i thought this guy sort of belonged to us at some point, but tonight i saw him starting for dc. was he picked up from the disintegrating metrostars black? how does he fit into a new roster this late in the season?
He never belonged to us. He is a "roving" goalkeeper who dressed for at least half of MLS teams at one point this year.
I just saw that on the MLS site box score. I wonder why Warren didn't play since the red from USOC wou;dn't carry over.
Baumstark was signed by MLS prior to the season. He backed up Paul Grafer on June 14th and June 21st for the MetroStars. He plays for the US U-20 team. From what I understand he is a great player.
that must suck cuz theres no hope of him getting legitimate playing time unless he really impresses someone
thanks for the info, everyone. im still not completely clear on the 'roving'-ness -- is there a pool of roving players who swoop in when a team proves desperate? who signs the checks for these players? do the teams who use them have to pay some sort of "rental" fee? from what i read about baumstark, he's incredibly talented and grabbed all the highest goaltending honors while in school. whatever the mls contract looked like, it was tasty enough to merit leaving college, regardless of how much we get to see him.
Now I know why this thread got started... Well, with SEM he can technically go anywhere, but players are usually signed by the league and then assinged to one team who then "owns" them in a sense and maintains trade rights, etc. There is no specific "roving" status, just players that kind of float around the league until they find a home. So, you won't see "roving" next to P-40 in your 4 page program insert. Also, this is an interesting site: http://www.geocities.com/metromascot/nonmlsmetros.html Gotta love any site with Anthony "E" Latronica on it.
right... i guess i'm more concerned with whose salary cap he (and players of similar status) falls under. if he is informally roving, i assume he is added to and deleted from the appropriate teams' budgets as he goes, unless there's always an amount allocated by every team as a 2003 season 'access fee' to these players if and when they need em. if he sits on the bench for metro for 2 games, does he get 1/15 of $24,000 from the metro budget? i know what you're thinking -- speculate more! this is really fascinating stuff! but see, now you've got me all concerned about where fractions of $24,000 go. i think that picture is making this thread popular.