The Indoor Soccer fourm at www.oursportscentral.com is buzzing about the MISL leading scorer being sold the MLS and assigned to the Fire. Delevski has signed with Milwaukee Wave United earlier in the year. Who knows what will happen.
I've seen him play with the KC Comets live and on TV about a dozen times now. It's hard to say what he'd do in the outdoor game but in tight quarters, he's got mad skillz. And he's got a rocket of a shot. My only questions are how would the Fire squeeze him on their roster and where would he fit on the depth chart at forward seeing as we're now loaded at that position?
I have seen Dino Delevski play a few times and the guy is fast and man he has a bomb of a shot. He is Macedonian player and is very very solid. He would wonders for us in the offensive third of the field.
90 miles an hour, you say? From the NYTimes (registration required). http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/21/s...tml?ex=1052366400&en=f51b8725999a53d3&ei=5070 Probably more than you need to know. An Indoor Star Steps Outside By JACK BELL The Major Indoor Soccer League season ended Friday night with Baltimore winning the championship over Milwaukee. But for DINO DELEVSKI, the league’s two-time scoring leader and the most valuable player for the Kansas City Comets, a new season is beginning. Delevski, a 26-year-old native of Skopje, Macedonia, is weeks away from becoming an American citizen and weeks away from going outdoors to play for the Milwaukee Wave United of the A-League, a rung below Major League Soccer. (The Wave United also plays in the M.I.S.L.) “I don’t want to burn out by playing two seasons, but I want to showcase my talents and I wouldn’t mind the chance to play in M.L.S.,” Delevski said. “I’m very excited to be going back outdoors. I have never looked at indoors as a step down; it’s a different game and, in some ways, it can be more demanding. You need speed, strength and quick decisions. It is all about skill.” A left-footed striker who can hit the ball nearly 90 miles an hour, Delevski will have to deal with the longstanding perception that indoor players are not real soccer players. He is signed with the M.I.S.L. (a single-entity operation) and Kansas City for the next two years, earning $250,000 to $300,000, nearly one-third of the team’s total budget for player salaries. He could earn about $30,000 playing in the A-League. He is among a small number who play indoors in the winter and outdoors in the summer and earn more than many in M.L.S., where the salary for most rookies is $24,000. “I think he could step into M.L.S. and be one of the top 10 players in the league,” RICO LAISE, Delevski’s agent, said. “People might scoff at that, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed. He’s actually a better outdoor player.” Delevski is home in Macedonia for two weeks (the Wave United begins its season on May 16) and it is possible officials there will ask him to join the national team for Euro 2004 qualifiers in June and later against England in September. Laise said there had only been passing interest from a couple of M.L.S. clubs. “I would much rather have a chance to play for the United States because this country has given me the opportunity to make a living doing what I love to do,” Delevski said. “Macedonia is where I come from, where my family lives, and there is a nostalgic feeling.” There is no telling if Delevski will ever have the chance to indulge his outdoor fantasies at the top level in the United States. But there is always futsal, the international take on indoor soccer.