Well its official, how about an official thread for van der Weil.
Welcome to TFC!
Anyone have any idea how much he costs us?
Well its official, how about an official thread for van der Weil.
Welcome to TFC!
Anyone have any idea how much he costs us?
Check out this tweet at [COLOR=#14171A][FONT="]https://twitter.com/torontofc/status/959083498635169792[/FONT][/COLOR]
Slight dig at Cagliari in there lol
300,000-500,000 transfer fee, and he’s making 800,000-900,00 ish
He was the best of a very bad bunch, which unfortunately for Eckersley, was still not a complement....
That "Mariner Year" shirt is the only one I have no name on....and I own a home or away shirt from every season....
But on topic....I'm really looking forward to seeing how vdW will link with guys like Bradley and Vasquez.....I think it'll be beautiful to watch....
Last edited by TFC Tifoso; 02-01-2018 at 03:33 PM.
Eckersley was excellent when disciplined. He lost that discipline the weaker the team's shape got and the more he felt he had to take it up a gear. He was a really good defensive back who I think was somewhat ruined by the quality of the league at the time.
Maybe that lack of consistency was what held him out of the Man Utd first team though. People forget he was their reserve player of the year before coming to us, and was offered another contract to continue developing, but chose to go to Burnley for first team games instead and lost his spot.
Ya Richard seemed like a great guy , played with a lot of heart and always gave 100%, but unfortunately he would be lucky to make the bench on the present day TFC team, you want to win championships the days of signing guys who could barely cut it in the second tier of English soccer are hopefully gone and thank God.
Sign him to a $50,000 contract, then sign his wife to a $1 million TFC modelling contract. Cap circumvention
The historical guy to compare vdW to, is Torsten Frings.
TFC's only two squad members to start in a WC final game.
vdW is a lot younger and cheaper!
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
Last edited by TFC Tifoso; 02-01-2018 at 04:27 PM.
No they mean the actual final. Many have played in the World Cup (just think of all the Americans).
Players who won the World Cup and played in MLS off the top of my head - Thierry Henry, Pirlo, Nesta, Kaka, David Villa, Schwisnsteiger
Edit: Branco, Denilson, Kleberson, Youri Djorkaeff, Lothar Mattheus
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/03/21/world-cup-winners-schweinsteiger-latest-exclusive-mls-club
That's 11, then vdW and Torsten Frings were both runners up making 13
Last edited by rydermike; 02-01-2018 at 04:52 PM.
Final as in match - he played in the same game as Villa.
Tons of MLS guys have been in the WC tournament.
TFC: vdW, Frings, Bradley and Altidore of course, and I think Edu, Guevara and maybe Boyens are the other TFC guys on that list.
Seba played in Euro 2012.
EDIT: + Julio Cesar!
Last edited by ensco; 02-01-2018 at 08:03 PM.
“What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.”
ya good points all (especially the American players one).
Must've had a brain fart yesterday, but quick thinking made me believe there couldn't have been 13 MLS players who took part in a final match....forgot the MLS O.G.'s like Djorkaeff and Lothar.....
One thing about Nesta though....he never actually played in the '06 final....got hurt in the 2nd game of that tourney v. Czechs and Materazzi played the rest of the way.....Mad Marco actually scored the tying goal v. France in the final and a goal in the shootout too....
Last edited by TFC Tifoso; 02-02-2018 at 09:32 AM.
Finally my board username is fulfilled. Can't wait to get a VdW TFC jersey to hang up next to my VdW Ajax jersey
I wish him the best of Luck Hopefully he will blend in well with pretty close knit group and Yes as rydermike says do sign his wife to a modelling contract
-----------------Altidore-Giovinco
Morrow-Vazquez-Delgado-Vand der Weil
--------------------Bradley
------- Mavinga-Hagglund-Zavaletta
Bench:
Moor,
Osorio
Ricketts.
very Europe esq squad. Would love to see how they stack up vs clubs like New Castle, Fiorentina
I saw a lot of him when he was with PSG and thought he was an outstanding fullback in a team full of superstars. If we get that player he’ll be a standout in MLS. I was surprised when PSG let him go but the club were out to buy success so perhaps I shouldn’t have been. I’m not sure what’s gone wrong with his career the past two years but hopefully he can put it behind him and rediscover the form he showed in the French capital
Welcome to Toronto Gregory!