Comments on: Practice Observations: White Knight

By: Aljarov

Aljarov — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:14:38 +0000

PLenty of expensive guys on the benches of winning teams right now – Christian Gomez, Erpen, Ihemelu, Casey in Colorado and Marinelli and Claudio Lopez in KC.

I wouldn’t put Davino in by default, so i guess it really depends on what happens in Sunday’s game for me.

By: the other alex

the other alex — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:03:03 +0000

Here’s a guess at the players who were promised money that didn’t materialise. Pablo R,Dario,Juan Toja and Cooper.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:27:10 +0000

fcd96, the other player that was promised money and didn’t get it still has not spoken publicly about it. Since he asked me not to put his name out there I won’t until he says something.

By: FCDALLAS96

FCDALLAS96 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:45:25 +0000

Buzz,
With the news of Sala wanting a new and improved deal was he the other player you mentioned that hadn’t made it public yet?

By: dallassux

dallassux — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:22:23 +0000

Dax is gone if not this year when his contract ends. Its as good as done. Never seen an organization/coach waste as much talent. When you have one of the up and coming stars of us soccer you don’t piss on him and put him on the backburner

By: 3nOut

3nOut — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:12:06 +0000

is dax’s future even in MLS or is he contemplating going to europe? if he is, maybe that’s why SH is holding him back from getting on the pitch.

By: rex

rex — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:04:47 +0000

Coaches do fitness when they don’t know what else to do….good stuff college coach.

I see the 12 year old is out again. That really cheapens everything going on. If he gets hurt BAD it’s all on grand dad.

By: twotone

twotone — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:14:44 +0000

you can go find big, athletic keepers in the US. Look at Cervi, he chose not to play in MLS but has sat with the Nats.

LA is in its predicament cuz of cap restraints, but they have Josh Wicks now, who was a good gk in USL-1.
Chivas got stuck out by Guzan leaving. either one of these teams would take Burse, Seitz, Reynish, Coundoul, Gruenebaum, Brian Edwards, etc if they could get their hands on them. i’m surprised Chivas hasnt purged the USL rosters.

I almost left Dax unprotected on my list but couldnt remember if he was GA still or not.

I agree about Cooper cuz i forgot he’s still under contract. FCD will protect him to get the fee that will surely come from Europe.

By: Buzz Carrick

Buzz Carrick — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:20:17 +0000

TT, I’ll do an article with my take toward the end of the season.

But I to think you have to protect Cooper as he’s not out of contract. That’s the difference between him and Goodson situations.

CM, unfortunately, no I do not. But that’s also an article for the end of the season.

Steve, sorry about the lack of MMG. A combination of work and travel schedule has prevented me from doing them lately. But outside of protecting 11. GAs don’t count either way. DPs have to be protected. And you can only expose 1 international. developmental players who are not GA can be exposed.

Matt, yes you can leave Davin unprotected. And I would agree that no one is likly to take a $400,000 guarantee defender. And if they do it just helps FCD clear cap since Pitch is playing well enough to not make me miss Davino.

By: Matthew H.

Matthew H. — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:03:08 +0000

I agree with Jason S. about leaving Sala unprotected. Unless Schellas has a verbal agreement with the folks in Seattle, they could easily take Sala and trade him to somebody who needs a gk (i.e. L.A. and Chivas.) That would leave us in the very situation that L.A. and Chivas are both in now.

Buzz, can we leave Davino unprotected? Let’s be honest, nobody is going to take an aging defender at $400,000…nobody except FCD.