This signing is like Juan Paolo Angel with the red bulls few years ago. I believed we signed JPA when he was 32. Good move before the stadium opening up.
Personally, I'm shocked that we haven't been treated to posts from coastal provincials expressing shock and amazement that a player that people have heard of would go to Kansas City, as if it were a fate worse than death.
It's coming. People are just too distracted by the WC. When he actually signs, I am sure we will have the pleasure of reading through that crap.
Don't fret. Nothing is official yet. If he turns KC down you will have about 4 pages of "he would have signed for NY or LA".
He needs to agree to a contract first and then these sorts of talks can begin. Until that time, all this talk is moot.
Wasn't he one of the Chelsea players who acted like a drunken fool in front of a hotel lobby full of grieving American tourists on September 11, 2001? (Feel free to correct me if he wasn't.)
Yep: "But as his reputation on the field and his earnings grew, it was not long before he gained the unwelcome tag as a member of the Premier League's 'Shame United First XI'. In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, he and Chelsea team-mates Frank Lampard, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jody Morris were accused of drunkenly mocking American tourists at Heathrow, stripping naked, laughing and vomiting." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...John-Terry-captain-England.html#ixzz0rtXLPkGB
I generally appreciate Heinemann's candor and engagement with the KC fanbase, but publicly announcing that you've made someone an offer to become a DP seems a bit odd. I hope they feel somewhat confident of signing him, so there isn't any disappointment, but it sounds like Tottenham is a significant player here. Or maybe the front office wants the fans to know that they're trying, which they certainly seem to be.
I'm not sure why anyone would mock the city. Look at the record of singings of internationals: Mo Johnston, Miklos Molnar, Roger Espinoza, Dave van den Bergh, Claudio Lopez, Richard Gough, Uche Okafor, and surely someone else I am forgetting. That's a good track record.
Roger Espinoza...you really gonna count him? He is American after all and is just playing for Honduras because he will never be called for USA. I'm not sayind KC is bad or anything or that the other internationals aren't fine to use, but Espinoza hardly counts.
Because they told us awhile back that a DP would be coming this summer and I think people have been antsy to know. Robb also loves letting us in on little secrets from time-to-time. I think if Gudjohnson falls through, they will approach someone else. OnGoal has been excellent with having contingency plans in place. I dont think anyone can fault them for trying.
Very impressive signing. I think he'll have a great impact on the league, a la Angel, Schelotto, and (you might not have noticed) Saborio. People contend that DP's without the big names are pointless. I disagree. I think that these lower-ego DP's do more to create a winning franchise, which is more important than fame. Winning at home = strong fan base. I don't think LA's home attendance figures have suffered drastically the beginning of this year.
Saborio is young and a lot years left on him. MLS needs to sign more guys like him, although Gud ia pretty good deal but he picked to be at KC , why not union unless he doesn't like Philly. plz don't get wrong KC is going to great with their new stadium.
I wonder if anyone has told Gudjohnsen that he will be playing in Kansas City, KANSAS not MISSOURI. That might ruin the honeymoon right there.
I wonder if he's even aware that there's a Kansas City, MISSOURI! By the way, Rapid Vienna is trying to get rid of a Montenegrin defender by the name of Milan Jovanovic, and I read the other day that he'd had an offer from "Kansas" but rejected it. http://www.skrapid.at/207186.html
The problem is that counting on DP's to help attendance by helping you win is a zero-sum game. It can't help the league as a whole. If every team in the league signed a DP like that, the league's attendance wouldn't go up at all. The league as a whole can't win more, unless you're counting international competitions. Now if it helps the MLS win against Mexican teams and others in the CCL, that could help a great deal in the long run, because it might eventually convert some Mexican league fans to MLS. Similarly, if it helps MLS teams pass the eyeball test when eurosnobs watch an MLS game, that might help too.