Dwayne De Rosario to Denmark?

[Dandal]

Dwayne De Rosario is this week on a try-out with danish side AGF, presently sitting in the middle of of the danish premier division.

The danish league is on their winter break, but AGF will bring De Rosario along to a 4 team training tournament in Sweden the coming weekend. Where he might meet Tyler Hughes, who should arrive to Östers IF, host club of the tournament, this friday.

[SeanKeay]

Dont get me wrong, the danish league could be ok.. but i expected more from Derosario. He is a fantastic player who should be playing in a top league

[mjoni]

I was more thinking, oh great, another team he won't make.

[SeanKeay]

Well, thats a good way to look at it.....

Dero is class and just needs a chance

[bettermirror]

you have to remember how the MLS and canadians are perceived in europe and the soccer world in general. if dwayne can make the club, play succesfully and limit his time to denmark to one year, he can then jump to germany, or another such country. possibly england championship.

mls and denmark are probably pretty equal. but more games and exposure and respect in denmark.

work hard dwayne!

[Andrew W]

I hope he makes it in Arhus because I can then get my brother-in-law who is attending school near there to get out to a couple of matches and pick me up some merchandise.

[Guest Jeffery S.]

If he makes Aarhus he'll likely get a pre-season game next summer vs. Barça, word is that some of the team's preparation will be there.

Remember that according to him Bobby Robson brought him to Camp Nou for a trial pre-Quakes days, don't have any more details on that moment though. Likely was for the B team considering his age, etc.

[ChrisT]

Has Dwayne signed with Aarhus? his profile on the CSA website lists his club as Aarhus.

[bungey]

This is from the AGF fan site, can anyone trnaslate?

http://agf-fanclub.dk/index.html

Dagens første kamp i Sverige blev spillet mod Kalmar, og meldingen lød sådan der over fra..

Vi spillede en okay kamp og kæmpede rigtig godt, i sær Christer George og Dwayne De Rosario gjord sig godt bemærket, men vi taber desværre 1-2 hvor målene faldt sådan:

6. 1-0 Lasse Johansson

7. 1-1 Christer George for AGF

27. Lasse Johansson

Dagens anden kamp blev spillet mod Halmstad. Vi kommer bagud i 1. min. Men får udlignet i det 8. min. den ordinære kamp slutter 1-1 og så står den på amerikansk straffespark. Denne vinder AGF med 2-1. hvor målene faldt sådan:

Ordinære kamp:

1. Andreas Johanson

8. Dwayne De Rosario for AGF

Amerikansk straffespark:

Dwayne De Rosario

Christer George

Steffen Rasmussen napper den sidste.

Hvem der scorer for Halmstad lyder meldingen ikke noget om.

Dagens tredje kamp blev spillet mod Öster IF. Vi taber denne kamp med 0-2 og ligger dermed sidst. Hvem det scorer de to mål for Östers lyder meldingen desværre ikke noget om på nuværende tidspunkt.

Slutstillingen efter første dag:

1. Halmstad...... 3 kampe 7 point 4-2

2. Kalmar.......... 3 kampe 6 point 4-3

3. Öster............ 3 kampe 3 point 2-3

3. AGF............... 3 kampe 2 point 3-5

Lørdag kl. 17.45 spiller Halmstad og Kalmar finale om førstepladsen, mens Öster IF og AGF spiller om tredjepladsen kl. 15.30.

[Grizzly]

The above is referring to a friendly tournament in which both DeRosario and Tyler Hughes are playing. Something else from an AGF fansite www.foreveragf.dk (they seem to have pretty good support in Denmark). Can understand a bit with my German and DeRosario says San Jose wanted to resign him but he wanted to prove that he can succeed in Europe and that playing in Europe has been his dream.

De Rosario skal vise sit værd i Sverige

Når AGF deltager i jubilæumscuppen i weekenden, skal Dwayne de Rosario vise sit værd over for Søren Åkeby. Han er indtil videre den eneste deciderede angriber, som prøvetræner med klubben.

Hans kontrakt i San Jose Earthquakes er udløbet, og han vil gerne prøve at vise sit værd i en europæisk klub, og er derfor villig til at bruge en uge på AGF.

Han siger selv "San José ville gerne forlænge min aftale, men jeg kunne godt tænke mig at prøve at spille i Europa igen. Min drøm er at spille europæiske kampe, og den drøm vil jeg forfølge."

Dwayne er en meget selvsikker herre, så lad os se om han præstere så godt, at Søren Åkeby vælger at give ham en kontrakt. Dwayne udtaler yderligere "Forhåbentlig falder...

[Grizzly]

Picture of DeRosario and another trialist at the indoor tournament AGF was playing in. The little bit I can understand from the article seems to indicate that a decision will be made on the two players tomorrow.

