Brek Shea Called Up for Senior US Side
June 21st, 2008 . By: Buzz Carrick
FC Dallas midfielder Brek Shea has been called up by Bob Bradley and added to the now 19 man US roster for the second leg qualifier against Barbados. The versatile Shea had a break out display at the Toulon Tournament and is rumored to be a target for Manchester United. Shea has played numerous positions for FCD, mostly in the reserves, including outside back, outside midfield, central midfield, and striker. It will be interesting to see if a player with only 17 minutes for the FC Dalas first team will make his senior US debut. Most Generation adidas players out of the US Academy system sign six yea MLS deals, but it is unknown how long a deal Shea has. 11 Comments Comments RSS TrackBack Identifier URI Leave a comment |
Guess Schellas wants to win his first game and keep Cooper, huh? No trips to Barbados for KC.
I believe Bradley had the call on that one…
If ManU is truly interested, how much of a transfer fee would FCD/MLS likely get?
Steve, not nearly as much as if he was actually playing games and contributing to his team on the field and tv. i hope they hold onto him and he begins to play somehow to increase his value, something like Jozy Altidore, even though Jozy had an international coming out party at the U20 World Cup.
would Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose be considered top NBA draft prospects without playing this past season in the NCAA? methinks not.
I don’t see that selling him would really benefit the club, since he is a Gen Ad player. The team would have to pay much more and would lose cap room if they tried to replace him with a player of equally talent. I think ManU would really have to money whip the club to get Brek.
Now, if the club only cares about $$$ and isn’t really concerned with the strength of their roster, then he will be gone by the 4th. The bag of Cash will be placed in the closet next to the Northwest restrooms at the Oven. It will go in the empty space next to the bag of cash labeled C. Ruiz.
Interesting that Man U wants him, but for some reason he can’t crack the starting XI at FCD????
apparently brek didnt even make the travel squad the last few weeks
So far it’s just been tabloid stuff on Man U and Brek. Hard to know how much money it would be, but I doubt it would be that cheap.
Kenny Cooper Sr recommended Brek to Manchester United’s Jimmy Ryan. Jimmy was in Dallas last week. He spent time with Cooper and former Tornado players Renshaw, Cohen. Hall. Jimmy did attend the Chicago game last week, along with a number of other European scouts.
I thought KC senior was an advisor to a Premiership side but that it wasn’t ManU. Am I remembering wrong? He should maybe be made the TD slot in Dallas as he seems to be adept at youth scouting.
From what I saw on the broadcast, it could be that Brek was brought in to get some work in and be looked at by Nowak - the Olympic coach.