Real Monarchs Running Thread

can't wait to see the academy products being groomed for RSL show their worth.

... What was that?

 

When's their first game against Freddy Adu and his painted on uniform?

 

4/30 and 5/19

 

Will Adu be the first former RSL player to face off against the Monarchs?

 

I think Pecka actually holds that distinction. He plays for San Antonio now.

 

I've followed the Monarchs really closely for their entire existence, but I've lost interest at this point. I doubt I'll watch much this year. I don't understand why they've decided not to sign young players or academy players.

If they make a couple signings from the academy I'll get re-interested quick.

 

I've never been involved with the Monarchs so I can't have as strong of a stance as you. I will say, though, that the more I watch this the more it feels like the Monarchs are being ran as their own club and not an area for RSL to pipe talent. It seems their only relationship with the first team is first player rehab. I think we'll be made to pay for this in the next few years. We saw it with NYRB this last weekend - if you invest in your young talent at that level, it grows them for the top level

 

I think this is exactly it. Which is weird, but it explains all of their moves.

The weirdest Monarchs signing this offseason is Jake Leeker, a goalkeeper who spent last year at the University of Memphis. The reason it's weird is that he went undrafted in the Superdraft, and RSL had draft picks we passed on.

If the Monarchs liked Leeker, why didn't we pick him? It would have cost us literally nothing. Why take the chance that someone else would take him?

The best explanation I can come up with is that the Monarchs and RSL technical staffs are so distinct that Waibel had no idea the Monarchs liked Leeker. Mark Briggs wasn't even at the combine.

 

The baffling thing to me, is that as a small market team, you'd think the go to would be to groom younger talent to try and get them onto the main RSL roster. We'll never have the pull of the bigger cities, but you can create a pull with the youth by having a setup that goes: academy, Monarchs, RSL. Also being able to sign youth that aren't quite ready for MLS, but have the potential to be, you're at least trying to give some of these kids a shot.

 

Monarchs won over the weekend in a dramatic comeback. I can't link twitter at work, but Tulsa's tweet after the game was factual and such a jab that it made me laugh. It said something along the lines that Monarchs made a comeback and scored two late, their lineup consisted of 6 RSL players

 

Tavares and Riggs aren't on the Monarchs anymore.

Also Jose Hernandez was an unused sub. Gotta get those Velasquez minutes I guess.

On the bright side, it was the first look we've had at Pablo Ruiz, and in the 10-ish minutes I watched he was very good.

 

Realizing a little late you probably meant they played for the Roughnecks. I'd somehow missed that they signed there.

 

Great write-up on last night's win.

 

Agreed. I sent him one of my two-a-year (approximately) Tweets to compliment him for it.

 

Anyone been to a game at Zion's Bank Stadium yet? The highlights from last night's 4-1 win looked good. The setting looking east is pretty cool; I imagine night games with the city lights stretching off will be neat looking.

 

looking west will be better given sunset and proximity to the west mountains

 

Hard disagree. The view East from Herriman/South Jordan is fantastic because it's farther from the Wasatch (and higher in elevation) than Sandy.

 

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/05...y-to-stop-speaking-to-prosecutors-and-police/

Real Monarchs coach charged with assaulting his girlfriend and offering her money to stop speaking to prosecutors and police

 

Oops! This isn't good.