News: Other Team's News III [R]

Not sure where to put this so it might as well be here. Denaldin Hamzagic, 2009 Revs draftee, has popped up at FK Sarajevo in the Bosnian League. He scored the winning penalty in the Europa League 3rd qualifying round tonight as his club advanced over Helsingborg of Sweden.

 

After 8/6 game:

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[b]Standings[/b]										
Pos.	Team	Div.	W	D	L	Pld.	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HOU	West	10	5	6	21	27	28	-1	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	DAL	West	6	5	9	20	29	30	-1	23
13	KC	East	5	6	7	18	20	25	-5	21
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	CHI	19	32	1.684
2	HOU	21	35	1.667
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	20	23	1.150
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

 

Thanks for that, good for him! Looks like they are up against Cluj in the next round.

 

Who knows. He may just show back in the Revs preseason camp in 2010 or 2011. We hold his rights for two years, we didn't have open space when he became available and he needed professional playing time so he went to Europe. TBD

 

We'll see. The Bosnian league isn't any great shakes, although there are certainly worse leagues in Europe. The reputation of Bosnian footballers is on the rise all across Europe as a bunch are doing really well, so I'd guess that the Bosnian league is scouted pretty well for a lower-tier league.

I'd say we are in one of those unfortunate situations, like with Toronto and Joe Lapira, who signed with Nybergsund, a tiny team in Norway's second division. If Hamzagic and Lapira do well, they'll move on to bigger and better things in Europe -- why sign for the miserable $30k contract that MLS gives to all the crawl-backers? If they don't do well.....well, what are the chances that a guy who couldn't cut it at Nybergsund or Sarajevo will cut it at an MLS club?

There are always extenuating circumstances. Hamilton Academical is no great shakes, but injury hampered Videira's chances there. But I doubt we'll ever see Hamzagic again unless the trail really runs cold for him.

 

Vincenzo Bernardo, of Napoli academy fame and BigSoccer Legend status, is apparently leaving the club to sign with MLS. He's a forward and we are 5th in the allocation order and desperate. He may well be another Brandon Manzonelli, who knows.

We'd need to open up a roster spot and I'm not sure if it's worth it, but at least he's an American so we wouldn't have to worry about international slots. Probably not going to happen, but I'm keeping an eye on it.

 

After 8/8 games:

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[b]Standings[/b]										
Pos.	Team	Div.	W	D	L	Pld.	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CLB	East	9	9	3	21	32	24	8	36
2	HOU	West	10	5	6	21	27	28	-1	35
3	CHI	East	8	8	3	19	26	20	6	32
4	LA	West	7	10	3	20	25	21	4	31
5	COL	West	8	6	6	20	32	24	8	30
6	SEA	West	7	8	5	20	26	21	5	29
7	DC	East	6	10	4	20	24	32	-8	28
8	CHV	West	8	3	7	18	19	19	0	27
9	TOR	East	7	6	7	20	28	31	-3	27
10	RSL	West	7	5	8	20	29	24	5	26
[B][COLOR="Navy"]11	NE	East	6	6	6	18	20	24	-4	24[/COLOR][/B]
12	DAL	West	6	5	9	20	29	30	-1	23
13	KC	East	5	6	7	18	20	25	-5	21
14	SJ	West	4	5	11	20	25	38	-13	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	CLB	21	36	1.714
2	CHI	19	32	1.684
3	HOU	21	35	1.667
4	LA	20	31	1.550
5	SEA	19	29	1.526
6	COL	20	30	1.500
7	CHV	18	27	1.500
8	DC	20	28	1.400
9	TOR	20	27	1.350
[B][COLOR="Navy"]10	NE	18	24	1.333[/COLOR][/B]
11	RSL	20	26	1.300
12	KC	18	21	1.167
13	DAL	20	23	1.150
14	SJ	19	14	0.737
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) SEA
(2) LA	vs.	(3) COL

 

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/


*Colin Clark, Colorado's excellent midfielder, will miss the rest of the MLS season after tearing a knee ligament in training Tuesday.


http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20090811&content_id=6373772&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp

 

Can we trust that report? It says Clark is excellent.

 

Red Bull Arena Roof Photos









I guess it's no use trying to hide our jealousy huh??

 

Maybe we should kill these threads. If they were full of point-and-laugh posts, it would be one thing, but this one has been full of why-can't-we-do-that posts, and it's just depressing.

 

point and laugh at jersey in the background. cuz at the end of the day, they still all live there lol

 

Philly's new stadium...

 

Looks like its a long way to go.

 

I had a snappy retort for this, but typing it just made me more depressed.

 

did it point out how much sooner their stadium will be built, than ours?

 

revsfail

 

Playoff matchups are actually:

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[b]Playoff matchups[/b]		

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


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

 

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/

From Goff:

*MLS playoff chase:

Eastern Berths
Columbus 39 points
Chicago 35

Western Berths
Houston 39
Seattle 32

At-Large Berths
Los Angeles 31
Toronto 30
Colorado 30
Chivas USA 30
-----------
D.C. United 28
Real Salt Lake 27
New England 24
Dallas 23
Kansas City 21
San Jose 17
Topeka, Kansas U14 girls
New York 10

 

Thank god the REvs do not play Topeka