USMNT Transfer Watch - Movers and Shakers

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  1. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    #4651 Clint Eastwood, May 16, 2025
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    There was an American Soccer Now story about this a while ago.
    For some reason the link isn't opening for me. I'm thinking the comment is in there.
    Does American Soccer Now not exist any more?

    http://americansoccernow.com/articles/mls-allure-why-wages-are-only-part-of-the-story

    My memory is that it was Diego Valeri that said it, but maybe my memory is faulty.

    The single entity nature of MLS is part of this stability. It used to be that paychecks in MLS came from the league office and not the individual clubs. I don't know if that's still the case. So even if a club was struggling financially (let's say FC Dallas in the Dragon Stadium days), the paychecks always came on time from the league office.

    There seem to be stories from South America about clubs not paying there players coming out with some regularity. That doesn't happen in MLS.

    Players' strike due to unpaid wages delays start to season in Argentina - ESPN

    Some might argue that this lack of financial jeopardy for clubs in MLS is a bad thing.
    That Schalke made bad decisions financially and paid the price. Boavista has made bad decisions, and is paying the price. Bordeaux. You see clubs going into administration all the time in England.

    Anyway, my original point for players moving out of MLS is "be careful what you wish for." Reggie Cannon forced his way out of MLS and went to a terrible situation in Portugal.
     
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  2. gogorath

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    May 12, 2019
    I *think* it was Diego Valeri.

    Valeri fell in love with Portland as well -- he always mentioned that he felt he could send his kids to school safely and he liked the relative anonymity. (I don't know if he quite feels the same way anymore. Maybe still in Portland.)
     
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  3. Clint Eastwood

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    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
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  5. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    As some other articles have mentioned, their other "top players" are heavily linked with moves away from Milan.

    The Reijnders to Man City rumor is everywhere right now. Leao and Theo Hernandez rumors persist.

    It makes sense for Pulisic to think "what is the future with this club?"

    How exactly do you squander a team that got UCL semifinals and a scudetto in a span of a few seasons? They've managed it......................

    A Coppa Italia win would have saved their season, but also masked significant issues.
     
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  6. Clint Eastwood

    Clint Eastwood Member+

    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
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    FC Dallas
    In case folks didn't see this on the youth forum. USYNTer rom San Jose academy.
     
  7. NYdog

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  8. jaykoz3

    jaykoz3 Member+

    Dec 25, 2010
    Conshohocken, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Didn't Cannon have to buy himself out of his Boavista contract as well? Not to mention FC Dallas still have never been paid the transfer fee for Cannon from Boavista either.
     
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  9. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Barring the spectacular, I graciously await their upcoming relegation and possible dissolution
     
  10. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "PSV reportedly won't even consider a transfer for 22-year-old USMNT attacking midfielder Malik Tillman if the bids are below €50m"




    No bids below €70m for Roldan pls
    [​IMG]
     
  11. Clint Eastwood

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    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Yeah. That was a kick in the balls. Reggie left because he claimed they weren't paying him. The Court for Arbitration of Sport ruled that Boavista did owe him unpaid wages of about $80k. He wasn't on that large of a contract there. Then they ruled that he unlawfully broke his contract with Boavista, and was fined 1.4 million!!! So that didn't pan out.
    Reggie Cannon to pay former club Boavista $1.4 million for early contract termination - SBI Soccer

    Once Boavista's sugar daddy turned into a charlatan, they couldn't pay anybody for anything. I think Houston did eventually get paid for Alberth Elis.

    We do actually have an American on Boavista right now.
    Former USYNTer Gboly Ariyibi. Half of their first team squad doesn't even have wikipedia profiles. Seem like Portuguese academy kids.

    One of only two clubs outside of the "Big 3" to win a title in Portugal. And it wasn't 1958 or something. They did it in 2000-2001. So this was a club in the Champions league in the 21st century. And, by the way, in the 2001-2002 Champions League finished ABOVE Borussia Dortmund in the 1st group stage. Liverpool failed to beat them both home and away. In the 2nd group phase, they drew with Bayern Munich. Now they're hanging on to their existence by a fingernail.
     
