well given we have just lost bingham for who knows how long, should we bring Weber back in to kick the tires?? I do not feel comfortable at all with Newton as our number two.
My apologies if I'm posting in an inappropriate thread .. but this sounds big news! http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...signing-argentine-midfielder-matias-laba-desi
About a 1.5m transfer fee....TFC don't have a good record of big money signings. But atleast they're willing to dish out the cash.
maybe, we'll get to see Matias Laba (& Bostock) in less than 1 month .. 5/8 7:30PM PDT MLS Regular Season at Buck Shaw Stadium San Jose Toronto FC
Saw a young free agent rookie trialist in training yesterday. He scored 3 goals. Wonder if anyone knows who is ?
Is it A.J. Gray (African-American / African-Canadian guy)? He's played with the reserve team that last couple of games, along with Tommy Thompson, who looked very good the little bit that I saw him against the Portland reserves. Actually they both looked pretty good. Gray appears to be a Canadian who may have knocked around League One a little bit. That's about all I got on him. I think Tommy Thompson is a Quakes academy guy but I can't tell for sure. If he's the guy I think he is, he's very young, like 17 or so(?)
sheesh TFC sure loves spending big money on holding mids... not sure if that is the best of use of their financial advantage. seems like a quality player but it's a bit like NY's 3 million/year for Cahill... not very sexy and isn't gonna give you big assist/goal numbers.
No he looked either like a Latin American or some type of Pacific Islander. I think he was around 22/23 years old.....
I can think of a better use for him. The "Chicken Hawk" has stopped impressing me since his breakaway goal in the pre-season.
Doyle don't need scouts. He's a legend in his own mind. Anybody shows up he signs. Then they put Corrales out for 10 games. Genius.
JD: "You were born in Columbia? How'd you like to play Pro Soccer? What's that? You only have one leg? I don't think it will be a huge concern. Sign here."
JD absolutely swindled houston in the wondo deal, dallas in the chavez deal, tfc in the gordon/attakora & cronin deals, and columbus in the lenhart deal. Also he has a solid draft/development record with guys like beitashour, morrow, baca, and jahn (although the garza over deleon pick still looks like a miss).
Was that JD or FY? I mean he knew Gordon/Attakora pretty well , probably more than Doyle as he trained them both.... BTW from what I heard, Baca (who went undrafted) was discovered when LMU soccer player (David Kucera) died in January 2011 and someone saw him at the funeral and told him to go try out...
LMU's coach Paul Krumpe may have called Doyle also as they knew each other form their playing days on the USMNT team at Italia 90 but yes I think Ian Russel saw him at the wake and told him to come out....
It was sad about David Kucera's passing. My cousin Chris Bernardi played with him down there. I guess it was a sort of mixed blessing for Baca.
Maybe we could get Tom Shane, from the Shane Co., to do a little work on the side when he is scouring the world for gems.