend, the only LA team in contention for the MLS Cup, Nick.

01:41I don't know what to tell you.

01:42But the reality is that in front of them we have Vancouver that we all,

01:46throughout the whole season, me particularly, I don't want to, you know.

01:52Vancouver from the beginning was one of my candidates to win this Cup.

01:56They have been increasingly, season after season for the last five years,

02:00improving, and I believe that they're going to be

02:03un hueso duro de roger for black and gold.

02:05Chiba, you were the expert on all things black and gold.

02:08Break it down for us.

02:09I mean, I know the odds are in favor of Vancouver.

02:12And, of course, you know, they have the better record.

02:14They're going to play at home.

02:15But LAFC has two players that are changing the dynamics of MLS.

02:20Buanga with the speed, with Sonny next to him.

02:24He's 10 goals in 10 games.

02:26He just came to take over MLS.

02:28And that's one of the main reasons why I think LAFC is going to advance over Vancouver.

02:32But, yeah, they're a great team.

02:34They have Mueller.

02:35You know, he's such a great player that has brought the level of their team up.

02:40But we also have Sonny, a player that comes in and joins a team that was already, yeah,

02:45engrasadito to make a difference.

02:47And I believe, not because I go for LAFC, because I see the way they're playing.

02:52I see them advancing and making the MLS Cup.

02:54One of the most interesting connections in this game is Tristan Blackmon, defender of the year

03:01and former player of the Black and Gold.

03:04He had all of his development pretty much.

03:07He learned it all from Bob El Constructor, Bob Bradley, when he was the coach for LAFC.

03:13And Tristan Blackmon was, you know, one of those players that little by little got a lot of minutes.

03:17Then he went back to Vancouver and really blossomed into this top defender.

03:21Now, if you asked me five years ago if Tristan Blackmon was going to be one day the defender of the year,

03:27I would have a laugh in your face.

03:29I'm glad that he improved that much.

03:31And now he's, you know, in the path of becoming a legendary player for this

03:35and also getting national team call-ups.

03:37There we go.

03:38Now it's time for us to finish this segment.

03:40But we can go without our predictions.

03:42Nick, who takes it all?

03:44Takes it all?

03:44Cinderella story.

03:46San Diego FC.

03:47I love it, my friend.

03:48Chiba.

03:49LUC.

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