David Villa Sanchez [Forward]
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I hope his pitching is better than his batting, which I would describe as "not quite as bad as Neymar's".
Question on this, and I understand its not your tweet, so you may not be able to answer this.
But when they say its the highest percentage in MLS, do they mean in that particular timeframe? Or do they mean its the highest percentage for a MLS club's history?
I wish that one kid would have turned to Patricof and asked a serious question...that would have been hilarious.
Here's a fun thing to think about...
David Villa currently has 76 MLS Caps for NYCFC (Regular Season + Playoffs). If he appears in our 22 remaining home games and say we make a top two seed in the Eastern Conference, the Eastern Conference Semifinal Leg 2 game at Yankee Stadium would be his 100th game, hitting the century mark.
David Villa currently has 76 MLS Caps for NYCFC (Regular Season + Playoffs). If he appears in our 22 remaining home games and say we make a top two seed in the Eastern Conference, the Eastern Conference Semifinal Leg 2 game at Yankee Stadium would be his 100th game, hitting the century mark.
If he plays them...
Follow up, I've asked Ben Baer, MLS Research Analyst, and typically playoff matches don't count towards caps, so we'll have to wait until 2018.
That's ridiculous. So he can play in a playoff game but it doesn't count as a club appearance? And the team that wins the cup actually didn't statistically play a game? Ben Baer should lay off his recreational vices because his logic ain't.
That's strange. I wonder why. And I wonder if USOC also doesn't count.
I also thing Villa should start USOC. We need to try to keep as much of our starters together. We've seen what happens with our B team. Also, our opening match vs NJ is an international date. So we won't have a few of our normal starters. I'm thinking we don't have Wallace, Mata, Chanot, camargo, and Herrera. So...
Lewis/tmac villa(int) jack
Ring(int) maxi(int) mikey
Sweat Callens(int) brilliant(int) norris
Milkman
That's 5. And a team that can take it to NJ. We're lucky ring is suspended.
Mata probably wouldn't be called up if he's coming off an injury. He may be fit enough for us, but I doubt his NT would take a chance when they can just call in somebody else. But with Sweat, it really wouldn't matter and Mata can rest/train.
Just a reminder that El Guaje is pretty good
I just remembered that Mata got his green card pre-season. So even if he doesn't play for CR because of the injury. He could play for us or come off the bench for limited minutes.
http://www.frontrowsoccer.com/2017/...green-cards-freeing-up-an-international-slot/
If we get past that first match, I still don't know how we get who we need on the field.
You assume Chanot and Callens have to play, that's 2.
You assume villa has to play. That's 3.
Then who do you leave out from maxi, ring, Yangel?
Yes, I realize this is the wrong thread for this. But the tangent started. The only saving grace is maybe the answer is no Villa in USOC later rounds.
Last year, we were literally against the wall. We had only 13 domestic players, which meant we had to field them all in order to round out a full 18.
This year, we have some flexibility.
(foreign players in italics)
CF: Okoli, Villa
WF: Wallace, Harrison, Shelton, Lewis, Camargo
MF: McNamara, Lopez, Stertzer, Awuah, Pirlo, Moralez, Ring, Herrera
FB: Matarrita, White, Sweat, Allen, Gomez
CB: Chanot, Callens, Brillant
G: Johnson, Johansen, Rawls
Excluding the goalkeepers, we have 14 domestic players for the 16 outfield spots in a typical 18 man roster. Since all the goalies are domestic, that means we can field a team with 16/18 domestic, or go with the max number of foreign players by having 11 of the outfield players be domestic and 5 foreign.
The obvious issue is at CB. I would not be surprised to see White shift inside for the U.S. Open Cup.
