News: Onyewu signs with AC Milan

Discussion in 'USA Men: News & Analysis' started by appoo, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. appoo

    appoo Member+

    Jul 30, 2001
    USA
    Check YA for articles. NOW you can discuss USMNT ramifications :)
     
  2. cthomer5000

    cthomer5000 Member+

    Apr 23, 2007
    Raleigh NC
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    The only concern can be playing time. It's a vital year for the first-string national teamers, it would be a bummer if most of it is spent on the bench. Very positive for the international perception of our NT though... whatever that is worth.
     
  3. keller#1

    keller#1 Red Card

    Feb 16, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    ac milans defense is poor poor poor. This is gonna be GREAT! BIG CLUB+PLAYING TIME= I'M GETTING AN ONYEWU AC MILAN JERSEY!!!
     
  4. GeoffreyVS

    GeoffreyVS Member

    May 29, 2006
    USA
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is absolutely stunning. Even as a squad player, which he undoubtedly will be, this represents a fantastic chance to grow as a player and should be great for the USMNT.
     
  5. regulator

    regulator Member

    Apr 25, 2004
    New Jersey
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    wow.

    i guess i'll be buying 2 jerseys in the coming weeks (antonio valencia Man U jersey and GOOCH milan jersey) :)
     
  6. Gooch13

    Gooch13 New Member

    Mar 29, 2007
    St. Louis, MO
    Since they signed Silva and have Nesta already, how much PT is he really going to see? My concern is that he was signed by upper management to placate the fan base and that Leonardo won't play him. In a WC year, we need key players on the field for any team, not riding the bench at a name club.
     
  7. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Leonardo owes us Americans one from 1994. Gooch Starts 30 Games!
     
  8. keller#1

    keller#1 Red Card

    Feb 16, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    nesta is 33 and full of injuries. I'd even say Gooch gets more games than Nesta this season
     
  9. KALM

    KALM Member+

    Oct 6, 2006
    Boston/Providence
    This is as petty as I'll get, but I had to pull this quote up from one of Karl K's "We're Just Not That Good" posts after the Spain victory:

    I do think that when bigger clubs (although not necessarily this big) start bidding on our players en masse, it will be after our players have already arrived at that level, so we might not even realize right away when our players are that good if we're just looking at the size of their clubs at present. This move, and the interest from Everton in Bradley, Altidore, and Dempsey are a start though and certainly signify a shift from the time when we were just happy to have any players signed to Premier League or Bundesliga clubs.
     
  10. Foosinho

    Foosinho New Member

    Jan 11, 1999
    New Albany, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm not so sure that he won't get a LOT of games. They're thin to begin with, and Maldini retired.
     
  11. Raulduke

    Raulduke New Member

    Feb 16, 2006
    Shreveport, LA
    I've heard this as well. In any event, this is quite probably the most impressive signing of a US player. It's also kind of cool in the information age, that this came out of nowhere. In my reading of the YA forum, I don't recall AC Milan as one of the possible destinations.
     
  12. MarioKempes

    MarioKempes Member+

    Real Madrid, DC United, anywhere Pulisic plays
    Aug 3, 2000
    Proxima Centauri
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is massive. You could argue that this is the biggest club that a US player has ever played at. Yes, I know Reyna was offered a contract at Barcelona, but he (unwisely?) turned it down. And yes, I know Brad Friedel played at Liverpool 1997-2000, but those were not great years for Liverpool, and I would argue that Milan is a bigger club than Liverpool anyway. Milan has 8 Champions League finals and 5 Champions League trophies over the past 20 years, as well as 2 Intercontinental Cups and 1 Club World Cup, making them the most successful club in Europe, and the world.
     
  13. Stephen Heisler

    May 16, 2006
    Houston, Tx
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I like the move...IF it results in match time. The US needs to have a "use em or lose em" escape added to USNT players and prospects contracts.
     
  14. Gooch13

    Gooch13 New Member

    Mar 29, 2007
    St. Louis, MO
    I'm just concerned that if Nesta is healthy enough to play (an admittedly big if), he is playing, period. It won't matter if Gooch outplays him in training; this is Italy. And Silva was a new signing as well who obviously expects to play. And he does share Brazilian heritage with the manager. I hate to inject nationality / ethnicity into the debate, but I don't feel Americans have always been able to get a fair shake.

    So will he play? Yes. But how much? There are some pretty significant variables. I would have been happier with him at a mid-table team where his spot would be more secure.
     
  15. Lloyd Heilbrunn

    Lloyd Heilbrunn Member+

    Feb 11, 2002
    Jupiter, Fl.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How fast can Gooch run while carrying Beckham?? :)
     
  16. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Timmy and Spector played with ManU
     
  17. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    IIRC, Timmy was 'Keeper of the Year in the Prem that season.
     
  18. Rainer24

    Rainer24 Member

    Jan 6, 2008
    Nashville, TN
    Club:
    VfB Stuttgart
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I don't know. He and Donovan on should compare notes on that one.
     
  19. gmonn

    gmonn Member+

    Dec 8, 2005
    Is that the same Leonardo?
     
  20. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  21. Stephen Heisler

    May 16, 2006
    Houston, Tx
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    THAT is funny!
     
  22. evangel

    evangel Member+

    Apr 12, 2007
    Let's say that this is the biggest move by a USMNT field player.
     
  23. Matt in the Hat

    Matt in the Hat Moderator
    Staff Member

    Sep 21, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ahem....Spector
     
  24. england66

    england66 Member+

    Jan 6, 2004
    dallas, texas
    Great move for Gooch, should set him up for life financially. If he gets to play a lot then this will be the a first as far as a USA field player playing much for one of the very top teams in Europe....Spector played only a few games with Man Utd and West Ham is hardly one of the "very top teams" in England...much less Europe.
     
  25. gmonn

    gmonn Member+

    Dec 8, 2005
    5 appearances? That's not something to be proud of.
     

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