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He's the youngest player to score a brace in Charlotte FC history, and scored the first-ever goal for Crown Legacy, but Brandon Cambridge's chance to put his stamp on the 2024 season was delayed due to a preseason ankle injury.
Now after 5 months of rehab, Cambridge is back, putting in two recent shifts in NextPro and training with the first team once again. We caught up with him during the Charlotte FC bye week as he prepares to score as many goals as he possibly can in the second half of the MLS Season.
It's for the Crown, Baby!

It's the halfway point of the Charlotte FC season! John Hayes, Daniel Bramlette and Daniel Brackett are at Salud to discuss Sunday's 3-2 win at Atlanta, Liel Abada's brace, Dean Smith's tactics and more from a busy weekend in MLS. Plus, thoughts on the proposed Bank of America Stadium renovation that includes $650 million in taxpayer dollars.

Charlotte FC 0, Philadelphia Union 0...it's five straight Kahlina Sheets but also two straight Nil-Nil draws. Should Charlotte fans feel hopeful? Nervous?? Confident???
We answer that question by listening to the post-game commentary from Dean Smith, Adilson Malanda, and Liel Abada, and trying to read between the lines a little bit.

It's Decoding the Presser and it's For the Crown, Baby!

It's a Two Dannys Edition of the show as we breakdown Charlotte FC's fourth clean sheet in a row hosting LA Galaxy, and we'll also take a look at MLS as a whole, with highlights of a stellar individual performance north of the border, and a crazy comeback win for the best team in the West, Real Salt Lake.

We'll dig into both conference tables and give Brams some room to explore one of his bonkers conspiracy theories...and we might even go a little global at the end of the episode and let Brackett have a few minutes to say goodbye to his beloved Jurgen Klopp.

The scope of the show has expanded, and it's still For the Crown, Baby

It's a Very Special Episode of the show as Danny welcomes in Bridget McCall of the Queen's Pitch for a collab to recap the Crown's 1-0 win at Chicago in the midweek. Westwood's Banger brought home the 3 points and secured a 3-match win streak, with some massive assistance from Kristijan Kahlina's two big stoppage time saves.
We talk about it all and hear from Deano & Westy with their reactions to everything that happened, with some special insight from Bridget who just so happens to be texting buddies with Our Captain. It's always great when you can win without putting on your best performance, and we'll evaluate where this result has put the Crown in the MLS Eastern Conference Table.
This one also features some reaction to Ben Bender's spectacular 45 minute appearance for Crown Legacy in a rehab stint, we'll hear from Bender as well as get Bridget's take on having been at that match....and we'll even take a few minutes to preview the next game which hits fast and furious in this DGW, as LA Galaxy returns to the Fortress for the first time since our inaugural home match.
It's For the Crown, Baby!

It's a match preview, Decoding the Presser style!
Dean Smith gets reflective ahead of the Crown's first Double Game Week of the Season, and a Wednesday night trip to the Windy City to face the flailing Chicago Fire.
This presser was light on actual discussion of the upcoming opponent, but Dean did get several probing questions that let him expound on some of his philosophical concepts about the game...plus Ben Bender gets a shoutout for his baking skills!
Let's Decode, Baby!!