Well, according to Don Juego, Camargo was the best pure soccer player the Dynamo have ever had. He was also the best pure player who ever sat behind undrafted college players.
Right now that makes him the best pure soccer player plying his trade in the lowest level of the Brazilian national pyramid (Serie D).
i see the point @DonJuego was trying to make though. IMO, i would say the purest soccer player we ever had on our roster was Richard Mulrooney, but you never saw/will never see Richie on a BBVA pillar, on a season ticket holder box or on a fan's all time fave list.
Back on topic...Davis got a goal. But the significant thing to me was Brad got the goal because Mr Bruin missed from inside 10 yards (OK it was blocked but...) Other than that, did Will even play? What does he have, one goal in all these preseason games? I stuck by the guy most of last season, but this is seriously concerning to me when he's still considered our number one guy.
Yep, one goal. Against the Dynamo Academy no less (plus 5 pretty terrible misses in that match). I was a Bruin defender for most of last season, but changed my tune by the end of the year. I do not have high hopes. I think unrealistic expectations were set after 2012 and that Bruin is not really anywhere near a 16 goals per season kind of a guy. I think he is an 8-10 goal, 10% shooting efficiency kind of a player.
The fact is, he has shown the capability to do it. If he can regain the state of mind he had during that season, it can happen again. Will he ever regain that? That is left to be determined.
The big question coming up is will he be paid for what he did, what he is currently doing, or what he potentially might do?
This is pure speculation on my part, however I wonder how much opponents geared their tactical plans on defense around stopping Bruin in 2012. My guess is he got a bit more space and time as he wasn't the focal point. By last season, people were talking about 25 goals for Bruin so teams clearly focused on defending against Bruin in the middle as a priority, thus he had less space and time and shots tended to be far less accurate as a result. Confidence then comes into play and things can really spiral downward. Bit like Jeremy Lin. Exploded at New York when nobody knew much about him and did not key in on him. Soon as defenses started adjusting to his play, he fell back to being an average NBA point guard rather than a superstar and has never approached the same level of play since.
Just a guess, but probably a blend between what he is currently doing and what he might do. The retention funds come into play big time, though.
Apologies for multiple posts, but since we are talking Bruin, don't know how many of you read Stephen Eastepp's good interview with Bruin over at Keeper Notes. http://keepernotes.com/2014/02/24/will-bruin-houston-dynamo-2014-interview/ Most puzzling thing about it is Bruin blames lack of familiarity with the 4-3-3 as part of his drop off in 2013. Call me crazy, but I'd say we played far more 4-3-3 in 2012 than we did 2013.
Speaking of Mulrooney.... http://www.socceramerica.com/article/56595/memphis-names-three-time-mls-champ-mulrooney-head.html