Last summer we chose U22 and received $1M because it was only for a half season and I don’t think we used it.
But it would be 10x worse to waste $2M available for a full season.
2025 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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But it would be 10x worse to waste $2M available for a full season.
My hope is that Pascal has a short list of guys from his past coaching stops that he feels could fit his system well and he picks the players—anything to avoid David Lee making selections given his horrific track record.
GAM doesn't expire anymore so even if we have to use the U22 GAM this season, there really isn't a concern about wasting GAM.
U22 Model GAM is an exception.
MLS Announces 2025 Roster Rules Changes to Increase Roster Construction Flexibility | MLSSoccer.com
New initiative allows clubs to acquire current MLS players via trade using unlimited out-of-pocket funds
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MLS has eliminated expiration dates for General Allocation Money, apart from GAM received as part of a club’s decision to opt into the U22 Initiative Player Model at the beginning of a season.
General Allocation Money received under the U22 Initiative Player Model must be used within the same league season and by the Roster Freeze Date.
Looks like Lee got it done early so he wouldn't have to use a DP spot on Martinez in the summer. Hopefully he continues to produce and perform all the way through stadium opening and more.
www.newyorkcityfc.com
New York City FC Forward Alonso Martínez Signs Contract Extension | New York City FC
New York City FC announced today that forward Alonso Martínez has signed a contract extension through 2027, with options through 2029. Since arriving at the club in August 2023, Martínez has made 39 appearances for New York City FC, scoring 19 goals and providing four assists across all...
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Yes that's what I saidU22 Model GAM is an exception.
MLS Announces 2025 Roster Rules Changes to Increase Roster Construction Flexibility | MLSSoccer.com
New initiative allows clubs to acquire current MLS players via trade using unlimited out-of-pocket funds
MLS has eliminated expiration dates for General Allocation Money, apart from GAM received as part of a club’s decision to opt into the U22 Initiative Player Model at the beginning of a season.General Allocation Money received under the U22 Initiative Player Model must be used within the same league season and by the Roster Freeze Date.
Ach, I didn't read clearly enough. I thought you were correcting me, not fine tuning.Yes that's what I said
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Looks like Lee got it done early so he wouldn't have to use a DP spot on Martinez in the summer. Hopefully he continues to produce and perform all the way through stadium opening and more.
New York City FC Forward Alonso Martínez Signs Contract Extension | New York City FC
New York City FC announced today that forward Alonso Martínez has signed a contract extension through 2027, with options through 2029. Since arriving at the club in August 2023, Martínez has made 39 appearances for New York City FC, scoring 19 goals and providing four assists across all...
Looks like no TAM even used on him. Good little piece of business there. Now go sign some players.
Do we know the terms on this? I'm super happy, though. When we were struggling to find goals and he wasn't playing, I was wondering where the heck he was.
Back later. Final infusion of this course of chemo. And then I have to do it all over again over the next nine months or so. But that's fine. Vamos Celestes!
Well, now David can say he successfully resigned every attacker he has ever acquired that exceeded expectations.
Clever.
Today's docetaxel infusion was canceled, by the way, so we're going right into the heavy stuff. This is good, moves the schedule up by a few weeks. And I get to hit my workouts again right away instead of having to slowly ramp. I'm dying (har har) to get back into shape.
Thanks for all the support, team!
The presents you wanted were here all along.
I’m annoyed I can’t even feel good about this.
It’s a good thing that needed doing but we need a 6 and a 10 and maybe a backup CB and someone else who maybe once in his career scored double digit goals and Lee is doing the housekeeping stuff instead.
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It's not mutually exclusive. He can (and probably is) working on multiple things all at once. Just because this got announced first doesn't mean he's standing pat in all other areas.
This is what he accomplished is the point.
He sends players on loan. He sells them.
He takes months to a year and more to replace them.
Instead he signs academy kids and draft picks and extends existing.
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From the outside we can only judge by the results we see. As an executive coach I find it interesting to speculate about what Lee’s leadership profile might be. I’ve worked with a lot of executives who absolutely do multitask and work on many different priorities at once and manage that effectively. I’ve also worked with those who struggle to effectively allocate their time to the longer term work.
Steven Covey came up with the model of categorizing tasks by high or low urgency (the degree to which environmental factors pressure you to work on them - e.g., deadlines, email or other reminders, pressure from other people) and high or low importance. Most people are pretty good at ignoring things that are low importance / low urgency (e.g., reorganizing my toolbox). And most people are good at working on things that are high importance / high urgency (e.g., responding to the fire alarm).
Where a lot of people struggle is that the rest of their time they easily slip into working on low importance / high urgency stuff. These are the things that are easy and obvious and give a sense of accomplishment (e.g., responding to emails, chatting with people around the office). They tend to neglect the high importance / low urgency (e.g., that big important thing that could get done now or in a month or six).
It’s possible that Lee manages these things well and the delays have nothing to do with him. But the results - and the Martínez extension - kind of smack of a guy who struggles to push high importance / low urgency to the top of his to do list.
All possible.
Alternative explanation is he might defer more important decisions because he is timid about making them. Perhaps he's always worried that if he signs X, a better Y might become available soon after. I know when I procrastinated at work part of the cause was anxiety about how my work product would be received, even though it was very rarely not appreciated. But if it's not done, nobody can see it, and nobody can criticize it. Until you bring a player in, he can't play, and until he plays, he can't fail.
Maybe some of his high profile failed signings felt rushed and forced from his perspective.
As you say, we can only judge, and speculate, based on results.
We've also heard rumblings in that past that CFG tend to measure 9 times and cut once when signing players or making big decisions for us. Add to those rumblings from a few years ago to some recent contract issues, we've had players leave briefly then come back soon after their contract was signed (Santi among others), that is something that I don't think happens often with other clubs. These are issues that I suspect are more CFG isues rather than David Lee issues. I'm also going to confidently speculate that we have probably lost out on potential signings because of organizational issues outside of Lee's control.
It's all speculation, but it just sounds like, from the limited reporting we get on this team, that contract signings are more bureaucratic than typical clubs. Players don't want to be in limbo for a month or two, so they will be picked up by other clubs before CFG finishes measuring.
I'd love to see one of our media folks prod David Lee on the organizational and decision making structure and processes with this club. What is he actually responsible for? The fact that some speculate on here that he is just a CFG figurehead with limited power is probably indicative of a problem.
It's all speculation, but it just sounds like, from the limited reporting we get on this team, that contract signings are more bureaucratic than typical clubs. Players don't want to be in limbo for a month or two, so they will be picked up by other clubs before CFG finishes measuring.
I'd love to see one of our media folks prod David Lee on the organizational and decision making structure and processes with this club. What is he actually responsible for? The fact that some speculate on here that he is just a CFG figurehead with limited power is probably indicative of a problem.
If they measured 9 times on Jovan they need a new tape measure.
