After meeting each player individually yesterday, Jesse Marsch and his technical staff have decided not to bring back defender Philippe Billy, midfielder David Testo and striker Ali Gerba to the pre-season training camp in January 2012. Current club captain Nevio Pizzolitto as well as veteran Eduardo Sebrango and young striker Mignane Diouf have been called back for the pre-season camp.
The news have been confirmed by RDS and TSN990's Tony Marinaro.
[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]With a combined age of 73 years old, Pizzolitto and Sebrango will perhaps act as mentors for the club. In Diouf's case, he has had a fairly good season and has been one of the best forwards on the pitch during the training camp.
Ali Gerba's departure isn't very surprising considering it's been known for a few weeks now. The club even confirmed that they would be willing to let him go in the middle of the season. The Canadian international played most of the season with a knee injury, which might explain why he didn't perform as well as he did in 2010, when he went a run of 9 goals in 13 games .
David Testo and Philippe Billy, who respectively won Player of the year in 2009 and 2010 for the club, have had a difficult 2011 campaign, and did not really have much playing time as the season came to an end. Attacking midifielder Pierre-Rudolph Mayard has also not been called back.
In other news, the club will also be confirming the signature of goalkeeper Evan Bush and French defender Hassoun Camara. It is also rumoured that Simon Gatti will also sign with the team for next season.