Hopefully FIFA 15 gets an update soon and includes these two squads.
Obviously they don't have full rosters but they're close.
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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.
[QUOTE=BurningHammer]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.[/QUOTE]
Okay, it is not it yet. There is another big obstacle against TFC, the MLS itself.
[QUOTE=TSN]Although the swap has been completed, Altidore is not yet a Toronto FC player. Altidore played for the New York Red Bulls from 2006-08, meaning he would have to go through Major League Soccer's allocation process for re-entry into the league. Toronto FC sits sixth in the allocation rankings and the club doesn't believe any of the teams ahead of them have interest in the player (Montreal, San Jose, Colorado, Chicago, Houston). However, there is sentiment among many the league would prefer to see Altidore land with an American based team, namely back with the Red Bulls. Toronto FC wants to keep the player. But depending on how the process plays out, they may be forced into a settlement with said team ahead of them in the allocation rankings if they decide they want Altidore. Again, Toronto FC doesn't want the cash transaction; they want the player.
This adds an intriguing wrinkle; if MLS head office wants Altidore in New York, they can make it happen. As sensational as it sounds, MLS could in fact play a role in Altidore landing elsewhere despite the swap deal agreed upon by Toronto FC and Sunderland. Which begs the question; how does MLS feel about having two of the top US Men's National team players both playing for Toronto? The Red Bulls are the team to watch in the coming days. If they jump up in the allocation process, they threaten the chances of Altidore joining Toronto FC while raising questions about league influence in transfer dealings. The drama and intrigue revolving around Altidore's landing spot will play out in the coming days. If all goes to plan, Altidore will be a Toronto FC player.[/QUOTE]
edit: TFC is also about to sign Juventus' playmaker Sebastian Giovinco. That could mean they have to ship Altidore somewhere else to free a DP spot.
Another Canadian picked first overall again, this time in MLS!
Cyle Larin, a striker from Brampton, ON and the University of Connecticut, was picked first overall by Orlando City.
TFC got the 6th, 9th and 11th, and they pick the best American goalkeeper prospect available Alex Bono and another Canadian Skylar Thomas, both from Syracuse, and a defender Clement Simonin from NC State.
Also, MLS officially announced the use of the new logo, and renaming MLS MVP Award to [B]Landon Donovan MVP Award[/B]. :oldlol:
Marcelo Sarvas dealt to the Crapids for the third allocation slot and some allocation money, with rumors of Sacha Klestjan being the target, yet again.
Klestjan, Gerrard, Juninho, Husidić, Villareal & Ishazaki is going to be great feeding into Keane/Zardes
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuxYG8ykZW0[/url]
Jozy is officially a TFC.
It looks like Gilberto would be the odd DP out to make room for TFC to sign Sebastian Giovinco.
Bradley and Giovinco in the middle should basically be the best midfield pair in the league.
Good for TFC but I don't understand why they don't take the resources to go after a well established manager instead of hiring inexperienced managers? They put alot of money in their players and without a proper manager they aren't being utilized to the max. I know they hired Robin Fraser as an assistant and that's a good move because I think he's a quality assistant manager that will help out in the defensive aspects of the game.
But this is gonna be a big year for TFC. If they don't make the postseason I'm afraid they may halt their ambitious plans of signing big players which is bad for us all. I'll be rooting for them as I think this year is gonna be a disaster for NYRB.
[QUOTE=knickballer]Good for TFC but I don't understand why they don't take the resources to go after a well established manager instead of hiring inexperienced managers? They put alot of money in their players and without a proper manager they aren't being utilized to the max. I know they hired Robin Fraser as an assistant and that's a good move because I think he's a quality assistant manager that will help out in the defensive aspects of the game.
But this is gonna be a big year for TFC. If they don't make the postseason I'm afraid they may halt their ambitious plans of signing big players which is bad for us all. I'll be rooting for them as I think this year is gonna be a disaster for NYRB.[/QUOTE]
TFC wants to dump some money in and Tim Bezbatchenko is the one who dealed with this kind of thing in MLS front office on regular basis. So the GM hiring seems right so far. But the thing is that "Bloody Big Deal" campaign is a bloody failure, that potentially 2 of 3 big names they promoted are gone by year 1, could hit hard among supporters.
They have invested hard on defense on SuperDraft though. That seems like a good direction I believe.
TFC has officially signed Sebastian Giovinco for an MLS record deal 5 years, $7 millions. That also means Gilberto will be moved to make a DP spot for Giovinco.
This will make TFC salary cap in 2016 to be around $22-25 millions, even higher than some MLB clubs.
[QUOTE=BurningHammer]TFC has officially signed Sebastian Giovinco for an MLS record deal 5 years, $7 millions. That also means Gilberto will be moved to make a DP spot for Giovinco.
This will make TFC salary cap in 2016 to be around $22-25 millions, even higher than some MLB clubs.[/QUOTE]
7 million a year whoahhh. Pretty damn good player.
[QUOTE=LJJ]7 million a year whoahhh. Pretty damn good player.[/QUOTE]
7 mils for Giovinco, 6 mils for Bradley, and reportedly 5 mils for Altidore.
I really wonder where is the money TFC will get for those guys. Some from Leafs maybe? :oldlol:
[QUOTE=BurningHammer]TFC has officially signed Sebastian Giovinco for an MLS record deal 5 years, $7 millions. That also means Gilberto will be moved to make a DP spot for Giovinco.
This will make TFC salary cap in 2016 to be around $22-25 millions, even higher than some MLB clubs.[/QUOTE]
They don't have to move him to mid july. plus maybe new CBA says 4 DPS. We don't know yet
Freddy Adu is reportedly in talks with two MLS teams for a potential second comeback after another failure to launch in Europe yet again. It is said also that none of his former teams (DCU, RSL, Union) are interested in him though.
Emanuel Adebayor is also reportedly interested to go west and join MLS.
Sacha should have been in a Galaxy uni ):
new thread?
[QUOTE=netsfan549]new thread?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=367303[/url]