Dynamo hired former Wigan and Bolton manager Owen Coyle as its new head coach.
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Dynamo hired former Wigan and Bolton manager Owen Coyle as its new head coach.
Here are the first roster of New York City FC after the expansion draft today:
GK: Josh Saunders
DEF: Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jeb Brovsky, Jason Hernandez, George John, Josh Williams, Chris Wingert
MID: Andrew Jacobson, Matt Dunn, Mehdi Ballouchy, Ned Grabavoy, Dan Lovitz, Tommy McNamara, Sal Zizzo, Frank Lampard
FWD: David Villa, Patrick Mullins, Omar Salgado, Tony Taylor
Head coach: Jason Kreis
And here is Orlando City's:
GW: Donovan Ricketts, Tally Hall
DEF: Jalil Anibaba, Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, Heath Pearce, Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, Tyler Turner
MID: Tony Cascio, Darwin Ceren, Estrela, Harrison Heath, Kaka, Kevin Molino, Lewis Neal, Amobi Okugo
FWD: Jairo Arrieta, Danny Mwanga, Pedro Ribeiro, Mark Sherrod
Damn, NYCFC looks strong from the get-go.
Head coach: Adrian Heath
[QUOTE=BurningHammer]Here are the first roster of New York City FC after the expansion draft today:
GK: Josh Saunders
DEF: Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jeb Brovsky, Jason Hernandez, George John, Josh Williams, Chris Wingert
MID: Andrew Jacobson, Matt Dunn, Mehdi Ballouchy, Ned Grabavoy, Dan Lovitz, Tommy McNamara, Sal Zizzo, Frank Lampard
FWD: David Villa, Patrick Mullins, Omar Salgado, Tony Taylor
Head coach: Jason Creis
And here is Orlando City's:
GW: Donovan Ricketts, Tally Hall
DEF: Jalil Anibaba, Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, Heath Pearce, Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, Tyler Turner
MID: Tony Cascio, Darwin Ceren, Estrela, Harrison Heath, Kaka, Kevin Molino, Lewis Neal, Amobi Okugo
FWD: Jairo Arrieta, Danny Mwanga, Pedro Ribeiro, Mark Sherrod
Damn, NYCFC looks strong from the get-go.
Head coach: Adrian Heath[/QUOTE]
Can't wait to see them.
[QUOTE=BurningHammer]Here are the first roster of New York City FC after the expansion draft today:
GK: Josh Saunders
DEF: Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Jeb Brovsky, Jason Hernandez, George John, Josh Williams, Chris Wingert
MID: Andrew Jacobson, Matt Dunn, Mehdi Ballouchy, Ned Grabavoy, Dan Lovitz, Tommy McNamara, Sal Zizzo, Frank Lampard
FWD: David Villa, Patrick Mullins, Omar Salgado, Tony Taylor
Head coach: Jason Kreis
And here is Orlando City's:
GW: Donovan Ricketts, Tally Hall
DEF: Jalil Anibaba, Luke Boden, Aurelien Collin, Heath Pearce, Rafael Ramos, Tommy Redding, Tyler Turner
MID: Tony Cascio, Darwin Ceren, Estrela, Harrison Heath, Kaka, Kevin Molino, Lewis Neal, Amobi Okugo
FWD: Jairo Arrieta, Danny Mwanga, Pedro Ribeiro, Mark Sherrod
Damn, NYCFC looks strong from the get-go.
Head coach: Adrian Heath[/QUOTE]
Kreis picking a few guys he coached in the past. Smart move as they know what they want from each other and Kreis can trust them with helping the team compete in the first year. Patrick Mullins is a nice pick too.
As for Orlando City kinda surprised they got Okugo. He was highly touted in the past and maybe his stock has fallen? Collien is a great CB though
[QUOTE=knickballer]Kreis picking a few guys he coached in the past. Smart move as they know what they want from each other and Kreis can trust them with helping the team compete in the first year. Patrick Mullins is a nice pick too.
As for Orlando City kinda surprised they got Okugo. He was highly touted in the past and maybe his stock has fallen? Collien is a great CB though[/QUOTE]
I can see NYCFC doing well of an expansion team despite being newly created. Kreis is underrated and only failed with Le Impact just because he can't speak Italian.
Hopefully FIFA 15 gets an update soon and includes these two squads.
Obviously they don't have full rosters but they're close.
Ricketts will be great for Orlando despite his age.
Saunders, I'll miss his ass.
-Steven Gerrard signs a contract with LA Galaxy
-Lampard lone extended with Man City
-Doneil Henry of all players signs with West Ham United. I get that he's young but he's very average. Definitely going to be loaned out to a lower league team to gain some experience.
-Erik "Chubo" Torres to the Dynamo as a DP(great signing imo)
-Alberto Gilardino to the Impact?
Doneil Henry is very promising for Team Canada. Strong and very good in the air that lead to many set piece goals. He has a big problem of keeping himself disciplined though.
Former TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen is the one who recommended him to West Ham, so good for Doneil and I only hope for the best. :cheers:
NYRB fired Mike Petke for whatever reasons. :confusedshrug:
More Team USA regulars coming to MLS. Mix Diskerud to NYCFC. Brek Shea to Orlando City. Jozy Altidore is reportedly coming back also with three teams wanting his service, TFC, NYRB and Timbers.
TFC is still shopping around Defoe with no real end in sight. QPR seems to pass on him since they don't have enough money. Now TFC is lowering Defoe's price tag and may even consider sign-and-trade deals.
Defoe is due to report back with TFC on Jan 17th while European transfer market will be closed at the end of the month.
Not official yet with MIx
Looks like it's official with Mix to NYCFC. Good signing for the MLS for many reasons(improve quality of play, MLS able to attract better talents that were lost to lower leagues in Europe, etc).
BUT this is discouraging for US fans as we must accept our players are not as talented as we think they are. Brek Shea flop(really thought he was gonna be good), Juan Agudelo flop(Same..), Jozy Altidore hasn't scored a goal in god knows how long, etc, most of our domestic products are failing in Europe. Alot Some encouraging players like Hyndman and Rubin.
It's no surprise that our better talents are the ones with German origin and being developed in Germany/Europe.
It's official: Jermain Defoe is going back to EPL, joining Sunderland. TFC will get Jozy Altidore as a part of the deal.
Great deal for both teams. They both get proven strikers that fit for their own leagues. :cheers:
A little disappointing that the "Bloody Big Deal" campaign ends this quickly. Defoe did play very well when healthy also.