Isn’t the coach in MLS extremely involved in player signings?My shout is more at the ownership etc. Year over year we sign all these players, and hope we see it stick to the wall.
Isn’t the coach in MLS extremely involved in player signings?
Teibert over Jon Erice??? Good God...
I rather see RT than another new, lower div euro Midfielder come through the caps revolving door. At least there is some consistency there. We know he works his ass off and plays for the club. Half these other guys will be gone next year again.
I agree.
Just name a few second or third division players lighting it up in MLS and I'd say you've found a needle in a haystack. Besides BWP. Lol .
Our defence is a mystery to me. New players again so only time will tell how good they'll be but at one point we had Beitashour(sp), Harvey, Parker and Waston on our books. That's a solid MLS backline! I can't remember why a couple of them moved on but why get rid of that kind of quality?
Johnny Russel and Adama Diomande are the first that pop to my mind.
If you include top division players from smaller countries (sweden, romania, denmark, poland, austria, etc) then there are plenty.
Beitashour - Caps didn't want to pay him
Parker - Caps didn't want to pay him
I'm sensing a theme....
You actually knew Erice before he joined the Whitecaps? You were an Albecete fan of the Spanish Segunda last season where they were 1 point from another relegation?
I didn't think so.
You actually knew Erice before he joined the Whitecaps? You were an Albecete fan of the Spanish Segunda last season where they were 1 point from another relegation?
I didn't think so.
I agree.
There's a strange culture here which I don't entirely understand where our management and fans think so lowly of our domestic/current players that they think a player from a lower division European/south American League can come and do a better job. Even soccer know-it-alls here think the MLS would be 3rd or 4th tier in England. I don't think so! If that were true then we'd see a lot more Championship players over here as DPs. That's not the case. The players making an impact were the highest level like Ibra, Giovinco, Rooney, Villa, Drogba, Becks, Vela, Defoe, Dempsey, Martinez, Keane, Henry etc.
Just name a few second or third division players lighting it up in MLS and I'd say you've found a needle in a haystack. Besides BWP. Lol .
Our defence is a mystery to me. New players again so only time will tell how good they'll be but at one point we had Beitashour(sp), Harvey, Parker and Waston on our books. That's a solid MLS backline! I can't remember why a couple of them moved on but why get rid of that kind of quality?