Gordon was acquired in 2011 but, due to a pre-existing injury, didn't really pan out until the following season. He did have one goal in 2011, which salvaged a late draw with the Timbers at Buck Shaw. I vividly remember the moment, because the Timbers Army was making obnoxious and obscene chants most of the game, cheering injuries and so forth. So, when Gordon scored I stood up from my on-field director's chair seat, turned and made a two-fisted, two-finger salute in their general direction. Trouble was, team president Dave Kaval was standing right there a foot away and in direct line of my gesture. He had a big smile on his face, raised two hands and we high-fived as if nothing happened. Best goal celebration ever.
You guys are making too much of a meal out of this, Dominic isn't the main course, he's just an Or'doeurve.
This is somewhat relevant to the younger, FIFA playing crowd -- and it's not like there is anything else much notable about this guy. I don't have a problem with it, especially compared to things like TOM FOX'S LETTER TO THE FANS.
I find it od-ur-o so excited about a 32yo, injury prone player who can't shoot straight. on the other hand, welcome Dominic Oduro, please don't let my years of pent-up frustration with this team be off putting and welcome to San Jose, best of luck, etc.
Emphasis added... I overheard Quincy talking to another person in a car (perhaps a player, I did not recognize him) outside of an apartment building at Santana Row. He was ragging on to the guy that they just needed to "rip off the bandaid" and I thought he was referring to not starting Wondo as this followed a poor away performance in which Wondo did nothing during his time on the field. A bit of a stretch in interpreting the content of the conversation as I was walking by, but I had to double take because I recognized Quincy immediately, but not the driver and then the driver started staring at me, like "What are you looking at?" so I looked away as I walked on. I shared this "shaggy dog" story because I got the feeling that Quincy was not happy and it takes a considerable amount of selfdissipline so keep such feelings bottled up.
But not a trade. I think that's a big difference. A mid-season signing can be an international player, or someone you've been pursuing for a while. Whereas a mid-season trade tends to feel more like "he's not working out for us" "no, and this guy isn't working out for us" "Let's swap!"
Last time I was in China I ate a dish called 'stinky fish' at a fancy restaurant. How this fact is relevant to Oduro, I don't know.
Gotta love the '5 things about Oduro' spin they put out. Joining forces with Chris Wondolowski, the duo now ranks as the highest scoring active teammates in Major League Soccer with 203 career goals between them. Yeah, and between Chris and I, we are the second highest goal scorers in MLS history! Reminds me of the quote from Wilt Chamberlin's teammate the night Wilt scored over 100 points. Reporter asked him how his night went: "I had a good game, between Wilt and I we scored 104 points."
But I think we've shown cases where it works out well, as in Quincy in 2015 and Mark Chung in 2005, etc. Sometimes a change in scenery and a new chance is good for a player. I mean it's not super common, but it does happen. And it's not going to be common when you make one trade for an MLS player in 20 months.
Why not? We already have a kind of fast, right footed, over 30 winger who doesn't score often playing LB. Have to double up.
Don’t know if this is the same thing you are referring to, but Al Attles, in Wilt’s 100 point game, scored 17 on a perfect 8 for 8 from the field (no three pointers in those days) and 1 for 1 from the line. In the following years, Attles often joked, “I’ll never forget the night me and Wilt combined for 117 points!” Long time Warrior fans know about Al Attles. . .
He was coach of the 1975 championship team, as I recall. Saw him give a lecture at Stanford in the late 1980s. Very impressive guy.
When the Warriors swept the Washington Bullets in the NBA Finals of 1975, Attles was ejected in the first quarter of game four and Joe Roberts had to take over and finish the sweep. Long before that, during his playing career, his given nickname was "The Destroyer".
He has 32 minutes of playing time this year for Montreal. Maybe it's because he's not very good anymore. Plus he hasn't had much time to integrate with the team.
I don't think needing time to integrate should mean much. I know they are two different players but Quincy played 23 minutes for Montreal last night against RSL If this was the case, and he isn't ready to play or isn't fit, why bother trading for him?