Twellman gets advice: stay: Revolution star is in a good spot, according to agent By Frank Dell'Apa, Globe Staff
When are they going to give Frank a column? They could call it "The Agent's View", or "Secret Agent Man".
Given the MLS' history on allowing transfers, TT would be best served by playing out his contract next season for the peanuts. I'm sure Beasley, Mathis, Olsen and McBride would tell him so! Of course, I'm not convinced that Twellman would be all that successful in Europe. He doesn't have size or speed or exceptional ball-handling skills. What he does have, quick-release, good movement w/o the ball, excellent strike rate, are all things that make him successful in the MLS. If I were him, I wouldn't be so quick to go back. But, if he really is set on Europe, he better get the transfer price set in any new extension he signs (or else don't re-sign).
His current deal is for two more years, I believe. Personally, I'd be a little surprised to see him go back to Europe until he's firmly established on the national team.
Funny how in every article I read the "MLS minimum salary" changes...$24,000...$27,000, $32,000, $34,000, etc. No matter what it actually is, it's too low. I really don't know how these players can afford to live in some of these MLS cities...Boston, LA, NY, Chicago...Not that I'm an advocate of the out-of-control salaries we see with some athletes in other pro sports leagues, but I do think they deserve better than around $30K/year. I know this will come with time as the league continues to grow and build a fan base etc., but I hope it's not too far off so we don't lose too many up and coming players to other leagues or even other sports.
I had the same thought, although Twellman's first salary figure I heard was $30,000, the league's minimum. Also, a MLS team's salary cap is anywhere from $1.7m to a little over $2m?
The truth is most of them don't afford to live in MLS cities like Boston, LA and NY. Many of the Revs live in East Providence, Cumberland and some of the other cheap sections of Rhode Island. As for the NY boys, I believe most of them live south of the Meadowlands in New Jersey where the rents ease up.
yet it's true they don't make crap at the league min. some players make just as much or more doing soccer camps and such
I'm sure Twellman managed to bank a good bit of cash from his two years in Munich, but yeah $30k is sort of a joke.
i was saying the same thing yesterday. i can't think of another sport in this town where articles are so heavy on quotes from someone's agent. (see past savaresse & hurtado pieces....am i missing anyone?)
I figured as much since many people I know have salaries in the same range and have to do the same. They don't really have a choice. I guess I should have said I don't know how they (the players) live on that $24K-ish salary period.
Ezra Likes Winston Nice little story here on "Better Than" Ezra Hendricksen talkin' nice about our boy "Pack O'" Winston Griffiths: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/spor...IMPRESSED_WITH_GRIFFITHS_IN_MLS_CUP_FINAL.asp (The link stinks!) Hendrickson impressed with Griffiths in MLS Cup final CMC Wednesday, October 23, 2002 MARSHALL...made the final pass for the goal LOS ANGELES, California (CMC) -- Vincentian Ezra Hendrickson, of new US Major League Soccer (MLS) champions Los Angeles Galaxy, has praised the effort of Jamaican Winston Griffiths for the New England Revolution in Sunday's Cup final at the Gillette Stadium. Los Angeles beat the Revs 1-0 on a sudden death extra time goal after enduring several moments of pressure, mainly through Griffiths, who was a 90th minute substitute for the Revs. "Maybe if they had brought him on earlier, he would have caused more trouble for us," Hendrickson told CMC Sport. "The way it stands, he came in -- luckily for us -- late in the game and by that time we pretty much had control of the game," Hendrickson added. Proving a valuable addition for extra-time play, Griffiths troubled Los Angeles with inspired possession and dangerous passing and a minute before Carlos Ruiz scored LA's winner, he came within inches of sealing the win for New England with a fierce shot that crashed off the cross bar. Griffiths had a short stint with Los Angeles this season, but was released and Hendrickson believes the Jamaican midfielder was motivated to do well against his old team. "I am sure he had some of that in mind, I am sure that fire was in him. "It was good to see him come out and play because Winston is a good player, it's just that he was in a bad position (when he was with us), the coach thought maybe we didn't need another left-sided player at the time (but) take nothing from Winston, he is a very good player, he had a really good game on Sunday," Hendrickson said. Ruiz's golden goal was set up by Jamaican defender Tyrone Marshall, who celebrated a move from the Miami Fusion to Los Angeles for the 2002 season, with the MLS title. He played the pass for Ruiz to score in the 113th minute for LA's first ever MLS Cup title. "We have great team unity with Cobi (Jones) and those guys, it's just a good feeling to be in this situation," Marshall told CMC.