With past hints that he could head straight to europe I honestly wasn't sure he'd ever spend time with the Sr. team.
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With past hints that he could head straight to europe I honestly wasn't sure he'd ever spend time with the Sr. team.
Trades are great, but it's our homegrowns and draft picks that I really want to see succeed. We seem to have a real competitive advantage in scouting. Likewise, we can and should beat the league on development.
If Iceland can make the World Cup so can we
Ibeagha could be interesting. On the one hand, Ugo was tearing shit up in USL, and Ibeagha had a chance at Houston and presumably didn't pass muster. On the other hand, PV and staff have shown they can drastically improve defenders (Sweat, White), so he could be a prospect.
Side note: I remember seeing Sweat in pre-season and thinking he was getting torched but he was really solid by the tail end.
Ibeagha being on our preseason roster is the only thing that our USL affiliate connection to San Antonio did good for us. We didn’t loan any players to them last year. It was just a handshake and two or three social media posts connections. At least, their best denfense player was put on our preseason roster.
Honestly, we’ll probably sign him if we looks a good bench option and agree to sign a low, low contract.
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Chicago did re-sign Schweini, gonna be tough to get out of our group
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There are 6 playoff spots and the only reason the standing were close last year was because of massive injuries (leading to bullshit lineups with the two slowest players on the team in midfield) and PV’s insistence on bad substitutions (either trying to bunker when we aren’t built to or bringing in inadequately skilled players like Shelton). If the depth we’ve accumulated is as good as being advertised and suspected, then there shouldn’t be a dramatic drop off when replacing injuries and going to the bench. The only caveat is if PV still thinks TMac is a better option than every other player on the roster - that happens and we’ll be playing with 10+1 traffic cop.
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I don't think he was. Saw it mentioned somewhere else as well. He's usually pretty easy to pick out because of his socks
Actually, I think it says the wrong thing about the club and forthcoming signings. Last year, Sands came alone so it was easy to see it meant something more than what they were letting on.
Bringing 5 just screams means nothing other than training bodies and cover for Gio so no one expects him to actually be signed.
The smart play seems to be to sign the academy kids before they bypass the Club and sign directly overseas (Weston McKinney). I assumed MLS was going to make some rule changes over the winter to make it easier for clubs to do that, but we won't know if thats the case until the 2018 rules are posted.
PV was talking about having 2 full squads for those back-to-back games. I am expecting that most of the Academy players will get some real minutes and a chance to impress like Sands did.
We are expected to sign Gio if we can.
I’m not sure what to take from this, other than McKennie isn’t your favorite player. And yes, people don’t want to miss out on that.
But we don’t have that many kids actually competing for pro deal right now. No way.
SKC has probably signed 5 in the last 1-2 years. You put the investment into the Academy, you want to make sure its profitable. I don't know how to do that except to get kids under contract and have 1 in 3/4/5? that eventually you can sell on to at least pay for the academy.
Or maybe I was just enjoying the U16s too much last year when they were winning the Generation Adidas Cup. I was impressed the coaches had them playing NYCFC style effectively.
2 kids right now are at a level that the club would consider bringing them into the fold.
Ain't happening this spring though. Whoever said they needed bodies to train is spot on. It's also a nice reward and taste of the lifestyle for these kids.
Ain't happening this spring though. Whoever said they needed bodies to train is spot on. It's also a nice reward and taste of the lifestyle for these kids.
