Odd This stuff goes on all the time it's just odd that it is all being made public. If a 27 goal scorer is not considered a likely draft pick it says quite a bit about the respect for the CC program and the schedule they play. Apparently you can't fool the MLS with stats and awards.
The guy's already graduated and he's testing his draft stock? This kid has no nut sack. Either he wants to play soccer for a living or he doesn't.
I can't comment on his nut sack, but both the story and the school's website are clear on the fact that he's a junior.
If Ngwenya, who graduated in December, isn't drafted for high-level professional play, Docking said, he will remain at Coastal for his final season of collegiate eligibility.
I understand that... Just pointing out that he doesn't have to leave college if he doesn't want to. MLS routinely signs players years younger than, say, the NBA would ever dare. But one of the reasons I believe the league has managed to avoid much bad publicity about this (besides the fact that the league has trouble generating any publicity...) is that it hasn't made a practice of cajoling young players it doesn't believe have a shot of making it out of school. I wonder how many players haven't left school early for MLS: - who wanted to but were turned down - who turned down MLS to stay in school Many of the early (and some of the recent) P40 signings were pretty iffy, but generally speaking MLS has played it increasingly safe and as a result there haven't been nearly as many washouts lately. (Didn't you used to be Barry Swift?) I understand that this fellow, a Zimbabwean, likely wouldn't be a P40 (though Maurizio Rocha wasn't American and still got a slot -- good one there) but the league would probably still do well to advise him to look elsewhere or stay in school for more "seasoning" if he doesn't have the juice. College soccer isn't ideal but it's still player development MLS doesn't have to pay for.
Either he wants to go to grad school, or play soccer. If he's so undecided he should play in the frickin' PDL. Another year of college soccer isn't going to turn him into some worldbeater. I agree that he doesn't have to go if he doesn't want to. He also can approach something seriously, or half-heartedly. To me it looks like the latter.
Here's my oh so simple take..... some people play soccer profesionally because they think they can make their best living that way. Others play the game every day, in any city, at any time, in any weather, for what ever amount of money because that is what they love to do, and they will learn to get along financially how ever they have to in order to live that life. Someone who isn't willing to take that plunge isn't neccessarily a bad footballer, or a bad person, they just don't play with the same commitment that others do. Oh, by the way, I left college soccer after my soph year to pursue a carreer in semi-pro's. Lasted only six years, but I wouldn't trade them for anything - no matter how poorly it paid me.
Are there any CC fans here? In the Clemson vs. CC playoff game I was very impressed with the front three of CC. What are the prospects of Thomas Rutter, Mubarike Chisoni and Mike Littlefield? Those four (including Joseph) put on quite a show in midfield but Joseph, I thought, wasted a lot of oppportunities by taking shots from too far away against the GK, Doug Warren.