I contain generational multitudes.can't tell if using "mid" like a gen Zer or abbreviating "middle"... or both?
Honestly I thought the term escaped youth slang and was pretty mainstream. To me it's short for middling.
No cap. Bet.
2025 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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Honestly I thought the term escaped youth slang and was pretty mainstream. To me it's short for middling.
No cap. Bet.
With how few players moved on, we simply don't have the roster spaces to add a lot of guys. We're either resigning Maxi or getting a replacement for him. Barring any guys we sell, there just isn't room on the roster. You're limited to 30 players in MLS (not including players out on loan) and we have 26 players contracted after Barraza's departure.
That's to say nothing of the salary cap, which I have no idea where we stand there. There just isn't a lot of room for additions.
we filled much of our roster with talent cushing simply didn't use or very infrequently relied on.
there are II squad regulars like maximo, shore, balera, yanez, rando, and romero. with barraza gone, which of rando and romero makes the jump to the #2 spot? not sure as i know nothing about either of them.
that's 6 roster spots of players we simply never use. i think building a good roster means having a good balance of youth to develop, but also solid players that push each other at the various positions and make everyone better. i think lee failed on this.
did we really need to sign them all to first team contracts? did lee jump the gun? we were super worried that they would go somewhere else if we hadn't tied them down so we don't have another gio situation? i really don't know, but that's a lot of roster spots for guys who almost never make the bench unless others are injured.
there are II squad regulars like maximo, shore, balera, yanez, rando, and romero. with barraza gone, which of rando and romero makes the jump to the #2 spot? not sure as i know nothing about either of them.
that's 6 roster spots of players we simply never use. i think building a good roster means having a good balance of youth to develop, but also solid players that push each other at the various positions and make everyone better. i think lee failed on this.
did we really need to sign them all to first team contracts? did lee jump the gun? we were super worried that they would go somewhere else if we hadn't tied them down so we don't have another gio situation? i really don't know, but that's a lot of roster spots for guys who almost never make the bench unless others are injured.
Like I understand the logic if you’re fearing another Gio Reyna situation. But honestly I going to bet most of these guys are more likely to be in the range of Sands to Tayvon or below. Hopefully you get a Scally, but I just think don’t think a Reyna is happening all that often. Poor reaction judgement by Lee I would think. The only way I’d sympathize with Lee is if these guys told Lee they were going to walk if they didn’t get big boy contracts. Which in that case he took a risk that they will break out one day
it's his job and the academy coaches job to know who is going to break out and who isn't. unless i knew for sure they would break out or were ready to contribute to the first team within a year or so (like sands), then i'm letting them walk. sure, mistakes happen. sometimes fantastic players get sold by coaches who think they aren't good enough (first one to pop into my head is jose letting salah walk from chelsea, though he insists it wasn't his decision lol). but you don't tie up 6 slots on a first team roster with kids who aren't even being developed other than some first team training sessions and for that, they don't need 1st team contracts.
The Maxi situation is concerning. We were completely dependent on him down the stretch to make our offense go. Even if he comes back, it's hard to imagine him being a full-time starter for the entire season at age 38.
i hope he comes back, but only as a super/rotational sub and mentor for the young guys. if we end up relying on him to run our attack in 2025, this roster is a fail. that being said, i can't see the new coach looking at a 38 year old he probably doesn't know well and thinking "yeah, i'm gonna make this guy run my attack".
For sure. We are in desperate need of a star No. 10 DP. Maybe that's a move we can make since we have a DP spot open with Talles away on loan.
It's not just Gio, but also Polvara. So just making sure that the team receives some form of compensation, and compensation that can positively affect the cap situation if they were to go elsewhere instead of just losing them without receiving anything.
And these guys are all really good...Carrizo, shore, bariera are all top tier prospects. They all were also on season long loans to the IIs so they didn't really count at all in terms of roster numbers.
didn't know that they were "on loan" with the IIs. I thought they simply just played there cause they weren't getting minutes with the first team. if that's the case, then why didn't Lee add more roster depth pieces to the first team for immediate impact? that's 6 unused spots that could have been used to add 2-3 impact players on a 1 year or 2 year contract until these academy guys were ready to contribute at the first team level.
Prince Amponsah is not on the draft eligible list. Arguably the best left footed CB in college and would have been a top 10 pick.
MLS has released GAM figures for each club. I haven’t sorted this but I think we’re on the low end.
"Top of the bottom third, you'll never sing that."
26 yr old kolo muani is getting no love at PSG. can we get him? french international forward. who knows if he wants to come to MLS (probably not), considering he's got options at other euro clubs.. but maybe lee can make some magic happen?
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