This is three players with U17 caps from this cycle with Orange County, right? Cervantes, Kayo, and now Lopez? They also have that really young kid Francis Jacobs on a pro contract. He's an '05 if I remember correctly. 1176600737578651648 is not a valid tweet id https://www.latimes.com/sports/socc...eam-mls?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter OCSC’s stockpiling of young players is part of a “Pathway to Professional” project owner James Keston and general manager Oliver Wyss hope will make the team a stepping stone from youth leagues to the top ranks of professional soccer. “We feel very strongly about developing the local talent,” said Wyss, who believes the team will be able to finance the project through transfer fees the young players will generate. “We’re building a training structure, an environment, [where] these young talented players have the opportunity now. And we’re looking at these players as assets. If they play here and they do well, we don’t want this to be the end piece. We want to move them on and transfer them into Europe and into Mexico or maybe even the MLS.”
Carleton with another goal. Nut-megged a defender and then finished easily. He’s scored in four games in a row and has five goals in his last four games.
🔥🔥🔥@andrewcarleton7 just did THAT. pic.twitter.com/7vWdmyWkZi— ATL UTD 2 (@atlutd2) September 26, 2019
I'm really glad Carleton is on fire. He can and should make end products at this level. It's the only way he can show himself, instead of making excuses that playing at level cannot help him and he can only shine at higher level.
'99 Earthquakes product Ivan Valencia debuted for Reno last week. Transfermarkt and other sources say his birthplace is Guadalajara, Mexico, but his DA profile says his hometown is San Leandro, CA and lists him with US nationality. I try to keep track of lower-division pro debuts but he slipped under my radar initially. http://sjeq.ussoccerda.com/sam/teams/index.php?team=1401445&player=28693967
The future is bright ✨@GeorgeC1927 with his first career goal to give #ATLUTD2 the lead. pic.twitter.com/T5mYyzL5iz— ATL UTD 2 (@atlutd2) September 26, 2019 1177039155580284930 is not a valid tweet id
Frankly, that was terrible football by Bello on that first clip. He should be dribbling toward the center of the box to give himself an angle to shoot at and shift the ball to his right foot while posturing he's going to shoot far corner to put the keeper on the move. Then he could slot it in the other direction or dribble around him. Gave himself little chance to score in the end for what should have been a golden opportunity. Nice give and go, but the rest was straight up amateurish. That whole package is not very flattering, even if he flashes talent. There is no right foot and he's lacking instincts, leading to a lot of TO's. Hoped he'd be much further along now. The injuries set him back, but that can't explain much of his issues. The u-17 WC will have to be utilized as a useful developmental tool for him. Wicky needs to give him instruction on his flaws apparently he's not receiving w/ Atlanta. They are known for being poor in this regard - Goslin, Carleton (possible late resurgence aside), etc.
Campbell has some pretty crazy hops. Bello has a ton of talent, but in those clips, he has no idea of when to get rid of the ball.
Paredes was much better than in his debut. He was one of the best players on the field in the first half. Nyeman had an average first half, but was much better in the second half. Yow also picked up his play in the second half, but was the worst of the three.
Saldana went 90 for Los Dos in their 5-1 win over OKC Energy. A good, but typical performance. Very steady, good distribution, but nothing that jumped out at a viewer.
It's like they're on the Falcons fitness plan and not the Atlanta United one. How does this keep happening. And his decisions with the ball are concerning. He just doesn't appear to be a pensive player. He just puts his head down and tries to bulldoze with his left foot and some occasional fancy tricks. He needs to learn how to combine if he wants to be a difference maker at the next level, and hopefully he gets playing time there soon.
I feel like about 80-90% of the danger that Loudon created -- which wasn't much -- came when Nyeman was in some way involved. I just wish he would push up more often.
I’d like it if Loudoun would quit using these fringe USL/MLS players like Wild, Bustamante and Alvarez as attacking midfielders and play Nyeman there. It’s such an unbalanced team. They should sign some holding midfielders and use Nyeman where he can be most effective.
Agree. I'd also like it if they found new announcers. At differing points, they lauded Nashville attackers as "world class," they couldn't figure out why their coach pulled their leftback at halftime (he was absolutely getting destroyed all first half), and the color analyst (the American) pronounced "nil" as "neal/neil" like the name and Nyeman as "neigh-man". Needless to say, they LOVE them some Gordon Wild.
And this is something that I don't understand at all. Assuming that the kid is as good as he seems to be and that he can play AM (what nobody knows at this point as he isn't playing there), his sale price as AM might be $10M+ higher than his sale price as DM. Nobody cares enough about that money to play him AM?
DC isn't a well-run organization. I've been thinking the same thing as you are. Why would you try to limit the effectiveness of Nyeman to use players who aren't going to play for your first team? This isn't a problem in DC's academy teams. Nyeman doesn't play as a #6 in those teams.
USL top 20 players under 20 years old list will be out soon again. You can see the 20 players now, and over the rest of the week we'll see the rankings. 2️⃣0️⃣ players forging the future. Where do you think they land?#BeChampions | https://t.co/zpCFez6LYT pic.twitter.com/W4aXb3pMsW— USL Championship (@USLChampionship) September 30, 2019