MLS flavors of the week: 2011 Edition [MLS R's]

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don't forget sean johnson out of the chicago game.

johnson and agudelo: can each build upon an encouraging rookie campaign?

cameron: will he follow in the dom kinnearean footsteps of derosario, donovan, clark, and holden as league midfield star and national team regular?

brek shea: how high and how fast will his star rise?

imwanga: is he gonna wait on the us

wynne and mcdonald : can each take the next step in his first full season at cb?

can anyone truly shine at leftback?

 

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I don't think you can write seitz off yet. Yes i understand he sucked last season, but that was his first full season as a GK. He did well in the few games he played for RSL and we all remember how well he played with the U-20s.

Of course if he sucks this year then yeah i guess he's done.

 

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I wont write Seitz off per se, but I dont have high expectations. For example Hamid wasnt that great when he played last year, but you could see pretty good somewhere on the horizon. Seitz has a long way to go just to get to mediocre. To get to national team level? Thats a loooooooooooong haul.

 

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From the TV coverage, the surface was wet but the roll of the ball was true and the footing was reasonable.

And it didn't stop Juninho from cracking one in.

PS. My take is that fields in less than perfect locations (and that would exclude anyone outside of California), should go to the new AstroTurf, as it will provide them with a higher average performance over the course of the season than natural grass.

Sure, if you're in Green Bay and you're only playing 10 games there the whole season, you can get by with a hybrid (DESSO) field.

But, having watched puddle-ball in Denmark, England, Holland and Germany to say nothing of the frozen ground in Russia, I'd have to cast my vote for the new carpets.

And, in the Chicago mode, twice.

 

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Vancouver and TFC is a great game.

BTW all games are free this weekend on Direct Kick

 

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sick-ass finish by aguedelo

 

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I'll stress that I am not one to overhype a young player.

But it is really hard to not get excited about Agudelo after having just watched that goal he scored against Seattle.

 

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cd9 to replace holden?

 

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Charlie Davies has to be in the discussion for the gold cup now. He looks to be getting back to normal. Just needs more gametime

 

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Looks like Shea isn't the anwser to our CB problem

 

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video of Davies 2nd goal, defender falls down but still great to see him in action again:

http://www.mlssoccer.com/videos?catid=114&id=12551

 

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Haven't been watching...not a good game for Shea? I'd say give him some time.

On a side note, what exactly is our CB problem? Goodson, Gooch, Ream, hell even Kitchen looked pretty good out there tonight.

 

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First game of the season? Way too early to give up on that yet. Just his size alone should be a positive in that position.

 

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Agudelo, Davies, Pontius


Who says we don't have any depth up top?

 

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I thought this was the overreaction thread? I'm certainly not pencilling the latter two ahead of Jozy just yet.

Seriously though, Agudelo is a stud, Davies is coming back, and I definitely think Pontius has some great tools. Crazy that the youngest one of the three is probably the most international ready at this point.

 

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Also from what I saw of him Lloyd looked pretty good at LB

 

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good to hear that, especially since he is already on the radar

 

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Pontius has got to stay healthy. He looked good tonight though. I've always thought of him as a poor man's Dempsey, albeit with less aerial ability.

Wolfe was beastly. Fast, passed well, great finish. If he were 5 years younger, we'd be talking about him quite a bit.

Kitchen was okay. Quiet, which isn't such a bad thing.

For Columbus, I liked that they started Duka over Rogers. Duka didn't do much, and Rogers merely finished a pk, but both of them ought to improve if they are going against each other for the starting role.

 

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So, Kenny Cooper in midfield, huh?

 

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You know, Loyd looked awfully good.

Shea has a lot of upside at CB. If he can figure the position out, he'll be a monster there. That's a big if, though.

 

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C. J. Sapong!!!!! looked good vs Chivas USA

 

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In SJ Wondo was wasteful, but was still finding himself in the positions that earned him the golden boot last year.

I thought Cronin had a strong game considering the strength of RSL's midfield and the conditions of the game.

Anthony Ampaipitakwong had a bright performance off the bench. He is one of the group of Akron draftees this year.

Ike Opara did not play, Jason Hernandez and Brandon McDonald were preferred and had a decent night.

 

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What's his ethnic background? Last name sounds Ghanaian. Anyone know?