Yes, but I wouldn’t want him to play for the US. I’m afraid his technical skills are woeful, and that’s a nice way of saying it. Just my opinion though.
Here's an interesting article about Brendan Aaronson of Philadelphia Union from Matthew de George of the Athletic, with multiple quotes from Tab Ramos, Jim Curtin, and the player himself. The article is paywalled, so I'll list comments from Curtin and Ramos that most specifically analyze Aaronson's play. https://theathletic.com/804598/2019...nion-hope-to-develop-an-elite-american-no-10/ Curtin's comments in the article signal that the opportunity could be there for Aaronson with a good preseason.
Wish I saw the game Carleton did well in. Anyone have a sense of what happened in the other games today?
New England Revolution 3, FC Dynamo Kyiv 1 February 6, 2019 – Marbella Football Center (Marbella, Spain) Scoring Summary: Dynamo – Nazariy Rusyn 33’ NE – Juan Agudelo (Cristian Penilla) 54’ NE – Carles Gil (Wilfried Zahibo, Justin Rennicks) 68’ NE – Diego Fagundez (Unassisted) 87’ Misconduct Summary: Dynamo – Vitaliy Alibekov (Yellow Card) 43’ NE – Teal Bunbury (Yellow Card) 43’ New England Revolution (1st Half): Cody Cropper, Edgar Castillo, Jalil Anibaba, Michael Mancienne, Andrew Farrell, DeJuan Jones, Scott Caldwell ©, Luis Caicedo (Zachary Herivaux 32’), Juan Agudelo, Cristian Penilla, Teal Bunbury New England Revolution (2nd Half): Matt Turner, Andrew Farrell (Brandon Bye 61’), Antonio Delamea, Jalil Anibaba (Trialist 61’ Reportedly Giles Phillips), Edgar Castillo (Gabriel Somi 61’), DeJuan Jones (Justin Rennicks 61’), Scott Caldwell © (Diego Fagundez 61’), Wilfried Zahibo, Cristian Penilla (Tajon Buchanan 61’), Teal Bunbury (Carles Gil 61’), Juan Agudelo (Juan Fernando Caicedo 61’) GILOAL#NERevs // #NERevsInSpain pic.twitter.com/kn0Vis4PdR— New England Revolution (@NERevolution) February 6, 2019 Chicago Fire 1 CF Fuenlabrada 0 52' Katai (Edwards) Chicago lineups First 45: GK Sanchez; D Campos, D Kappelhof, D Marcelo, D Edwards; M McCarty, M Schweinsteiger, M Katai, M Mihailovic (Martinez, 35), M Frankowski; F Nikolic (Moreno, 30) Second 45: GK Sanchez (Cleveland, 61); D Kappelhof (Hasler, 61), D Schorch*, D Marcelo (Lillard, 61), D Edwards (Corrales, 61); M McCarty (Gutjahr, 61), M Bronico, M Moreno, M Martinez, M Frankowski (Adams, 61), F Katai (Herbers, 61) Atlanta United 6 Club Tijuana Reserves 1 ATL - J. Martinez (Barco) 6' ATL - J. Martinez (Villalba) 16' ATL - Villalba (J. Martinez) 20' TJ - 27' ATL - J. Martinez (P. Martinez) 43' ATL - Barco (J. Martinez) 52' ATL - J. Martinez (P. Martinez) 68' Played 40 minute halves Atlanta United lineup: GK Brad Guzan (Alec Kann); Brek Shea, Leandro Gonzalez Pirez, Miles Robinson, Michael Parkhurst, Julian Gressel; Eric Remedi, Jeff Larentowicz; Ezequiel Barco, Josef Martinez, Tito Villalba (Pity Martinez) Doug Roberson in the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said Miles Robinson "played well." Atlanta United Reserves 1 Cal State Fullerton 0 42' Williams (Carleton, Bashti) Played 40 minute halves "For the first scrimmage, de Boer’s starting 11 was goalkeeper Brendan Moore, centerbacks Jon Gallagher, Kendall Edwards and Mikey Ambrose, wingbacks Gordon Wild and George Bello, midfielders Darlington Nagbe, Amir Bashti, Andrew Carleton and Brandon Vazquez and (Romario) Williams" (presumably as strikers in the 3-5-2 De Boer is using). "de Boer at halftime subbed in Anderson Asiedu for Nagbe, moved Bello to centerback and took out Gallagher, and put Deon Pereira in at left wingback. Villalba also came on for Vazquez." The pass, the touch, the goal 👌@andrewcarleton7 ➡️ @iam_pavyrgwvii pic.twitter.com/yj1b6jHIZs— Atlanta United FC (@ATLUTD) February 6, 2019 "Not available for selection for either team were defender Franco Escobar (shoulder injury), defender Chris McCann (undisclosed injury), midfielder Chris Goslin (left knee strain), midfielder Kevin Kratz (undisclosed injury). Fullback Jose Hernandez and strikers Lagos Kunga and Patrick Okonkwo, who were sent to train with Atlanta United 2 in Atlanta."
