Franz Beckenbuaer might be on their radar... ;)
And he might still have a green card from his days with the Cosmos!
Robert.
In a message dated 9/23/04 12:09:07 PM, primuscomics@yahoo.com writes:
On a semi-related topic, with Herzog retiring after
this year, won't that open a Senior International spot
on the Galaxy?
I wonder who they will get...
~Ethan
--- Darrin Howells <casbahman@verizon.net> wrote:
> Adding more foreigners will strengthen the league.
> But, as Jeff said,
> the key is to add good foreigners. If you are going
> to have foreign
> players just to round out your 5, but a couple of
> those guys are no
> better than average MLS players, then there is not
> much point in.
>
> The next question on my lips is will all 5 players
> be allowed on the
> field at the same time? That clearly would be
> harmful for US soccer in
> general. Because, even though the number of teams
> has increased by 2,
> the number of spots available on the field could
> decrease significantly
> for US soccer players.
>
> Some quick math, under the current system, there are
> 80 on-field spots
> for Americans (assuming each team had all 3 foreign
> spots filled and
> those players were starters). Under a 5-foreigners
> limit, even though
> the league will expand by 2 teams, the number of
> field spots available
> for Americans could potentially decrease to 72
> (again, assuming each
> team had all 5 foreign spots filled and those
> players were starters).
>
> So, by increasing the foreigner limit, we *could* be
> potentially
> increasing the quality of the league. But we would
> definitely be
> limiting the starting jobs of American players if
> more foreigners are
> allowed on the field. And considering the current
> level of play and the
> progress that American players have made, I don't
> like the tradeoff.
>
> Hopefully, the foreigners added will be high quality
> ones and this will
> improve the quality of American players at a faster
> rate than their
> current progress. But I don't see that being the
> case. I think their
> progress is related on on-field experience more than
> level of quality in
> practices. And if less Americans are getting onto
> the field, the
> progress of US soccer will be stunted.
>
> Darrin
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nas-owner@americakicks.com
> > [mailto:nas-owner@americakicks.com] On Behalf Of
> Brian Shea
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:11 AM
> > To: NAS@americakicks.com
> > Subject: RE: [nas] I need a ruling
> >
> >
> > If the other rumor is true and they expand the
> > developmental squads to foster reserve team play,
> then
> > the number of American slots will increase, albeit
> at
> > a lower wage.
> >
> > I think the addition of more foreigners is part of
> a
> > multi-pronged approach to strengthen rosters,
> something that
> > can only benefit the league as a whole.
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