Patrick Bühlmann on trial with Revolution

[SwissGCZ]

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=33016

It would be nice to see another Swiss in MLS after Alain Sutter...

[RobtheAggie]

Lets hope he plys better that Suttar did for the Burn. Another Swiss in MLS would be great, but then do I have to start liking the Revs?

[SwissGCZ]

Alain Sutter did great for the Burn, especially in '97. I don't think Dallas could've won the Open Cup without him. He's a great guy, I got the chance to talk to him after a game once. It's sad that his career ended the way it did with a stupid injury like that (breaking the hip while stepping into a dirt-hole during practice.)

[swissman]

Just as confirmation...

http://www2.bostonherald.com/sport/soccer/revnt02142003.htm

at the bottom.

[RobtheAggie]

I had forgotten that the Dallas Burn did win the US Open Cup that year. Any idea what Buhlmann has been doing the past year. If I remember correctly, he did not play with FCZ in the fall, did he?

[SwissGCZ]

Originally posted by RobtheAggie
Any idea what Buhlmann has been doing the past year. If I remember correctly, he did not play with FCZ in the fall, did he?
Well he might have played with the reserve team. I saw him with FCZII against Horgen in the 1st game of a doubleheader last summer (The other game was Liverpool vs. Wolfsburg.) All of this took place in Horgen, which is basically my backyard :D

Hey Swissman, you going to see the Stade de Geneve any soon?

[swissman]

No, alas, I'm probably not going back to Switzerland until December (I was just in Switzerland for new year's).

And although I'm technically a Servette fan, I don't really follow them any more as I don't find finding out results on the internet nearly as entertaining as watching the games.

p.s. good result for Switzerland the other day... anyone see the game?

I'm just waiting for them to play Ireland again, that way I get to see the game in Boston.

[SwissGCZ]

from http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/049/sports/Nicol_Revolution_take_a_left_turn+.shtml

The team will not keep two foreigners at the same position, so either Buhlmann (Switzerland) or Griffiths (Jamaica) likely will depart before the season-opener April 5.

Their status could be determined by their performances in tomorrow's training match against Palmeiras in Sao Paulo. Buhlmann produced some near misses but did not appear sharp, and Uribe scored a goal on a free kick in a 3-3 tie Saturday with the Under 17 team guided by Oscar Bernardi.

''Judging by last year, Buhlmann can play,'' Nicol said. ''He is not playing for his team at the moment but that does not mean we are going to sign him.''

It's not quite that simple.

Buhlmann, 31, said he hoped to join the Revolution last season but the transfer was impeded by conflicting demands of agents, plus the impending birth of his third child, now 6 months old. Buhlmann said his contract with FC Zurich ends in June, but he is not on the first-team roster.

''The problem in Europe is that most clubs do not have money,'' Buhlmann said. ''That could be a problem here, also, and I will have to look at what they want to give me. But I do not go just by money. If the situation is OK it's OK and I want to be there. I am 31 now and it is good for a player to go to another country to see another kind of football.

''The level of the team last year was good. I would say about as good as a mid-level team in Switzerland. Basel came to Boston and defeated the Revolution, 5-0, and Basel was on vacation. But Basel is also the best team in Switzerland and they are in the final round of the Champions League.''

[SwissGCZ]

Originally posted by swissman
No, alas, I'm probably not going back to Switzerland until December (I was just in Switzerland for new year's).
Yeah I was there too for new year's. I will probably be back there some time during the summer. I will def. try to go and check out the new stadium, in hopefully a Servette vs. GC game or a Switzerland match.

And although I'm technically a Servette fan, I don't really follow them any more as I don't find finding out results on the internet nearly as entertaining as watching the games.
I know what you mean, but this should only make your bond to the team stronger...

Besides, the Revs are gonna suck again this season :D

I'm just waiting for them to play Ireland again, that way I get to see the game in Boston.
Yeah me too. I saw the game at an Irish bar and had a blast (Unlike all the other people in the bar.)