According to Harvey the fact that she lost her allocation and will only be available part time didn't justify the signing. It make sense to me. Most teams will not spend money to sign a somewhat average player coming off a year of injury who will Only be available part time. And to the fact that our defensive corps is really strong, this was a smart move. If we are spending money on a CB, I rather they go after Corsie. At least Fishlock will be happy.
Which is confusing, if she is only avail part time, that leads me to believe, she's going to the WWC. If that is the case, why would she not be allocated?!?
Because Herdman is wierd. Last year he allocated Iachelli to WNY and I'm not sure if she even plays soccer
Havana Solaun & Kendall Romine Will be interested to see how they perform! Also it's almost like the team received another draft pick in Frisbie, since she didn't play last year. So in essence all three are rookies.
It may not seem like it in the land of the reign but there was the draft today and we picked up two players. Havana Solaun - MF Kendall Romine - CB I'm not familiar with any of these players and quite frankly I'm not sure how they crack this team of 20 already. I saw some very brief, brief youtube clip of Solaun and I wasn't moved. Anyone who have seen more of her can you tell me what to expect. As for Romine, she could possibly make the team if Laura thinks she needs another center back behind Fletcher, Barnes, and Hein. So far, this is what I think our depth is based on the 4-3-3: GK: Solo, Kopmeyer LB: Cox, Dallstream (I'm moving her here as she did her best work filling in for Cox. She can play RF as well) CB: Barnes, Fletcher, Hein, Romine RB: Reed, Cruz, Brigman DM: Winters, Fishlock, Noguiera AM: Little, Solaun LF: Rapinoe, Frisbie CF: Leroux, Goebel RF: Mathias, Foxhoven
http://www.sounderatheart.com/seatt...wsl-draft-seattle-reign-florida-havana-solaun Quick write up on Solaun. They have her pinned to play on the wing.
Thanks so much for that. From that clip what I see right off the bat is that her movement of the ball is good and passing looks ok. What worries me is her first touch which looks bad. Almost all of them end up 5 feet away from her. In that clip she manage to recover from that but in the pros that is recipe for turn overs. Hopefully I'm just seeing things though. Also unless she makes a HUGE improvement between now and the start of the season, I don't see how she starts over Mathais on the right side
I'm surprised they both slipped as far down as they did. I really expected them to be picked in the end of the 2nd round or start of the 3rd. But then again, Dydasco (who some people were saying might even be picked in the first round, but I thought for sure she'd be gone by the 16th pick at the latest) slipped to the 3rd round, so what do we know...
To me it seems like her touch was spot on. And when she did lead with a heavy touch it was done purposely to gain space from a defender. But then again it's a highlight video, and they are made to show players in a best moments, so I guess you can't take too much away from it. I was impressed with her foot work and ability to find teamates in tight spots. She seems to has a flair for crafty moves which should only get better learning from Little. Also one thing you can't teach, that she has is height. And I think that will also be a benefit.
Might be true as you can't learn much from just a clip. I'm still not seeing how either of these make the team, who will be dropped? If we are dropping an existing player, you have to think it will be a defender and in that sense the only person I saw might be on the chopping block is Brigman given that Harvey went out and got Michelle Cruz as a backup RB for Reed.
I see Solaun making the team. With Brigman only getting 17mins last year, she may be fighting for her position. Foxhoven could also be fighting for her spot, as she only had 340mins all of last year. And onto the "tease" aren't we still waiting on a surprise player from Europe? Though it was alluded to be from the FA WSL.
Was there ever such a rumor with the Reign though? The closest I can remember is the Tasha Harding signing which at the time we thought it was the Reign interested in a FAWSL player. As for Foxhoven, I say we hang on to her for the mere fact that she's an offensive player and there is a shortage of those in a World Cup year. I may be biased but I'm still hoping that she could reproduce the season she had in Portland with the Reign.
Sorry about that, I was thinking of one of your old posts: http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...re-season-thread.2010148/page-3#post-31356453 As for Foxhoven, now that I know we aren't getting an FA WSL player in, she is probably safe. Though Frisbie or Solaun might be taking some of her minutes. During the season when everyone is healthy there is going to be some talent on the sidelines...........
A bit of unsettling news as Fishlock sustained an injury over the weekend while playing for Frankfurt. As of yet I'm unsure of the severity of the injury but no one should worry as Vero has it under control. Was looked after today by my super teamies @FFCFrankfurt 😊 Big shout out to Simone & of course my roomie @VeroBoquete #NurseVero #Crackers— Jessica Fishlock MBE (@JessFishlock) January 17, 2015 Also, it seems she is taking the whole thing in stride My injury isn't a worry anymore as I've literally just died in this taxi ... Heading towards the light as we speak— Jessica Fishlock MBE (@JessFishlock) January 19, 2015
Looks like Rapinoe, also picked up an injury. http://equalizersoccer.com/2015/01/19/megan-rapinoe-knee-injury-out-several-weeks-uswnt/
Looking on the bright side, at least she will be more rested. She seems to play all year round, so a 2 month break, might do her well.
Roster Update: The Reign have gotten more reinforcements in the mid field in the form of Katrine Veje. The Danish national team player will join the team on July 1 and will use up our 3/4 of our international spots. Given Harvey track record for recruiting and the fact that she said she have had her eye on her since she was 15, I expect great things from her. I have added the two draft picks to the roster as well. This brings the current roster to 23, something have to change right?
I wouldn't be so sure the two draft picks will make the roster. That'll leave only one player to cut to get back down to 20.
You are correct but I couldn't me bothered to make an annotation on the table for them so I just added them.
I think by now we all have seen this news as Solo have managed to get herself suspended which in my opinion was the right decision. http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2015/01/21/16/25/150121-wnt-solo-suspended Hopefully she uses this time to reflect and get in the right mindset for the upcoming world cup and NWSL season.
I think both will definitely be reserves that get called up as amateurs during the WWC (unless they go abroad), but I have a hard time seeing Solaun displacing any of the other midfielders. The only non-defender that I could maybe see her winning a spot over would be Foxhoven. But I think they'll want to keep Foxhoven (at least to start the season), since Frisbie and Veje have no NWSL experience at the moment. I guess they could drop a defender to add her to the roster, but I already expected the one cut I mentioned earlier would be a defender, so they'd have to drop 2.