2012-13 offseason thread

Discussion in 'Sporting Kansas City' started by Howard the Drake, Nov 8, 2012.

  1. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
  2. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We get extra allocation money, we don't get extra international spots.
     
  3. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    III(A) his contract option was declined, not that he was out of contract. Since he had less than 4 years MLS experience he doesn't go through the re-entry draft.
     
  4. vividox

    vividox Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 10, 2005
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    Sporting Kansas City
    We do, but like all dealings with allocation money, we have no idea how much that actually is.
     
  5. ojsgillt

    ojsgillt Member

    Feb 27, 2001
    Lee's Summit MO
    cap space <---I---> transfer=?
     
  6. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
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    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  7. vividox

    vividox Moderator
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    Aug 10, 2005
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    Sporting Kansas City
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  8. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let the full scale panic begin, Besler said on 810 this morning he'd been contacted by Euro clubs.
     
  9. vividox

    vividox Moderator
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    Aug 10, 2005
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    All I what for Christmas is a 2013 roster with Besler and Espinosa on it.
     
  10. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Cesar apparently turned down an assistant coaching job with KC
     
  11. KopRules

    KopRules Member+

    May 31, 2011
    Beautiful South KC
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    IIRC the salary cap goes up 5% every year until the collective bargaining agreement ends in 2014. I am not sure the extent to which a substantially increased MLS cap is (a) feasible, nor, (b) provides actual help in retaining talent.

    I find it almost inapposite the cutting of serviceable players (Markovic) to make 90k in cap space, while trying to field a modest roster for multiple competitions. MLS clubs don't need a Carlos Tevez sitting on the bench $ulking, but given injuries are a when/not if, it would be nice to not have to trot out a complete experiment just to get some rest in the middle of July.

    Im not really worried about, say, Besler leaving, but I do believe the cruelest/most detrimental part of the transfer mkt is [by far] the inability to retain, not the ability to obtain. Im no proponent of trying to get MLS on par with uefa systems, nor do I think it reasonable.
     
  12. SombraAla

    SombraAla Member+

    Apr 2, 2006
    Waldo (Kansas City)
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have... :-(
     
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  13. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. ojsgillt

    ojsgillt Member

    Feb 27, 2001
    Lee's Summit MO
    not a bad vid. At 28 is a good 4 year contract. probably be in the 150 to 200K range. Ceasars replacemet? No, but Uri could slide in there. Roger's, cant tell from that vid about tenacity and tackling. Zusi's role? Maybe, it would allow Zusi to play on the wing more, which is good for national team.
     
  15. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. Hexenmeister

    Hexenmeister Member

    Aug 9, 2000
    Kearney, MO
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    This doesn't really count as "news" but I went to my first Comets game since the 80s tonight and sitting in my same section were Kei, Kevin Ellis, and Soony Saad.

    Those were the three I recognized but there were a few other young, Euro-fashioned, fit-looking African-American males among the group. Made me wonder if they were also soccer players. (One looked so familiar it drove me crazy trying to identify him. Did Teal recently grow a beard?)

    Anyway, the Comets game was fun even though they lost. I'd rather watch that than Houston-LA II.
     
  17. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  18. YilmazOrhan

    YilmazOrhan Well Brian, I hit it first time...

    Jun 18, 2006
    Suburbia, Kansas
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  19. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He'll be the 3rd former KC player to play in the EPL after leaving KC, joining Gough and Johnson.
     
  20. Lebowski

    Lebowski BigSoccer Supporter

    Jan 23, 2011
    Kansas City
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    Sporting Kansas City
  21. vividox

    vividox Moderator
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    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Without Roger we are at $1,982,401. Or $900,000 of cap space.
     
  22. Inca Roads

    Inca Roads Member+

    Nov 22, 2012
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Yep, looks like the KC Star and the MLS website both have confirmed him as Wigan-bound. I love Roger, but I'm very excited to see him go, both for his career and for the development of KC's shiny new midfield.
     
  23. comoesa

    comoesa Member+

    Aug 13, 2010
    Christen Press's armpit
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How do you guys rate Besler, is he better than say Goodson?

    I don't think he could get a move to a top 4 league realistically. I feel his destination would likely be Denmark, or maybe a BL.2 or Championship club? This is just based on watching him in passing.
     
  24. Buzz Killington

    Buzz Killington Member+

    Oct 6, 2002
    Lee's Summit
    Club:
    Kansas City Wizards
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm bias but he's better than Goodson. That said I don't think he's leaving.
     

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