Who Is The Most Mediocre Player In MLS Right Now?

Discussion in 'MLS: General' started by DaveBrett, Nov 21, 2014.

  1. DaveBrett

    DaveBrett Member

    Nov 28, 1998
    Austin, Texas
    I am going to say it is Darren Mattocks. You keep thinking that guy is going to be good. Then he just shows how mediocre he is.
     
  2. vividox

    vividox Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 10, 2005
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    CJ Sapong. Darlington Nagbe. Michael Harrington. Shea Salinas. Patrick Nyarko. Danny Mwanga. Devon Sandoval. Bobby Convey.
     
  3. sitruc

    sitruc Member+

    Jul 25, 2006
    Virginia
  4. hot potato

    hot potato Member+

    Feb 21, 2014
    Club:
    Vancouver Whitecaps
    sorry but you have it wrong- mattocks is not even mediocre- for all his supposed athleticism (ie jumping ability and speed), he has scored 1 goal with his head in 3 years and has scored about 3 times on breakaways- he has averaged 5 goals/season in MLS and in 2014, he didnt bag a goal in his last 15 appearances
     
  5. aztec21bas

    aztec21bas BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 24, 2009
    Mullica Hill, NJ
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Danny Mwanga is definitely NOT the most mediocre player in MLS... he plays in the NASL for the most mediocre team in the NASL:

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  6. jayd8888

    jayd8888 Member+

    Aug 22, 2006
    Denver CO
    Nick Labrocca. Perhaps the 11th starter on the hapless Rapids.
     
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  7. spot

    spot Member+

    Nov 29, 1999
    Centennial
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You know, I like Nick. I don't see him as a poster boy for the Rapids problems so much as a player that should never be considered for the role of poster boy for the Rapids problems. It's screwy that a player who's positionally sound, generally tidy with the ball, and tireless with keeping the ball moving is an issue for a team that has nobody who can offer more and many who offer less. To be the most mediocre player in MLS seems pretty accurate for him, and it in fact puts a lot of player behind including most of the Rapids. Many of the Rapids get a pass that he doesn't because they can still cling to "potential", but we'll be lucky if any of them claw their way up to mediocre.
     
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  8. Boloni86

    Boloni86 Member+

    Jun 7, 2000
    Baltimore
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Gibraltar
    Isn't most mediocre kind of an oxymoron? Mediocre means moderate or ordinary quality. That basically means average which is like more than half the players in the league. Not exactly something you can really measure ... How do you measure a race to the middle?

    Would make more sense to measure best, worst, best value per dollar, worst value per dollar, most overrated, most underrated etc ...
     
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  9. DaveBrett

    DaveBrett Member

    Nov 28, 1998
    Austin, Texas
    I can't argue with that. Mattocks was mediocre in 2012 and 2013.
    This year he was awful.
     
  10. ImaPuppy

    ImaPuppy Member+

    Aug 10, 2009
    Using too many parentheses
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    Everything is relative, are we talking about most mediocre in the spectrum of all soccer players? If so, then you're asking who the worst player in the league is. The answer is probably some underdeveloped homegrown kid who is on $42k/year that you've never heard of.

    If you mean mediocre relative to the rest of the league, then you mean average, which could have a slew of candidates..though I don't think that's what you meant.
     
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  11. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Him or Dan Gargan.
     
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  12. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Doneill Henry. He's shown no progress in his career and he's still a mistake waiting to happen.
     
  13. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    Gargan is actually a decent player. Just because he's moved around a lot doesn't make him bad. He's a very solid player who's unheralded.

    Labrocca isn't that good, but he's not the worst player in MLS with a secure roster spot.

    That title should be reserved for players like Henry or Leonardo who are truly just not MLS level players.
     
  14. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You don't know the definition of the word "mediocre," do you?
     
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  15. ussoccer97531

    ussoccer97531 Member+

    Oct 12, 2012
    Club:
    --other--
    I do, but Gargan is not mediocre. He's a slightly above average player. Very underrated and doing a great job for LA this season.
     
  16. ZipSix

    ZipSix BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2000
    Boston, MA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Chad Barrett is aggressively mediocre.
     
  17. Calexico77

    Calexico77 Member

    Sep 19, 2003
    Mid-City LA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think that regardless of whoever wins this conversation, the honor should be named "The Alan Gordon Trophy".

    I love Alan Gordon. I'd nurse him with my own teet. But the guy is a lumbering hulk of questionable talent.
     
  18. Quinn 33

    Quinn 33 Member+

    Apr 25, 2003
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He's not even the worst Rapids player with a secure roster spot. Fatson Buddle has that honor...though calling him mediocre would be a flattering considering his overall talent and work rate. I will never know how that guy managed to get 100 career goals.
     
  19. Beerking

    Beerking Member+

    Nov 14, 2000
    Humboldt County
    Sam Cronin. A journeyman USL player that over-achieved and made it to MLS.
     
  20. ImaPuppy

    ImaPuppy Member+

    Aug 10, 2009
    Using too many parentheses
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    Not anymore!
     
  21. Oobers

    Oobers Member+

    Oct 17, 2011
    Boise
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    I feel like "worst regular starter" would be a better conversation
     
  22. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am disappointed that no one has posted this..

     
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  23. Stereolab

    Stereolab BigSoccer Member

    Jul 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I would name somebody from the Quakes but 90% of our players aren't going to be around come March if ownership has any sense, so what would be the point?
     
  24. itcheyness

    itcheyness Member

    Jul 30, 2012
    Milwaukee
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So, what you're saying is that 90% of your players will be around come March?
     
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  25. Mattbro

    Mattbro Member+

    Sep 21, 2001
    He's got 44 career goals though, so he can't be that bad.

    There's a guy like that here in Austria called Stefan Maierhofer - everyone says he has no talent, and yet he has scored goals pretty much everywhere he's played, and made a good career for himself. It's seems like if you're not dribbling the ball into the net through 10 defenders like Messi, it doesn't matter how many goals you score!
     

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