Could this be it for Kocic?

[United fury]

With Platter having a good game against PR and looking good, Crayton locked in as the starter(at least until the summer), and Thorpe showing some promise over the last year, is Kocic the odd man out? He seems unwilling to take a developmental deal and has had quite a few mistakes in scrimmages. Not to mention he takes up a foreign slot as well.

[Eastern Bear]

I haven't seen any of the GKs play except for Crayton. It sure would suck to waste a pick on the guy when we could have gone after a center back to compete with all of our div 3 prospects. I hope he turns it around.

[Count]

I don't think Thorpe is going to beat Kocic out for a roster spot, so I guess it all depends on if we can reach a contractual agreement with him.

[Zman Gunner]

I don't think Thorpe is going to beat Kocic out for a roster spot, so I guess it all depends on if we can reach a contractual agreement with him.


If Kocic will only take a senior roster spot and not a developmental spot (a rookie stance which never seems to too popular in the front office when players are drafted in the middle rounds - ask Jay Needham), it does not look great for him as of now. The fact that he would take an international roster spot does not help although with their current crop of players - they have enough international roster spots for all of them. With Crayton coming off a shoulder injury and having a contract which expires in the middle of the season, I am guessing that DCU would rather have an experienced back-up like Platter as opposed to a so far inconsistent Kocic (although he has only played two preseason games). Whoever the 3rd string goalie is, he will be on a developmental contract - no way that the team carries 3 senior roster goalies. As of now, Thorpe gets the spot by default unless Kocic comes down off his salary demands or Graczyk (the goalie acquired from Colorado in the Gomez trade) decides to show up to camp and wins the job but it looks doubtful as of now). If they want to sign Platter, they would have to pay some sort of transfer fee to Minnesota as he is still under contract to them.

[Bootsy Collins]

On the same (goalkeeper) front, some people here defended the high price of the deal that brought Gomez back here by saying that our acquisition in the deal of Mike Graczyk, who was a league pool goalkeeper in 2008, wasn't simply a throwaway despite his past pool status -- it was a solid acquisition for a backup.

He lasted a week of pre-season before we dropped him.

[Bolivianfuego]

I dont see Kocic staying with us. Didnt he say he had an offer to play for the red star of belgrade or something like that?

Unless he gets a senior roster spot, i see him walking away from us.

Alsoi find it strange he hasnt impressed much, because through a friend who played keeper in college and knew about kocic and how good he was, he was described as solid, and crazy, something like crayton i guess you can say.

I hope we can get him, but truthfully i dont see it happening.

[BBBulldog]

I dont see Kocic staying with us. Didnt he say he had an offer to play for the red star of belgrade or something like that?


for what, their reserves reserves? :D

[greekchampion04]

did sombody say redstar?

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/letou/ORTHODOXIA.jpg

[Lowecifer]

We need more atheist clubs

[CHICO13]

Kocic played against an MLS team, Platter against a USL team. Just saying....

[John L]

Unless he has an uncle in charge of a club in eastern Europe, I don't think he's going there - If he was really THAT good, he'd be there already or every team here would have noticed him - He'll either have to take a developmental slot here and bid his time and hope that injuries and loss of form offer him a chance, OR go to a USL team and make an impression in that league and then hope for a loan or signing to an MLS team - Without a full reserve roster and league, these guys have to be more realistic about where they are in the food chain

[Lowecifer]

I'd like to see him play at least once before I make a ruling on his career.

:rolleyes:

[John_Harkes_6]

I seriously hate the offseason

[bigredfutbol]

I'd like to see him play at least once before I make a ruling on his career.

:rolleyes:

We call this the "Carvallo Rule".

[Grasscutter]

Well, didn't Kevin Payne say he was about as good as Stefan Frei? If we bail on Kocic, I guess that means Toronto will ditch Frei.
"We thought [Kocic] was very close to Frei in ability, so to get him at No. 21 [overall] is a steal," Kasper said.

As Chico said, Platter will have to do a lot more than have one good friendly against a Coca-Cola PDL team to supplant Kocic. And since there are more senior roster spots this year and fewer developmental slots, the "no developmental" stance shouldn't be much of an issue.

[BigKris]

i'd like to see him play at least once before i make a ruling on his career.

:rolleyes:

qft

[highlander]

qft

It seems like getting a goalkeeper in MLS is easier than filling other positions. I hope that somebody explains this to Kocic. DC has a long history of filling the goalkeeper position with guys that were not high draft picks or big foreign signings (Simpson, Garlick, Perkins). Last year for DC United was a very, very unusual situation as far as being weak at the goalkeeper position is concerned. When a guy talks like Kocic did coming out of college, he is either an amazing, charismatic talent or too cocky for his own good. I was interested in seeing which one of these that Kocic was. I still don't know which one he is, but I guess we will get more information real soon.

[justakid]

I vote for the "too cocky for his own good", he's a legend in his own mind !

[JoeSoccerFan]

wait and see. He's pretty good. IF he won't sign, it won't matter - bye bye.

[Th4119]

As Chico said, Platter will have to do a lot more than have one good friendly against a Coca-Cola PDL team to supplant Kocic.

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post but can we please stop referring to Puerto Rico as a joke team? A very legitimate argument could be made that in 2008 they were a better team than DC United.