Ben Knight Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 In any other top-flight soccer league, anywhere else on the planet, we would not be having this conversation. But in MLS, with its 20-man roster limit and suffocating $2.4-million (U.S.) salary cap, someone has to be the odd man out. http://onwardsoccer.com/2009/01/23/t...icketts-thing/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdroze Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Except, of course, that the roster limit is 24 (including Developmental spots), not 20, and TFC currently only have 22 players under contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 What did Ricketts make last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Knight Posted January 23, 2009 Author Share Posted January 23, 2009 Oh, these roster rules drive me BANANAS!!! Mo DID lean into a microphone, right at the end of the DeRo presser, and say players were going to have to go. No elaboration, but there you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Its 20 senior roster & four developmental (who have to been born in 1985 or later). I watched the press conference and Mo did indeed say what Ben says he did above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 TFC Roster: Senior 19 Chad Barrett F 1985-04-30 USA S 3 11 Jim Brennan M 1977-05-08 Canada S 1 ?? Sam Cronin M 1986 USA S 0 ?? Dwayne De Rosario F 1978-05-15 Canada S 7 9 Danny Dichio F 1974-10-19 England S 1 12 Todd Dunivant D 1980-12-26 USA S 5 18 Brian Edwards GK 1984-10-06 USA S 0 20 Amado Guevara M 1976-05-02 Honduras S 4 5 Kevin Harmse D 1984-07-04 South Africa S 1 14 Tyrone Marshall F 1974-11-12 Jamaica S 10 10 Rohan Ricketts M 1982-12-22 England S 0 33 Carl Robinson M 1976-10-13 Wales S 1 28 Johann Smith F 1987-04-25 USA S 0 1 Greg Sutton GK 1977-04-19 Canada S 3 4 Marco Velez D 1980-06-26 Puerto Rico S 0 ?? O'Brian White F 1985 Jamaica S 0 16 Marvell Wynne D 1986-05-08 USA S 2 Development ?? Stefan Frei GK 1986 Switzerland GA 0 7 Abdus Ibrahim F 1991-08-15 Ethiopia GA 0 27 Gabe Gala D-M 1989-06-29 Nigeria S 1 29 Nana Attakora-Gyan D 1989-03-27 Canada S 0 15 Tyler Rosenlund M 1986-09-13 Canada S 0 ** Kyle Hall M 1985 Canada S 0 I count 22 players (17 Senior + 5 DEV) that should be under contract by the time the season starts. There are 5 "Cdns" (bold) on the Sr. roster and 3 more currently on the DEV roster. One Canuck on the DEV roster must be moved to the Sr. roster as there are currently 5 DEV spots filled and that's one more than we're allowed - or one of the Gen Ad {italics} kids (Frei or Ibrahim) gets traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Well I think its unlikely they will keep 3 keepers on the shortened roster. I think one of the three will have to go. Marshall & Velez should go as well, but they need to be replaced by two other central defenders, so that won't alleviate things roster space wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPjr Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Here's my guess at what the roster will look like: Senior:</u> 19 Chad Barrett F 1985-04-30 USA S 3 11 Jim Brennan M 1977-05-08 Canada S 1 ?? Sam Cronin M 1986 USA S 0 ?? Dwayne De Rosario F 1978-05-15 Canada S 7 9 Danny Dichio F 1974-10-19 England S 1 12 Todd Dunivant D 1980-12-26 USA S 5 20 Amado Guevara M 1976-05-02 Honduras S 4 5 Kevin Harmse D 1984-07-04 South Africa S 1 14 Tyrone Marshall F 1974-11-12 Jamaica S 10 10 Rohan Ricketts M 1982-12-22 England S 0 33 Carl Robinson M 1976-10-13 Wales S 1 28 Johann Smith F 1987-04-25 USA S 0 1 Greg Sutton GK 1977-04-19 Canada S 3 4 Marco Velez D 1980-06-26 Puerto Rico S 0 ?? O'Brian White F 1985 Jamaica S 0 16 Marvell Wynne D 1986-05-08 USA S 2 29 Nana Attakora-Gyan D 1989-03-27 Canada S 0 -- NEW SENIOR ROSTER PLAYER (Pablo Vitti?) -- NEW SENIOR ROSTER PLAYER (Mystery CB) -- NEW SENIOR ROSTER PLAYER (Mystery Versatile Defender) Development</u> ?? Stefan Frei GK 1986 Switzerland GA 0 7 Abdus Ibrahim F 1991-08-15 Ethiopia GA 0 27 Gabe Gala D-M 1989-06-29 Nigeria S 1 15 Tyler Rosenlund M 1986-09-13 Canada S 0 Gone: 18 Brian Edwards GK 1984-10-06 USA S 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Gian-Luca Its 20 senior roster & four developmental (who have to been born in 1985 or later). I watched the press conference and Mo did indeed say what Ben says he did above. You'd almost get the impression that Ben Knight is saying something controversial to draw attention to his new blog. The implication was that some of the players coming in on trial would be better than some of the existing players so there will probably be departures. I suspect that means at the lower end of the pay scale for the most part. Velez leaving would be no shock from that standpoint, for example. I suspect Dunivant is another prime candidate to be moved on if adequate cover can be found for Brennan at a lower number. If Frei is as good as hyped (I'll believe that when I see it) there may be a strong temptation to dispense with Greg Sutton's services given that 150k is not too far off what is needed for a DP midsummer and John Carver doesn't appear to be his biggest fan. Far from impossible that Ricketts could be a casualty but maybe he will be next in line for a renegotiation now the DDR deal is out of the way? The 500k in allocation money picked up from the Edu transfer helps to provide some flexibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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