Chris was frequently mentioned as a possible USMNT player for the future. I know he got injured the last year in college, but shouldn't he be playing by now? And which MLS team picked him? I think he was picked first, just before Taylor Twellman in the super-draft.
he was selected by the dallas burn. if i remember they said he would be back around the end of the season, but i have no heard anything recently...
He was drafted by the Burn. I remember reading awhile ago that they decided to not play him this year and just start anew next season
I have heard he's the most talented college player since Reyna. I don't know if it's true -- I've never seen him play. In any case, if he's got anywhere near Reyna's talent it's a real shame that he may not get his first pro game until he's 24.
Correct me if I'm wrong...I usually am...but doesn't Chris still have some citizenship issues to work out? Or am I thinking of someone else?
Gbandi was hurt in college and the Burn knew it but still drafted him with the first pick. He was supposed to be ready by the end of the season but is not. He should be ready for next year. I have never seen him play but talked to him at the Burn kickoff luncheon before the season and he is a soccer nut. He knows all the Euro teams and watches them all the time. I believe if he hadn't b lown out his knee he would be in Europe already. He probably does have citizenship issues but so did Mastroeni and others. If he is that good he won't have problems fo long.
Southern Soccer Nut he is Just another Houston product in the MLS ranks, out of hish school he was offered full rides in both gridiron and association football to places like LSU and obviously UCONN. I think he would've played this year if possible, he's a guy that doesn't mind getting stuck in.
Is this the kid from Trinidad? If so, I thought he was tied to the soca warriors from some U-29 qualies?
no, that is not gbandi. he was born in liberia, moved here at a very young age and now holds us citizenship... and at the mls superdraft said the following... "Dallas is a great franchise and I'm looking forward to playing there," Gbandi said. "My ultimate goal is to play for the United States in the World Cup someday, and this gives me the chance to play right away and show what I can do."
U-29 qualies? nice typo by me Then who was I thinking of? wasnt there a kid at UCONN when the won the title, who was from T&T that wanted to play for the US but there were issues about some tournaments or something he played in as a youth?
i think that might have been their forward at the time... darin lewis i think, he was originally born in t&t and played for uconn...he was the other guy who scored, along with gbandi's free kick, in the championship game when they won the ncaa's a few years back.
His name is Brent Rahim: http://endlesssoccer.tripod.com/usfootball/ncaa/profiles/brent_rahim.htm The T&T Internaional was playing in Bulgaria with Sofia Leviski. Now the link says he's with West Ham. http://www.socawarriors.net/brent_rahim.htm
I have seen him play on TV three times. Matrim55 has seen him play a number of times in person. Hard to know what form he will return to with his injuries. But if he returns to a form much like he had BEFORE his injuries, let me say this: This guy is the REAL deal. He will be an impact player in MLS and will, eventually, work his way into the national team pool. Bank on it.