YNT-eligible MLS players: 2019/2020 Offseason thread

Leyva looked like he got drawn out to make a bad contest, starting a chain reaction that led to a goal, by my eye.

 

Lamar Batista is on trial with Minnesota United; started for them yesterday. Named in lineup as "trialist."

 

Leyva had some tidy touches to keep possession and preserve a 2-2 draw for Seattle -- also had an effective seal-and-dish in the box for a key pass that could've given Sounders a win. Overall an effective sub performance.

 

Not too bad for a player who is still 16 for a couple more months.

 

Maybe wrong but I think he's added an inch. Looks taller, more coordinated.

 

I think we may have missed this one yesterday.

🚨 NEWS 🚨

We've signed Abraham Rodriguez to a Homegrown contract.

Congrats, Abe! 👏#Rapids96

— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) February 20, 2020

 

Had a nice hockey assist

Héber 🔙 like he never left. 🤙
Mata with the assist in his old haunt. 🏠pic.twitter.com/FLVQ5vIpET

— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) February 21, 2020

 

Levya looks more fluid in his movements around the pitch. Previously, his movements looked like they took a lot of effort. I suspect he’s growing into his body as he gets older. He likely got stronger, as well.

 

Is that true? If so, that'd be great for these upcoming guys.

 

Another one.@LAGalaxyAcademy standout @jonnyperez_24 joins the 🔵⚪️&🟡

— LA Galaxy (@LAGalaxy) February 21, 2020

 

That was an important one for the Galaxy.

 

I can't believe that Gary actually has let 2 of his players with europe level talent sign for the Galaxy.

 

Who’s the other? Dunbar wasn’t with the Galaxy academy long (was with Albion before), he’s not really a “Kleiban” kid. So not sure if Gary is even representing Cameron.

 

How good is this kid?

 

1230994942295728129 is not a valid tweet id

 

Efra, I'd imagine.

 

Good, maybe very good, not great. There are a number of better 03's already signed and playing in MLS.

Left-footed playmaker. LA likes to play him on the RW, and he cuts inside. I find it dumb because he has below average athleticism. I think he's best suited as a CAM. He's a very good inside playmaker, and generates almost all of his good play towards the inside part of the field. Excellent technique and passing, very good foot skills.

Plays for Mexico. He'd probably get into the best roster for his age group with the US, but it's an incredibly talented age group, so I'm not sure he's more than a bottom of the roster type of player for the US as of now. You'd prefer the kid to play for the US, but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

 

Not a fan of Monis, IMO. Don't see much that stands out about his game. He's a good athlete, but not too good, and he's limited aside from that. He can score some goals, but he's a CF, so you'd expect that, and it's not as if he piles them up at a high rate either.

 

This is the player that GK was calling best in his class, correct?

 

I can’t recall for sure, but it does sound right.

 

Can we get a list of who has impressed this preseason? Thanks. I haven't watched anything, unless you count CCL.

 

Nice fluff article on Nyeman, Paredes and Yow. Ben Olsen actually claims he will play them this year (Yow got PT last year).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...e-high-schoolers-blend-with-roster-grown-men/

 

getting playing time is not necessarily the problem with DC United homegrowns. It's actually using that playing time to develop higher-quality players. Durkin, for example, got plenty of PT for DC -- he just looked awful while he did. Now apparently he looks good in Belgium. Olsen is not really a good development coach, sad to say.

 

Eh, not the biggest fan of Olsen but I’d never call Durkin awful for DC. And, Chris is playing for a team currently that would get smoked by DC 9 times out of 10. But it was a good move for both parties.

People being so negative about Chris’s U20 WC performance has actually now made him an underrated player. He can still spray the ball around from the 6 like no other player we’ve produced so far.

But he needs to play in a particular system with a specific type of CM partner for his abilities to be best utilized.