Revs 2017 Roster

Yeah and then there was that guy named Dempsey that punched someone -- glad we got rid of him too.

I don't care what your criteria are - just put a winning team on the darn field. If you can't do that then get out of the way, you are in the wrong job. Sorry ,but that sounds like they are making excuses before the season even starts.

 

Undermining the coach? Yeah, in general, that's never a good thing. But reading the tea leaves between the lines, do you think that maybe, just maybe, inthe past an experienced player who has been around a few places, has played at a higher level than this and knows a thing or two about tactics might have disagreed with some of Heaps' decisions?

I can't say for sure, but I can imagine a guy like Jones, who grew up in the Bundesliga and is/was a Nats regular might have had some insights that Heaps simply doesn't? And Heaps' (reputed) stubbornness might mean he'd be less likely to listen to advice, even if it might make sense? I got the sense that Heaps obviously appreciated what Jones brought on the field, but at the same time felt threatened by him. I'm not sure how much JJ respected Heaps, especaially if he suggested something he considered "obvious," Heaps ignored him, and they lost the game.

This is purely speculation, so please no one axe me how I know beyond all doubt that this stuff is 100% true!

 

Well, barring a last minute miracle, the Revs will open the season with 23 players. That's 23% of the roster vacant.

Based on this year's rules:
2017 MLS Roster Rules and Regulations
February 1, 2017, 11:00AM EST

here is my breakdown of the Revs roster:

SENIOR ROSTER (15/20)
1. Juan Agudelo
2. Benjamin Angoua (I)
3. Teal Bunbury
4. Scott Caldwell (HG)
5. Antonio Mliner Delamea (I)
6. Diego Fagundez (HG)
7. Andrew Farrell
8. Kei Kamara (GC-DP)
9. Brad Knighton
10. Daigo Kobayashi (GC)
11. Xavier Kouassi (I-DP)
12. Lee Nguyen
13. Kelyn Rowe
14. Chris Tierney
15. Je-Vaughn Watson (GC?)
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

PROTECTED (OFF BUDGET) ROSTER (8/10)
SUPPLEMENTAL (4/4)
21. Cody Cropper
22. Donnie Smith
23. Brian Wright
24. London Woodberry
RESERVE (3/4)
25. Femi Hollinger-Janzen
26. Joshua Smith
27. Matt Turner
28.
HOME GROWN RESERVE (1/2)
29. Zachary Herivaux (HG)
30.

Notes:
1. Off-budget roster was determined based on last year's salary (and assumptions on the rookies).
2. Scott Caldwell was exempt from the expansion draft based on his Home Grown status, but I still put him on the Senior Roster (based on salary and space)
3. League rule requires a minimum of 18 on the Senior Roster. So, 3 members of the off-budget roster could be "promoted" by default.
4. Watson was an international last year, but isn't listed as one this year. Assuming he got his Green Card, but haven't seen any reports confirming this.

 

7 open spaces? So Mike Burns' work is done for the year, at least until the summer transfer windows open, right?

 

It also means we won't be seeing any Revs heading to Rochester this year.

 

I don't care what sport you're talking about – that figure is appalling.

 

I think you did your math wrong -- that is as if Belichick only had 41 players on the team. Still no way he would do that. The CBA should address teams filling their roster slots. This is an embarrassment either way.

That said, while I was not surprised to see Grant Wahl place NE Revs as the least ambitious club of the MLS, I was disappointed that his reasoning only focused on getting a soccer-specific stadium.
http://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2017/03/03/2017-mls-ambition-rankings

 

I don't think his reasoning was based on that, it's just the thing he happened to mention. Wahl shares the data he got from all the clubs in response to his questionnaire, and the Revs' lack of ambition is pretty patent there.

 

True, but he does mention every team's stadium situation at the top of his comments, so you can;t help but think he rates that factor higher than, say, youth development or DP spending, etc.

 

Well, a stadium kind of is the biggest sign of ambition. DP spending can be turned around – as in completely reversing philosophy – in a year or less. Youth teams can be turned around in a little longer than that. But a stadium is the biggest commitment - you can't reverse it on a whim. So the lack of stadium is kind of the biggest indicator.

That said, were I Grant, I would have mentioned that the DP and youth team situations, et al, point in the same direction as the stadium: middling ambition at best.

 

It's true that every team needs to have one now, and the fact that the Revs don't pretty much overshadows all other indicators of ambition, in that case. So even if they didn't fail all the others (which they do), the Revs are clearly the least ambitious team in the league. Go Revs!

 

Looks like we're tied with Minnesota. Do they have a second team?

But you don't get to be MLS Budget Champs without a little bit of sacrifice!

 

I know the league pays for roster spots 1-20(non DP) and carries all of the alloc money.

Who is responsible for paying spots 21-30? Is it still league or does the local owner have to pay those spots?

 

one more question, how many years can a player carry the HG category?

 

Good question. Scott Caldwell is in his 5th season, and he still carries it. He makes more than some of the players on the senior roster. Fagundez is in his 7th, and he hasn't carried it for a few years (was not HG protected in the NYC/ORL expansion draft).

In other words, I have no clue what the answer is.

 

Fagundez was the reason I asked as I had assumed he was no longer considered home grown and yet he is tagged as such on these rosters.

I guess the more MLS tries to be transparent, the more questions we have

 

I'm sure it's either a mistake or some sort of accounting legerdemain, but how is Scott Caldwell on the Reserve roster?