2016 Preseason Thread

[leilanikali420]

Offseason moves:
---OUT------------------------IN---
Angelino-----------------------------Matarrita
Grabavoy-----------------------------Jack Harrison
Shay Facey--------------------------Frederic Brillant
Kreis-----------------------------------Patrick Vieira
Meara
Velasquez------------------------------Mikey Lopez
Pablo Alvarez
Jeb Brovsky----------------------------Diego Martinez
KWS------------------------------------Ethan White
Javier Calle


Pretty excited about all those upgrades

I have been saying this regularly (since it started floating around BL last week)...Wingert has not been spotted in any training photos or videos and most recently retweeted Joel Olsteen on his Twitter about God having bigger plans and something amazing in his future...

 

[Gavin23]

God I hope we got rid of Wingert.

 

[Gavin23]

Also when is Fifa 16 gonna update the team roster for career mode. I want to play with all the new players... Its annoying.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Apparently the guy on the left is Ernest Agyiri a Ghana player.

https://twitter.com/x/status/692872809605804032

Not sure why we're bothering with internationals if we have no room. Wouldn't it make more sense to bring in domestic players on trial?

 

[BxLio91]

??????

 

[dannd23]

Apparently the guy on the left is Ernest Agyiri a Ghana player.

https://twitter.com/x/status/692872809605804032

Not sure why we're bothering with internationals if we have no room. Wouldn't it make more sense to bring in domestic players on trial?

It probably has something to with the Right to Dream Academy because CFG either owns them or has a partnership with them. Ernest Agyiri is a member of Right to Dream.

 

[Kjbert]

Aren't the right to dream kids here in the USA? Wasn't Abu Danladi one?

Also - good on CFG for going out and finding these kids and trying to place them here.

 

[LionNYC]

It probably has something to with the Right to Dream Academy because CFG either owns them or has a partnership with them. Ernest Agyiri is a member of Right to Dream.

Does the Right to Dream have green cards or U.S. citizenship?

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Does the Right to Dream have green cards or U.S. citizenship?

They sponsor student athletes in the US but I believe they're all Ghanaian and here on Study terms.

 

[LionNYC]

They sponsor student athletes in the US but I believe they're all Ghanaian and here on Study terms.

Maybe Vieira is looking at him for Man City (or a USL affiliate?) since we can't have him on the roster, based on international spots, even though we signed an international player on loan, because what rules are there in this league?

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Would like to know who the guy on the right is. Looks a bit older.

 

[Kjbert]

Could CFG/EDS have sent a couple of new guys here to train?

 

[Ohenry]

there have been rumors that they want to pull out of NJ and invest in leeds to get them promoted but i dont know how true that is.

If Red Bull pull out at this stage, that will leave New Jersey very frustrated.

The Leeds rumor is from last March-April and had nothing to do with pulling out of Harrison.

 

[Falastur]

Generally the RTD guys signed are good but not ready to step up to the big time - when MCFC signs its contingent (they always pluck the 4-5 best "graduates" each year) then they generally end up at Scandinavian clubs on loan for a few years. Partly it can be about getting EU nationality to avoid work permit rules but partly that is just their level at the time.

I can't see any of these players being ready for MLS straight out of the academy. A USL loan seems more likely.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/693047546558693376

 

[thesauerchise]

Maybe Vieira is looking at him for Man City (or a USL affiliate?) since we can't have him on the roster, based on international spots, even though we signed an international player on loan, because what rules are there in this league?

We have until the beginning of the season to clear another intl spot, per league rules that is when the roster "locks" and the rules apply. Actually fairly normal, happens in hockey a similar way with their rules.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Interesting. Monteverde is a magnet school for athletes. I am surprised the Lions haven't locked that one down.

 

[NYCFCfan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/693047546558693376

Yup that's right. He's trained with NYCFC in the past as well.

 

[SpicyRoll]

https://twitter.com/x/status/693047546558693376

Saw a post on Facebook that he's a nice, humble 18 year old winger originally from Senegal. Let's see how he does. My hope is he gets an opportunity with Wilmington and get some valuable minutes

 

[Tom in Fairfield CT]

Yup that's right. He's trained with NYCFC in the past as well.

Any recent word on Bledi Bardic?