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Baggio2TFC
07-12-2010, 09:17 PM
WOW!!!
http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/07/13/2022826/barcelonas-rafael-marquez-could-join-thierry-henry-at-new

Pachuco
07-12-2010, 09:18 PM
But I read that Soler interview a few days ago and he specifically said they were targetting a midfielder. Was he trying to throw everyone off?

Rudi
07-12-2010, 09:19 PM
Freddie Ljungberg is a midfielder.

flatpicker
07-12-2010, 09:27 PM
What's is going on in NY?

I smell a rat!
And his name is Garber!

Rudi
07-12-2010, 09:35 PM
Huh?

Nodoubtguy
07-12-2010, 09:36 PM
3DP spots are allowed.......we could do it here too

Azerban
07-12-2010, 09:37 PM
a team going out and spending money on big names? seems suspicious, don't know any owners around here that'd do that...

Canary Canuck
07-12-2010, 10:30 PM
But I read that Soler interview a few days ago and he specifically said they were targetting a midfielder. Was he trying to throw everyone off?

He plays mid for Mexico and would definitely play mid for New York

Pachuco
07-12-2010, 10:38 PM
He plays mid for Mexico and would definitely play mid for New York

That's more then stretching it. He's a CB for Mexico too, although he likes to push himself into a holding midfielder role more often on the national team. But if you were going to label him, you'd label him as a defender.

SiguenzaFC
07-13-2010, 08:41 AM
They already have 3 DP's with Henry soooo... its bullshit or someone is getting canned or traded

rocker
07-13-2010, 08:44 AM
Henry would be the second DP, with 1 DP slot left. They only have 1 DP right now -- Juan Pablo Angel.
They had 2 DPs at one point.. Angel and Claudio Reyna (who TFC fans had an amazing sign for once.......). But Reyna flamed out.

EDIT...

here's that classic sign

http://wvhooligan.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hasbeenup0.jpg

Brooker
07-13-2010, 10:31 AM
there's even talk about Freddie leaving Seattle for NYRB to play with Henry.



He revealed that the player of interest is a midfielder, who could man a number of positions on the field.

“I think it’s more than 50-50,” Soler said of whether a third designated player, the mystery midfielder, would be signed.
If the Red Bulls can lure him to New York, it would involve the DP candidate parting ways with his current club as Soler confirmed that his target is “not out of contract.”http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/soler-confirms-nyrb-hot-pursuit-third-dp

or it could be JDG. :D

rocker
07-13-2010, 10:39 AM
Freddie L loves Hans Backe apparently. When NYRB signed Backe, Freddie L said he had wanted him to coach Sweden before.

Yohan
07-13-2010, 11:07 AM
curious when does the trade that chivas traded for guevara in exchange for DP slot for NYRB runs out. does this mean technically NY can have 4 DPs?

razor787
07-13-2010, 11:37 AM
Nope. Teams are allowed 3, and the DP trading has been taken out.

twistedchinaman
07-13-2010, 10:43 PM
curious when does the trade that chivas traded for guevara in exchange for DP slot for NYRB runs out. does this mean technically NY can have 4 DPs?



Each teams have two Designated Player spots, and they can no longer trade their Designated Player spots. The New York Red Bulls (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Red_Bulls) will receive $70,000 in allocation money in return for the nullification of their 2007 trade with Chivas USA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.D._Chivas_USA) for an additional Designated Player spot. This means that both New York and Chivas USA will both have two Designated Player spots for the 2010 season.

Surprised that the Goat Curries didn't get anything in return...

Shakes McQueen
07-14-2010, 02:46 AM
That's more then stretching it. He's a CB for Mexico too, although he likes to push himself into a holding midfielder role more often on the national team. But if you were going to label him, you'd label him as a defender.

I agree. Marquez is primarily a defender. Marquez is a midfielder, in the same way Jimmy B was a right-back.

- Scott