Huh. You really think Magno would be a better central player than Nico?
2026 Roster and Transfer Discussion Thread
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Last season, Pascal seemed to give Shore a solid amount of starts to show what he could do early in the season. I'm hoping he does the same with Reid this year.
Pascal definitely isn't afraid to play the young guys, so you very well may get your wish. Seymour just needs to show out in preseason.
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No. I just think it’s more important to keep Wolf productive and he’s far better on the left. Magno and Nico could figure out the other side. Need to get Magno into the box either way
Exactly. Without adding at least 2 reliable goal scorers we will be back to fighting for a middling playoff seed. It’s so obvious what we are missing.
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My optimistic view:
Reid / Alonso can combine for 15 goals over the year.
Nico can put in 12
Magno 8
Hannes 8
Maxi, Ojeda, Keaton (?), Perea (?), Julian, defenders all good for 1-3 for a total of another 12.
That gets us to 55. Beats our 2025 total of 49. Here's hoping.
Do we have a consensus ETA for Alonso’s availability?
ZYanksRule
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Nothing from the team, but judging by previous ACL injuries I think we're looking at probably absolutely no earlier than August, and probably closer to September or October. I think anything we get out of him this season is gravy.
I remember seeing eight to nine months as the full course of rehab and he had his surgery in December. Then there's training up to match fitness after that. So that math checks out.
Sucks, though. Not just what happened and who it happened to — he's such a great dude — but how it happened. It's like his foot got glued in place as the rest of him moved.
Damn turf. Glenn Crooks said he walked out on it to do an interview at midfield and by the time he walked back to the touchline, his knees hurt.
That would be great, but if he's back after the World Cup, that would be amazing enough.
There's optimism, and hopetimism. I fear fifteen combined goals from Reid and Alonso is the latter. That's why I asked about his expected return. My expectations are in line with the answer I got from ZYanksRule: very late in the season is a reasonably optimistic expectation. Mid to late summer is probably the earliest and nothing until 2027 is a possibility.
Then there's the whole issue of how well does he return.
May the odds be ever in your favor <sad Maxi hologram appears in the sky above the stadium>
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When a baseball pitcher gets Tommy John surgery, they usually miss 12-18 months and their first season back isn't as good. It is usually two years before they are back at full-tilt. That's kind of what I think for Alonso. We may see him very late in the season, but even if we do he's not going to be at full effectiveness until 2027. And as we saw with Heber, there's a chance he's never the same player. Alonso is younger so the odds are in his favor, but we really do have to prepare to not see him the entire season.
Yup same for an NFL running back with torn ACL. 12 months would be the minimum and another 6 to 12 before they are really back to 100% (if they ever fully get back to what they were)
For this reason, I'd really like to see them find some high-quality creative striker solution to cover the gap. Find a loan, grab someone on a one-year deal. Don't limp along depending on an 18-year-old Reid to break out or Nico to play out of position all year, waiting around for Alonso to come back.
Sebastian Blanco of Portland came back after 7-8 months and it did not go well. He was about 5 years older than Martinez.
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Fully agree with that. If we get Alonso back at 100% in 2027, we'll have a decision to make. Until then, we need to find a guy who can score 15 goals.
Told the club day of the draft that he's going back to school but we retain his MLS rights for two seasons.
Was just looking at the list of players currently out of contract and availble on a free. Umm... this guy has no team right now:
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Jesús Medina - Player profile
Jesús Medina is a 28-year old football player aus Paraguay, (* Apr 30, 1997 in Limpio, Paraguay). Medina is Jan 11, 2026 without a club since. He plays in the position Right Winger. His market value is €2.50m.
