Obinna Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 That is also why it is good to have set ups like L1O and PQSL (or whatever the acronym is, forgive my ignorance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Right...someone like DiChiara could just as easily have fallen completely off the face of it and been permanent Unattached FC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yohan Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Right...someone like DiChiara could just as easily have fallen completely off the face of it and been permanent Unattached FC. one may argue playing for Unattached FC gives you better chance of CMNT call up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 one may argue playing for Unattached FC gives you better chance of CMNT call up Canada is not Italy, so who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 lol Italian teams are famous for having MANY players in their systems. I wonder if you took all the players from ONE team (paid or not) and then compared it to all the Canadians playing professionally (ONLY paid) worldwide, which roster would have more players? Like...Genoa? Or the CMNT? (watch...someone will actually go and count...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 lol Italian teams are famous for having MANY players in their systems. I wonder if you took all the players from ONE team (paid or not) and then compared it to all the Canadians playing professionally (ONLY paid) worldwide, which roster would have more players? Like...Genoa? Or the CMNT? (watch...someone will actually go and count...) You clearly didn't get my irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Rather I was extending on to your irony. I would have liked your ironic post, but my positive quota has been reached. I wonder how my negative quota is doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Does anyone know if he has signed in Bulgaria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 4 hours ago, Toje said: Does anyone know if he has signed in Bulgaria? Unless you know something otherwise, the last we heard he was a L1 all star with Vaughan. He only recently turned 25. Still a kid with potential, really, and still very much an enigma. Somewhere like Bulgaria might be just the place to restart his European career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I'm guessing he might be out of the game playing wise, probably coaching with an academy or youth club and working full time outside of soccer, just guessing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 This is the type of guy who fits the CPL mould perfectly. Has played in Europe but could never really settle down and it seems that he's too good for L1O. The problem for a guy like this is where do you go? Seems the only option would be to go stateside to play NASL/USL. But judging from this (unverified) quote on his wiki he really isn't taking the game that serious: "Unfortunately, Di Chiara missed the first leg of the 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup game against the Quebec DIII Champions due to his second-cousin's wedding. He missed the second leg due to an all-inclusive trip he had planned since July." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 ^ Made me laugh harder than his comments on mls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Crazy to think this guy got minutes in the RPL, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 23 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said: Crazy to think this guy got minutes in the RPL, right? He's a trivia answer, at very least, like Eddy Sidra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamiltonfan Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Bertuzzi44 said: Crazy to think this guy got minutes in the RPL, right? In some respects it is, in others not quite. It's not uncommon for hype youth to get samples of first team action only to be relegated down the depth chart and further leagues. this goes without saying, we are cmnt supporters, the best at masking our youth players as cnd messis only to be broken later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1996 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 This has happened before I know of two players who I know through coaching and managing at the youth and men's competive level, one actually sat on the bench a few times and even got some minutes in Italy's Serie B for about half a season then came back and played a few games in the old A League then disappeared from soccer all together when he was still in his early twenties. The other played like half a season in what is now League 1 in England 3rd. tier I guess , he started and came off the bench a few times but within a year of going to England was back in Toronto where he played in the what was then the A League for a season or two then played some pro indoor soccer in Canada and also in the US. Moreover, I'm sure there are many more cases of Canadian players who looked like they might have been on the road to becoming good pro's and then suddenly disappearing from the face of pro soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 6 hours ago, 1996 said: This has happened before I know of two players who I know through coaching and managing at the youth and men's competive level, one actually sat on the bench a few times and even got some minutes in Italy's Serie B for about half a season then came back and played a few games in the old A League then disappeared from soccer all together when he was still in his early twenties. The other played like half a season in what is now League 1 in England 3rd. tier I guess , he started and came off the bench a few times but within a year of going to England was back in Toronto where he played in the what was then the A League for a season or two then played some pro indoor soccer in Canada and also in the US. Moreover, I'm sure there are many more cases of Canadian players who looked like they might have been on the road to becoming good pro's and then suddenly disappearing from the face of pro soccer. Julian Uccello, Robert Stillo, and Michael D'Agostino come immediately to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 1 hour ago, nolando said: Julian Uccello, Robert Stillo, and Michael D'Agostino come immediately to mind. Michael is an up-and-coming coach here in North Vancouver. He's helped coach some of my kids' team and oversees several of the elite teams - he's superb. Expect to hear more about him on the coaching front in the coming years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 14 hours ago, Northvansteve said: Michael is an up-and-coming coach here in North Vancouver. He's helped coach some of my kids' team and oversees several of the elite teams - he's superb. Expect to hear more about him on the coaching front in the coming years. Him along with another Canadian youth international, Alex Elliott, run the futsal program/league out of the Olympic Oval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 He has signed with Jonava in the Lithuanian 1st tier, and so far has played in 2 matches. His first match was on June 20th. https://alyga.lt/zaidejas/josephas-di-chiara/976 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 ^^^ what a comeback story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Can't believe he's only 26?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingback6 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 This is what I love about Footie, anything can happen. You can be 16 and playing in the 1st division, or spend your twenties laying bricks before you get your break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Well great that he's resurfaced, but I don't know if you could call playing for the #last in Lithuania a comeback though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 13 minutes ago, shamrock said: Well great that he's resurfaced, but I don't know if you could call playing for the #last in Lithuania a comeback though. I think the comment of yothat was sarcastic but I am not sure if that is warranted. DiChiara had a cup of coffee at a higher level and then did not seem to be able to stick at some middle levels. Always hard to say why in these situations, sometimes it is politics or not fitting into the team or many other reasons and sometimes the reason is the player is not good enough. One of the main problems for Canadian players is not being able to find a middle level between MLS and USL and League 1/PLSQ. Even worse is that some of the lower levels as well as MLS make you sign contracts with conditions that can be detrimental to your career. 26 is not young for DiChiara but Ontario League 1 was too low a league for him to play so hopefully he can use this as a stepping stone and if it does not work out at least he is trying and if he fails it is not for lack of effort which is all we can ask of our players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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