TFC 2013 general player moves/speculation/etc.

[SKB]

Ok, Payne said he wanted 4 signings: Defense, 2 Midfielders and a Striker. So we have the defender and one midfielder. Both good pick ups but not knock your socks off kind of stuff. Both should improve our service into the box from both sides. However, we really need to add some creativity with another mf and a striker is a must. We definitely need a good striker now, but the problem is every club in the world is looking for the young striker. In the short term I think Urritti is still a target. Also with the recent noise on twitter I am now betting they will get Urritti. Let's see what happens in the next 7 days.

[69Chevy396]

thats it?? there have been numbers like 2 million for 70%...

$500k? Thats what mlse pays some leafs players to stay at home

[BuSaPuNk]

Athough I don't think Dempsey is coming here, I don't agree that he needs to stay in Europe to stay in the USMNT. I actually don't think it would have any impact at all on his US selection - there are many US players who play in the MLS and that doesn't hurt their selection. If Dempsey came to the MLS it would probably improve their overall planning for the world cup next year, the more players that are together on a regular basis the better for the US.

No but the guys that are on there B team are mostly the MLS guys. There going to play the European based players more. There really who there taking to Brazil. Klinnsmann is going to want his top guys to play in a top leauge to get on a good run going into Brazil.

[markie8002000]

Ok, Payne said he wanted 4 signings: Defense, 2 Midfielders and a Striker. So we have the defender and one midfielder. Both good pick ups but not knock your socks off kind of stuff. Both should improve our service into the box from both sides. However, we really need to add some creativity with another mf and a striker is a must. We definitely need a good striker now, but the problem is every club in the world is looking for the young striker. In the short term I think Urritti is still a target. Also with the recent noise on twitter I am now betting they will get Urritti. Let's see what happens in the next 7 days.

With reguards to Urruti I tweeted the guy who reported this stuff in 1st place I talked to him in spanish... Never got much of an answer but here it is : Toronto is interested in the player. But still belongs to Newells, has a solve continuity / output mainly.

[Alonso]

With reguards to Urruti I tweeted the guy who reported this stuff in 1st place I talked to him in spanish... Never got much of an answer but here it is : Toronto is interested in the player. But still belongs to Newells, has a solve continuity / output mainly.

Does this mean anything in any language?

This is why the end of civilization is inevitable.

No one can write a proper sentence anymore.

[markie8002000]

It didn't much sense out of it at all confused really... Only knew we were interested

[Alonso]

It didn't much sense out of it at all

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[BuSaPuNk]

So apparently Dempsey is on a flight to Seattle. Now is it just me but wouldn't he have to go through the allocation coming back to the US? Does Seattle hold the allocation?

[Ivy]

So apparently Dempsey is on a flight to Seattle. Now is it just me but wouldn't he have to go through the allocation coming back to the US? Does Seattle hold the allocation?

Portland does. Seattle would trade their space needle if they have to...

[BuSaPuNk]

Now call me crazy but if this is going down, Portland isn't going to give that pick up period. Doesn't matter what Seattle gives them.

[Alonso]

So apparently Dempsey is on a flight to Seattle. Now is it just me but wouldn't he have to go through the allocation coming back to the US? Does Seattle hold the allocation?

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player Signed	Player Nation	Previous Club	Club Nation	Ref
1	Toronto FC
2	Portland Timbers
3	Seattle Sounders FC
4	New England Revolution
5	Philadelphia Union
6	Colorado Rapids
7	FC Dallas
8	Montreal Impact
9	Columbus Crew
10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
11	Chicago Fire
12	Real Salt Lake
13	New York Red Bulls
14	Sporting Kansas City
15	San Jose Earthquakes
16	Chivas USA	July 1, 2013	Carlos Bocanegra	United States	Rangers	Scotland	[1]
17	D.C. United	February 20, 2013	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	Municipal	Guatemala	[2]
18	Houston Dynamo
19	Los Angeles Galaxy

Chivas USA originally had the No. 2 ranking and Portland the No. 3 ranking, but the teams traded rankings on December 12, 2012.^[7]
Chivas USA traded the No. 3 ranking to Seattle Sounders FC in the Shalrie Joseph trade on February 19, 2013. It was also reported that Seattle sent the No. 15 allocation ranking to Chivas USA as part of the deal, although Seattle appeared to have owned the No. 16 selection and not the No. 15 selection.<sup>[8]




I think this means that we still have the first Rank.... but I thought we traded it for allocation for Chivas to get Bocanegra....


It's only Wiki, so not a great source unless you are Mariner.</sup>

[dantdot]

tim90....

