The Ring green card announcement took me by surprise. Mentioned Chanot's green card on the last podcast this Tuesday. He actually got it a few months ago so I'm surprised it took this long to announce.
2018 Roster Discussion
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So 5 International Only USOC Roster:
Johnson, Abdul-Salaam, Chanot, Callens*, Matarrita, Ring, Herrera*, Moralez*, Lewis, Medina*, Villa*
Subs: Stuver, Sweat, McNamara, Ibeagha, Awuah, Sands, Wallace
We're going to need to sign some homegrowns because I've exhausted our domestic/green card list.
Johnson, Abdul-Salaam, Chanot, Callens*, Matarrita, Ring, Herrera*, Moralez*, Lewis, Medina*, Villa*
Subs: Stuver, Sweat, McNamara, Ibeagha, Awuah, Sands, Wallace
We're going to need to sign some homegrowns because I've exhausted our domestic/green card list.
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Got to figure a third one didn't go through in time and the $175k GAM trade was a panic buy. Oh well. When it does come through it'll give us some flexibility.
I'm surprised Villa has gotten one. From everything we've heard, he wants to stay in New York after he retires, so why not get something that grants you permanent status? Keane on LAG got one down the line. Villa should get one at some point this season.
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Could be. As far as the roster goes, it'd be better to get one for somebody who'll play here longer—international slots will only get more expensive.
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Dude he played for Barça, what are taxes
Chanot’s asterisk got green carded. You can add another international, although doesn’t Awuah count as Canadian so he’d be the Int, or Canadians are grandfathered in as a domestic for our cross-border league?
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The rule is that Canadians are only domestic players for Canadian clubs, but Awuah's not one of NYCFC's internationals.
Found the explanation: "Awuah will occupy a domestic roster spot as part of the Generation adidas Canada initiative – a joint taskforce between MLS and the Canadian Soccer Assocation, pending receipt of his P1 Visa and ITC."
https://www.nycfc.com/post/2017/02/20/kwame-awuah-signs-nycfc
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It's time for my favourite moment of the off-season - wild roster speculation based on the squad numbers!
- First and foremost, whoever agreed to let Sweat keep #2 while Tinnerholm gets #3 should be sacked immediately and I'm not even joking. That's going to drive me mad whenever Sweat's at LB. Pure sacrilege
- Number 11 left open, huh
(No seriously, Jack's blatantly going to come back for a cheeky summer isn't he) - Berget probably won't spend much time on the wing
- Why didn't Tajouri want a better number? Is he actually any good?
- Brad Stuver has a boring story about the number 41 he wants you to hear!
- Vacant is one to watch, should be pushing for a first-team spot at this rate
It's time for my favourite moment of the off-season - wild roster speculation based on the squad numbers!
- First and foremost, whoever agreed to let Sweat keep #2 while Tinnerholm gets #3 should be sacked immediately and I'm not even joking. That's going to drive me mad whenever Sweat's at LB. Pure sacrilege
- Number 11 left open, huh
- Berget probably won't spend much time on the wing
- Why didn't Tajouri want a better number? Is he actually any good?
- Brad Stuver has a boring story about the number 41 he wants you to hear!
- Vacant is one to watch, should be pushing for a first-team spot at this rate
When David Villa leaves you think someone is going to take 7 right away? They don't retire numbers in soccer, but you need to let some time pass. Harrison is still fresh in fans' minds.
A few teams have retired numbers (West Ham retired 6 for Bobby Moore I think?), but generally speaking most teams just tend to move on. Surprised we didn't do it with 11, which makes me wonder what we're waiting for.
(That said I think there's a pretty solid case for retiring #7 for Villa)
Well considering Ned Grabavoy wore 11 before Jack Harrison, I'm not super concerned.
That bastard Cedric took Brovsky's number!
Players picked their numbers at the start of training camp, and since Harrison was still on the team at that point, No. 11 wasn't available. That's probably why the 11 is left empty.
The fact the team only released jersey numbers now is irrelevant -- most guys already had their numbers in January (aside from the very new guys like Berget and Ofori).
What's a bit surprising is that Ring got his Green Card in a year... I had no idea it could be processed that quickly. I wonder if, in addition to his job with a multi-year contract (extended tax revenue), having a child born here had any impact on the process? Obviously it's different from the tourist-visa babies that are born solely to gain citizenship, because he was already here on an extended work visa, but once the child was born, did it lends credence to his desire to stay stateside for the long term? Maybe he pledged his kid's NT allegiance/career to the US as collateral [kidding]?
or maybe the process really is that fast for some???
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