Hwang In-beom @ Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2019 [R]

Players in the MLS dont deserve their own thread. Mods pls close this thread. Lol might as well have a thread for KMJ in China. Or a thread for me. I played as a gk in intramural football at college

 

Brah -_-
We already have a thread for him.
Pls close this thread.

 

official korean abroad is the perfect place for hwang in-beom updates.

 

I don't get this knee-jerk anti-MLS sentiment here.

We've had threads for LJS at Holstein Kiel, Lee Jin-Hyun at FK Austria Wien, YBS at Rostov, SHJ at 20 different teams, and you guys have a problem with a thread on HIB in MLS? Especially when having HIB in MLS is of many BSK posters' immediate "my-backyard" interest? I' don't care to compare and argue about the relative quality of these 2nd-tier leagues because that would be a complete waste of time.

If there had been objections to those other threads, I could understand it here. But I don't recall anything.

 

the players you have mentioned may play for subpar leagues but their ambition to play in Europe and move on to better teams warrant for their own threads. HIB took the easy route and decided to go to the USA (retirement league). These other guys basically deserve their own threads due to their ambition. Principle has a factor here.

 

Christ, some of y'all are so fcking superficial.
MLS = Abroad, whether it's a brand name league or not. Just keep the thread and support our player.

 

Exactly, that’s why he can join the official Korean abroad thread with Kim Kee-hee and his best friend, Kim Min-jae.

 

Who said HIB doesn't have ambition for bigger and better leagues like the others?

 

his move to the MLS.

 

Last time I checked, Japan, China, Australia and the desert are abroad as well. He belongs in the general abroad thread until he decides to use his exemption for a move to Europe. Mods need to close this unwarranted thread.

 

dont forget my college intermural football league. you also make a good point. He has exemption but decides to bank in

 

Did HIB have the choice to go to those other clubs like Bremen/Hamburg? I thought he wanted to play at Hamburg?

The contract is only til 2020 guys, have some hope in the youngster ffs. I think the thread is fine.

 

So basically it's Europe = Ambition, Rest of the World = NO ambition?

 

Hwang In-beom is in for some rude awakening if he actually believes that Vancouver can get him to Europe in 2 years (Same with Kim Min-jae/Roger Schmidt). There have been too many Koreans who believed the "I can get you to Europe" nonsense only to end up nowhere.

Before anyone pulls out that "Pity Martinez" card, his situation is completely different from Pity Martinez. The dude has the talent, the actual European interest, better agent, and is playing for the best club in MLS. He can probably play 6 months, terminate his contract, and still find a European club, easily.

 

Did YP Lee have his own thread when he was at Whitecaps? I don't mind the move. He has 4 years before entering his peak years (26-30) so a couple of years max in the MLS to learn English, play regular first team football and have a chance to build out his body through advanced sports science and training while aclimating to living abroad may be a smart move. He is too light weight physically to succeed straight in Europe. Risk is he ends up being a Song Jin Hyung v.2.0 when he joined the A League, although I do consider MLS as a higher standard.

 

Davis is an outlier.

It's clearly a gamble on his part to go MLS...but it doesn't mean he has any less ambition to play in top-tier Euro leagues than others.

 

Might as well make a HEJ & KYK @ Gamba Osaka as well then because not only are as important for the NT as HIB, they also play in a better league that has sent more players to Europe. I for one will probably never watch a Whitecaps game and I don't know how many of you will either just because HIB is there.

 

Can't speak for others but I will check out their matches. Can't say that about most of the other KPA players' teams with their own threads.

 

If ambition to play in Europe was the qualifying characteristic for opening a new KPA thread, Na Sang Ho should have one as well because he signed a 1.5 yr contract with hopes to transfer to a European club after...

 

Is this an actual serious question?

Europe is where the best go to train, compete and seek glory.

It's like a classical muscian going to Vancouver rather than staying in Seoul to develop further for an ambitious move to NYC.

This is a sideways move that can end up being a backwards move. To even suggest this shows any ambition is ridiculous.

 

For real, pretty disappointing to see users here idolizing HIB in the recent months, then saying he has no ambition after the subpar performance vs Qatar and MLS move (which wasn't his choice to decide anyway). Yes although MLS is a retirement league, HIB is still going to get good playing time and adjust to a English speaking country/more physical players. His contract is until 2020, and Whitecaps is definitely better than K League 2.