http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_2472405 Chivas USA sends Jeff Stewart to RSL for a TI slot. Had to see that coming. Matt Taylor is the only gringo left, right? Better brush up on that Spanish.
im glad that Chivas is going all out mexican or hispanic...they will only be hated more for that in this league... imagine the ******** talking going on during games...it will do well for rivalry.. im excited to see Ramirez play in the US...will make Ruiz look like a newby
Yes, but think of the embarrassment if they lose. As a son of mine observed after a pick-up game, "Just because you speak Spanish doesn't mean you can play soccer."
why no comments made about the type(demo) of the players being picked up by RSL?...some things(fingerpointing) never change...
What on earth are you talking about? They've got Pablo Brenes, Erick Scott, Nelson Akwari, and Andy Williams. And, more importantly, they haven't indicated that they would be using non-soccer criteria (be it ethnicity or language) to evaluate and select players.
i hope they go all hispanic..i bet they have a freddy effect on attendance arcoss the board..each away game will atract 2-5K more fans than usual..especially if they turn out to be good.
I'd also like to note that this is a terrible trade for RSL. I don't know what the price of transitional international slots ought to be - maybe not a whole lot - but it certainly ought to be more than a marginal central defender of questionable health. Strange, strange decision.
But the odds of them filling all 5 TI spots and all 3 SI spots seems to me to have been very unlikely. They have 3 allocations, 6 discoveries, and 6 draft picks. First allocations rumored to be Mathis. So they might as well get something for the TI spot. Maybe they could have gotten more, but Stewart IF healthy is probably of decent value against the cap.