Originally Posted by
jloome
Tons, man. Just search Wikipedia for "footballer free agent -American"
There are some good names in there.
Cole won't be coming. He's a premier level goal scorer, even if he's getting older, and after the four teams interested in the prem, there are another five or six interested in the championship.
I consider this window a very bad sign. As much as Lieweke is lauded for LA, it was a total fuckup when he was actually involved (read the Beckham experiment); so far, Payne also looks like a remnant of the older league.
There are many, many free agents AND cheaper league players out there we could have obtained in this window. Our reputation outside of MLS is hardly known, so that's not really an issue, particularly with the money available.
This window, so far, has been an abject failure and does not look good on their abilities to scout and close a deal.