Grizzly Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Tsiskaridze was vastly over rated by the Vancouver fans and is not MLS calibre. He is a good player at the second division level but can not cross to save his life. I agree. He is a physical player who plays with a lot of heart and not an abundance of skill. However, he is being signed as the backup left back so I think he is a pretty good signing for a backup especially with the first choice, Richard Pelletier, being suspended for the first six games of the season. I also don't expect him to be in the mix for MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Doesn't Gaudette 'own' some existing MLS team? Let me do some digging here. lol soon, Bill will pwn every MLS team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Gaudette joins the Impact officially!! http://impactmontreal.com/News/News.aspx?language=EN&ArticleID=1560&Focus=0 The team is taking 24 players to continue their training camp in Arizona. 18 contracted players, 4 academy players and two trialists(good to see that Bush is getting another shot): GK-Bill Gaudette D-Hicham Aaboubou F-Reda Agourram D-Bonheur Aubey (Academy) D-Philippe Billy D-Adam Braz GK-Evan Bush (on tryout) M-Hassoun Camara M-Félix Cardin (Academy) M-Kevin Cosette (Academy) M-Leonardo Di Lorenzo GK-Samuel Dufort (Academy) M-Idriss Ech Chergui D-Simon Gatti F-Ali Gerba D-Kevin Hatchi M-Luke Kreamalmeyer M-Anthony LeGall M-Pierre-Rudolph Mayard D-Richard Pelletier D-Nevio Pizzolitto M-Kyle Porter (on tryout) M-Antonio Ribeiro D-Zurab Tsiskaridze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 What's the word on these academy kids? Canadian? Any good? Ismael Benomar (sp?) seems like he may be a future player for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 What's the word on these academy kids? Canadian? Any good? Ismael Benomar (sp?) seems like he may be a future player for you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil7777 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I don't know of the other 7 teams roster, but in terms of NASL caliber, are the IMFC a good team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 So Ornoch and Rivas were indeed cast-offs then, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 What's the word on these academy kids? Canadian? Any good? Ismael Benomar (sp?) seems like he may be a future player for you guys Aubey and Cossette have been steady performers. The Academy kids with the U17 are doing great so far, too! I'm excited to see if any of these players can claim a starting job with IMFC in the next years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto7 Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 What's the word on these academy kids? Canadian? Any good? Ismael Benomar (sp?) seems like he may be a future player for you guys Saw both Cossette and Aubey play with the Academy last year. Both have a great deal of potential (both are Canadian). Don't know Benomar, sorry.There was a terrific midfielder with the Academy last year who was easily the best player: Hussein Awada from Lebanon. Not sure if he made the Impact training camp this year. Hopefully he'll get a chance this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MastaK Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I don't know of the other 7 teams roster, but in terms of NASL caliber, are the IMFC a good team? If you follow just a little the second division, you know that we just signed probably the best D2 goalkeeper in the last three years. Then we kept all of our best assets from last year (Billy, Di Lorenzo, Gerba amongst them) and brought Ligue 2/National caliber players. For now I don't see any weakness in the team, but many players will need to prove themselves. Le Gall had a few good matches last season but will he keep going? Will Agourram finally take his place on the team? Same thing for Mayard... Can Gerba sustain the pace he had last season? Will Pelletier reveal himself as a good left back or will Tsiskaridze take his place? A bunch of question marks, but many hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Cosette definitly has some bite to his play . The Coentrao comparison in style of play seems just. Alessandro Riggi has great skill but is rather on the short side. But great vision and ball control. Despite his small stature, he does not back done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soccerpro Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Yes, it would be nice to know if there any players in the academy with MLS potential for the Impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn_strat Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I think that on paper, we have the strongest team in the NASL. However, compared to MLS, we would still be on the bottom with our current players. Joey has a lot of shopping to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I think that on paper, we have the strongest team in the NASL. However, compared to MLS, we would still be on the bottom with our current players. Joey has a lot of shopping to do. have you seen any of the new guys play ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Arizona will help seeing where we stand in MLS in terms of quality, the biggest test being FCD... then we can talk wether we are MLS quality yet or not (I think there's work left to do, but our team is probably better than the likes of NE and Chivas already) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil7777 Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Bring Patrice Bernier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Bring Patrice Bernier! It would be awesome if they can swing Occean and Bernier for 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn_strat Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I went to an intra-squad game, there was some new talent. I really liked Camara and Hatchi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 It would be awesome if they can swing Occean and Bernier for 2012. +1 Neither would be DP either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 It seems to me that our weak spot especially heading in to 2012 is CB. Aaboubou and Pizzolito are pretty good defenders for NASL level but at their age and skill level I am not sure either will make the jump to MLS. I am assuming Hatchi is a CB but maybe someone can confirm this. We have some other defenders who can slide in to the CB position but it is not their best position. It seems like we don't have a lot of depth in CB and not many candidates for 2012 in this position which I think will be a key position for an expansion team in MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurosawa1555362267 Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hatchi is a central back who can also play left back if there is a problem (but I've read somewhere that he is not reaaly good there). Camara is a defensive midfielder who cans also play CB and RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah it's pretty obvious that Pizzo and Aboubou are probably among those who are likely not to make the switch, but there's a year to figure that out. I'm totally comfortable with them as part of a veteran core for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 GK-Bill Gaudette GK-Evan Bush D-Hicham Aaboubou F-Reda Agourram D-Bonheur Aubey (Academy) D-Philippe Billy M-Hassoun Camara M-Kevin Cosette (Academy) M-Leonardo Di Lorenzo M-Idriss Ech Chergui D-Simon Gatti F-Ali Gerba D-Kevin Hatchi M-Luke Kreamalmeyer M-Anthony LeGall M-Pierre-Rudolph Mayard D-Richard Pelletier D-Nevio Pizzolitto M-Kyle Porter (on tryout) M-Antonio Ribeiro D-Zurab Tsiskaridze Bush signs, Braz retires amid reports of the emergence of Bonheur Aubey. Perhaps we'll hear about signings of Porter and Cosette in the near future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joepaco Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 from what I've seen , Cosette DEFINITELY deserves to be on the squad. Aubey plays a different position and is more discrete but also has great potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Braz retires I thought this would have warranted its own thread. As a neutral observer, I thought he was a good foot soldier for the Impact. At the MNT level, my favourite memory of him was when he crushed Greg Vanney in a 50-50 challenge during the GC 05: great tackle! I think he was also the guy who was slapped in the head by Landycakes in the same match: I'm still bewildered as to how no official saw it and subsequently no ejection for the American (or maybe my memory is simply fading and it wasn't as big a deal as I first thought: is there a video link available to that incident?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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