Pacific scored more goals on Crepeau than mexico and usa combined during the gold cup!!!
100% fair point. I think that's why most of my comments above alluded to acquiring the CPL high performers. A good development program, if you are going to tear up the model and revamp it, is minimum 5 years before you start to see fruits of the labor....but agree, this must occur.1) You're bang on with the assessment about asset mismanagement and allocation of money. Can't get away with that when you're also the smallest budget in the league
2) If they actually played the guys they developed, it would shine a giant light on the fact that they are completely incompetent at developing young talent through their residency. Sure, some of their guys could probably be fringy - no worse than RT anyway. But Baldisimo is about as good as it gets, and I rate him for MLS as pretty fringy - at this point anyway. The point I'm trying to make is that it's not in their interest to play their own guys unless they're legit, and they don't have any of those kicking around because they're useless at player development.
Same thing - Usport guys are all guys the Caps jettisoned and/or didnt sign to homegrown contracts. Go after Usport guys and you've gotta admit you fcuked up. I don't recall them even admitting they got the Jarju DP signing wrong; leopards and spots and all that...100% fair point. I think that's why most of my comments above alluded to acquiring the CPL high performers. A good development program, if you are going to tear up the model and revamp it, is minimum 5 years before you start to see fruits of the labor....but agree, this must occur.
I am going to ask this question again: why do the Caps ignore USport? CPL is showing everyone that it's acceptable for their league, and of course, I give you a sample of our 1st round picks (all of them), and none thus far have impressed. Could Egbo? Maybe? But unless there is a Kyle Larin sitting up there as available....what's the point?
Same thing - Usport guys are all guys the Caps jettisoned and/or didnt sign to homegrown contracts. Go after Usport guys and you've gotta admit you fcuked up. I don't recall them even admitting they got the Jarju DP signing wrong; leopards and spots and all that...
Jarju was a DP striker who didn't score a single goal for them. I think that trumps all lol...It's not just Jarju
Effy Juarez
Anthony Blondell
Lucas Venuto
Jasser Khmiri
Jon Erice
Leonard Owusu
Jose Aja
Should I go on? There have been a lot of bad signings in their MLS history!!