Afgørelse om ny angriber mandag

Da AGF løb på banen i Växjö fredag og lørdag skulle Christer George og Dwayne De Rosario vise deres værd. Som Søren Åkeby har udtalt, er det meget svært at se disse spillere an, da de jo ikke er spillet ind på holdet.

I løbet af de 180 minutter AGF spillede kunne man sagtens mærke på angriberne, at de skulle bevise deres værd. Rosario afsluttede på næsten alt han kom til, men bolden skulle have en hjælpende Öster-spiller inden han kom på måltavlen.

I morgen, mandag træffer AGF beslutningen, om man skal skrive kontrakt med en af disse. ForeverAGF.dk måtte agere journalister for en dag og fik en lille snak med Søren Åkeby og Christer.

Christer George sagde til ForeverAGF.dk"Jeg vil meget gerne til AGF. Men om det bliver til noget må være op til ledelsen. Jeg har gjort mit bedste for at vise hvad jeg kunne. Min fremtid skal ligge i en anden klub end Rosenborg, men AGF er virkelig spændende". Dette var lige før Öster-kampen, hvor Christer og Rosario ikke gjorde det så prangende, at kontrakten allerede ville være i hus her.

Graulund spøger absolut stadig i AGF-klubben. Helsingborg er på markedet for at finde en ny angriber, så der er måske noget i gære med et køb. Dog er prisen stadig det væsentlige problem. Graulund koster 5 mill. kr., fik vi at vide af Søren Åkeby i Sverige. Han var særdeles tilfreds med Christers baggrund som spiller, men ville selvfølgelig ikke udtale sig om, hvad der er snakket om internt i klubben om disse spillere.

Christer George var modsat Rosario mere rolig i angrebet, men han har også en baggrund som kan sælge ham. Dog er spilleren stadig på kontrakt i Rosenborg, så her skal AGF samtidig betale en transfersum. Vi skønner at prisen nok vil være på omkring de 1,5 mill. kr., da de norske mestre gerne vil spare hans løn. Dog kan man nok regne med at Rosenborg sikkert vil have procenter af et salg på spilleren, da han kan bruge AGF som springbræt til sin videre karriere.

I morgen bliver vi meget klogere, og om AGF vil købe en angriber nu, eller vente til den rette dukker op. Man vil med sikkerhed ikke lave et fejlkøb, som det tidligere er sket.

[Soju]

Once he scores a goal and they see his walk of funk, he's in.

[matthew]

According to an AG Aarhus fan at bs.com DeRo scored in an exhibition game, but looks to be struggling with the physical nature of Danish play. He felt it was 50-50 that they keep DeRo.

It's in the San Jose section if anyone is curious.

cheers,

matthew

[Andrew W]

The question I have is if he isn't signed will he keep looking in Europe or will he return to San Jose. As well, does San Jose still have a SI spot available for him should he need the job?

I guess we'll get the answers today.

[jonovision]

I should think San Jose would be able to do something to keep him -- if he comes back from Europe that is --, seeing how they have lost Donovan to Leverkusen (finally) and two or three other forward players in the expansion draft.

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Tks to Ceres at Xtratime

News about Dwayne De Rosario:

AGF have had 3 players on trial this past week, but non of them have been offered a contract. Norwegian Christer George has already left Aarhus, while Dwayne De Rosario and Patrice Kwedi are going to stay a few days more at the club.

"We have not signed any contracts yet. Christer seems to be the best of the three, but he's also the most expensive. These things are often connected, so we have not yet decided," says Sören Åkeby to forza.dk.

Link in Danish:

http://www.forza.dk/index.php/news/show/id=73

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It's difficult to say what is going to happen, but I find it strange that they forgot to write Rosario's name as one of the new exciting names on trial along with Christer George and Patrice Kwedi, on the official AGF website today... It could be a mistake though...

The general opinion among the AGF fans that went to Sweden to watch the training games, seem to be that Rosario worked very hard, but wasnt quite as fit and perhaps also lacked a bit technique in compare with the Rosenborg player Christer George... Though other seem to think ther werent all that much difference and that Rosario did fairly well despite not looking quite as fit. It's to Rosario's advantage that he's a Bosman player, while Christer George probably cost alot of money and then AGF also let Rosario stay a few more days to have a closer look at him...

However, AGF are in no hurry to sign anyone, since the Danish FA have extended the transfer window, meaning that Danish clubs are allowed to sign players from both Danish and foreign clubs to the end of Febuary. According to FIFA regulations, the national FA's are allowed to make this adjustment. So though we have the most strict immigration laws in Europe, it's the quite opposite when it comes to football players since even the taxes are lower when foreign players sign contracts with Danish clubs (25% taxes)...

