Estrada Signs with Sounders - What is Impact on Remaining Trialists
by Dave Clark on Feb 2, 2010 9:09 AM PST
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Forward David Estrada, Seattle's first-round draft pick from UCLA, has signed with the Sounders.
And so now the roster is starting to get full without players getting cut to make room. Here's the current training list with only the guys under contract listed
Goalkeepers (3): Terry Boss, Chris Eylander, Kasey Keller
Defenders (8): Taylor Graham, Leo Gonzalez, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Patrick Ianni, Tyrone Marshall, James Riley, Zach Scott, Nathan Sturgis
Midfielders (6): Osvaldo Alonso, Brad Evans, Stephen King, Freddie Ljungberg, Sanna Nyassi, Peter Vagenas
Forwards (5): David Estrada, Nate Jaqua, Roger Levesque, Fredy Montero, Steve Zakuani.
Players there are classified by the team as reported to MLS (eg Zakuani as Forward). Now you long time MLS fans will note that only Nyassi is sure to be a Developmental Player (if that still exists in the new CBA), and it is possible that Estrada is as well.
That's 22 of 24 slots filled. I have heard no reports yet of Tyson Wahl being resigned yet (he was a Free at the end of year). So things are getting a bit dicey for the remaining trialists and Wahl. Either 1 senior and 1 developmental or 2 developmental slots are all that are open. For more than two on the following list to make the squad they are going to have to bump a Senior player from last year.
Keeper: Patrick Lane
Defender: Lamar Neagle, Tyson Wahl (Senior only), Jamel Wallace
Midfielder: Mike Fucito, Josh Gardner (Senior only), Jakob Yakir Lusky, Michael Seamon
Forwards: Tye Predido, Jarrod Smith (Senior only)
Now with Seamon and Predido going back to school that does mean that the other guys get a slightly larger window of opportunity. February 15th we will probably see a set of cut-downs, as that is the day before they fly to Spain.
Of course I'm assuming a 24 man roster with the 20+4 format of last year. That could change, or player could get a long-term injury forcing them on the Injured List (max 4 players) for the first six matches allowing another player to make the roster.
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If Fucito doesn't make the team...
something is wrong. Last year we were often left wondering where all of our goalscoring prowess was, and I believe it’s been locked up in Mike Fucito. I think he has scored in nearly every game he has played in. Didn’t he just recently get a hat trick?
random thought, if a sounders player gets a hattrick in a match, should we throw our hats on the field? I was watching a hockey game when this happened, and thought it was a cool touch.
by Murk on Feb 2, 2010 10:58 AM PST reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Obviously very few of us have ever seen the guy play, but just from all the practice reports of him scoring goals throughout last season, I’d think Fucito has to be on the team and probably able to provide some good minutes in USOC and CCL matches at least. You’d also have to think that Perdido and Seamon might not have that great of a shot since they’d only give 1/2 a season.
I also hope, along with the rest of you, that the # of roster spots is raised. With how much the league is concerned with parity and keeping costs down, you’d have to think that increasing the # of roster spots is an easy way to make MLS teams more competitive overall without raising expenses much. Of course, you probably have to pair that with a salary cap increase, but even a little could go a long way.
It would be really nice if they could expand rosters to 28 or so...
…and bring back some kind of reserve league. I think it would help teams to have a longer period of time to sort through their prospects and also give teams more depth to handle going deeper into CCL and USOC play on top of league games and friendlies. That’s really what I hope for most in the new CBA (other than simply reaching some agreement.)
Also, since MLS does have a summer schedule (which I feel is necessary—no complaints there), they wind up playing on international fixture dates and it would be nice for teams with national team call-ups (domestic or foreign) to have added depth when that happens.
28 is great
I hope the league goes back to 28, I know the savings of doing away with the reserve division last year was mostly travel related costs and not the player salaries, since most developmental players were living under the poverty level.
Easy compromise on that
Would be to allow (both USL and MLS) to have MLS operate their Reserve sides within the PDL.
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3 GKs?
Is it typical for MLS teams to carry 3 GKs on the senior roster? Early last year Seattle was carrying 2, and called up a 3rd from the emergency pool when needed. Signing Boss made it 3 for the remainder of the year, but i’m sort of surprised we’re continuing to carry 3. Do you think it’s worth the roster spot to keep both Boss and Eylander?
I don't think it is worth it
Last I checked, and it has been a while, it was a near even split between 2 keeper and 3 keeper clubs.
I’m of the opinion that only 2 are needed, but that’s me. Maybe a 3rd if they are a DevPlayer or an Academy signing.
So yes, expect a battle there. Basically Boss, Eylander, Smith, Gardner and Wahl are shooting for 1 or 2 spots.
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3 keepers
with a 24 man roster it is hard to justify but RSL did it last year, I think a big part of that was they knew they wanted to keep Kyle Reynish as a backup, but the role of who to keep and who to trade as the starter was a tough one with two good keepers, but Nick Rimando’s playoff performance solved that issue for us.
I would expect if the roster stays low that most teams will likely drop down to 2, I know RSL is planning on it. With 37 matches in 2010 or more, that roster spot is a precious thing.
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