00:00And Galaxy is starting to little by little climb up in the standing.
00:04So I'm going to give you, since your team is doing better now, you get to talk about Galaxy first,
00:10Nick.
00:10So talk to me. What is changing con los Marcianos?
00:14Yes. So when you say we're doing better, let's be clear, we're not doing better than you guys for our
00:19viewers out there.
00:20You guys are still sitting pretty comfortable going into the playoffs.
00:23Yes, you coach a lot of turbulence. We are still tooth and nail trying to hold on to get into
00:28the playoffs
00:29and stay in that position. We're a game ahead.
00:33So the teams that are above us have played less teams than us.
00:36So I'm not by any means pumped right now because we are on the cusp sitting in eighth place.
00:41We have to see what happens. To answer your question, though, how did we get better?
00:45Well, Marciano, I don't think you could have done worse than the last season.
00:51So there was only up from there.
00:53So the reason that we're doing better is a lot of key signings.
00:56And a lot of key signings that were injured in the beginning of our season, we've had horrible luck with
01:02injuries.
01:02We've been rife with injuries.
01:03Those players have come back and continued to sort of be solid rocks.
01:08Zhao Klaus has found the net numerous times for us and saved our behinds numerous times so far.
01:13So it's a little bit of both.
01:15We've come back from a lot of injuries that were plaguing us and these new signings that are absolutely doing
01:19wonders for us.
01:21Sorry to jinx it, but Chucky came in.
01:23I'm glad that he was great for us.
01:25He had a lot to prove.
01:26He was branded as this diva at San Diego that nobody could get along with in the locker room.
01:31Whether that's true or not, who knows?
01:32We're not going to get into that.
01:34I don't think it's a lie, but we'll see.
01:36But he came to Galaxy with something to prove and show that he's not a diva.
01:39And he came to play.
01:40And he did well.
01:41And unfortunately got called up by Mexico.
01:44And now he's injured.
01:46So I don't know.
01:47I don't know what that's going to mean for us.
01:49It's like we have this curse on us.
01:52Maybe it's a rite of passage for every Galaxy player to injure themselves.
01:57It's the Fui-ish curse.
01:58The curse of Fui-ish.
01:59I don't know what it is.
02:01But yeah, man.
02:02So that's where we're at with the Galaxy.
02:04I'm hoping.
02:04I'm hoping.
02:05We're right on the cusp.
02:06But how are you feeling, man?
02:07Because some of the things that I'm seeing with LAFC, I wonder how much of it is systemic with the
02:12players and how much it is just the coach.
02:14Mark Dos Santos is, like, getting all of this, like, pressure on him.
02:18People being like, he's not making Sonny do what he needs to do.
02:21Or he's not making whatever.
02:22Hoanga's been solid for you guys.
02:23So what's the problem?
02:24Is Sonny not, like, able to plug into the team as well as we thought he is?
02:28Is he too old?
02:29Is it a coaching problem?
02:31What is it?
02:32I think it's a lack of identity.
02:33I think that the team is going through a transition.
02:36It is hard to ask from Sonny and it's hard to ask from Buanga and from, you know, the OGs,
02:42Palencia, El Segura, dude, to perform at their best when the squad is rotating so much.
02:50So quick.
02:51And the league in general.
02:52That's why sometimes, you know, that's why I wonder.
02:55Because I hear the same complaints on the Galaxy side that, like, Latino fans have been left behind.
02:59And you hit us with, you make a big deal about the Beckhams, the Ibrahimovic's.
03:03It's like, hold on, hold on, hold on.
03:04What about the Campos?
03:05What about, like, the people who are supporting the club?
03:07Otemo Blanco, Diablo Echeverry, Chicharito.
03:11It's not a lack of Latino, but we look at who's supporting these clubs.
03:15Look, go to any game, an LAFC game, go to a Galaxy game.
03:18Who's got the tifos?
03:19Who's singing?
03:20Who's out there, like, screaming?
03:22It's Latinos.
03:23Without Latinos, you wouldn't have a Galaxy.
03:24You wouldn't have an LAFC.
03:26But at the same time, I wonder, how does that need to translate to the names on the jerseys on
03:32the pitch?
03:33How much are we going to require that there is, let's say, and how do you even gauge what equal
03:37representation is in terms of players and the fan base?
03:40That's really hard to do, especially when you have these quick turnarounds.
03:43And so I sometimes wonder, this isn't the, this isn't Liga de Mexique.
03:46This isn't Chivas, where you can just be like, we're going to be this, and this is going to be
03:50our identity.
03:51And we're going to do all Mexicans, yes.
03:52But here, it's just like, it's different.
