Expansion teams make a trade

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by swedcrip34, Nov 24, 2004.

  1. swedcrip34

    swedcrip34 New Member

    Mar 17, 2004
    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.
     
  2. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    No surprise there. I expect Chivas to trade for even more TI slots...
     
  3. SoccerPrime

    SoccerPrime Moderator
    Staff Member

    All of them
    Apr 14, 2003
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I believe Matt is bilingual.
     
  4. whirlwind

    whirlwind New Member

    Apr 4, 2000
    Plymouth, MI, USA
    What he does in his free time is none of our business. :D
     
  5. FuzzyForeigner

    Oct 29, 2003
    WA
    Club:
    Seattle
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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
     
  6. spot

    spot Member+

    Nov 29, 1999
    Centennial
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did RSL inquire into the fitness of Mr. Stewart? He hasn't played since the first month of 2003.
     
  7. seahawkdad

    seahawkdad Spoon!!!

    Jun 2, 2000
    Lincoln, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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."
     
  8. FlashMan

    FlashMan Member

    Jan 6, 2000
    'diego
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    hilarious.

    touche.
     
  9. mrknowitall

    mrknowitall New Member

    Feb 2, 2004
    hell
    why no comments made about the type(demo) of the players being picked up by RSL?...some things(fingerpointing) never change...
     
  10. ButlerBob

    ButlerBob Member

    Nov 13, 2001
    Evanston, IL
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So does this trade infer that you can also trad for a SI slot? Also, isn't Eze from a St Kitts?
     
  11. guamster

    guamster Member+

    Mar 30, 2001
    Winnetka, CA
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Guam
    No.

    From the roster expansion announcement:

     
  12. ChrisE

    ChrisE Member

    Jul 1, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    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.
     
  13. Onionsack

    Onionsack BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jul 21, 2003
    New York City
    Club:
    FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    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.
     
  14. ChrisE

    ChrisE Member

    Jul 1, 2002
    Brooklyn
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    American Samoa
    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.
     
  15. swedcrip34

    swedcrip34 New Member

    Mar 17, 2004
    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.
     

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