FC Cincinnati has signed five (five!) draft picks. Two are thread-eligible: Tommy McCabe '98, a CM who is most famous for being picked ahead of Weston McKennie for the U17 WC team a few years ago. Rashawn Dally '97, a Jamaican-American forward from CT. He's been called into a Jamaican youth camp in the past, but I don't think he's played in any official games. https://www.fccincinnati.com/post/2019/02/06/five-mls-superdraft-selections-sign
Orlando City 1 Louisville City 0 Orlando starting lineup: Ranjitsingh O’Neill De John Ascues Moutinho Smith Mendez Lindley Johnson Mueller Akindele I did not find a full match report, though Orlando posted on twitter pictures of Benji Michel and Santiago Patino playing. Joao Moutinho scored the goal in the first half. Philadelphia Union 3, Birmingham Legion 1 Goals BIR - Chandler Hoffman 7' PHI - Ilsinho (Sapong, Picault) 14' (WATCH) PHI - Przybylko (Fontana) 72' (WATCH) PHI - Accam 85' (WATCH) Philadelphia Union lineup: Andre Blake (Carlos Miguel Coronel 45') -- Fabinho, Aurelien Collin, Jack Elliott, Raymon Gaddis -- Haris Medunjanin, Warren Creavalle (Derrick Jones 45'), Ilsinho, Alejandro Bedoya -- Fafa Picault (Kacper Przybylko 45'), CJ Sapong (Sergio Santos 45') Philadelphia Union lineup (60th min): Carlos Miguel Coronel -- Matt Real, Mark McKenzie, Auston Trusty, Kai Wagner -- Brenden Aaronson, Derrick Jones, Anthony Fontana, Kacper Przybylko -- Sergio Santos, David Accam Ben Ofeimu was loaned for the scrimmage and came on for Birmingham Legion around the 68th minute. 1093322271639437312 is not a valid tweet id Minnesota United 0, Houston Dynamo 0 Game consisted of 4 quarters of 30 minutes each. Minnesota United lineup (1st min): Bobby Shuttleworth -- Francisco Calvo (Chase Gasper 41'), Brent Kallman, Ike Opara, Carter Manley -- Osvaldo Alonso, Jan Gregus -- Rasmus Schuller, Darwin Quintero, Miguel Ibarra -- Ángelo Rodriguez Minnesota United lineup (60th min): Dayne St. Clair -- Chase Gasper (Jameel Neptune 104'), Wyatt Omsberg, Michael Boxall (Eric Miller 90'), Hassani Dotson -- Collin Martin, Drew Conner -- Jiro Barriga, Brian Anunga, Romario Ibarra -- Mason Toye Houston Dynamo lineup (1st min): Joe Willis (Tyler Deric 31') -- A.J. DeLaGarza (Chris Duvall 31'), Kiki Struna, Maynor Figueroa, DaMarcus Beasley -- Matias Vera, Juan David Cabezas, Tomas Martínez -- Alberth Elis, Mauro Manotas, Romell Quioto Houston Dynamo lineup (60th min): Michael Nelson (Nicolas Corti 91') -- Chris Duvall (Andrew Samuels 91'), Kevin Garcia (Erik McCue 110'), Alejandro Fuenmayor (Kyle Adams 110'), Adam Lundkvist (Sam Junqua 110') -- Darwin Cerén, Boniek García (Brad Dunwell 110'), Tommy McNamara -- Marlon Hairston, Ronaldo Peña (Andy Cabrera 110'), Memo Rodriguez (Maalique Foster 110') 12’- Dotson reads the play expertly and cuts off a pass down the wing.MIN 0-0 HOU#MNUFC | @BlueCrossMN— MNUFC Match Day (@MNUFCmatch) February 7, 2019 15’- Rocket from @MasonToye98 just inside the box! Nelson leaps to parry the ball away.MIN 0-0 HOU#MNUFC | @BlueCrossMN— MNUFC Match Day (@MNUFCmatch) February 7, 2019 18’- Dotson does well to hold off his man and win the ball near the corner flag.MIN 0-0 HOU#MNUFC | @BlueCrossMN— MNUFC Match Day (@MNUFCmatch) February 7, 2019 28’- @MasonToye98 gets a chance of his own moments later, but his chance is also stopped by the man wearing gloves.MIN 0-0 HOU#MNUFC | @BlueCrossMN— MNUFC Match Day (@MNUFCmatch) February 7, 2019
