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dantdot
12-12-2010, 02:59 PM
Posted on Bigsoccer yesterday. Hadn't seen it here yet.

http://www.solodeportes.com.ve/2010/12/39031/toronto-fc-interesado-en-richard-blanco/

Also lists other players MLS scouts were looking at earlier in the season.

BeerBaron95
12-12-2010, 03:03 PM
TRANSLATED:

Caracas-Toronto FC have inquired Petare about the guaireño striker, who has recovered from a viral illness and would be available 100% to face Táchira.

Early in the season, came some of MLS scouts (scouts, say the Americans) to see some players of Deportivo Petare, including Diomar Diaz, Felix Casseres and Richard Blanco.

Scouts seemed quite pleased of the performance of these players, although the strength of the attacker guaireño hit them. The Canadian group Toronto FC was interested in the "airplane" and knock on the door of the parish.

CretanBull
12-12-2010, 03:07 PM
^thank you, I was just going to ask if one of our Spanish speaking members could translate!

BeerBaron95
12-12-2010, 03:09 PM
^thank you, I was just going to ask if one of our Spanish speaking members could translate!

its a word for word translation which might not make complete sense.. but you get the idea lol

BeerBaron95
12-12-2010, 03:14 PM
k fixed it a little to basically how it would read in english

dantdot
12-12-2010, 03:18 PM
After a little googling. The club is Deportivo Petare, used to be called Deportivo Italia. Finished third in their First Division. He's 28 and scored 5 goals in 15 appearances this season(Apertura).

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/105612/richard-blanco?cc=5901

Pachuco
12-12-2010, 03:21 PM
Hmmm...I'm Venezuelan and have no idea who this guy is. I really only follow the Venezuelan teams though who are in Copa Libertadores. He apparantly played. Don't remember him, then again, don't care for his team.

Looks like he's made 1 sub appearance on the national team. I don't know, doesn't look all that promising but sometimes these guys workout so who knows.

ArmenJBX
12-12-2010, 03:25 PM
Yeah, as a Venezuelan I haven't heard of him either.

Carts
12-12-2010, 03:54 PM
^ That's not a good sign if you lads haven't even heard of him...

Brooker
12-12-2010, 03:56 PM
according to wikipedia his workrate looks promising.


Richard Blanco is an American poet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poet).

His work has appeared in The Nation, Ploughshares,[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blanco#cite_note-3) Indiana Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly Review, New England Review, and Americas Review.

CretanBull
12-12-2010, 04:18 PM
Ooooooh.....The Indiana Review!

TFCRegina
12-12-2010, 05:04 PM
according to wikipedia his workrate looks promising.

Lol I thought we were after Gerardo Hernández (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardo_Hern%C3%A1ndez).


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69Chevy396
12-12-2010, 07:16 PM
If TFC signs a Venezuelan I hope it is one of their Ms Universe broads, they have the hottest women on the planet.

ArmenJBX
12-12-2010, 07:17 PM
Mr...Universe...Broads?

Don't.Know.If.Want.

DangerRed
12-12-2010, 07:40 PM
No thanks. No more Pablo Vittis. We should take whatever we'd be willing to pay for this 5-goal-a-season "workhorse" and sign JPA to a one-year deal. Then you'd see some fireworks.

Chevy
12-12-2010, 08:16 PM
^^ But then again Pablo has 14 goals in 32 appearances this year in Peru.

CretanBull
12-12-2010, 08:21 PM
^ but then again, couldn't do shit in the MLS.

Pachuco
12-12-2010, 09:15 PM
No thanks. No more Pablo Vittis. We should take whatever we'd be willing to pay for this 5-goal-a-season "workhorse" and sign JPA to a one-year deal. Then you'd see some fireworks.

So I'm really curious to hear your colerration betwen Vitti and this guy? Is it that both their last names are from ethnic descent? Just don't see the point you are trying to make. TFC should never sign a South American again?

TFCRegina
12-12-2010, 09:59 PM
So I'm really curious to hear your colerration betwen Vitti and this guy? Is it that both their last names are from ethnic descent? Just don't see the point you are trying to make. TFC should never sign a South American again?

Lmao. This.

I hated Vitti when he was here, but I've now seen enough evidence to see that we could have had Lionel Fucking Messi here and he still wouldn't have potted any goals because we lacked the ability to properly deploy our players.

DangerRed
12-13-2010, 12:27 AM
So I'm really curious to hear your colerration betwen Vitti and this guy? Is it that both their last names are from ethnic descent? Just don't see the point you are trying to make. TFC should never sign a South American again?

I love Latin American players. What i don't love is third-string garbage. From anywhere. This is what this guy sounds like. This has nothing to do with signing South Americans. If you think it does, you should check your head since I was advocating signing Juan Pablo Angel over this guy.

UltraSuperMegaMo
12-13-2010, 01:10 AM
Feels good to be linked with some player I've never heard of again, feels like home.

Pigfynn
12-13-2010, 10:07 AM
So I'm really curious to hear your colerration betwen Vitti and this guy? Is it that both their last names are from ethnic descent? Just don't see the point you are trying to make. TFC should never sign a South American again?

People like you are hilarious dude. Do you know what the words you use mean?

An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_(sociology)) of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage), often consisting of a common language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language), a common culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture)

Where in this definition of the word ethnic does it say that ethnic means people from a certain country?

So quick to jump down people's throats because of perceived bias. Calm down.

jloome
12-13-2010, 11:39 AM
So I'm really curious to hear your colerration betwen Vitti and this guy? Is it that both their last names are from ethnic descent? Just don't see the point you are trying to make. TFC should never sign a South American again?