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can you doune me attacking DP

[BuSaPuNk]

Nope we traded it to Chivas. Portland has it lmao no way they trade Seattle

Original Ranking	Club	Date Allocation Used	Player Signed	Player Nation	Previous Club	Club Nation	Ref
1	Toronto FC
2	Portland Timbers
3	Seattle Sounders FC
4	New England Revolution
5	Philadelphia Union
6	Colorado Rapids
7	FC Dallas
8	Montreal Impact
9	Columbus Crew
10	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
11	Chicago Fire
12	Real Salt Lake
13	New York Red Bulls
14	Sporting Kansas City
15	San Jose Earthquakes
16	Chivas USA	July 1, 2013	Carlos Bocanegra	United States	Rangers	Scotland	[1]
17	D.C. United	February 20, 2013	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	Municipal	Guatemala	[2]
18	Houston Dynamo
19	Los Angeles Galaxy

Chivas USA originally had the No. 2 ranking and Portland the No. 3 ranking, but the teams traded rankings on December 12, 2012.^[7]
Chivas USA traded the No. 3 ranking to Seattle Sounders FC in the Shalrie Joseph trade on February 19, 2013. It was also reported that Seattle sent the No. 15 allocation ranking to Chivas USA as part of the deal, although Seattle appeared to have owned the No. 16 selection and not the No. 15 selection.<sup>[8]




I think this means that we still have the first Rank.... but I thought we traded it for allocation for Chivas to get Bocanegra....


It's only Wiki, so not a great source unless you are Mariner.</sup>

[Alonso]

Nope we traded it to Chivas. Portland has it lmao no way they trade Seattle

My comments got lost in the article...

Basically I was saying that Wiki seems to be wrong.

Yeah Portland seems to have pole position at the moment.

[BuSaPuNk]

I doubt it happens anyways. 7 million contract at Spurs. Seattle would have to pay probably 10-15 million transfer fee.

[Alonso]

can you doune me attacking DP

Cheers!

[ag futbol]

So million dollar question: this squad, as is, where would it finish with a full year of MLS play?

In other words, have we improved yet?

[OgtheDim]

Drew Carey would have to actually go back to work if they want Dempsey.

[Alonso]

So million dollar question: this squad, as is, where would it finish with a full year of MLS play?

In other words, have we improved yet?

I think our plumbers have improved.

I don't think we have improved our 3-4 stars that will make this team tick... maybe Laba can be considered 1 of the 4 stars that we need.

Koevermans and Earnshaw could certainly be considered piece 2 and 3, but they aren't playing and don't seem likely to rekindle their previous form at this point.

IF... we get these two guys healthy, and we sign 2 creative attacking guys in the midfield and striker positions then we might consider ourselves improved.


Basically in my opinion we have improved our salary structure and the plumbers on our team which are the guys who really make or break an MLS team but who can't carry one into the playoffs or reach any sustained level of success.


This team as is would finish 7-8 in the east. ( it's really hard to say though since we have Brockie for a loan and he is a key cog at the moment)

[ag futbol]

I just get the feeling we can do better than Brockie. Nothing against the guy, mabye he'll break out with some more experience, but I'm just a little underwhelmed.

[Alonso]

I just get the feeling we can do better than Brockie. Nothing against the guy, mabye he'll break out with some more experience, but I'm just a little underwhelmed.

Yeah we could do better than Brockie... but we aren't. And when he leaves, and if Koevs or Earnshaw aren't ready, we will suck even more.

[Marc"2L"]

It was mentioned by the first person who brought up the whole thing about Dempsey, that these types of deals aren't affected by silly things like rules.

[Ivy]

Go to sleep friends, tomorrow TFC will announce Urruti

[mowe]

Biggest holes on the team are at striker and attacking mid. Koef is gone for sure next year and probably Earnshaw too unless he starts scoring some goals. We desperately need some quality up front. That's why I'm very interested to see who Payne is targeting as DPs because we need two quality forwards.

[Alonso]

Go to sleep friends, tomorrow TFC will announce Urruti

I love your misplaced enthusiasm!

@ I feel like we are long lost kin.

[dantdot]

Go to sleep friends, tomorrow TFC will announce Urruti

In some alternate universe, Urruti and Forlan meet eyes with a suspicious rollerblader outside BMO after signing their contracts.

[Richard]

I think its safe to say we have another 8 more days of pressing F5.

[ag futbol]

Yeah we could do better than Brockie... but we aren't. And when he leaves, and if Koevs or Earnshaw aren't ready, we will suck even more.

But that's right now suck, I am concerned about future suck

[barticusz]

Just listened to Elmer's interview on tfc.ca. Like the sound of this guy.. defender first but loves to push forward on the attack and get crosses in. Looking forward to the competition this will bring to our l and r backs.

[khso11]

Im sure that KP and RN would not waste a international spot for a random player, I've pure confidence on this guy (Elmer). Hopefully he can play on Sunday.