It is if the boy is into contraband the way his day was. Onandi got arrested for crack trafficking while playing in England (later cleared) and was busted for pot in Jamaica. What one has to do to actually get cited for ganja in Jamaica is beyond me. BTW, Onandi is only 39.
Yes - father son combo. Something about those former KC Wizards bloodlines (already had the Bunbury's).
Which means he was a little shy of his 20th birthday when Damion was born. Of course if we're talking close father/son connections, we should go no farther than the Arce duo. Fernando, Sr. was just past 16.5 years of age when Fernando, Jr. was born. To bring this back to Damion Lowe, he played at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship along with Alvas Powell of the Timbers and Andre Lewis, who is one of the five internationals to crash the MLS Combine this year.
Kovar and Okoli are now official - Seattle Sounders FC @SoundersFC4m #Sounders sign midfielder Aaron Kovar (@AOKovar) & forward Sean Okoli (@AskAboutUgo) to Homegrown Player contracts http://sndrs.com/gsrs Jordan Allen, Fr. F/M, Virginia - Homegrown (Salt Lake) Andre Blake, Jr. GK, Connecticut (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas A.J. Cochran, Jr. D, Wisconsin - Generation Adidas Christian Dean, Jr. D, California - Generation Adidas Marlon Hairston, So. M, Louisville - Generation Adidas Aaron Kovar, So. M, Stanford - Homegrown (Seattle) Damion Lowe, Jr. D, Hartford (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas Eric Miller, Jr. D, Creighton - Generation Adidas Sean Okoli, Jr. F, Wake Forest - Homegrown (Seattle) Jalen Robinson, So. D, Wake Forest - Homegrown (D.C.) Schillo Tshuma, So. F/M, Maryland (via Zimbabwe) - Generation Adidas
MLS teams who have been silent so far who cold lead to more homegrown signings: New York, Philadelphia, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, and in the case of Tommy Thompson, San Jose.
Whatever you can pry out of MLS. It helps to have leverage like an overseas offer or even just an EU passport or an agent with a track record abroad. If you google MLS players union salaries you can see what all the players make and just look for the ones who signed GA deals and you'll see their salaries from last year.
Thanks for the reply! Just wondering if there was a true range? Although i have not completed a data base and could be wrong, my recollection is that the range would be between $60,000 - 125,000 with a few strays in either direction. Still greater than the HG range. I assume pre draft senior signings would be comparable to GA range? I wonder what, if any, impact the new TV contract will have on the salary ranges.
I'm not sure of the exact sourcing of this rumor, but Timbers fans seem to think that Portland will announce the signing of Bryan Gallego soon.
They were rumored to have thrown relatively big dollars at Charlie Davies ($200kish), but he was a special case. Think it's 60-120k now....
Given your connections with the program, if you haven't heard anything yet I would suggest that it's not, yet, a done deal
You have failed me, fknbuflobo! (I kid!) Updated list. Jordan Allen, Fr. F/M, Virginia - Homegrown (Salt Lake) Andre Blake, Jr. GK, Connecticut (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas A.J. Cochran, Jr. D, Wisconsin - Generation Adidas Christian Dean, Jr. D, California - Generation Adidas Bryan Gallego, Jr. D, Portland - Homegrown (Portland) Marlon Hairston, So. M, Louisville - Generation Adidas Aaron Kovar, So. M, Stanford - Homegrown (Seattle) Damion Lowe, Jr. D, Hartford (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas Eric Miller, Jr. D, Creighton - Generation Adidas Sean Okoli, Jr. F, Wake Forest - Homegrown (Seattle) Jalen Robinson, So. D, Wake Forest - Homegrown (D.C.) Schillo Tshuma, So. F/M, Maryland (via Zimbabwe) - Generation Adidas
It was graciously pointed out to me that in my haste to update this list, I got Gallego's school wrong. My apologies to Akron fans. Here it is, corrected. Updated list. Jordan Allen, Fr. F/M, Virginia - Homegrown (Salt Lake) Andre Blake, Jr. GK, Connecticut (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas A.J. Cochran, Jr. D, Wisconsin - Generation Adidas Christian Dean, Jr. D, California - Generation Adidas Bryan Gallego, Jr. D, Akron - Homegrown (Portland) Marlon Hairston, So. M, Louisville - Generation Adidas Aaron Kovar, So. M, Stanford - Homegrown (Seattle) Damion Lowe, Jr. D, Hartford (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas Eric Miller, Jr. D, Creighton - Generation Adidas Sean Okoli, Jr. F, Wake Forest - Homegrown (Seattle) Jalen Robinson, So. D, Wake Forest - Homegrown (D.C.) Schillo Tshuma, So. F/M, Maryland (via Zimbabwe) - Generation Adidas
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Updated list. Jordan Allen, Fr. F/M, Virginia - Homegrown (Salt Lake) Andre Blake, Jr. GK, Connecticut (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas A.J. Cochran, Jr. D, Wisconsin - Generation Adidas Christian Dean, Jr. D, California - Generation Adidas Bryan Gallego, Jr. D, Akron - Homegrown (Portland) Marlon Hairston, So. M, Louisville - Generation Adidas Aaron Kovar, So. M, Stanford - Homegrown (Seattle) Damion Lowe, Jr. D, Hartford (via Jamaica) - Generation Adidas Eric Miller, Jr. D, Creighton - Generation Adidas Sean Okoli, Jr. F, Wake Forest - Homegrown (Seattle) Jalen Robinson, So. D, Wake Forest - Homegrown (D.C.) Tommy Thompson, Fr. F, Indiana - Homegrown (San Jose) Schillo Tshuma, So. F/M, Maryland (via Zimbabwe) - Generation Adidas