Former TFC player Ryan Richter becomes Union assistant
https://twitter.com/PhilaUnion/statu...36421084405766
Former TFC player Ryan Richter becomes Union assistant
https://twitter.com/PhilaUnion/statu...36421084405766
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LAFC close to acquiring goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau from Vancouver Whitecaps, sources say. If completed, trade would probably involve allocation money only. Crépeau hasn't been in Vancouver camp. LAFC has only one keeper on roster at moment (Tomás Romero, age 21
TFC should of been all over that. Depending on the cost, of course.
I don’t get it. Why would Vancouver want to trade their goalie to a competing team? Makes zero sense to me.
its gotta be in the 800k area of the funny money,i dont get it he stood on head last season
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1483972272125788166?s=20
So in the biggest year ever for Canadian soccer, that is like the fifth Canadian MNT player to move in the last 4 months, and we have gone down one.
But we spent $75M. So that's good.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
I'm not sure the point here. I would reckon that letting Richie go to Europe, which is where he wanted to go, is a positive. We're also about to re-sign Akinola and let a veteran of ours go because of the ascension of two homegrown players.
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btw, we've signed 5 canadian players and added a canadian icon to our coaching staff in the past 3 weeks (2 in draft, 2 promoted academy, macnaughton from pacific apparently done).
Last edited by Oldtimer; 01-19-2022 at 10:30 PM. Reason: Personal attack
The issue has been that those moving have been in positions where we're ostensibly pretty solid, or at least not desperate.
That's why I still think it's either Vitoria or Cavallini that they're pursuing as the national team member. Cavallini is the odd man out in Vancouver and Vitoria's deal is up in summer.
Could be referring to Borjan, of course.
Jay Chapman move contextualized, interesting tidbits here- https://twitter.com/thecouriersport/...877040643?s=21
I get all that. I support Laryea leaving, and would feel OK if Oso found a good home.
But I think we should have done Johnston, I found that incredibly frustrating. We could have been in on MAK last August (I get it, with Bradley and Pozuelo and Oso here he makes less sense, but I bet one of those is leaving soon) and frankly Crepeau makes more sense to me than Borjan, much younger, and proven in MLS.
If a quality, younger CMNT player is in MLS, this year of all years, I would like them here, and sure, they are expensive.
Last edited by ensco; 01-20-2022 at 08:16 AM.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Cavallini has fallen through the floor in terms of capability - reclaiming projects should not be that expensive.
Bob's son-in-law joins the family business, but not the family firm
https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/arti...oaching-staff/
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Last edited by Oldtimer; 01-20-2022 at 10:07 AM.
MLS is a tough, physical league, that emphasizes speed, and features plastic fields, grueling travel, extreme weather, and incompetent refs. - NK Toronto
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
A very apt characterization. Assistant Coach under Schmetzer; not bad.
Early on I believed Rose might have joined TFC as depth when his contract wasn't renewed; A Bridge Too Far.
Regardless, a great connect to 'unofficially' soundboard off of by his father-in-law or brother-in-law, given Sounders perennial success and Western Conference presence.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/rslsoapbox/status/1484210837002854401
Doneil Henry on trial as a camp invitee with Real Salt Lake. Surprising that he couldn't get a guaranteed MLS contract.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/tombogert/status/1484254824824815616?s=20
Goff getting called out.
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/PaulArriola/status/1484264694722433026?s=20
A lot of the recent GAM trades show some of the faults with the current system. Teams can only get $1M in GAM for selling a player abroad, whereas they can get $2M for trading a player in MLS. It locks in some of these players to MLS that have values of $1M-$5M, since the teams have no incentive to sell them abroad.