Hearing from a club source that Orlando City midfielder Pierre Da Silva is set to go out on loan.— Jordan Culver (@JordanCulver) February 6, 2019
Rising teen star Chris Durkin is focused on big year with D.C. United, U.S. U-20s and U-23s https://t.co/tyspNX1zE5 @BrianSciaretta pic.twitter.com/NoLJU4z7DE— SoccerAmerica (@socceramerica) February 7, 2019
With 75 minutes in the books, @SportingKC trots out a new XI leading 2-1. Here's how the second group lines up. #PHXvSKCAdrian ZendejasJaylin LindseyBotond BarathGraham SmithSeth SinovicWan KuzainRoger EspinozaGianluca BusioYohan CroizetTyler FreemanGerso Fernandes— Sporting KC Communications (@SportingKC_PR) February 8, 2019 1’ GOAL! In the first minute of our second scrimmage, Tyler Freeman takes a pass from Roger Espinoza and sends a deflected strike into the corner of the net!0-1 | #PHXvSKC— Sporting KC Communications (@SportingKC_PR) February 8, 2019
Reposting some info from the supporters summit. -Bez and Porter spoke about the necessity for a “Crew 2”. Sounds like it may be a couple years away since building a new stadium and training center will be the focus. -Porter talked about developing youth and creating a pathway for them to reach the first team as something he is excited to create. This doesn’t seem to fit with the general opinion of him and youth development. -Precourt/Berhalter made some drastic changes to the youth development setup and it might take some time to get things back to how the new ownership wants.
Porter in general has talked the talk over the years at Portland. He just didn't walk the walk. But maybe that was just organizationally how Portland's leadership wanted to run the club. The same culture has continued there after his departure. So maybe in Columbus he'll be able to get back to working with young players. We'll see. They now have noisy neighbors to the South and it'll be interesting to see how that rivalry will push the Crew. Despite the recent uncertainty, the Crew does have talent in their academy. There's that one kid that gave FCD absolute fits last year in the DA playoffs. What was his name? Sarver?
For those that want to actually see soccer, FCD split squad doubleheader will be streamed tomorrow. Opportunity to see a lot of thread eligible players....................... https://www.fcdallas.com/Live He’s not wrong.. https://t.co/2r7MMP2jqz is your soccer destination between 2 and 6 tomorrow! https://t.co/rnUauuxs6G— Carter Baum (@CarterBaum) February 8, 2019
MLS teams having reserve teams should be mandated. This is a basic part of a football club. If MLS wants to be taken seriously, their teams can't not have this very basic development tool.
Parks is such a smooth player. he fakes he is going to pass, pulls the ball back and goes the opposite way, leaving the opponent looking silly
Welp. That didn't last long. Borges is a '97 defender that's played for the US U18s and U20s in the past. He was pick #28 in the draft....................... Colorado Rapids have released draft picks Marcello Borges and Robbie Mertz from preseason, along with Enoch Mushagalusa. https://t.co/v4763UoB4I— Travis Clark (@travismclark) February 8, 2019
When Garber talks about becoming a selling league, things like an academy and a legitimate reserve team are critical components for every club that is interested in developing their own players. There will always be pushback from some clubs, but a league-wide commitment to both is absolutely essential.