2019 Player Moves

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  1. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
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  2. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
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  3. fire123

    fire123 Member+

    Jul 31, 2009
    Anyone knows about James Clarkson? Previous coaching experience?
     
  4. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #29 SiberianThunderT, Dec 12, 2018
    Last edited: Dec 12, 2018
    And in an interesting example of drafting a player just to secure rights to her: Seattle have signed 2018 draftee and Spanish NTer Celia Jimenez Delgado:
    https://thebold.com/reign-fc-sign-spanish-international-defender-celia-jiménez-delgado-5294212196cf

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    https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/2018/12/11/houston-dash-name-james-clarkson-head-coach
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    And lastly, silly-season-related, here's a count of the numbers of players currently with each team:

    Poor Sky Blue... And I notice they, with Washington and Chicago, together make up the bottom 3 in terms of player retention. With the exception of Seattle, it looks very much like having that affiliation with a men's pro team provides enough side perks to make them a bit better at keeping players around.
     
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  5. shlj

    shlj Member+

    Apr 16, 2007
    London
    Club:
    FC Nantes
    Nat'l Team:
    France
    Clearly SkyBlue's well documented problems are hitting them hard. I wonder if even drafted players will be interested in playing for them.
     
  6. CoachJon

    CoachJon Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From my sporadic tracking of Woso news, Player Moves for the 2019 season have been hard to find. So I started a thread. Please help!

    I have learned:
    • Sabrina D’Angelo has signed with Vittsjö GIK in Sweden
    • Adriana Leon is going to West Ham
    • Taylor Smith is injured – out for the 2019 NWSL season

    I may have heard:
    • Amanda Frisbie and Christina Gibbons are going to Europe
    • Kyah Simon is injured, and may or may not be ready in time for 2019 NWSL, If she is coming back.

    What news can you report?
     
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  7. Smallchief

    Smallchief Member+

    Oct 27, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Chris Henderson said in an podcast that Katie Johnson may be going to Europe, rather than returning to Sky Blue.
     
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  8. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
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    --other--
    Per the Norway thread, Amanda Frisbie should have signed for Klepp and Rebekah Stott for Avaldsnes, both Toppserien's (Norway's Division 1) clubs.

    Apparently many Sky Blue FC players being scattered around... :coffee:
     
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  9. MRAD12

    MRAD12 Member+

    Jun 10, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Looks like Summer Green is leaving Chicago for Sweden:

     
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  10. CoachJon

    CoachJon Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  11. lil_one

    lil_one Member+

    Nov 26, 2013
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  12. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    I'm offended you apparently forgot about the "silly season" thread already existed. X-D
     
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  13. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    This prompts a question from a non-english-native-speaker like me: why people use to call the pre-season market "silly season"? Am I silly for not getting it? :cautious:
     
  14. holden

    holden Member+

    Dundee FC, Yeovil Town LFC, Girondins de Bordeaux
    Oct 20, 2009
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Dundee FC
    The term "silly season" has been used to describe many things, but I think it started being used for professional sports offseasons in North America due to the introduction of the free agent system and subsequent speculation about player movement.
     
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  15. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

    SEATTLE REIGN!
    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Thanks for starting this!
     
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  16. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

    SEATTLE REIGN!
    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    The origin of the term goes back to 1950s (or before) newspapers. Since most of the government and a lot of business would go on vacation in mid summer, but they still had to put out a paper every day, there was a period in late July through late August when all of the stories in the paper were either light fluff, sensationalist or just pure speculation. Nothing important or serious or even factual. It was called the 'silly season'. (Kind of like most news coverage today!)
     
  17. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

    SEATTLE REIGN!
    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    Worried about propagating a rumor but i just saw this:

    Naho for Groom.
    Weird. Vlatko likes Groom and the Reign need firepower up front (i'm not a Groom fan though). But it's pretty unlikely Naho will play for the Reign this year and it's very unlikely she would play in NJ. Players are leaving SkyBlue but would they trade a quality player for right to a player who won't report? Weird.
     
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  18. Myrtle

    Myrtle Member

    Jan 13, 2015
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I don't understand this from Sky Blue's perspective either but as a FCKC fan turned Seattle Reign I am elated! Groom (though not popular) is a hometown fav in KC and after seeing live many times in both high school and the pros she will be a huge upgrade offensively. The Reign desperately needed to get younger and speedier and acquiring Groom and Darian Jenkins does that. For once in my life I am ok with the Reign trading out of the 1st round bc I don't think there will be a better attacking player than Jenkins or Groom at #9 which is when our pick was.
     
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  19. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    This trade makes no sense for SB but given that all their players will rather retire than play there I assume it’s a fire sale.
    I personally don’t like us just trading Naho to SBFC knowing very well it’s just forcing her into early retirement. Her contributions to this club demands a better ending than that.
    As for Groom I really like her and her services will be especially useful during the World Cup.
     
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  20. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From a Sky Blue perspective, maybe the international spot goes so that Sky Blue has it whether Naho plays for them or not. Given their current reputation with the players in the US, maybe they're going to need to bring in some internationals.
     
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  21. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

    SEATTLE REIGN!
    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
  22. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

    SEATTLE REIGN!
    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    Netherlands
    She really deserves a good send off.
    But so did Kimmie.
     
  23. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    Which Kim? Little? I think the situation is slightly different as Kim left of her own accord as she was ready to return to Europe. This move is pretty much putting Naho out to pasture. I rather we traded a draft pick and waive Naho than trade her.
     
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  24. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    At one point I would have been excited about this move as am a big fan of Boquete but I think NWSL may have pass her by.
    Also it's interesting that Harvey continues to recruit the exact same mode of player for her midfield: Jonsdottir, Matheson, Scott, and now Boquete are all slight variations of the same type of player.
     
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  25. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    They could still have waived/not exercise option on Naho and traded the spot to Sky Blue along with a draft pick.

    I guess the only way I'll feel better about this is if it became know that all parties involved know that this is a sham trade and just a way for Sky Blue to claim they are getting something out of the deal and come March she just does not turn up and hopefully everyone forgets because SBFC will be a bigger mess at that point.
     
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