Earning his stripes: Timothy Weah at Juventus

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  1. Where there’s a Lille, there’s a Weah! Tim at LOSC

    71 vote(s)
    56.8%
  2. Say hello to my Lille friend! Tim Weah at LOSC

    54 vote(s)
    43.2%
  1. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  2. STR1

    STR1 Member+

    Atlanta United
    United States
    May 29, 2010
    Club:
    Real Madrid

    This is what I really hope happens. He needs to leave PSG asap where he can get playing time. It will polish his skills. A loan to a lower table team or another league would be good.
     
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  3. kba4life1

    kba4life1 Member+

    Jul 14, 2010
    Irvine, CA
    Agreed. Weah should see plenty of playing time in PSG’s first few preseason games as, quite literally, all of their attackers are playing in the World Cup.

    Turn some heads in preseason and get yourself a good loan, young man!
     
  4. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Profile from his youth club:

    https://www.edpsoccer.com/news_article/show/922998

    "It's something that I can't explain," Tim said. "I'm speechless right now. Getting the goal probably was the best thing that happened to me so far in my life. I am so appreciative that God gave me the opportunity to score a beautiful goal in front of amazing fans in such an amazing country on such an amazing day, Memorial Day. I'm so proud of myself. I'm so proud of the team."
     
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  5. jond

    jond Member+

    Sep 28, 2010
    Club:
    Levski Sofia
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've never heard Sarachan referred to as God before but hey, at least the players are behind him.
     
  6. Jazzy Altidore

    Jazzy Altidore BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Sep 2, 2009
    San Francisco
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And some folks questioned whether he'd play for Liberia @LouisianaViking07/09
     
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  7. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    did I question? Or did I ponder considering his dad is president of Liberia and there may have been some pressure on that front
     
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  8. Midas Mulligan

    Midas Mulligan Member+

    Jul 24, 2013
    NYC
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #683 Midas Mulligan, Jun 13, 2018
    Last edited: Jun 13, 2018
    Maybe he can join Pulisic and Dembele at LIverpool.

    :whistling:
     
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  9. Winoman

    Winoman Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-De!

    Jul 26, 2000
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You're a mixer, you are! :D
     
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  10. NGV

    NGV Member+

    Sep 14, 1999
    I don't think that's necessarily true. If Weah is happy and feels like he's developing, a year of splitting time between the first team and (mostly) reserves wouldn't automatically be a cause for concern at his age. Thomas Muller played reserve ball in the third division through age 18 - he turned out OK.

    Also worth noting that at PSG Weah has gotten to train alongside some of the best forwards in the world, which is a pretty unique opportunity. It's not like he'd be riding the pine in Norway or something.
     
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  11. FC Tallavana

    FC Tallavana Member+

    Jul 1, 2004
    La Quinta
    If the choice is his he might be wise to choose to stay at PSG, at least through January. TT likes to tinker with line-ups and he has historically had no issues with playing a kid over a big name star.
     
  12. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Word
     
  13. BostonRed

    BostonRed Member+

    Oct 9, 2011
    Somerville, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
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  15. m vann

    m vann Moderator
    Staff Member

    Colorado Rapids, Celtic FC, & Louisville City
    Sep 10, 2002
    Denver, CO
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    Oh I'm pissed............I tried like hell to find an extra player or two for my Men's O-30 Division I game and Timmy fires out a tweet and boom like that, some scrub DM's him, and before you know it he's playing. Damn, we can even have up to three U-30 players on a game day roster. I missed my chance. Man, I blew it. Oh well.......we won anyway. Turns out we didn't need some dude that plays for some Frenchy team call Par-is St. Jermaine or whatever they are called :D ;)
     
  16. LouisianaViking07/09

    Aug 15, 2009
    He's drowning in charisma
     
  17. Scotty

    Scotty Member+

    Dec 15, 1999
    Toscana
    Great story, but I'm guessing his coaches and directors at PSG wouldn't exactly be thrilled to hear about it.
     
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  18. lmorin

    lmorin Member+

    Mar 29, 2000
    New Hampshire
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah. I wonder how the PSG insurance on him works in such situations. But truly awesome and I would like to see the men's league rules modified to enable one first division professional to play in a team per game. How else will the dudes in the men's league get to the next level without good competition?
     
  19. ttrevett

    ttrevett Member+

    Apr 2, 2002
    Atlanta, GA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  20. TxEx

    TxEx Member+

    Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, FC Dallas
    Aug 19, 2016
    DFW
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Straight out of the Kevin Durant playbook. He's got some epic stories of joining random flag football teams and pickup games while in OKC. This is how you market yourself to uber fans.
     
  21. The Irish Rover

    The Irish Rover Member+

    Aug 1, 2010
    Dublin
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    And shuts up the "is he a real 'Murican?" blowhards as well. Nice
     
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  22. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ron Gant. Wasn't pickup, but riding a dirk bike (expressly in violation of his contract). Ruined a very promising career.
     
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  23. FirstStar

    FirstStar Hustlin' for the USA

    Fulham Football Club
    Feb 1, 2005
    Time's Arrow
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You would also hope that the rest of the players on the field treated him with kid gloves- no clumsy tackles.

    In a sort-of related story, I once walked onto the gym basketball court for the standard noon pick-up game and saw a bunch of enormous men (sort of tall, very heavy and not fat) playing ball already against some of the regulars. All they did was run around the 3-point line and shoot jump shots. I asked one, and he said they were all linemen for the Carolina Panthers and had no intention of going anywhere near the basket and getting undercut by some idiot and blowing out a knee. Makes sense. Was a weird game- all the bigs on the perimeter and all the little quick guys running around under the basket.
     
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  24. wrench

    wrench Member+

    May 12, 2007
    NYC
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    I said hello to Marcello Balboa on a boat ride after the USMNT had beaten Costa Rica in San Jose, Ca, in the run up to the 98 WC. I went to the game. He ignored me. But one of his friends was cordial enough. I see Tim is a lil more human. It's a NY thing. Good man.
     
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  25. smokarz

    smokarz Member+

    Aug 9, 2006
    Hartford, CT

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