The kicker on that one is once they move away they aren't coming back--- all MLS teams have their own academy I believe but all players in the world are scouted and ranked The MLS has a real uphill climb to get to anyone's choice to play unless they are trying to get a few more years
Not always there are a number who go over to Europe and get homesick or just don't cut it. Robbie Rogers started off in Heerenveen after a year or two at the University of Maryland but didn't even last a full season because he was homesick. Ricardo Clark couldn't cut it in Germany and is now back with MLS. The Academies are really not the same as the European ones and the only ones that are successful are those that are in areas where there is an established good youth and high school program like here in the DC area. Rather than playing for their high school teams, the best players are in the DC United Academy which is run by a retired Ajax player Sonny Silooy.
Any chance Altidore gets homesick? Any chance he becomes a franchise player in the MLS? i really doubt it because from his last few interviews he has really grown up and I'm thinking he believes he will flourish somehwere in Europe--like the EPL
No way he comes home. There's a lot of pressure on him to be the first consistent scoring American striker in a top 4 league. Plus he's a legit starter for the NT despite not scoring in over a year, if he moves home, he loses that spot.
3 more for Jozy---2 on PK---why on earth was Gorter taking the PK earlier in the season--Jozy could have had a few more in his total Ridiculous game--better to be on the AZ side--any Utrecht fan would have turned it off after the 2nd red and 2nd PK the refs are just plain bad---there should have been another PK on Beerens and both the first 2 I've seen ignored many times the commentator-- a Brit said he has 21 for a lower almost relegation squad--how good would he be with some better service--- and how much will AZ get for him Now AZ as a total budget of 25mil--if Maher--Jozy and Viergever all go--(my estimate only)--that's 12 mil-10 mil-4 mil---they attain next years budget--but they need some better bodies because this year has been pretty bad and with 20+ goals leaving next year could be even worse
He was a few years older than Jozy when he was tearing up Eredivisie He was already 27 when he transferred to the EPL
Alves was a Brazilian and 27 when he left-and it turns out at his peak--then went downhill fast once he hit the big money--probably started partying a little too much--apparently this is a trend with the South Americans I think Altidore at 23 is a different case altogether--both in size, background and his learning curve He would be a lot of fun to watch at an attacking club like PSV--but my thinking is a mid-EPL club- -but he needs to keep playing regularly--he has developed under Verbeek because he works so much harder this year compared to last
That's a remark made out of not knowing how it works. A few years ago Vitesse had a Greek scoring machine called Machlas. So Ajax bought him. A better team with better service you would expect.....but the Greek stopped scoring...so a Dutch top scorer doesnot have to change to another league to stop scoring And about the Alves remarks....I should stop to try to learn certain people something, but I have that urge to lift people to a higher level...so here we go again. Alves didnot tear up the league. By stating that you claim he is the only one responsible for the goals he scored. The truth is that he was part of a fine tuned attacking machine in which he was the last (scoring) part. So, as I so many times have stated to the ignorant, the EPL idiots with far too much money only look at the scoring table and buy the end station and then wonder why it doesnot work...But hey, I have explained it far too often to the Anglo Saxon ignorants that I really should stop doing that as it is like lecturing to a brick wall.
Definitely a little of both but if he had a Lens or Mertens or Narsingh on his attack instead of Berghuis, Gudmondsen,and Beerens I am sure he would get a little more space to work
Alfonso Alves seems to be the greatest example of someone excelling in the Dutch league only to flop at a much bigger league. Though I do recall he didn't flop so much in the PL, as he just didn't live up to his price tag and scoring.
Maybe it's just because we Dutchies know how to get the best out of strikers while other leagues do not. And seriously, how is it in any way relevant that some players have failed to live up to expectations? There are many, like Suarez, who have exceeded expectation. This weird recurring argument almost makes me believe better players come out of the Belgian league.
Jozy has 2 goals in 2 games for the USA--in the last week I also read somewhere a few weeks ago his selling price was 5-mil Euros I'm thinking his selling price has doubled in the last week--- I also predict he stays at AZ until Xmas and then goes to a lower EPL club--like Newcastle--Fulham or Aston Villa--especially if Benteke leaves
Those January transfers never seem to work well especially if you're going to a club fighting a relegation fight. One mistake and you're on the bench until they're in relative safety again. I think the goal and performance against Germany definitely helped his case for his price.
I don't see that happening. Jozy's already done with lower-level EPL clubs. He seems to have a good head on his shoulders and has settled in very well at AZ. He'll be playing in Europe next year and AZ could easily be competitive in the Eredivisie again next year. If he goes, it should be to a club with a little bit more ambition than a lower-end EPL side. But I think it would be fine if he stays.
Bye-Bye Jozy--I did get to see him for 1 AZ game looks like Sunderland--Ernie Stewart should try to delay this as long as possible--every time he plays and scores for the USA--AZ is looking at another $1 mil