[Luis_Rancagua]

Here's the latest news on De Rosario from the local press.

http://www.stiften.dk/artikel:aid=199365

Lagt på nettet den 01. februar 2005 kl. 11:30

Fra Århus Stiftstidende Fodbold: Talent fra Cameroun på lejekontrakt i AGF i foråret

Jagten på en ny angriber i AGF har længe været i gang på Fredensvang, men endnu er det ikke lykkedes træner Sören Åkeby eller den fungerende sportschef Brian Steen Nielsen at finde en egnet målscorer.

Af Thomas Nielsen-Grøn

Til gengæld har de fundet en interessant spiller fra Cameroun, som i den forløbne uge har været på prøvetræning i Århus-klubben. Det har Patrice Kwedi gjort så overbevisende, at AGF i løbet af de næste par dage tegner en kontrakt med den 21-årige spiller, som er ejet af kroatiske Dynamo Zagreb.

- Jeg går ud fra, at vi lejer Patrice Kwedi frem til sommer. Der mangler stadig nogle små formaliteter, men det er ikke noget, som jeg kan forestille mig kan ødelægge noget. Indenfor de næste 48 timer skulle det gerne være på plads, siger fungerende sportschef, Brian Steen Nielsen.Næsten gratisHan betegner Patrice Kwedi som en ung og spændende spiller, der både kan begå sig som højre back og på midtbanen.

- Jeg synes, at han har gjort det rigtig godt til træningen, og nu får vi ham formentligt at se i foråret. Så må vi se, hvad der skal ske derefter, siger Brian Steen Nielsen, der får Patrice Kwedi til klubben uden at hive penge op af lommen. AGF skal kun betale lønnen frem til sommer.Allbäck på taleAGFs tidligere anfører har også kunnet følge to angribere i den sidste uges tid.

Norske Christer George fra Rosenborg og canadiske Dwayne de Rosario har trænet med truppen og var med i en træningsturnering i Sverige, hvor det lykkedes dem begge at score et par gange. Til gengæld har de ikke scoret en kontakt i AGF.

- Efter Svenn Dams farvel ser det en smule rodet ud lige nu, og som situationen er i øjeblikket, så er der ingen aftale med Christer George. Jeg har også måttet sige til Dwayne de Rosario, at han ikke kan få en kontrakt i første omgang, men at han har gjort det godt til træning. Det har de begge, men Dwayne de Rosario er i øjeblikket ikke vores første prioritet, siger Brian Steen Nielsen.

Hvem det er, vil han ikke røbe, men i følge svenske medier, så er den svenske landsholdsspiller Marcus Allbäck et interessant emne i AGF. Han spiller i øjeblikket i Hansa Rostock, men kontrakten med det absolutte bundhold i Bundesligaklubben udløber til sommer. Marcus Allbäck har tidligere spillet i Bari, Aston Villa, Heerenveen og Lyngby.

[AGF]

Greetings from Denmark

Translation of the relavant part of the article from Aarhus Stiftidende:

"Norwegean Christer George from Rosenborg and Canadian Dwayne de Rosario have been training with the club and competed in a training tournament in Sweden where they both scored a few times. They have not, however, been able to score a contract with AGF. [...] I have had to tell Dwayne de Rosario that he will not get a contract as for now, but that he has been doing well in training. They both have, but Dwayne de Rosario is not our first priority at the moment, says Brian Steen Nielsen (assistant coach and player scout)."

My impression - without having seen the friendly tournament myself - is, that Dwayne de Rosario actually was the most impressive in the training tournament where he showed lots of fighting spirit, but technically he was believed to be lacking in comparison to Christer George.

As for the strength of the Danish league it is probably slighty better than MLS, especially tactically, but the pace is probably higher too. We had another player from MLS, an American back: Wade Barrett, but he never made an impact.

If you have any questions, you can post it at "Fæstningen" the fan forum for AGF, and you will get loads of answers. Get a login here: http://agf-fanclub.dk/faestningen/register_profile.php

You will have to wait 12 hours for the login to be activated. The boxes read: Login name, Full name, E-mail adress (where your password will be sent), Homepage, Do you want to be a member of the user gallery?

[Soju]

Cool AGF, thanks for all that info. I've never followed Danish football before maybe I should start. Too bad Dwayne couldn't get in with your club, have you ever seen him play before (there's some internet cips available MLS goal of the year etc.)?

[AGF]

Yeah, somebody linked to a few goals and stuff on our forum. But today they signed the Norwegean Christer George so I guess we won't be seeing Dwayne again. Too bad - he seemed like an interesting character. At a point there were rumours about another canadian called Atiba Hutchinson, but he chose some other club. That is about all I know about Canadian footballers.

The Danish league isn't very interesting, but we have quite a good national team with a couple of star quality players: Thomas Gravesen just transfered to Real Madrid and Jon Dahl Tomasson plays for AC Milan to name the biggest stars.