The Official Marvin Chávez thread

Marvin's first SJ goal was a nice one!

 

Still sorry Marvin wasn't selected for the all-star game, he should be there in Beckerman's place!

 

They don't play the same position.

 

definately. and what's this with Beckham picking up an ESPY that belongs to Wondo?

 

The ESPYs are to sports what the rock and roll hall of fame is to music -- i.e. totally irrelevant...

 

They select midfielders -- not wingers, ACMs and DCMs, so for this purpose they might as well play the same position...

 

If Beckham skips the Allstar game to go to the Oympics, I was hoping that Chavez would be named as his replacement as the team could use his speed and crossing ability against Chelsea. But with Morrow being named, I just can't see Olsen picking another Quake, so I would guess that someone like Kamara or Lee Nguyen might get picked instead. But hopefully he gets honored when they name the "Allstar 32 man roster" that gets named after the game (they add as many guys as required to the ones already named for the game to total 32, with the additional players resulting from player voting).

 

Not really - for the first XI, they just pick the top 4 midfielders by vote. But when Olsen adds players, he needs to name players who can round out a team he can field, which really required getting 2 defensive minded midfielders (or else the team would get overrun by Chelsea). Beckerman and Alonso were both pretty deserving, if you want to argue for Chavez over someone Olsen named it would be over Pontius or maybe Eddie Johnson. But both of those two have had very good years, so it's hard to argue. With only 18 players getting named from the entire league, the Quakes did amazingly well to get 3 players named in the 18, and then to get Morrow added. I remember the 2005 Quakes that were so good, and yet not a single player made the Allstar game because there were so many very good players that none of them stood out. Brad Davis ended up getting named to replace someone, but he was the only player named.

 

I thought I read because Beckham was not picked to play for team GB, he didn't even want to go to the Olympics at all?

 

He's married... Maybe he has no choice?

 

Spoken like a successfully married man.

 

What? Olympics sholympics. You mean Posh would not be chomping at the bit to ply her high fashion wares at the grand spectacle that is the MLS all-star game? You know, with top-o-the-top-o A-listers like Garbs and Lands and Lie's?

 

No - the articles have said that maybe he would just go for a week or so, and not stay as long as people were expecting him to because he said he didn't want to miss too many Galaxy games. Even though his contract supposedly said he would be at the Olympic games for the entire time (when he signed this offseason everyone thought he'd be playing, though), he's not planning on spending the entire 2+ weeks in England. But nowhere has anyone said or quoted him that he didn't want to go at all.

If MLS puts pressure on him, he might play in the ASG and then fly immediately to London, that would get him there in time for England's opening soccer game on Thursday and also for Opening Cermonies on Friday.

 

For a while there... 16 years or so.

 

Not bad. Some don't even make it that far.

 

Marvin Chavez with a goal tonight against Boca.

 

against Boca?

 

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/15/2953882/honduras-fills-in-waits-for-boca.html
America de Cali pulled out of the Boca v America game in Miami, and Boca Juniors offered to still play if a team could be found, so Honduras was called up to play versus Boca Juniors.

 

Playing against Guillermo Enio Burdisso, the younger brother of A.S. Roma defender Nicolás Burdisso.....

 

Hell, just playing against Boca! I wonder if they have crazy fans in Miami too.

 

important thing here is that Marvin scored

 

Image 14 shows Marvin Chavez just afer scoring-
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/08/15/2953971/honduras-vs-boca-juniors-wed-aug.html