so what lays ahead for 2009.....3 1st rounders......do you guys see us trading up to get Scarborough native O'brian.....or do we give the some away for proven talent....possibly some defensive help.
2009 MLS Superdraft
so what lays ahead for 2009.....3 1st rounders......do you guys see us trading up to get Scarborough native O'brian.....or do we give the some away for proven talent....possibly some defensive help.
well if san jose come last we cant trade any further up
one thing mo does right is drafts!
remember
Seattle will have the 1st pick..if im not mistaken.......hopefully work something out with Seattle give them a nice package including some MLS experience players.....to get O'brian....
I think seattle gets the 1st pick...I remember talk in another thread about us possible only getting 2 of the 3 picks...again, wish BBtB was here to explain.
I dont believe Seattle get the 1st pick.
you could be right......not sure though...could have something to do with them as an established team already.....Originally Posted by Oblio2
Between Mo and the way the league works, I’d be very much surprised if we still had all three picks come the 2009 draft. I’d like to see Obrian White with TFC, but I have no idea who the other hot prospects are.
I don't know anything about o'brian white, except that he has two surnames.......why the interest in him?
He’s been a prolific scorer at the NCAA level and he’ll likely count as a domestic player (there’s been some debate about this in the past).
Is he considered a better prospect than Ibrahim?
I'm assuming O'Brian White is a striker from all the hype of him on here?
Also, we already have, Brennan, Velez, Marshall, Wynne, James, and Dunny (when he comes back) how much do depth do we need at the back end?
well
Ibrahim 14 pick overall in 2007 draft fcdallas....second youngest player ever drafted behing Freddy Adu.....generation adidas player who signed for 5 year deal $100,000......don't know much about his scoring ability....much of the hype seems to be on his comparison to Altidore...Raw Talent.......O'brian led NCAA in scoring with I believe 23-24 goals.....jr year....
Canadians who we could have picked with 1st rounders have already jumped to Europe.
Tosaint Ricketts is trialing I believe and Dejan Jakovic signed with Red Star Belgrade
Seattle as an expansion would get the first pick, if SJ finshes last TFC would pick second...TFC do not need 3 at rd picks and trading one for O Brian would be good for a lot of different reasons.
Plus with the 3 first round picks, assuming you take O Brian White with the first pick, you are probably picking non-Canadian born players with the remaining two picks.
Since they're first rounders you expect them to make the club. However, to do so you have to use international slots on them. It seems we're always at a shortage (why Mo keeps adding International slots), and these picks could have to be dealt soon after, if they can't contribute to the team immediately (ie. Phelan)
I'm pretty sure White would count as a Canadian...
Is O'Brian a Generation Adidas player? - last year I think all the GA players were chosen first because of the limited amount they count against the cap.
Another summer of hope!
Ibby is definitely a better prospect... Ibby turns 17 this month. White is 22.5 (23 this December).
Well, depends on who's available.Seattle as an expansion would get the first pick, if SJ finshes last TFC would pick second...TFC do not need 3 at rd picks and trading one for O Brian would be good for a lot of different reasons.
It's quite possible that Mo doesn't make up his mind about what to do until after next year's Combine.
White is a very skilled Canadian who would be a great up-and-coming asset to the team. There was some interest in him last draft season, but he opted to stay in school and finish his degree before embarking on a football career.
We have one advantage in that he would be domestic for us, and use a foreign slot for a U.S. team.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
It would be sick having to Ricketts on the team.
The real reason for the hype with White is assuming that he'll count as a domestic. If you look at our situation for the next several years, there's a reason that Mo has been trading for international spots for a long time. Any chance he has at getting a good domestic player he'll jump at, since we'll have to be relying on them more and more as the years go on.
What the will move San Jose's pick and either of Chicago's or our pick to Seattle to get the 1st overall pick to get White. We will probably draft 2 players in next year's draft.
Seattle DOES get 1st pick. League expansion teams always do. TFC drafted Edu first overall. And this year San Jose traded the 1st pick away to KC.
Didn't they trade it to us for Ronnie?
I will guarantee that we do NOT pick three times in the first round. One of those picks will be dealt to either trade up or bring in another player. I think that if TFC are serious about getting White, they will swap first rounders with Seattle in exchange for an experienced MLS player like Dunny or Marshall who would be invaluable on an expansion clubs side.
Not to overrely on stats but these are his numbers for the year ending 2007.
http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/pdf/rankings
23 goals in 24 games and 2.21 points per game......that's pretty ridiculous.
We traded ROB for their 2009 1st rounder. And an allocation. Maybe an international slot as well, but that I'm a little fuzzy on.
O'Brian White article from CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/stor...nn-trophy.html
He went to the same school as Julius James where it seems they just draw their names out of hats
Trade all 3 to Houston for DeRo.
Toronto FC baby...best team everrrrrrrrrr -Jozy
^^^I'm beginning to suspect you would like that man on our team
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