2019 Player Moves

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  1. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

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    Sep 28, 2016
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    Seattle
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    I think so too.
     
  2. Reign Man

    Reign Man Member

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    Sep 28, 2016
    Seattle
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    Seattle
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    I can't imagine Vlatko would send an international slot. We're already 3 or 4 slots short... that's one of the reasons for off loading Naho.
     
  3. CoachJon

    CoachJon Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Rochester, NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I have to say trading away Estelle Johnson is stupid. Evidence for me that this youth coach hasn't been paying much attention to the Spirit senior team.
     
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  4. lil_one

    lil_one Member+

    Nov 26, 2013
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    In addition to the trade of Estelle Johnson, Washington is sending goalkeeper Haracic and Dydasco to Sky Blue.
     
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  5. holden

    holden Member+

    Dundee FC, Yeovil Town LFC, Girondins de Bordeaux
    Oct 20, 2009
    Los Angeles
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  6. lil_one

    lil_one Member+

    Nov 26, 2013
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    From Christina Gibbons' instagram, it appears that she is retiring. Another Sky Blue player down...

    1084123434014175232 is not a valid tweet id
     
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  7. Blaze20

    Blaze20 Moderator
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    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    Wow, a highly rated young player retiring because of SBFC. Hopefully she's back in the next year or so when another team can get her rights.

    Below is a live look at Duffy and this SBFC situation.

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  8. nick p

    nick p Member+

    Jul 11, 2009
    Baltimore Maryland
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Christina Gibbons would have been an incredible option for the Utah Royals
     
  9. Reign Man

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  10. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
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    --other--
    I am somehow relieved that this move was expressly asked by Naho and it sure makes sense that she wants to playto keep her place in the roster for Nadeshiko Japan NT through WWC and Olympics. I just wonder if Sky Blue is the right choice for her: she will only get playing time if Sky Blue FC will actually have a team! :unsure:
     
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  11. luvdagame

    luvdagame Member+

    Jul 6, 2000
    as do i.

    but I have a healthy respect for harvey's player identification and trading skills. she certainly knows that this league will not give vero the time to take out a recipe book and cook up her well crafted passes on a slow boil.

    harvey has got to be attempting to sucker some unsuspecting team (orlando, with a new euro coach?) into a deal.
     
  12. Blaze20

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    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    I doubt it as I think Vero is a Harvey type of player to a tee (see Little, Matheson, Gorry, Jonsdottir, etc). Also very rarely are international players used as trade bit when they are first signed.
     
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  13. luvdagame

    luvdagame Member+

    Jul 6, 2000
    well then it's going to be a difficult job for desiree scott et al to be lugging around a bucket behind her all year.

    it can work, but i'll need to see it.
     
  14. Blaze20

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    Seattle Reign FC
    Sep 22, 2009
    Club:
    Philadelphia Independence
    Which is why I do not think this was an inspired trsde. Harvey already tried to play Matheson, Jonsdottir, Gorry, Press, etc in that attacking center mid role and it really did not improve their offense. Bringing the same that of player albeit slightly better than the previous 3 just means more of the same.
     
  15. luvdagame

    luvdagame Member+

    Jul 6, 2000
    actually, i think that vero is much better than most of those. just that at this age she's slower. and slower can be the kiss off death in this league.

    still, i've seen players who I thought were skilled but too slow, succeed, and some i thought were skilled but too slow, fail.

    maybe vero is the former rather than the latter. i doubt it.

    i just think that harvey is wrong this time.
     
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  16. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    More bad news for Sky Blue FC:

    https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/81073/whats-in-the-news.html?edition=20669

     
  17. MRAD12

    MRAD12 Member+

    Jun 10, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
  18. lil_one

    lil_one Member+

    Nov 26, 2013
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Further info (includes comments from Ashley on why she's headed to Sweden): Julia Ashley's deal is for 5 months with an option for an additional 5 months, meaning there's a possibility she could be back in June. Maybe if Sky Blue has gotten their act together, she'll head back to the States.
     
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  19. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
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    Or they trade her rights to another team.
     
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  20. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    That's an interesting aspect...
    Reminds me that, a bit before the draft, there was talk that one of the guys at the helm was saying they'd have a big announcement in about a month concerning improvements and such... Too little too late for the draft itself, I guess, but maybe they do in fact have something in the pipeline.
     
  21. AndyMead

    AndyMead Homo Sapien

    Nov 2, 1999
    Seat 12A
    Club:
    Sporting Kansas City
    Or it just means she's going to a league that has its season end in five months.
     
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  22. SiberianThunderT

    Sep 21, 2008
    DC
    Club:
    Saint Louis Athletica
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    #72 SiberianThunderT, Jan 24, 2019
    Last edited: Jan 24, 2019
    Well, if it were somewhere other than a Nordic country, maybe? But Sweden and all the other countries up there run spring to fall; June falls smack dab in the middle of their season.

    That said, it could also mean that she's hoping to hit the summer transfer window and land in England, Germany, Spain, etc. anyway.
     
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  23. Reign Man

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  24. JanBalk

    JanBalk Member+

    Jun 9, 2004
    Ah, the Christen Press option.
     
  25. JanBalk

    JanBalk Member+

    Jun 9, 2004
    There are a long break then for the WWC, that splits our seasson in two. So contracts that are for less than a full season tend to go until that break starts.
     

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