2015 In-season Player Rumors & Movement

If the Union goes with its usual 2 season-long loans and 2 loans subject to recall by the team at anytime, the season-long loans would seem to be Lee (City Islander 2014 LB Raphael Cox is not returning so they need a LB and Lee needs experience playing it) and Ayuk (he is just 18 - speaks French and ex-Union midfielder Yann Ekra could help him on the language front with Harrisburg). The loans subject to recall would likely be Catic and Bird (once he gets fully fit and signs) as they could be called up to play in a pinch.

You would think Blake or McCarthy could go down and play a game or two but with a veteran as the #1 (Nick Noble), the City Islanders tend to play him all the time for USL games.

 

I'll go Fred, Lee, Bird, and Ayuk. I could see Catic getting short-term stints there.

 

Why would they loan Fred if he signed as a player coach? or was that Carroll?

 

Fred said he will be helping to coach the City Islanders as he is a Union player coach. Since the teams are both practicing at PPL, he would at least do it there. If they take it up a level and have him attend City Islander games as a player coach, then he would count as one of the 4 loan players. Fred wants to get into coaching and a big reason for putting him with the City Islanders is his ability to speak Portuguese (as well as some Spanish). The City Islanders president (Tiago Lopes) is Portuguese and started a player pipeline (brought Clesio and Edinho Junior - both 2014 Union trialists - to Harrisburg for the season, had Benfica officials attend their open tryouts, recommended Hernes Palomino of Venezuela as 2015 Trialist, probably had a hand in getting Steven Vitoria here) - Fred likely will help with those foreign players on the field since the City Islanders coaching staff likely has a void there.

 

did McLaughlin make it?

 

so when do we get to close this thread and start the 2015 in season movement? today or tomorrow?

 

This guy's going to Harrisburg?

 

Hearing luyindula is out at ny. Would be a good pick up. Luyindula may be old but he can ball.

 

http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...erdraft-pick-former-university-virginia-midfi

Eric Bird officially welcomed to the Philadelphia City Islanders.

 

So we signed 75% of our draft picks? That must be a new record.

 

In 2010, we signed 100%

 

Ayuk, Lee, Catic, and Cruz are playing for the City Islanders right now in a scrimmage. They are playing UMBC

And.. Catic with a hatrick 20 mins in.

One of those games I guess haha

 

its cactic bro

 

Were the Union interns working the City Islanders twitter account for play by play tweets after the line-up was tweeted?

Catic

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Cactic

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Catic making a statement that he should be with the first team while CJ gets his face reconstructed.

 

Catic, Cactic, Cactcic - If he scores goals like that with the Union he can have as many "C"s in his name as he wants.
To paraphrase, " Your name has too many Cs. If you win 20 in the show, you can add all the Cs you want and the press'll think you're colorful. Until you win 20 in the show, however, it means you are a slob." Crash Davis

 

Good job, Cactus.

 

If he scores that many at will might as well put up Cs like strikeouts for a pitcher. Catic-C-C-C-C

 

sorry it was a joke they kept calling him cactic on the tweets

 

Sounds like there might be another Union personnel move in the works, trying to find out more

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) March 17, 2015