Jackson Hopkins has been named to the U-21 USMNT for its November camp and friendlies against Denmark and Serbia.
Zack McMath has been released by RSL. He’s pretty good, or was for sure. With Barajas gone, I’d like to seriously consider signing him.
He let in a few laughers this year, which would scare me a bit. On the other hand, Drake Callender is just sitting on the bench for Miami watching his career go up in smoke. I'd grab him in a heartbeat. My purely speculative opinion is that he didn't lose his job for performance but because he doesn't speak Spanish well enough.
Drake Callender was traded to Charlotte back in August. He also hasn't played in months due to recovery from sports hernia surgery.
Oh, shit, I'd completely forgotten about that. Thanks! Still, he's a top tier MLS goalie who's not going to displace Kahlina for the foreseeable future.
In the MLS section so one pointed out that McMath has been out with an injury, and has announced his retirement. But yeah, Callendar is out there, and he’s gotta be the best or close to it backup in the league.
To an extent he is correct. The structural issues with the club overshadow the on-field issues. That said, we will play in MLS next season and if he is too lazy to put in any effort for this program that's an indictment of him and the show's staff and research team. We were not the runaway favorites for the spoon and we could've avoided it. Does that negate the ownership/FO issues? Of course not. But saying Atlanta is a serious team is grasping. They've been garbage for years. They have an NFL owner and play in an NFL stadium, super. Love that for them. Doesn't make them a serious club. A team can't miss on that many player acquisitions and not be comparable in that department with us. The Galaxy shouldn't have imploded because they lost Puig. They had cap relief and signed hot garbage to fill the void. Didn't work. St. Louis is also a basket of suck. So, while Seb has a point, that point doesn't absolve him from actually doing his job.
Sebi has been butt hurt ever since he worked at NBC Sports Washington and DCU walked back from a TV deal with that - now defunct -- outlet. While Levien is incompetent, the list of dipshit owners in MLS is very long. With the exception of Seattle and to a much lesser extent LAFC, most clubs yo-yo between competence and incompetence season by season. Look at Philly - hot garbage last year, Shield winner this year. Given the salary constraints in the league, if you bork one or two big dollar signings, your season is lost and Atlanta is a prime example of that.
No, I said he is incompetent. Sebi comes off many times as a self-promoting asshat. A Steven A. Smith wannabe.
We need more Sebi’s out there in the media saying exactly what he said. Perhaps some shame will change his ways faster than fewer people re-upping season tickets.
We need more journalists not relying on being on the "MLS Approved" list and actually do a job. Access journalism is crap. Sebi can, and should, do both the editorial and also put in the effort to do the off season needs/etc. like for all of the other teams. We can, and should, expect both.
Don't forget, Sebi has been a fan of DC United since 1996. His frustration with the team is righteous.
Sogut made it clear during the STM event they were still talking with people (no decisions had been made on Benteke, or even Antley who was there but it sounded like he'd be staying), so I am not surprised.