Harrison going cold has coincided with Villa getting incredibly hot. Just coincidence or is Villa getting a little more space due to teams not focusing only on him and having Harrison to think about?
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Harrison going cold coincided with Chicago.
I hope I'm wrong, but I do have some experience with fitness/running/coaching, and what my eyes are seeing is a more tired player earlier and earlier in matches.
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Harrison has been tracking back and playing more defense now than earlier. Which means he's running more and has less energy to do attacking phase.
What's the cost of a top/quality Argentina/Brazil player who plays in his own country? Or no such player exists since if they are any goood they would have gone to Europe?
Mr Jew !
There's something i'd like to ask you ?
Your favorite player is who ?
Check my rhyme !!
In the case of Brazil and Argentina (and Uruguay to a lesser extent) they produce so many ultra-elite players that when they call up a roster for National Team, especially for the most demanding tournaments such as WC, usually only 1 or 2 of the 24 are from domestic league. Especially in attacking positions. So the answer is no, because that's really the top quality. But there are degrees: guys like Neymar, Douglas Costa, Marquinhos, Gabriel Jesus, Di Maria, Pastore, Higuain, Aguero, etc. were already in Europe as teenagers. Probably played a year in domestic league before being poached. So if a guy is starring for, say, Boca Junior or River Plate, or Santos, or Flamengo at 18 or 19, he's outside of our financial league. But alongside them the rest of the domestic teams are guys who are either not good enough for Europe, or went to Europe and came back, etc. Solid, good, talented players. You have to think that MLS has many times used guys that were either average in the Argentina 1st division (like Valeri and Piatti), or where subs (like Acosta from DC or Bravo who was with us last year).
Yeah, Valeri was so average he led Lanus to a league title and went to Porto, won a cup, then Almeira, then back to captain Lanus before becoming a DP.
And Bravo fucking sucked here just like he did at Boca reserves, despite some people around here irrationally thinking he was good.
Eta: and Piatti was so average he scored almost basically a goal every 3rd game. I understand what you're trying to say, because you seem to want to say it everywhere, but you're just a little askew in your view.
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I am utterly annoyed at what ever
your artless motley minded misuse
of English mangled around this forum.
I apologize to any connoisseurs of the English language who read that, but its really hard to write insults in iambic pentameter at 11:20 on a Monday after some wine.
http://www.espnfc.com/club/portland...-and-off-the-field-have-come-true-in-portland
This league and NYC needs more stories like this. All the Argentinian and Brazilian players whose level are at most average in Europe should come here. The league needs to be an attractive second option for them (and life style wise first choice for the players wives and family)
Not average not a world beater either. Almeria is a tiny team that struggles to remain in La Liga. In fact I think it's already back to 2nd division. Its captain for many years was a very average Peruvian defender (Santiago Acasiete) who ended nicknamed Aca-ocho when Barcelona went 8-0 on them. It is a huge step back after Porto. So he went to Porto, didn't stick, then went as low as you can go (Almeria) without going to the second division. Then back to the domestic league, which has become less and less important in the last decade and a half (you can see their Copa Libertadores results) because their real elite talent gets plucked from it earlier and earlier. Big deal Valeri, sure. And I love him, and would love to have him in NYCFC. He is just not top-level Argentinian/Brazilian talent, which was some other poster was asking about, and I was replying to.
I think you need medical attention the vain in your heads about to blow . With your condition make sure when you sign the paperwork with the correct name its Mr TPFKAU !
After the disappointingly tepid commentary of our two amazing goals by the English-language crew on ESPN, I really enjoyed these from the Spanish crew. Credit to Hudson River Blue for posting them.
http://espndeportes.espn.com/video/clip?id=3458446
http://espndeportes.espn.com/video/clip?id=3458557
http://espndeportes.espn.com/video/clip?id=3458446
http://espndeportes.espn.com/video/clip?id=3458557
It's amazing how I never tire of hearing the GOOOOOAAAAL! call on a Spanish language telecast, and never fail to cringe when the idiot announcers on Univison import it into the English language telecast.
if you dont like her posts so much why dont you just put her on ignore. I mean youre attacking her at this point for the sake of attacking her. All she did was ask someone who their favorite player was.
I believe the league knows this. It is a multi step process though. You first need to become the league of choice in North America. One could argue that they are already there considering the make up of rosters in the Gold Cup and the introduction of Mexican stars. Vela and Dos Dos Santos aren't playing for Club America. That journey isn't over but they are getting closer. Give it 5 years.
The conversation about becoming a league of choice for South American players could be trickier because there is such a dedicated scouting pipeline down there. MLS doesn't have the scouting resources of a Porto, CFG, Inter, etc. I don't think it's a coincidence that the younger South American players that have been successful in MLS have come through clubs where there is an existing scouting framework - DC United and NYCFC being two. The older guys - Piatti, Valeri, Lodeiero - anyone could scout them.
My cousins best friend in recent years went from playing with Rosario Central to getting a call to play for PSG. He got 4 caps for PSG before getting sent back down on loan to Rosario Central again.
Ramses ruined it because he forces it after every goal, whether it deserves the call or not.
