Interesting news indeed - if true, there may be some hope for this club yet.
Interesting news indeed - if true, there may be some hope for this club yet.
as long as they're not the same as Duane Rollins' sources... (no offense, D.)Ives Galarcep@SoccerByIves
Sources have confirmed to SBI that Kevin Payne is heading to Toronto FC, finalizing what was apparently an on-going courtship
a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha
Grant Wahl is also confirming based on his source.
if true...will he want his own coach....hmmm can i still renew?
TFC will put out a press release next Wednesday.
“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
That was one of the problems, sure, but the biggest problem was lack of experience. If this signing is true then that won't be a problem. And there will probably have to be a period of "meddling" for the guy to find out exactly what's going on. This is an organization rife with cliques and loyalties and mini-empires that need to be ferreted out.
Everyone's piling on the 'reliable source says he's moving to TFC', but I won't believe it until I see him sitting at a table with Tom Anselmi :
Tom : I don't know anything about soccer, so I'm bringing in someone who does [/redux]
a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha
“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
Cue multitude of 'House of Payne' references.
a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha
Ives Galarcep @SoccerByIves
Report: Kevin Payne stepping down as D.C. United president to join another MLS club: http://bit.ly/UTGy4h
Would Kevin Payne go to TFC? I could see it. He strikes me as someone who would love challenge of building a winner where others couldn't
Payne also has ties 2 TFC front office. Dir. of Team+Player ops Earl Cochrane worked 4 him in DC, TFC academy boss Thomas Rongen coached DC
Sources have confirmed to SBI that Kevin Payne is heading to Toronto FC, finalizing what was apparently an on-going courtship
UPDATED story: Kevin Payne leaving D.C. United to take over as Toronto FC president: http://bit.ly/UTGy4h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Payne_(soccer)
Last edited by tfcmanu; 11-27-2012 at 11:28 AM.
the house of payne...start to clean house and i will nenew....make PM head bermuda scout and EC can become there travel agent..
Just a matter of time for Rongen to become head coach of club. He's itchy to move on from academy for a while now
As for knowledge of Canadian soccer.......not a priority. Experience in this US league (made up of mostly American players and for US national team benefit) is whats needed to put a winner on the field- full stop. This move has the leagues hands all over it to stop the downward spiral of TFC.
Steven Goff@SoccerInsider
FWIW, Toronto FC exec Earl Cochrane worked for Kevin Payne in communications office at #dcu many moons ago #tfc #mls
a ha ha heh he hoo.. ha
And we all know what a good communicator Cochrane was.
^But he's coming back.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
Sources close to DC United confirming TFC- Payne interest.
http://www.blackandredunited.com/201...s-team-stadium
It's on the MLS frontpage, not as a confirmed article from them, but if they're willing to put that much, I'd say it's a done deal.