Drew and Cody discuss their relative elation given the first legitimately positive performance of the season by SKC against the LA Galaxy on the weekend.  We were treated to another vintage Rog performance, as well as Zusi at his best dropping dimes from deep.  Is there reason to be concerned about how SKC can effectively move on from these players?  You can see how important they can be when they play well vs. the other available options.  Will Willy Agada become one of the most lovable SKC players in recent memory?  He is surprisingly good, active, and per his own description, plays simple(but effective).  

Erik Thommy may be the most intriguing signing in some time.  He is obviously very talented and plays the game well, but he's also a very smart player, and seems to be taking on a coaching aspect to his play, urging and communicating with his teammates on where to be to be effective.  But also, we need to talk about that goal.  The quality he has is obvious, but the way he described it was fairly enlightening as well.

At the end, we discuss roster construction and strategy more.  Drew was able to get some info from the SKC stat-master himself, Mike, on both SKC's involvement in the trade market and how that market has shifted in MLS recently.  We discuss how SKC's strategy for allocation money may have hampered their ability to participate in this market as well as whether the COVID-induced pausing of the salary cap increases could have also really hurt SKC's future planning.

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