He just said we should sign JPA, who's Colombian. Seriously dude, excited much:D

Pachuco
12-13-2010, 11:52 AM
People like you are hilarious dude. Do you know what the words you use mean?

An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_(sociology)) of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage), often consisting of a common language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language), a common culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture)

Where in this definition of the word ethnic does it say that ethnic means people from a certain country?

So quick to jump down people's throats because of perceived bias. Calm down.

What in the world are you talking about? Your entire post would be valid if Vitti and this guy were from the same country. But since they aren't, ethnicity is the only correlation I could draw between the two players. Try again!

Oh, and who the fuck needs to calm down? I ask a question and you post a bunch of jibberish that in no way relates to the point I was making. Biased? what the fuck does biased have to do with my post?

Pachuco
12-13-2010, 11:57 AM
I love Latin American players. What i don't love is third-string garbage. From anywhere. This is what this guy sounds like. This has nothing to do with signing South Americans. If you think it does, you should check your head since I was advocating signing Juan Pablo Angel over this guy.

I was genuinely asking the question, because the comparisons between Pablo Vitti and this guy are absolutely none other then they are both latin american players. And in case you didn't realize, I was defending Vitti. The guy who came with a pretty darn good resume. If a guy with Vitti's resume came along again your damn right I would take that chance. As for this Venezuelan dude, I agree, his resume sucks, and I wouldn't compare him to Vitti in any way.

Pigfynn
12-13-2010, 12:54 PM
My post was in reference to your use of the term "ethnic descent"

If you meant that they share the same ethnicity, then ok. Everyone's name is of some "ethnic descent" as you've put it. Not just people named Vitti or Blanco. You used that term implying that people from one part of the world are ethnic when in fact that's not what the word means.

You went on to post a ridiculous comment that Danger Red had inferred that he didn't think TFC should ever sign another south american.(were you not implying he had some bias there?)

It was a bad post and I was pointing out your over reaction and poor choice of words.

Derko
12-13-2010, 02:21 PM
^ but then again, couldn't do shit in the MLS.

But then again, neither has JDG, for that matter.
Just food for thought

dantdot
12-13-2010, 02:30 PM
http://www.larepublica.pe/12-12-2010/rodas-jugaria-en-europa

Don't want to start another thread but TFC and Whitecaps offered deals for Gustavo Rodas. Looks like an Argentine midfielder that plays in Peru's First Division. The articles kind of unclear though, I think he favors Europe.

Edit: Someone can rename this thread South American rumors or something.

TOBOR !
12-13-2010, 02:52 PM
I'm not from Venezuela and I've never heard of this guy either.

trane
12-13-2010, 03:12 PM
How about we get a new managment team before we fill up our roster????

prizby
12-13-2010, 03:14 PM
doubt this happens...at most he gets a trial in Bradenton in February...he impresses there, then he gets signed...he won't be signed without having a trial

69Chevy396
12-13-2010, 07:13 PM
One thing I am sure of, after several years of following this club, you can find equally crappy players from anywhere on earth.

carefree_cfc
12-13-2010, 07:16 PM
As a karate expert, I've never heard of this guy either.

jloome
12-13-2010, 07:41 PM
There are better Venezuelan players available in other South American leagues. 5 in 15 at that level? Does not look promising.

They should be looking in Colombia.

poppamidnight
12-14-2010, 11:03 AM
^ but then again, couldn't do shit in the MLS.

I watched him play in Peru...

Don't worry... he still plays the same .... didnt score when I saw him, but from what I gathered, the play is sooo much more scattered than MLS (which already is scattered as is),
hence, "goals" aren't true (aka 'skilled') goals


As for this guy + the past mistakes we've made:
it all depends on the PRICE,

we've been giving out starter-quality salaries to bench guys (Vitti could play here as a good sub - but paying him that much = not worth it)

Milky
12-14-2010, 11:42 AM
Calm down, Pachuco. I believe the comparison was made between this player and Vitti because neither player was well known before coming to TFC. A positive alternative was even suggested in the same post, mentioning JPA, who is also South American.

ag futbol
12-14-2010, 08:18 PM
Calm down, Pachuco. I believe the comparison was made between this player and Vitti because neither player was well known before coming to TFC. A positive alternative was even suggested in the same post, mentioning JPA, who is also South American.
You know that a ton of relatively unknown players have come from south america and made an impact in MLS right?

rocker
12-14-2010, 08:21 PM
and many south american players have failed in MLS too. goes both ways.
i don't think it's necessarily a place where you just sign anybody and he's gonna succeed. too many people on this board tend to think of south america as a goldmine, where you just reach down and pluck great players with ease.

ag futbol
12-14-2010, 08:23 PM
Well no shit. Obviously there is crap just about anywhere you want to look. But there's no denying it's a primary MLS feeder and a source of a lot of talent for this league.

TheKing7
12-14-2010, 08:24 PM
Big soccer also has us linked with Bale, Scholes and Jesus Christ.

SilverSamurai
12-15-2010, 12:53 AM
Big soccer also has us linked with Bale, Scholes and Jesus Christ.
http://www.crazydogtshirts.com/catalog/jesus-saves-soccer-photo.jpg

Huyton
12-15-2010, 06:42 AM
Jesus Christ is a Mexican player:
http://www.dailychilli.com/images/stories/2010/06/08_14/jesusmain.jpg

Ossington Mental Youth
12-15-2010, 09:35 AM
mls rumors (i know, i know) suggests theres quite a few ecuadorians on their way up to the mls, curious to see if theres any headed our way