Wish the revs had selected Jonathan Campbell, his teammate at UNC. He's 6'2 which bodes well on set pieces and clearances in a physical league like MLS. Plus, he contributed some offense as well. The revs need that type of threat. McCrary is just 5'9, not long from a serious knee injury and didn't score or assist much in college. Doesn't impress me as a good choice vs other options. I'm not optimistic.
No. 19: @ColumbusCrewSC take midfielder @rodrisaravia6 from @FGCU_MSoccer: https://t.co/ce4VcsuyG5 #SuperDraft pic.twitter.com/OJezgRzCxo— Major League Soccer (@MLS) January 14, 2016 With the 20th and final pick of the First Round, @TimbersFC pick up @SUMensSoccer's Ben Polk! That's a steal. pic.twitter.com/wrqiJYSHlR— TopDrawerSoccer (@TopDrawerSoccer) January 14, 2016
Seriously, I couldn't resist the photo-op, but Ives says this guy is a "Day one starter at right back for them." If that's the case, it was a good pick, and I will be pleasantly surprised. And I can't help but laugh at Chicago. With the #1 pick they draft a guy other than the consensus #1 pick, and then trade him to NYC for the #4 pick and take a guy they could have had at #1?
They got allocation money for trading down. I would guess the deal was in the works before they made the #1 pick, but didn't finalize it by the time the clock ran out on make the pick.
OK, if they got money for swapping picks and got the guy they wanted anyway, good on them. That sounds like something we would do, like putting in a discovery claim on a player we had no interest in. Now that Nelson Rodriguez is running the show in Chicago at least you know he knows the arcane MLS rules inside-out.
Real Name: Jordan McCrary HT: 5' 9" WT: 165 Ummmm as a defender in MLS? I think he's going to get mugged
He's got 24g/20a in his college career which means he scored 16 fewer goals for Wake than revs legend Schil. But who knows, maybe he will do fine.
Tell him to hit the weight room. Bob Krafty has some discount coupons for him at some gym along Rt. 1.
One of these is Michael Gamble and one is Zack Schilawski, both forwards from Wake..years have been removed: NSCAA Second Team All-South Region. Second Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference. NSCAA Second Team All-South Region. First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference. Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News Second Team All-Freshman Team. Atlantic Coast Conference All-Freshman Team. Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Team. And Made a school-record 99 appearances during a standout four-year career at national power Wake Forest, scoring 40 goals and adding 20 assists during his time with the Demon Deacons appeared in every regular-season and postseason game in which Wake played during his four years at the school, including 42 starts graduated from Wake ranked third in school history in both goals (40) and points (100) scored a career-high 14 goals as a senior to lead the Atlantic Coast Conference, and added seven assists while starting all 24 games en route to All-America and All-ACC honors helped lead the Demon Deacons to the NCAA College Cup in each of his four years at Wake Scored the game-winning goal in the National Championship game was selected as the NSCAA/adidas men’s soccer Scholar-Athlete of the year, while he was twice named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first team was also named to the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award All-America first team.
I see both making the roster but neither being a needle mover. Well, with that out of the way the front off can finalized all those signings they have had on hold waiting to see what they could seat in the draft. This is 1998 isn't it??? Seriously with Camp coming up soon we should be hearing who---if any-- players are being invited. The silence has been defining
Possibly, McCrary is an intelligent, hard-working, athletic, tactically mature kid with good foot skills who has a reputation for being a good teammate. I'm not saying I know this to be true. I'm saying he 's a Rev now and deserves the benefit of the doubt. I'm looking forward to seeing him play. The draft is a distraction. The real business is with the big budget acquisitions.
Well said brother. I can at least give him a chance. That's my fear is there are no big budget acquisitions coming. I'd bet you a beer McCrary is the revs' opening day RB.
Completely agree with this. But then again, Burns had to spend some serious time scouting, so he probably needs a few weeks off. And maybe a promotion.
Maybe this belongs in the optimism thread, but I'm thinking that somehow our "big" signing will be some guy Sporting doesn't want. He may turn out to be a good player, or he could be another Didier Domi, but if Burns actually does land this big fish, he's upped the ante from just "trying." And for that we should be grateful. High standards and accountability! Woo-hoo!
This is odd: http://www.mlssoccer.com/transactions/2016 We are the only team showing no players in, even though we drafted players yesterday. I wonder why.