I'd like to believe we will sign someone else (likely from within the league) but at this point I think we are done. James
Bad news for DCU their best and only high performing player called up, and no kiddies I'm not talking about Birnbaum
Hope he gets his chance and is outstanding. I wouldn't really mind it if he shines and gets signed in Europe. The team would miss him but what's best for individual players in advancing their careers is also best for the team in the long run
Except Chicago still paid his entire salary. We traded TAM and a 3rd round pick for a DP level (in salary only) backup for the end of the season with no salary cap hit, and no risk for 2017. Kasper was not a sucker here
1 - Orebro in Sweden 2 - Absolutely nothing He was brought in as depth. Our front 3 lineup (Sam-Mullins-Nyarko) was set by that time. He was an insurance policy in case something severe happened to any of our forwards/wingers. Luckily we didn't need to file a claim, so that and his $900k salary are the reasons he is not here anymore. I see posts all the time about how we have no depth. We went out and got depth for the playoff run, for $0 cap hit, and excess TAM (excess since we had enough TAM to use on Lucho and Birnbaum)
To summarize..."we have faith in Ben".."He's done well with the shit sandwich we make him eat...". james
They think they're geniuses on how to keep our expectations low. “We want to create our own big names and win,” - ain other words - we're going to continue to be cheap on the payroll “I don’t feel we need a marketing gambit. This is a soccer town." - YES YOU DO. This is an NFL football town. This is a MLB baseball. This has pockets of being a soccer town, but you need to spend some moneys to capitalize on it.
The naive BS spewing from Levien is deplorable. He thinks he can just turn a switch and start competing for championships? He's got no plan. No vision. All he has is the hope that DCU catches lightening in a bottle. If they wanted to go young and develop their own players the Academy would be much further along right now. There would be a training facility already. If you want a model for developing your own stars just go visit Dallas.
not to quote myself, but compare Levien's BS to this - http://www.espnfc.com/story/3149609...deal-for-galatasarays-wesley-sneijder-sources
And Sneijder is just the tip of the iceberg for this transfer window. Montreal is being linked to a Boca Juniors striker for $5 mil transfer fee. Vancouver is being linked to Atiba Hutchinson for $5 mil transfer fee. Seattle could pay as much as a $10 mil transfer fee for Derlis Gonzalez, a highly rated Paraguayan international. There's even been rumors linking Liga MX's top striker Andre Pierre Signac to the Galaxy for a transfer fee in the $20 mil range. Other names floating around are David Ospina, Macnelly Torres, Andres Guardado and Keisuke Honda. Maybe even Chicharito, Iniesta or Zlatan ... And it's not just 2 or 3 clubs spending like it used to be. This past offseason Portland bought a player for $5 mil. Dallas bought another for $2mil. Montreal just brought in a 7 figure player in Dzemaili. Just in our conference we now have Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago, NYCFC and TFC all spending to win. We're not even keeping up with where the league was 5 years ago, let alone where it's heading today.
Another beautifully played game, all heart and soul and quality. It's a shame to exit the cup this early, but I also understand that the main seasonal goal we should really concentrate on is avoid relegation, oh wait...
In the meantime Miami just slammed Atlanta out, and Cincinnati is still 0-0 with Chicago, in front of a sell out crowd, they must be some ~30K at the stadium.
the team is an embarrassment. the FO should just come out and say they are a real estate firm trying to flip the team, get a reality tv show, and leave us alone. DC is a soccer town, I agree. DCUnited right now just isn't soccer. they are a pickup team, run by a burnt out coach with a kind of PTSD owned by 1%ers who don't care about the sport or the fans. the play, the advertising, the coach, the stadium plans... they all say "we'd rather be doing something else." So do it. Pick a number -- not a stupidly low number, but one that could give us some reasonable hope at if not a trophy, at least dignity and a playoff spot. Put that money on the table. Get a new coach with some -- ANY -- new ideas. And get the fck out of the way. Please, no more pap about the stadium or the need for effort. Neither makes me feel 1/100th as pumped as my no-tradition FC Cincinnati friends who have energy and a desire to win over the community. Let's be clear: Nothing is wrong with this team that cannot be fixed. And we have some good young talent. I'm more convinced than ever that the FO is the problem. Their lack of professionalism and commitment feels to me like an insult. You don't want to run the team? Fine. Make a deal. Get a % of the sale when it sells and give the running over to someone who actually gives a shit. In the interim, don't turn our franchise into a fcuking tenement because you're uninterested in your fans, your community or your players. Sheesh.
Multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, apparently sent out a Facebook query asking for advice on what sort of charitable giving he should embrace. I have an answer for him, and it's very close to home. He could buy out DCU's ownership with his pocket change.
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/m...-fc-vs-atlanta-united-fc/details/video/108792 I don't get how this guy didn't appeal any MLS team and ended up in Nasl