2018 Roster Discussion

[NYCFCfan]

Full list should be out in a bit

 

[roxfontaine]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeez. The cut list is BRUTAL!

 

[The Toe]

https://www.nycfc.com/post/2017/11/27/new-york-city-fc-announce-roster-options-2018

 

[sbrylski]

Holy shit. Are we clearing house? Or just negotiating. We did not exercise very many options.

 

[dannd23]

We literally don't have a single RB on the roster right now and only 2 CBs. Should be a fun off season for signings.

 

[ALBNYfan]

Another year of Shelton.

 

[dannd23]

Most notable to me: Yangel Herrera has a guaranteed contract in 2018. LETS FUCKING GO.

Edit: Sorry if that was addressed in previous threads, but have been so busy that I've been taking a post season break from the board til (what I thought was gonna be uninterrupted, but this news brought me back) January.

 

[JayH]

Another year of Shelton.

Right Back, Khiry Shelton that is.

 

[EganSoccerWords]

This may be a sign that we want to go 3 ATB with Chanot in the middle. White not good enough for CB or offensively enough for wingback. Brillant too slow to play RCB.

 

[LionNYC]

Under Contract: Callens, Chanot, Harrison, Herrera, Johnson, Lewis, McNamara, Moralez, Ring, Sands, Villa and Wallace

Option Exercised: Awuah, Matarrita, Rawls, Shelton, Sweat

Cut: Allen, Brillant, Camargo, Gomez, Johansen, Lopez, Mena, Okoli, Stertzer, Struna and White.

My Talking Points
1. Yangel Herrera is listed under, "The following players already had guaranteed contracts for the 2018 season." So we have him for 2018? I thought he was on loan for a season. This is truly odd.
2. Vieira said we wouldn't be adding many pieces in 2018. We cut 11 players. We added 12 in 2017. So we're going to stack up again especially for depth.
3. Brillant is an odd cut. He was a good filling in for Chanot during the 2nd half of the season but he's an expensive bench option.
4. Khiry Shelton is trade bait. I hope.
5. We have 6 internationals on the roster currently, unless any current internationals get greed cards. We have 2 empty international roster spots. Adding a third new international player would require a trade.

 

[Keith Putnam]

I was very surprised to see Brilliant cut, and only a little less surprised to see Struna cut.

What more could Brilliant have possibly done to keep at least a roster spot than put in a pretty good shift at CB for almost all of last season? Weird.

And Struna seemed to have potential.

 

[sbrylski]

OPTIONS EXERCISED
Kwame Awuah
Ronald Matarrita
Andre Rawls
Khiry Shelton
Ben Sweat

OPTIONS DECLINED (Could be re-signed on a lower salary)
RJ Allen
Frederic Brillant
Miguel Camargo
Shannon Gomez
Eirik Johansen
Mikey Lopez
Jefferson Mena
Sean Okoli
John Stertzer
Andraz Struna
Ethan White

RETIRED
Andrea Pirlo

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SUMMARY - UNDER CONTRACT

GOALKEEPERS
Sean Johnson
Andre Rawls

DEFENDERS
Alexander Callens
Maxime Chanot
Ronald Matarrita
Ben Sweat
James Sands

MIDFIELDERS
Yangel Herrera
Tommy McNamara
Maxi Moralez
Alex Ring
Kwame Awuah

FORWARDS
Jack Harrison
Jonathan Lewis
David Villa
Rodney Wallace
Khiry Shelton

 

[LeeNYCFC]

I’d assume the Brillant cut is about us getting the Venezuelan CB that CFG signed

 

[JayH]

Seems to be an admission that our depth was complete shit. Let's see if we can do better. Well, at least the now necessary flurry will be fun.

 

[Kjbert]

I was very surprised to see Brilliant cut, and only a little less surprised to see Struna cut.

What more could Brilliant have possibly done to keep at least a roster spot than put in a pretty good shift at CB for almost all of last season? Weird.

And Struna seemed to have potential.

I wouldn't look at it as cut. In a capped league he is expendable when you have Callens making $180k

 

[Kangaroo Jack]

I have it from an inside source that Gomez, Stertzer, and Lopez have been cut from the team. Someone I trust but nothing I can confirm, do with that what you will.

ayy my source came through, i was worried about commenting anymore names because it was taking so long to happen.

 

[LeeNYCFC]

I’m holding my Shelton rage until after we see if he’s sacrificed in the expansion draft

 

[snugglefarts]

I guess they think Brillant isn't worth the money he's making? Weird but maybe they've got big TAM plans planned and he doesn't fit.

 

[sbrylski]

Surprised to see White cut. He was starting for a while and playing quite well on a $65k salary. I figured that was a lock to be exercised if we had an option on him.

 

[Schwallacus]

The "could be re-signed at a lower rate" blurb is an interesting piece, wondering if any of these guys are in talks to just get a potential cut in salary, being why their options were declined.