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How "Big" is he?

 

What's the waiver procedure?? How fast can we get him in New England?

 

I'd like to get Cooke as well, but the salary is a bit high:

COL Cooke Terry M $187,500.00 $192,500.00 (base and guaranteed)

Another issue is that he hasn't really played in the past year, is he still fit and can he do the defensive work? Offensively, I'd love to have his crosses and dead balls.

 

Before people suggest that we pick up Cooke and waive Thompson, doesn't Cooke require a foreign player slot? Are people ready to lump Castro For Cooke? Castro seems like he might be more useful in late game situations when we are trying to keep the ball, though I agree Cooke is the better offensive threat.

 

Jon, you're getting all logistic here. I think people would like to have Cooke here, but probably not at any cost. When confronted with the real cost ($, roster, who makes room), as you point out, some won't be as excited about it. I just think it's worth looking into. The Revs can always walk away.

 

From reading the Rapids boards Cooke isn't an Senior International anymore...

 

I'd do this in a minute. Solid, logical idea...it will never happen. Get a job in the FO FFS and fix this team.

I'd take Cooke as I think he fits well within the Nicol mold. He'd slot right in and be a game changer very quickly.

 

IF--- and I know it's a BIG IF---Twellman can come back this season we will need to do just that.

Anyone have an insight as to why the CRapids have let him go if he would be such a great pickup? A lot of things can look good at the recycling center but after you lug them home and plug them in the reason they were discarded usually become obvious.

 

He's really been in the doghouse there since Clavijo "left". I think he's done well in the occasional cameo since them but can't get minutes. I'm sure the Colorado boards have more details on that situation.

 

According to Ives, Knano has been waived as well.

 

Great........Crappy player with decent speed but no brains or an aging veteran of the EPL that can whip in a nice cross and still has some tread left on the tires.............Looks like the Revs will sign Khano in a few days!

 

Kenny Cooper transferred to 1860 Munich.


Quote:
Dear Loyal Plan Holder:

Good Morning. I hope this email finds you well. As a loyal plan holder, we consider you part of the FC Dallas Family. As a member of our family, we wanted to share this major announcement with you before we officially announce it to the media: We finalized the transfer of Kenny Cooper to 1860 Munich (2. Bundesliga club in Germany).



Good luck Kenny!

 

That's a bit of help for our 30 Sept match

 

After 8/1 and 8/2 games:

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[b]Standings[/b]										
Pos.	Team	Div.	W	D	L	Pld.	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HOU	West	10	5	5	20	27	27	0	35
2	CLB	East	8	9	3	20	29	24	5	33
3	CHI	East	8	8	3	19	26	20	6	32
4	SEA	West	7	8	4	19	26	20	6	29
5	LA	West	6	10	3	19	23	20	3	28
6	DC	East	6	10	4	20	24	32	-8	28
7	COL	West	7	6	6	19	28	24	4	27
8	CHV	West	8	3	6	17	19	15	4	27
9	TOR	East	7	6	7	20	28	31	-3	27
[B][COLOR="Navy"]10	NE	East	6	6	5	17	19	22	-3	24[/COLOR][/B]
11	RSL	West	6	5	8	19	28	24	4	23
12	KC	East	5	6	7	18	20	25	-5	21
13	DAL	West	5	5	9	19	28	30	-2	20
14	SJ	West	4	5	10	19	25	35	-10	17
15	NY	East	2	4	15	21	16	37	-21	10

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[b]Points-per-game[/b]				
Rank	Team	GP	Pts	PPG
1	HOU	20	35	1.750
2	CHI	19	32	1.684
3	CLB	20	33	1.650
4	SEA	18	29	1.611
5	CHV	17	27	1.588
6	LA	19	28	1.474
7	COL	19	27	1.421
[B][COLOR="Navy"]8	NE	17	24	1.412[/COLOR][/B]
9	DC	20	28	1.400
10	TOR	20	27	1.350
11	RSL	19	23	1.211
12	KC	18	21	1.167
13	DAL	19	20	1.053
14	SJ	18	14	0.778
15	NY	21	10	0.476

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[b]Playoff matchups[/b]		

[b]East[/b]		
(1) CLB	vs.	(4) CHV*
(2) CHI	vs.	(3) DC


[b]West[/b]		
(1) HOU	vs.	(4) COL
(2) SEA	vs.	(3) LA

 

Looks like James Riley has been taking lessons at the Avery John school of tackling.

 

Wow!:

Curt Onalfo dismissed as Kansas City Wizards head coach. Interim replacement to be named Tuesday
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2009/08/onalfo-out-as-kansas-city-head-coach.html

 

Not sure this is really much of a surprise unless you look at it a Osorio still has a job... They have a lot more talent than their record indicates.