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I first read it as "Sub-par Sub", and yes, he's a sub-par sub. And, fcuk me, you can't be good for a yellow every 30 minutes and expect to help your squad. Honestly, with the amount of minutes he put in last year, I bet it's something ridiculous like 1 yellow/ 30-45 minutes.
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Good for the kid. Seems to get to the next level, you have to leave the Caps organisation?
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Toronto FC sign defender Kadin Chung | Toronto FC
Toronto FC announced today that the club has signed defender Kadin Chung through 2023 with options for 2024 and 2025. “Kadin has had a good preseason and has earned a spot on our roster,” said Toronto FC Head Coach and Sporting Director Bob Bradley. “He’s coming off a very good
I dunno... he left the Caps 5 years ago. He was nowhere near ready back then, and once WFC2 was shuttered they really didn't have the infrastructure in place to continue to develop him.Good for the kid. Seems to get to the next level, you have to leave the Caps organisation?
Toronto FC sign defender Kadin Chung | Toronto FC
Toronto FC announced today that the club has signed defender Kadin Chung through 2023 with options for 2024 and 2025. “Kadin has had a good preseason and has earned a spot on our roster,” said Toronto FC Head Coach and Sporting Director Bob Bradley. “He’s coming off a very good
Even now I would say he's at best an MLS backup. He's fortunate that TFC lost both right backs this offseason as it will afford him a pretty big opportunity to earn minutes, but he'll have to make a pretty big leap to be a success.
This.
It's not that a lot of these kids were ready, many weren't, but you shutter WFC2, what do you expect?
And really, making it as an MLS domestic depth player is still nothing to sneeze at. Nerwinski has made a pretty damn good career out of being a back-up, and being a good team guy. Works his ass off and gets opportunities, guys get injured, and he somehow still gets playing time...despite often times being the obvious worse player on the pitch. The MLS is flush with guys like him.
If Chung goes on to that kind of career in MLS, God bless him.
Interesting comparisons....
Tajon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajon_Buchanan
Alistair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Johnston
I think both made their way through talent, hard work, and probably a bit of luck. Both followed near exclusively North American routes to MLS and now beyond for Tajon. Largely in later years I'd think their development came at the Div 1 level. Both notably had L1O experience as well.
I dunno. Can any of us say how good either of these guys were coming out of youth?
The real differentiator seems to be, for me, the Caps. There is no reason Colorado or Nashville or Dallas should be any better at developing players, but somehow they were able to give these guys a platform to develop at.
If anything, these guys (especially TB) have shown you can come up exclusively in North America, and earn yourself a solid pro career. Attitude wise, we now know both these players had something special to give. Both are clearly driven, when they got their opportunities in the shop window, they took hold and went balls out.
Remember way back when Bustos and the other winger / striker (can't even remember his name, sold onto div 3 Germany or something) got their chances, they played like timid, scared kittens? Bustos seems to be doing ok now, but how many years did he waste? Will he ever get a shot in MLS again?
...and I would take TB over ANY player on the Whitecaps roster. AJ....yeah maybe him, too. Certainly over any defender, that's a no-brainer. How the Caps missed out on that deal is baffling.
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Sure, but
lol, but actually that's 3.Liga which is fully professional, and generally higher level than CPL.
lol, but actually that's 3.Liga which is fully professional, and generally higher level than CPL.
Busted, I'm not. But that's ONE player!
