MLS players have better self awareness than their fans. Nagbe and Dwyer should be higher on the list.... LA Galaxy forward Giovani dos Santos is the most overrated player in Major League Soccer, while Montreal Impact midfielder Ignacio Piatti is the most underrated, a poll of their peers found. On the condition of anonymity, ESPN asked 104 current MLS players during the preseason who they believed were the league's most overrated and underrated players, among a series of other questions on the state of the league. Check back on Wednesday for the full results of ESPN's poll. Most overrated Dos Santos, entering his fourth season in MLS, received 11 percent of the votes for the most overrated, just edging out Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley, who received 10 percent. The 28-year-old Mexico international, currently sidelined by a hamstring injury, ranked sixth in the overrated poll in 2016 but was not among the leaders last year. But after the Galaxy's poor results last season, one Western Conference player said he selected Dos Santos "because he's the leader on the team that finished last in MLS in 2017." Dos Santos scored six goals and added three assists in 25 games last season while making $5.5 million in guaranteed compensation, the sixth-highest pay in the league. A year earlier, he had scored 14 goals with 12 assists in 28 games. Bradley captained Toronto FC to the MLS Cup title last season, but players also said he bore responsibility for the U.S. national team's failure to qualify for the World Cup. Many of the other players named in the overrated poll also featured in the Americans' defeat to Trinidad and Tobago last October that sealed their World Cup fate. Toronto striker Jozy Altidore was named by 7 percent, D.C. United's Paul Arriola received 6 percent of the vote, LAFC's Benny Feilhaber and Colorado's Tim Howard got 4 percent, while Atlanta's Darlington Nagbe got 3 percent. trending toward signing younger prospects rather than aging stars. Mix Diskerud was named most overrated the past two editions of the poll, but he's now off the books of New York City FC. "It was easier with Mix and [Frank] Lampard and even [Andrea] Pirlo," one player said. "Before it was easy. Me answering like that is probably a good sign for the league.'' Other players named by multiple respondents were: Vancouver's Brek Shea (4 percent), New England's Juan Agudelo, Philadelphia's Alejandro Bedoya and Chicago's Nemanja Nikolic (3 percent) and Orlando's Dom Dwyer (2 percent). Twenty-one percent of players declined to answer.
Honestly.... you’ll be lucky to find better supporters anywhere in Europe. What a sight and sound. #OMLYON @OM_English #Ligue1 pic.twitter.com/YmGcwtdWQH— Heath Pearce (@heathpearce) March 18, 2018
What if he's beenone of my alternate accounts all this time, and I've been using him to influence yall.... <_<
It says on the Adidas site "free personalization" but when I click on the white Mexico NT jersey, it doesn't give me the option to personalize. Fix your shit, Adidas! https://www.adidas.com/us/mexico-away-authentic-jersey/BQ4682.html
@Faitelson_ESPN Pinche hipócrita siempre te escudas atrás de plataformas, pero cuando estás de frente eres un cobarde, y pago otros 120 millones por ver comunicadores más profesionales. Cuando gustes ya sabes donde encontrarme, donde veniste de lame botas. pic.twitter.com/x8d5eMExCH— Fidel Kuri Grajales (@fidelkugra) March 20, 2018
Disgusting... #LigaMX En Veracruz pagarían los 120 millones para no descender.Aquí las palabras de Fidel Kuri, dueño de @ClubTiburones, en @AgendaFOXSports. 👇pic.twitter.com/hptElg3q0m— Raúl Orvañanos (@RaulOrvananos) March 20, 2018
Pinche Kuri mamon Ese cabron es un cancer y uno de los culpables de por qué el fútbol mexicano es una mierda
He has been pretty shitty. But hey, he can at least go to In n Out and eat a burger without being bothered. Who the fvck rates Paul Arriola?
The narcos... Or just the people he steals from... ⚽ | Capítulo 2: Los Tiburones Rojos, el regalo ilegal de Javier Duarte a Fidel Kuri https://t.co/bg2r85cTBG— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) April 18, 2017 Fidel Kuri aseguraba que Javier Duarte "si apoyaba" a @ClubTiburones https://t.co/lTSIMaQkW5 pic.twitter.com/sZBfQN2GVP— La Afición (@laaficion) April 16, 2017
🎧 Colombia tiene el mejor fútbol de Sudamérica: Robert PirèsEscúchelo aquí: 👉https://t.co/5TMaadAGsm pic.twitter.com/3RyhmfvgEp— Alargue Caracol (@AlargueCaracol) March 20, 2018
Not surprising that Piatti is the most underrated - Montreal's generally treated as a footnote in MLS. Never mind Piatti spearheading Montreal's run to the CCL final right after having done the same with San Lorenzo in the Copa Libertadores.
Thanks for proving our point right about avoiding that league, Herc http://www.espnfc.us/major-league-s...ms-mls-players-for-overrated-underrated-votes
Absolute nonsense. Enough with the stupid stereotypes. From a "Staff member" too, no less. Disgusting.