might be nice to have an offseason thread. First set of cuts today. Braun, Renken, and Hogg are gone. Disappointed about Renken personally. http://blog.oregonlive.com/timbers/2012/11/portland_timbers_waive_three_p.html
I thought Renkin was supposed to be quite talented. I wonder what's up there? I love Freddy but he's a pretty low upside player. He'll be an excellent USL or NASL player. Hogg was a shot in the dark and it looks like the Timbers missed.
Free Agents / 2013 Re-entry draft: Mid/Defender Lovel Palmer (28 years old) Defender Steve Purdy (27 years old) Traded for Money Allocations: Defender Eric Brunner (26 years old)(Houston) Players Traded (New York Red Bulls): Defender Kosuke Kimura (28 years old) New Coach: Caleb Porter - Former Head of Akron University (2010 NCAA Men's Soccer Title, '07, '08, '09 , '11 NCAA playoff appearances) New Players: Defender Bryan Gallego (19 years old; New York Red Bulls). Midfielder Will Johnson (25 years old)(Real Salt Lake)(Money Allocations)
also PTFC moved up to #2 in allocation order for returning USMNT/MLS players. I would KILL if they were able to get Bedoya!
I am officially getting excited with how this team could look next year! Potential Lineup of R Johnson ---- Boyd ---- Nagbe \ / / Diskerud \/ Will Johnson --- Chara \ / LB --- Mosquera --- CB ----- Harrington |GK| Bornstein seems like the most feasible upgrade and can play LB. We need another CB and Gleeson isnt ready for primetime. That leaves us with a bench of GK - Gleeson CDM/RB- Jewsbury LW/LB - Wallace CM - Alexander CB - AJB ST Mwanga (if Boyd is gone, then Mwanga starts and slot Dike/Valencia here RW - Kalif. Color me excited!
I'd really like to see Boyd play with someone who could really feed him the ball. I like Bornstein for MLS, but not for the national team.
Yep. Wondoloski's record wouldnt last long! This too. Awful in USMNT play, but very serviceable in MLS
hope not. Dike is probably my favorite of the USL Timbers but if he is your starting #9 you arent a very good team
Boyd's skill and Dike's work rate would make a damn good player. I hope the Timbers keep Boyd at least til next Summer to give him a chance under Porter. I'm thinking he doesn't fit with Porter's style from what I'm hearing though. I think Boyd will be gone in January. Wil Johnson - Chara - Mix midfield with Johnson - Boyd - Nagbe forward line would be pretty nice.
oh yeah Boyd combined with Dike... YIKES. But yeah I'm guessing the same on Boyd too. Which is a shame, because with a good midfield he would score in boatloads. How he had 7 goals with our midfield is beyond me. Also sounds like Mix deal fell through that one had me excited.
Dont get me wrong I love Dike. But his first touch (and 2nd and 3rd) are severely lacking, to put it mildly.