The Official 2025 MLS SuperDraft thread (Friday, 12/20/24) [R]

I know what TDS stands for now.

 

If the rankings were done back in September then not much data to rank the Wisconsin guy at the top either, and besides team performance not equal to individual performance. Bottom line is if we’re going to use the rankings then we should use them on both players.

 

Sorry about that. There would have been no “ping pong match” if xbhaskarx hadn’t called me out for having the audacity to post a highlight video of TT as a freshman at Indiana, since the topic of college freshmen had come up.

 

I'm not going to apologize since I'm not the once posting irrelevant crap

 

I'm not going to "apologize for" posting a blast from the past video about possibly the Quakes only ever college freshman signing since we were, you know, talking about the possibility of signing a college freshman? Yes it's a bit of a tangent, like we've never had tangents before on Quakes BigSoccer? And I'm not the one who resorted to pathetic homophobic slurs to try to make my "point".

 

Thompson was a homegrown signing, he wasn't selected in the draft, genius

What homophobic slurs, are you mentally ill???

 

The point is that we signed a college freshman, you know a player in his first year of college? This isn't really that hard.
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But that's fine, an easy solution is to put you on ignore since there's nothing of value to be gained from these interactions

 

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Oh no!!! Not that!!!

 

Literally every player on the Quakes is a man, it's a men's soccer team. The thing the list of former Quakes players (Mike Fucito, JJ Koval, Kip Kolvey, Adam Jahn, Tommy Thompson, etc.) you "stan" (to use another slang term for it) is not that they're men and you hype them up because you're a homosexual (because again, EVERY F'ING PLAYER IS A MAN) but that they're a bunch of try hard white dudes with limited talent, the equivalent of baseball announces praising David Eckstein because he "plays the game the right way" or whatever, it's doesn't take a genius to figure out what they love about him.

In any case, ignored.

 

Someone say, David Eckstein?


Garage man cave.

 

If defense of the obscene term you used to describe my association with Quakes players is the hill you want to die on, yeah, go for it. I've said positive things about many Quakes players over the years, including Baca, Wondo, Marvin Chavez, 2011-12 Simon Dawkins, Espinoza, Hernán, etc. The fact that you are cherry-picking certain ones says more about you than it does me. FWIW not sure I ever really repped JJ Koval or Mike Fucito. Not sure where that's even coming from.

 

Are you going to remove the posts with obscene terms? Or it's fine?

 

I was a Cards fan from first grade until about 2010 - then I switched to the Giants. Currently, I'm teamless - perhaps I'll start following the Brewers?

 

I don't believe this accurate. Boltz is in the college transfer portal. Needs to get to ACC for development. Borso to MLS/Europe. Same reason.

 

You requested more data sample. Here is Borso beating the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year from Maryland in NCAA Second Round of Tournament.

.@borso_dylan is electric to watch ⚡️👀#NCAASoccer x 🎥 ESPN+ / @WakeMSoccer pic.twitter.com/QwExjJzwXx

— NCAA Soccer (@NCAASoccer) November 24, 2024

.@borso_dylan is electric to watch ⚡️👀#NCAASoccer x 🎥 ESPN+ / @WakeMSoccer pic.twitter.com/QwExjJzwXx

— NCAA Soccer (@NCAASoccer) November 24, 2024

 

More fulfillment of @JazzyJ data sample request for Borso…

First of two assists against UVA in ACC Tournament Championship run

Waited for his moment and struck 🫡 https://t.co/gn4P2q3L3b pic.twitter.com/BLjz8R1wTC

— Wake Forest Men's Soccer (@WakeMSoccer) November 14, 2024

Game winning assist against Syracuse in ACC Tournament

What. A. Ball.
What. A. Finish.

🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/OP2GvNq4Qx pic.twitter.com/8j3KN3e4JP

— Wake Forest Men's Soccer (@WakeMSoccer) November 7, 2024

Game winning setup against #12 NC State to make tournament

ACC Men's Soccer Storylines of the Matchday (11/1) —

It was a night for ranked upsets in the ACC as Boston College, Syracuse, Wake Forest and California all held their opponents scoreless on their way towards wins.

Boston College had a moment of magic from midfielder Marci… pic.twitter.com/UAhokFvnHo

— Mark Kelkenberg (@MarkKelkenberg) November 2, 2024

Game tying goal and assist at Syracuse in 2 minutes

If the Chicago Fire are to sign at least one homegrown player this winter, Dylan Borso ('06) is surely in with a shout.

Wake Forest have had a slow start to the season, but Borso had a breakout game Friday, providing a goal and assist.pic.twitter.com/e2xsl973XR#cf97 #vamosfire

— Alex Calabrese (@amcalabrese12) October 1, 2024

 

2023 MLSNP G+/96 Leader

First in G+/96 among MLS Next Pro field players that’ve played at least 150 minutes?

Dylan Borso (‘06)

I’m going to die on this hill. Sign him to a first team deal Chicago Fire.

— USMNTProspects (@ProspectsUsmnt) September 22, 2023

2023 MLSNP NextPro Rising Star

First pro game, first pro goal 👏@ChicagoFireFCII's Dylan Borso is the MLS NEXT Rising Star of Matchday 26!https://t.co/OS5dfZGgqY

— MLS NEXT Pro (@MLSNEXTPRO) September 12, 2023

Scouts’ besides TDS opinion

I feel pretty confident in saying that AM/W, Dylan Borso from the Chicago Fire is the top unsigned 2006 player in the United States.

He is committed to Wake Forest, but Chicago needs to stop messing around and get him signed. I think he can be the eventual successor to Guti if… pic.twitter.com/ok7iHTHZ56

— Marcus Chairez | US/SC (@USSoccerColl) March 24, 2024

Love the passion but don’t bring a knife to a gunfight bro. Do your homework

 

Never said he wasn’t a good prospect, or that he somehow had 0 other goals or assists. But I needed more than “top rated high school recruit” and “85th ranked freshman by Top Drawer Soccer”, and 1 goal highlight, bro. Thanks for the info.

Love the passion, bro, chasing Borso references all over BigSoccer, but context is everything. I don’t care much about Borso one way or another and he’s going to Chicago anyway(?). It's not a shocker to me that he had more highlights than just one in his college career or Next/Pro career. I only got into this because someone was disparaging me for doing a blast from the past - a video of a top-ranked freshman that we signed years ago, in reference to the whole "JUST.A.FRESHMAN" thing, It was a similar situation. A guy we had in our academy who was raking in his 1st year in college. We signed him to an HG contract after his freshman year and he played many years for us, but could never translate that college success to the pros. Hope you have better luck.

 

This thread has become the ultimate BigSoccer keyboard warrior nerdfest. The winner gets the satisfaction that comes with pwning, I guess...

 

Hey it’s a very slow offseason.

 

Yes, San Jose is a mess. Can't seem to get out of their own way. I hope the new regimes at both clubs take care of the kids, as the Bay area and Chicago are hot beds for football talent.

 

Da Bears!

 

Da Bears!