First good pickup I think we've made in a while. http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_...ccarty-to-dc-united-for-wallace-and-pick.html He was a pretty important part of Dallas' recent run. Does he fit into our roster? Not sure... but at this point we just need to get some good players in place and go from there.
Nice. Good start to the rebuilding. Well done, FO. Wallace has promise, but Dax is better and just one year older. dcunited.com: D.C. United acquires midfielder Dax McCarty
Good move by both teams. Portland needs MLS-level players, and they get that with Wallace and potentially in the draft pick. DC gets the best player, Dax is a baller.
I'm really excited about this move. Dax is still getting better and he truly is a two way midfielder DC United craves.
Yeah, he's still got lots of good stuff in front of him. Turns 24 after next season starts (4/30/87 DOB).
McCarty brings what King and Morsink tried to bring alongside Boskovic all year: good defense with the smarts to help out the attack. He's a very good, very intelligent player all over the field.
Now as the team is currently constructed, does this addition mean that we put a pretty bow on Clyde and send Christmas cards to every team in the league?
Seeing as y'all appear to have skinned us, hung us up and left our bloody corpses for the cats to bat about, mind telling us something about Wallace? Spencer and Wilkinson seem to think they can use him as a midfielder. Should we be getting the pitchforks nice and pointy and the torches nice and hot?
I'd like to see Clyde become a reserve centerback and center mid. He's a good player, but hasn't played like a starter in this league for a couple of seasons. If his salary is too high he just might be heading elsewhere.
I like this trade a lot. Our central midfield play last year was a glaring weakness. All those games that King and Morsink started together made that pretty clear. Sorry to lose Rodney, but I like this pickup.
I think Wallace is much better as a left mid. He's very good going forward and needs work on his defensive responsibilities. The guy is REALLY fast. I think you'll be happy. I don't know if it's a rip off. Wallace made about 105K/yr and Dax is around 145K/yr. I bet the allocation is ~40K to even those out. The draft pick? probably worthless. DCU benefits from this perhpas more than Portland because there is a bigger need at center mid for us, but good left sided green card holders are hard to find. We just happened to have a decent LB and LM and Wallace was expendable. It's probably easier for you guys to justify higher dollars on a center mid. Additionally, I think Adam Moffat is a stud. You are really going to like that guy. If he can just stay healthy...
He's a nice guy. Has a twitter account. He played LM and DM in 2009. LB for 11 games this year before getting his leg broke. He has some speed. Not the best crosser of the ball or best defender. I think most of us look at him for potentially being good or very good at one position, but since he hasn't really played one position for a long enough its hard to say.
I agree. He had some ups and downs here at DC. He could turn out to be a good player. Its not a horrible trade for Portland, just a good one for DC. We could use some good news in these parts.
Doesn't McCarty primarily play central mid? Could this be a sign that the experiment with Boskovic in the center is done, and he will be moving to the wing (where he plays on the national team) ?
I think the two could pair nicely. Dax playing a bit more of the 'anchor midfield role'. I'm ready to give up on Boskovic in the middle just yet.
I really liked Wallace. There was a time him and Pontius were each making a case for ROTY before he got hurt. If healthy I think you'll really get to like him. He has nothing but upside IMHO.
You guys need to stop taking advantage of the new kids. Come on, play nice. Congrats on a good pick up today. DC is the clear winners in the expansion draft, at least in my mind.
I am a little confused about Dax for Wallace. I'm REALLY confused by Dallas not working something out with you guys. A fourth-round pick alone would have been (slightly) better than nothing.
He does, but he also doesn't have a set position. He was good at LM, but now we have others that could play there (Pontius, Boskovic, and Quaranta), while he wasn't much of a defender as a LB. I think both teams got what they needed, and DC did well to get an allocation out of the deal.
I imagine it's $100k, as that's what most allocation portions are dealt out in nowadays. Maybe, but him going to Portland certainly opens up the possibility of Columbus needing some midfield help...
Kasper sure does love Burch, but i suppose you have to give up quality to get quality. Its an upgrade over Simms will be interesting to see if we start both Simms and Dax.
I'm wondering if Simms is on the trading block? I also wonder if Wallace's injury had something to do with the trade. Maybe there's some lingering effects? Maybe a loss of some speed?