  12. Clint Eastwood

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    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
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    U17 USYNTer Jack Mize of Dortmund linked to a Kaiserslautern move. [Formerly of NYRB academy.]
     
  13. Clint Eastwood

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    Dec 23, 2003
    Somerville, MA
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    FC Dallas
     
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  14. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
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    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
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    Lopez is more interested in his cars than his soccer teams.
     
  15. NYdog

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  16. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not sure how reliable but this says Ledezma to Chivas on a 4 year deal... best of luck to him with El Tri (only saying that because we didn't want him)


     
  17. BMWDeuce

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    AC Milan
    United States
    Aug 15, 2024
    Been at Welcome to Rockville for a few days so catching up in the thread. A few things I wanted to add.

    1. John Tolkin doesn't get hurt I think Kiel stay up. He was creating chances going forward and a clear upgrade defensively for Kiel. He did not look out of place in the Bundesliga where as George Bello was in and out of the lineup for Bielefield both in Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga and reviews on his play was mixed at best.

    2. Since Belgium came back up haven't 3 of the last 4 Golden Boot winners from Belgium come to MLS plus Pantsil who was a top player? Vanzier didn't live up to hype and went back to Belgium. I don't think you see any up and coming players go to Belgian teams anymore unless it's a team like Brugge who can both pay more than MLS but also have a good track record of moving players to bigger leagues.

    3. I don't think eurosnobs (for lack of a better term) understand how physical of a league MLS is. You can no longer just be more skilled player and dominate.

    4. I think people mistake EPL attendance and Bundesliga/2nd Bundesliga attendance as the norm in Europe and... it really isn't. Ive watched plenty of Ligue 1 games on BEIN and a lot of stadiums have no atmosphere. A lot of players who come to MLS have commented about how it's nice to play in front of crowds every week but also (and more importantly) to get paid.

    5. A lot of leagues in Europe have roster rules for non EU players so many MLS players are going to run into issues unless they get EPL or Bundesliga interest. They can go to the Championship but even then thereafter a difference between going to a team that is trying to fight for promotion constantly like Dike, Morris, and Haji did and going to a shitshow like Blackburn Rovers or even Sheffield Wednesday like Duncan McGuire almost did.

    6. Pro/rel do not make a player better. Josh Sargent did not become a better player playing wing for Bremen or Norwich when they got relegated. He finally got a chance to play as a CF for Norwich in the Championship and started scoring. Can he do that at a higher level? I think he has proven he deserves the chance to but yeah his scoring numbers are more about circumstances changing.
     
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  18. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
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    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Let's hope Luna heads to Europe and not LigaMX


    Social Distortion, Knocked Loose, Jimmy Eat World, Alice In Chains, Taking Back Sunday

    "I might have to come out of mosh retirement"
     
  19. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    pho king love moshpit retirement guy. Hes laughs.
     
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  20. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Pulisic
     
  21. NYdog

    NYdog Member

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    Nov 6, 2024
    United States


    Gio linked to Real Sociedad
     
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  22. xbhaskarx

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    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Feb 13, 2010
    NorCal
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Horvath... the GK situation is dire and yet I can't see him ever getting another cap
     
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  23. OWN(yewu)ED

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    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They performed a little under par this year but hey, wouldnt mind that move in the slightest. Hope they have the money
     
  24. comoesa

    comoesa Member+

    Aug 13, 2010
    Christen Press's armpit
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Busio and Gio need new clubs...

    Wright needs a move up...
     
  25. OWN(yewu)ED

    OWN(yewu)ED Member+

    Club: Venezia F.C.
    May 26, 2006
    chico, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Id like to see Lyon owner go for Gio, assuming they dont get relegated.
     

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