I have always loved Cherry Garcia. Always.
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Just a question to the people on the forums who are knowledgeable in major league soccer transfers. Not for the 'part time' followers because I want a fairly accurate answer.
What would it take to get Perry Kitchen from DCU. I've been wrong in the past where I say "Oh nobody could get him off them!" and all of a sudden a few bucks of allocation and somebodys got that player. Just curious! (Not a rumored signing)
Kitchen would be a strong signing for Toronto FC. It would probably take a first round draft pick. Toronto doesn't really have many established midfielders so potentially, if D.C. were looking to offload him, something like Jeremy Hall + Second Round Draft Pick might do the trick, but even then, Toronto would be winning the trade.
The only player that comes close to equal value is Luis Silva but trading Silva comes at a loss to Toronto FC. There's no like for like player in my opinion, unless you give up Frei, for example.
Been meaning to ask this for a bit, can anyone give me some background info on Osorio? I know he's technically an academy graduate but wasn't he only with our academy for like a couple months or something? What was he up to before we gave him a shot?
In 2012, 11 goals in 17 appearances with SC Toronto.
Prior to that, at the youth level, he played with Nacional of Uruguay.
Here's an article from the K-W Record that covers some of his days pre TFC/ pre SC Toronto.
http://www.therecord.com/sports/arti...ith-toronto-fc
Here's a nice article from Dan Girard of the Star (he recently left the Star which is sad as I thought he did a good job for them).
http://www.thestar.com/sports/tfc/2013/04/05/toronto_fcs_jonathan_osorio_makes_mark_as_rookie.h tml
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Cool, much appreciated.
I'm actually shockingly happy right now with Jeremy Hall as midfield anchor. Those stats on his passing this year are good, albeit all short, and he's doing a great job of clogging up passing lanes.
Its official laba signs with tfc its on the tfc website
Well, well well. Kevin Payne motherfuckin delivered.
Its official.
Love the picture they put up of him too on the site.
Does he play defensive mid or box to box?
By all accounts he's a destroyer DM.
And at 5'9" he ain't going up there for corners. Might give a bit more freedom for the two CD's to stay up a bit longer on set pieces.
Dunfield to the bench most likely.
Soon:
--------------Bendik------------
--Eck--Agboss--O'Dea--Morgan--
--------------Laba-------------
--Bostock--------------Ephraim--
---------------Silva-------------
--------Braun-------Earnshaw---
And hopefully Koev in for Braun in a couple months too.
Sounds like a box to box. The highlights we have on video are lots of tackles, but also some good passes from the back to create chances. Don't know if he's much of a goal scorer though.
Also, lets not get overly excited. He's still a young player moving country and coming to a new league, it might take him time to adjust to the play and lifestyle.
----------------Kocic-----------------
Ecks---Harden------O'Dea--Morgan
Avila----Dunfield----Frings----Silva
-----Johnson--------Hassli----------
how times have changed!
The video provided by mlssoccer.com was awesome you can tell he's very good. If you compare him to our former captain he seems better technically is more of a stay at home DM obviously quicker, has good sense of reading the game, and is a good distributor of the ball on the ground and in the air. Look promising to say the least. i really think Laba and Hall play similar and it's fair to say that these to could be used as your DM shut down pair. playing him alone in CDM would be tough on him i think coming to a new league. Hope to see him get his feet wet this Saturday at BMO and shut down Henry. Good job KP and Co.
From wat i know he never played for our academy (don't know y they keep saying he did) He was actually playing for the Nacional youth team in Uruguay, but was released last season so he returned to Canada and played in the CSL for SC Toronto, before being signed by us this off season.
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I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
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