From a Saint to a Don: Cody Cropper at MK Dons

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  1. Chance

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    Apr 5, 2012
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
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    Tottenham Hotspur FC
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    I think that'd be the ideal situation. It's hard for anyone to get better without consistent playing time and it's important to be playing week in and week out at this age. He does get playing time with the U21s, but they play pretty infrequently compared to normal league matches in the English leagues.
     
  2. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Dec 4, 2012
    Club:
    Stoke City FC
    Southampton to prefer players to stay with their U21 team, as then they can get playing time under their supervision, and can train with the first team. If a player is loaned out, it normally means they dont really see a future for them
     
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  3. autobus39

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    Cropper interview on the club's website. He started preseason training with the first team on Monday.

    Ronald Koeman took over as manager after Mauricio Pochettino took the Spurs job. Koeman brought in a new goalkeeper's coach.
     
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  4. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Is Koeman any good? I remember him having some awful foreign stints, but hes apparently done alright in Holland
     
  5. autobus39

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    Also, Cropper started 12 of the Southampton U-21s 21 matches during the 2013/2014 U-21 Premier League.

    The Southampton U-21s finished in 7th.

    Cropper was also an unused sub for 6 of the first team's Premier League games.
     
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  6. JG

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  7. ImaPuppy

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    Using too many parentheses
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
  8. JG

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    Jun 27, 1999
    Should also note that I incorrectly stated the game was yesterday...it was actually today (Friday).
     
  9. JG

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  10. JG

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  11. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    ... that he conceded.

    The drama continued to unravel and with 29 minutes played Southampton goalkeeper Cody Cropper conceded a penalty, bringing down Mandron who was played through by Smith.

    After dusting himself down the forward stepped up to take the spot-kick, but the American goalkeeper redeemed himself, saving well to his left before launching himself into the path of the rebound.

    Southampton subsequently cleared and the chance was gone...​

    http://www.safc.com/news/reserves-and-academy/2014/july/narrow-defeat-for-u21s
     
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  12. ttrevett

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    World only seems to remember the save and not what preceded it!
     
  13. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Dec 4, 2012
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    Saints in the market for another, had an offer rejected for Fraser Forster
     
  14. Clint Eastwood

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    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Who do they have going into this season?

    Did Kelvin Davis retire? He must be in his late 30s.
    They still have Boruc and Gazzaniga right?

    Why in the world would they sign Fraser Forster? You'd only sign him to be your #1. Then they must be thinking of dumping Boruc?
     
  15. Placid Casual

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    The new Southampton goalkeeper coach is the England goalkeeper coach - Might have something to do with it.

    Also Davis is 37 and Boruc is 34.
     
  16. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Dec 4, 2012
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    Stoke City FC
    Davis is still there, but he wont play much. He's just a club legend, so they'll keep around. Gazzaniga needs a loan, he isnt good enough for Premier League football.

    I think the aim is to drop Boruc, he'll turn 35 this year
     
  17. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    how can Cropper take advantage of this situation?
     
  18. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Hard to say until we know who's moving on. I imagine he will be U21 keeper again next year and will get chances to train with the first team, as is Southampton's method. If Boruc and Gazzaniga go, he could be the cup keeper.
     
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  19. Testudo

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    18 Players Named to Roster for U-23 MNT Camp from Aug. 3-7 in Bahamas
    NewsAug 1, 2014
    ...
    U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team
    Roster By Position:GOALKEEPERS (2):Cody Cropper (Southampton; Maple Grove, Minn.), Zack Steffen (Maryland; Downington, Pa.)
    DEFENDERS (7):AJ Cochran (Houston Dynamo; St. Louis, Mo.), Christian Dean (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; East Palo Alto, Calif.), Ramon Martin del Campo (San Jose Earthquakes; Chula Vista, Calif.), Bryan Gallego (Arizona United; Kinnelon, N.J.), Juan Pablo Ocegueda (Alebrijes de Oaxaca; Riverside, Calif.), William Packwood (Birmingham City; Concord, Mass.), Oscar Sorto (LA Galaxy; Los Angeles, Calif.)
    MIDFIELDERS (4): Dennis Flores (León; Pasadena, Calif.), Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake; Garden Grove, Calif.), Marlon Hairston (Colorado Rapids; Jackson, Miss.), Benji Joya (Chicago Fire; San Jose, Calif.)
    FORWARDS (5): Daniel Cuevas (CF Lobos BUAP; Sacramento, Calif.), Alfred Koroma Shams (Internacional; Southlake, Texas), Jordan Morris (Stanford; Mercer Island, Wash.), Victor Pineda (Indy Eleven; Bolingbrook, Ill.), Omar Salgado (Vancouver Whitecaps FC; El Paso, Texas)
    http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/08/01/10/30/140801-u23mnt-camp-roster
     
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  20. JG

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  21. JG

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    Cropper an unused sub in the U21 PL opener as Gazzaniga got the start.
     
  22. Balerion

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    It looks like Cropper is 5th in the depth chart right now. Forster is starting, Kelvin Davis is backing him up. There's Gazzaniga ahead of him as well.

    Boruc is still around in limbo, though it seems he may well leave and Cropper will move up to 4th on the depth chart.
     
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  23. Sergei_Shtaniuk

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    Dec 4, 2012
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    Stoke City FC
    Boruc will go, his attitude since Forster came in has been terrible. He keeps mouthing off on Instagram.

    Davis is a good old pro, but I imagine he wont actually play if Forster gets injured, because he is old, injury-prone and shit. I imagine either one of Gazzaniga or Cropper will be loaned out, or they will rotate for the U21s spot. It doesnt make sense to have a regular 1st choice at under 21 level, particularly when you have two decent keepers
     
  24. JG

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  25. kruck

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