Nice game for Arriola last night. The team got a C, but I give Arriola a B+ and Boyd an A. Still skeptical of Berhalter's decisions. Regularly starting Arriola is a good one. Great result for Venezuela tying Brazil. I only watched a little so I don't know how instrumental Moreno was.
Actually, I'm thinking of Asad as a starter and dropping Rodriguez to the bench as the first attacking option. Assuming they sign Asad and Acosta isn't out the door (and keeping with Ben's preferred 4-2-3-1): -----------------Hamid------------------------ --Jara---Brilliant/Pines--Birnbaum--Mora-- ------Canouse/Durkin---Moreno----------- --Arriola--------Acosta------------Asad------ -----------------Rooney-------------------------
I don't see Asad coming back in any form. If Lucho stays, we have Titi and it doesn't make much sense to bring Yamil back to put him on the bench. Money would be better spent on a necessity like help up top, Asad would be a luxury spend. If Lucho leaves, we should aim higher than Yamil Asad with the DP/Intl spot. I could see Asad being a second choice if no top option comes through.
While I don't agree on your view of Asad's return possibility, I do agree with your analysis of Asad's value as an addition. Rodriguez > Asad by a fair margin. Asad is not fast and his defense is suspect. He really wasn't much of a factor after Rooney arrived (and before Asad picked up his knock). I don't think Asad fits into a system where Rooney is on the pitch.
If I were him, I would have been talking to my agent long before now. I think you can add Steiber to the list of players who had good skills, but weren't "physical" enough - like Boskovic, Halsti. I would rather see the skills, personally, but that isn't MLS, or at least not DCU.
I assume he's been talking to his agent for a while now. It's something that he said it in public though.
Here's your first rumor related to the Gold Cup. I watched the USA-Guyana game. I don't remember him. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/foot...230619&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1561298956
Great, a guy who is a forward who has scored 36 goals in seven seasons for teams a bit better than beer league teams -- and an astounding 1 in 21 matches last season. He'll fit right in with legends like Danny Allsop, Nick Addlery, Long Tan, Rafael Gladiador and other highlight reel DCU forwards. Sheesh.
He'll net 20 goals a year . . . C'mon, we're bound to get it right just once. Kinda like scratching enough lottery tickets.
D.C. United's Joseph Mora, who just returned from broken jaw, sidelined a few weeks with ankle sprain. Orlando player who made challenge (Ruan) was also involved in jaw incident. #dcu #mls— Steven Goff (@SoccerInsider) June 27, 2019
I remember that challenge. Disco really should suspend him, thought it was red card worthy. There's dangerous play where someone gets overzealous but is making some attempt at a soccer play and then there is play where you just go through people because you can.
Here's the thing that stands out with this guy Ruan ... On the play with Mora, someone posted a pic, the ball not in frame and there appears to be no attempt to avoid the sliding defender and if you look at the picture its not a stretch to think Ruan is looking at right where his knee is going to go. Someone posted the play where he injured Piatti. I assume that was red? There's no doubt the slide in the last game was a yellow for a studs up challenge. Maybe he's just a hard nosed kind of player and I respect that, but the kindling is starting to pile up on the dirty side of the scale. This guy is on a very much Tom Wilson sort of trajectory (And I am a big Willy fan, if they made a toddler sized version of his jersey, my little girl would have it). I'd like to think that some more substantial punishment is coming and that perhaps he can change is his ways or how he focuses his intensity in a challenge.
One American looking less likely to head to Germany is #DCU and #USMNT U-20 midfielder Chris Durkin. Multiple Bundesliga clubs interested but I’m told the $3 million price tag put on him by DCU (more than RB Leipzig paid for Tyler Adams) is pricing him out of a summer move. #MLS— Ives Galarcep (@SoccerByIves) June 28, 2019
Well, if that means all negotiations are off the table, that really sucks. If, on the other hand, they're still negotiating terms, then lets see what happens.
But didn’t Adams go from Red Bull to Red Bull so almost certainly he wasn’t a fair market value transaction
Atlanta United trading Romario Williams https://t.co/GqJZP5WWVa— Doug Roberson (@DougRobersonAJC) June 28, 2019 Hopefully we aren’t dumpster diving again.