Good for Heaps. I wish him the best. Always thought he was in over his head as a manager of the Revs, but felt he was a good guy.
Absolutely. And perhaps seeking a GM/Pres role vs coaching hints at his true ambitions. I'm sure he was frustrated the revs hierarchy is incompetent and maybe even him set up to fail. Hope he does well there.
Jordan McCrary has just been signed by Seattle. Is this one of those situations where the Revs lose out for lack of a farm team to groom their raw recruits? Time will tell!
Revs 96ers (and Vermont Catamounts): Kevin Wylie is an analyst with Reebok, still based in Boston. Jim St. Andre is a high-end real estate broker in Manhattan, selling townhouses for 8 figures to 'elite global clients'.
I've been wondering, how much actual success have other teams had with their USL teams? How many cases are there of draftees being sent to a USL team and then, after a year or so, being called up to the big team and becoming a contributing player? Sometimes I think he just assume the grass is greener over there. Regardless, they did drop the ball on McCrary. Maybe exile wasn't a smart move.
Dwyer, Aaron Long for NYRB, Ballou Tabla (Montreal USL --> Montreal --> Barcelona), Daniel Steres for the Galaxy, Derrick Jones and Richie Marquez for Philly... looks like Danny Acosta will also be making the jump this year as RSL's left back. I'm sure there are more.
Clearly Dwyer is the poster child. There have been others with varying degrees of success (Sean Okoli turned a Golden Boot season with Cincinnati into a contract with NYCFC). Playing in the USL doesn't guarantee success in MLS, but you've got a better chance than someone who wastes away on an MLS bench and never sees the field.
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017...usl-mls-partnership-offers-rich-opportunities Somebody already did all the work. Tyler Adams, Tim Parker, Nouhou Tolo, and more.
It's one of those things where, we don't know who among the border-line players will eventually make it by playing in USL, but we definitely know who won't...
McCrary is a prime example, if not the best, of the Revs failure to develop young players in recent years.
Too soon to make that call either way IMO. Not saying McCrary is any good and Heaps is no expert at talent evaluation obviously, but his castoffs haven't exactly gone on to be world beaters. Friedel is really the A/B test to see if it was the manager or the talent.
The USL partnerships are still relatively new, so it's not that surprising the numbers aren't higher. I do expect that to continue growing.
Kouassi back to Sion Le milieu ivoirien Xavier #Kouassi (New England Revolution) signe pour 6 mois au FC #Sion.
No. But I am surprised to learn that he had an offer to be an assistant coach with another MLS club before he took this job.
Jordan McCrary (remember him?) started and went the full 90 for Seattle in their CCL victory over Guadalajara. Too bad we didn't have room for him
Shalrie Joseph is becoming the next Grenadian National Team Head Coach #NERevs (via his announcement on Instagram)— Daniel McDermott (@DMcDermott96) March 12, 2018
Jim Rooney Bringing Wealth of Playing Experience to Head Coaching Position with Boca Raton FC May 14, 2018 http://www.npsl.com/news/2268 Rooney’s professional career began with the Long Island Rough Riders in 1994, where he remained until 1997 when he joined the NY MetroStars of MLS. From there the central midfielder joined former MLS club Miami Fusion where he made 67 appearances and scored 12 goals. Rooney finished his career with stints with the New England Revolution and a return to the Rough Riders.
Yet another guy who wasn't really given a shot here, but the right type of signing back then. Milton Caraglio sería el nuevo "objeto del deseo" del Cruz Azul https://t.co/d6KXkeJxmV— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) May 17, 2018
Sigh... He was the epitome of the Revs just going through the motions. Signing a guy as a $54,000 "First ever DP" with a kick-in clause to pay him some real money afterwards, which they never had any intention of doing. I thought he did really well to acclimate himself to a new team, new league, new country and turf, in just a short time. He even scored a few goals and here I was, thinking he'd be the guy to build around for next year. But they decided not to bring him back after a third of a season. Apparently they expected a golden boot from him. This was a few years ago, but there is a reason why a lot of agents think the Revs are "difficult" to deal with and would rather shop their players elsewhere in the league.
It wasn't about expecting a golden boot, it was concerns about his knee. He held up well while he was here, but that wasn't particularly long trial. Maybe they were over-cautious (I thought so at the time - because I thought he was just the kind of hold-up guy they needed), but it would have been a risk to purchase him from the loan agreement, no doubt. In hindsight, he did hold up, but they didn't have the benefit of knowing that.