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Since this thread just got bumped up again:
God that was such a good game. Redemption from the 2012 debacle, sack after sack after sack.
Oh and Tom Savage still has nightmares about Dadi and Jack Tyler.
ok so arsenal and liverpool? draws against man u and man city, beating tottenham and chelsea, at the very least theyre punching way above their weight. especially considering their finish last year.
They were 3rd level only a few years ago too right? These guys might be my team.
Sandwich
They have Liverpool, Arsenal, and Man City next so maybe some coming up.
Tottenham is really the only big club they've beaten this season. Well and Chelsea but everyone has been beating them this year.
yeah pretty much. promoted two years ago, barely hung on to avoid being relegated back down last year, and have somehow magically turned it on and are killing it. theyre even competing with and beating the big clubs.
Am I reading this right that Leicester City was relegated in the not so distance past and might win this year?
This season reminds me a lot of the 2007-08 season. That was Malcolm Delaney and Jeff Allen's freshman year. We still had A.D. Vassallo and Deron Washington, but we were expected to finish 10th in the ACC after losing Zabian Dowdell, Jamon Gordon, and Coleman Collins. The 07-08 team finished 4th in the ACC, won several impressive games, and was one win away from making the NCAA Tournament (I still hate Tyler Hansbrough to this day). While I don't see us making as close as that team did to the Big Dance, I do see an NIT bid.
"What's the worst thing that could happen?"-UVA kid
My worry was the crock pot getting to hot and boiling off the liquid and leaving you a bricket.
yeah, most American players have to establish themselves as a national team player before they can get a work permit to sign a professional contract with a European club. the exceptions are often military children who have one parent in the US Military who married a European.
i should add, most clubs won't hold a player captive. if a player wants out, they will find a willing buyer. no one wants a player who doesn't want to be there. also, most contracts have triggers or clauses where if a minimum amount is offered to buy the player, the club has to sell him.
Damien Dozier is also on the defensive side of the ball, he was a VT commit for a little while but then de-commited.
No wonder soccer stars from the US don't seem to be "growing" seems like it hurts US soccer overall.
True, but if the other defenses are really bad then why run your QB against them as your running back or passing game will be working as well
yes, a player without a contract after age 16 is a free agent who can sign with any club. Clubs will often use higher wages to lure players in this situation because they don't have to pay the sometimes massive transfer fees to another club.
because of this, you will often hear of players in academies signing their first professional contract right at age 16. The players a club may be concerned about being lured away to another club anyway.
Another issue that comes into play is work permits. In England, for instance, a player without a European Passport cannot get a work permit unless they have demonstrated that they are a legitimate international soccer player by having a minimum number of Caps (appearances) for their respective National Team (1st team, not youth/development teams).
this impacts American and African teens who want to play in Europe for the most part. They often have to have dual nationality via their parents or it's simply a non-starter.
That was absolutely awesome
Pros: Most free-flowing, goal scoring, and interesting styles. Leverkuesen averages a shot within 7 seconds of receiving the ball or something ridiculous like that. There's also a lot of great youth academies (looking at you schalke). Plus you get to watch some of America's best players.
Cons: Bayern rules all and the production isn't the same. It's hard to jump in and find a team when only 2 are shown a week.
So you have to be careful when signing that first youth academy agreement. What about players who never go to an academy, they are all just free agents for that first team?
Simeone needs to learn English first
That's funny, I don't see an orange T in any of these columns.
no, but another club would have to buy their rights from that club. it gets too complicated for me, but every time a player is bought/sold throughout their career, their youth academy gets a cut of the transfer fees. This has actually been an area of contention in the US where MLS operates as a single entity with franchised clubs. MLS collects this "finders" fee from many American players' transfers abroad and never trickle that money down to the academies who actually developed the player. Yedlin has been the latest high profile case, but there are many others.
just beware, they may be a selling club this summer. Their 2 biggest stars this year (Vardy and Mahrez) will be on the radar of top clubs all over Europe once the transfer window opens in June. Without those 2 players, they could suddenly be fighting to stay up again. They're a club at a crossroads, and no one really knows which way they will go from here. this has been a magical season for them for sure.