I get the reasons why he may be going, but I've always had time for Beita. He was pretty solid down the stretch, especially after coming back from the lacerated pancreas injury.
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Beita was a battler and solid on both sides of the ball. Hasler would be a substantial downgrade defensively IMO.
I hate to see him go but oh well. Good luck to him. He seems like a decent guy. I guess he decided to go for more money (assuming) and being close to home since he is from California. For that he had to leave a championship team that could repeat and even do well in CCL for an expansion team if he goes to LAFC. I guess it depends what he is in it for at this point in his career. More glory or a paycheck closer to home.
Can't really blame him. Won a championship, now he can go play close to home for probably more money. Wish him well.
I'd be careful with these geographic stereotypes.
Europe and South America are pretty similar, with a wide distribution of teams and fan bases.
Vazquez proved himself at Brugge, a place that nobody would rate as a soccer hotbed.
Bring Fraser Aird home.
Am I wrong, aren’t there dozens of out of contract players in Serie A or B available? Seba isn’t the only outstanding Italian player from those leagues who could step in to fill Beit’s shoes.
If it fits under our salary limitations/structure, he would be serviceable.
I would even put in my 2 cents that we should take a look at Mark Bloom as well. He was useful when he played here on the right side and he would fit in Mannings' idea of being 18 deep for our roster this coming year. Easily he could be inserted in the Canadian Championship and probably 7-10 starts in MLS games to keep guys fresh for CCL and the rest of the year.
Hasler
Aird
Bloom
for the right hand side looks like good depth to me. 1 more so offensive-minded (for 3-5-2), one defensive-minded (for 3-5-2), and a natural Right Back that has played our 4-4-2 system before.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/mls/f...tfc-sign-lafc/
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TFC made Beitashour a contract offer, but he turned it down as it would have meant taking a pay cut.TFC went to great lengths to keep Beitashour, but the club’s salary cap situation made it difficult to re-sign him, especially with players getting a bump in pay from their championship bonuses. Ideally, the Reds would have spent Targeted Allocation Money to pay down his salary cap hit, but under league rules they aren’t allowed to do so on a player in Beitashour’s salary range.
TFC have to be right against the cap already, or somewhere close. You still need min 150k in cap space for a TAM signing
I am pretty sure the plan is to at least bring him in the pre-season to fight for a contract. Expect the same with Spencer, Camargo and Endoh if they don't move elsewhere before like Aubrey did. Pretty much they will be up against draft picks, potential TFC2 grads for the last 4-5 spots on the roster.
I think this sets us up nicely for my theory that we're spending our new TAM on a RWB.
I had a strong feeling Beita was going to leave for LAFC. I figured they'd throw bigger money at him to lure him there (and you certainly can't blame him if it would've meant a paycut to stay here). There's a huge Persian population in California that I'm sure they want to promote to (not that that's the only reason – he's a great player, obviously – but it is a sound marketing move).
Its official, just letting you guys know ;)... not like its mentioned officially but it is i know my key source HAHA. Wont say any details.
He is an amazing human being. Happy for him and hope all success. Will indeed miss him in toronto
Mike Petrasso on a free anyone?
http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/q...nues-two-leave