South African international winger Elrio van Heerden (29), on trial at Sporting KC.
http://www.kickoff.com/news/31476/el...ng-kansas-city
South African international winger Elrio van Heerden (29), on trial at Sporting KC.
http://www.kickoff.com/news/31476/el...ng-kansas-city
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/11/...-transfer.html
Roger Espinoza set for medical at Wigan. Huge loss for KC
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/11/...-san-jose.html
SJ declines option on couple of players, incl Ike Opara
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/11/...-and-more.html
Columbus declines option on Will Hesmer, Julius James, Sebastian Miranda, etc. Miranda is a solid MLS right back worth a look
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://translate.google.com/translat...ulo_48360.html
Luis Fabiano to MLS?
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
they also released Tchani. He'd be worth a lookOriginally Posted by Yohan
Calling Ensco. Come in Ensco.they also released Tchani. He'd be worth a look
"Failure simply isn't an option at this stage. TFC pushed its chips to the middle of the table when it splurged on Bradley and Defoe and reinforced its bet by making savvy acquisitions elsewhere. This collection of players is capable of delivering on the promises made during the close season. There are no more excuses available for TFC. Only success will continue the process of atoning for the past and establishing a higher standard for the future." FOX Sports
Sign sign sign.Calling Ensco. Come in Ensco.
The best midfielder of the modern era.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/11/...nambucano.html
Juninho Pernambucano to NYRB? One of best free kick takers ever...
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/11/...feilhaber.html
Revs cut Benny Feihaber. huge salary but good playmaker
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Huge deals coming down the pipe as per Ives...
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/...up-roster.html
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Wow, Will Johnson getting traded for nothing but allocation money.
- Scott
“Heroism breaks its heart, and idealism its back, on the intransigence of the credulous and the mediocre, manipulated by the cynical and the corrupt.” ~Christopher Hitchens
So, RSL have cap issues, so they trade their best players for Allocation money. Makes sense really... except that the team trading for them is RBNY. If RSL doesn't have the cap room for these players, than how on earth does RBNY have the cap room AND allocation money left over to trade for them? Have they released some expensive players recently?
It also makes me sad that Johnson is going to Portland
Last edited by Ajax TFC; 12-02-2012 at 07:10 PM.
Makes the Hassli deal look that much worse.
More shocked to see Olave moved. Wow ... he would be the answer to a lot of problems here.
Not that many stud CBs in MLS. Must be related to his contract situation.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
also questions about his injury proneness and losing speed with age.
not quite buying into NYRB conspiracy theory yet pending on what trades they announce to make cap room/allocation money, but fishy...
Will Johnson is a nice to have, but a luxury in TFC's case, because of his relatively high cap hit (almost 250k) hit
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
now Rafa Marquez rumoured to Columbus.
I don't know what's going to happen tmrw, but it sure is going to be interesting
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I'm pissed TFC didn't get in on the Johnson sale, he would have been perfect here. But I'll give the benefit of the doubt to management until I see what moves they have lined up.
at 250k, Will Johnson isn't worth it. apparently he's eyeing towards Europe too..
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.soccerbyives.net/2012/12/...oper-deal.html
Kenny Cooper on the trade block. And no, TFC can't afford him and his 500k salary, despite buckets of goals he scored this year
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^ I would have to disagree. Johnson is exactly the type of gritty, hard-working midfielder that this team sorely needs. You can see from the reaction of RSL fans how much he meant to them. 250k is expensive, but to me the priority should be on getting quality MLS players to build around with young prospects and DP's. And TFC has a severe lack of quality MLS players - especially in midfield.
where would you stick WJ in Mariner's flat 4-4-2? WJ has never been really productive on the wings for RSL. DM? Probably best position for him in a 4-4-2 with his work rate and never say die attitude but his positioning is not the greatest. Plus with Frings returning, would you spend 250k on a back up?
TFC needs a good passer for more offensive CM, and WJ is not the guy. Even Avila and Silva are better passers than WJ. Certainly not the deep lying playmaker role that Mariner likely is looking for.
With 250k, you can get a good MLS starter at 150-175k plus a quality depth at 75-100k. Is WJ worth a starter and a good depth?
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2012/1...york-red-bulls
"The Portland Timbers will be on the receiving end of one large trade from Real Salt Lake in the form of Will Johnson the 25 year old Canadian International, a source with knowledge of the situation has told Stumptown Footy. Our source states that Johnson chose Portland out of a number of other MLS teams including the Vancouver Whitecaps, which would have probably made more sense to him."
This report claims Johnson hand picked Portland... Not much Toronto could do if that is the case.
On the left, let him play box-to-box and free up Morgan to make overlapping runs. I think you're underrating him, he's a good player.
just not worth 250k cap hit. his numbers for RSL isn't very good either.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/will-johnson
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^ But he's never going to be a numbers guy, so it's largely irrelevant. That's just not the characteristic of his role.
I'd pay 250k for a domestic player who supports play all over the field. He'll make a lot of other players look better through his own work and improve our defensive shape a lot.
Ask RSL fans how they feel about his numbers. He's overpaid, no doubt, but I'd rather overpay for proven above-average MLS talent than paying a premium for mediocre Europeans (Ecks, O'Dea). This offseason should focus on improving the talent level on this team. Bringing in someone who can play all over the midfield and make his team better would have been a good start.
True. Hopefully Toronto was at least one of the teams that put in an offer.
Will Johnson is not an above average MLS midfielder. He's average, with stamina and durability that's above average and that's it. Certainly not as good as other box to box CMs like Jaime Castrillon or Roger Espinoza, Jeff Lawrentowicz
I think a lot of Canadians overrate him just because he's Canadian...
Last edited by Yohan; 12-03-2012 at 11:21 PM.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I agree!
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