Ray Burse Named to USL Team of the Week
April 30th, 2008 . By: Buzz CarrickFC Dallas goalkeeper, on loan to the Portland Timbers of the USL, has been named to the USL-1 team of the week. Of note were the six save made against Portland’s rival Seattle. Burse also played well against Minnesota last week and Puerto Rico the week before. Burse has a 0.33 goals-against average, two shutouts and 11 total saves through the first three matches of the 2008 season. Burse continues to train with Portland during the week and shuttle back and forth to Dallas to sit on the bench and backup Dario Sala. 6 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment |
Good for him, and good for us eventually. Buzz, does the loan deal protect him for us in the US Open Cup…obviously he can only play for one team.
I’m loving this loan
Cai, yes it does. Morrow told me Burse can’t play for Portland in the USOC.
[...] to Dallas for a regular season game. According to someone in the know in Dallas, Burse will be cup-tied for the US Open Cup (3rd comment), meaning he won’t be allowed to play for the Timbers. I don’t necessarily [...]
I must admit I don’t recall of hearing of MLS to USL loan deals. Is this a one-off case? Or is this the beginning of a trend that will see more and more players being signed as reserves on MLS rosters, but seeing starting playing time in USL rather than in reserves league?
Giggs, it’s fairly common. FCD has for example sent Alex Yi to Atlanta a couple years ago and in Wagenfuhr’s rookie year he went to Milwaukee I think it was. FCD is considering a Dello-Russo loan to Atlanta this season as well.