Ivan Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Camila @camiaparicioo Can't believe my brother is the youngest player to sign a professional contract with TFC #soproud https://twitter.com/camiaparicioo/status/364833546604519424 The signing we've all been waiting for? lol Nothing on the signing but Rongen, in his Academy update today, said Manny was called to Canada's U18s for the Spain tournament. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Camila @camiaparicioo Can't believe my brother is the youngest player to sign a professional contract with TFC #soproud https://twitter.com/camiaparicioo/status/364833546604519424 The signing we've all been waiting for? lol The page doesn't seem to be working. Who is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFC07 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 The page doesn't seem to be working. Who is it? His sister account, but she delete her message (maybe her brother or TFC FO made her?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 His sister account, but she delete her message (maybe her brother or TFC FO made her?) Who's the brother, which academy player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Who's the brother, which academy player? Manuel Aparicio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Manuel Aparicio Who was singled out by Kevin Payne during the broadcast tonight as someone from the Academy who he wanted to see play against Roma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Jason de Vos during the game last night said on twitter that Toronto wasn't fielding any academy players because they were fined last year in the Liverpool game for doing so. During his interview, Payne said that the one academy player they wanted to play during this game though couldn't because he left with the U18 team was Aparicio. Doing the math there it would seem that he has been signed, otherwise TFC would have been fined for fielding him (If this is all true, and IF they actually HAD fielded him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccaliam Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 ^ Do you know who it is they were fined by? That's strange considering it is a friendly. Certainly a rule I had never heard of before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Supposedly MLS. Something about preventing senior players from appearances that would prevent them from receiving a bonus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Aparicio signing confirmed. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-signs-academy-product-aparicio/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Aparicio signing confirmed. http://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/toronto-fc-signs-academy-product-aparicio/ Anybody know anything about this guy? What's his game? The article somewhat suggests he might be contributing right away. I'm excited to see what he's all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Anybody know anything about this guy? What's his game? The article somewhat suggests he might be contributing right away. I'm excited to see what he's all about. In the video that comes with that link there's an interview with him and he describes himself as an attacking mid who wants to emulate Lionel Messi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklefan Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 http://www.torontofc.ca/news/2013/08/maximiliano-urruti-toronto “We have been involved in a lengthy process for Maximiliano Urruti to join Toronto FC and Major League Soccer, and we hope that it will conclude by the end of the week. In the meantime, Maxi is in Toronto and he will train with the team. The club will provide no further comment at this time.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Have to say I can't recall any transfer ever taking this long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Koevermans is gone by the end of the year unfortunately. It's a bit unfair I guess, raking in over a milion a year, being injured for such a long time (that wasn't his fault of course) and then by the time you get fit again, leave the club. But it's the way it goes I guess. http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/koevermans-hoopt-in-2014-rentree-in-eredivisie-te-maken.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Toronto FC signed some guy named Urruti. Anyone heard of this guy? This seemed to come right out of left field... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 I hope he plays today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Change over from the Montreal win where Silva was very good yet again to see Henry boot a ball out of play for no reason and see that he was at fault for at least one goal. Henry must be the worst full-time defensive starter in the league. TFC have to upgrade that position next year or hope that Henry improves a whole bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oranje Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Change over from the Montreal win where Silva was very good yet again to see Henry boot a ball out of play for no reason and see that he was at fault for at least one goal. Henry must be the worst full-time defensive starter in the league. TFC have to upgrade that position next year or hope that Henry improves a whole bunch. +1, I have lost whatever confidence I had in him over his past 2 or 3 performances. No one looked good on the backline today but Henry stood out as particularly bad. Thing that bugs me is that Larson et all pump him up, but watching him defend reviles he has little to no technique and that he relies on brute strength and athleticism but gets exploited by more skilled players. Those plays that make him stand out in a game are usually him using his athleticism to bail himself out of a problem his lack of technique or positioning created. He's young which is in his favour but I don't want to see him in a CMNT jersey until he gets it sorted or he's going to have a harder and harder time in CONCACAF (a la Haber) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 ^ & ^^. I may be inclined to agree with you that Henry had a bad game, if the entire squad didn't play like crap. That game was definitely a no show. Hard to pin everything on Doneil. I will say one thing in his support. He was the only one who consistently won their 50/50 battles. He also had a couple more of his trademark crunching tackles that left the opponent writhing on the ground. I will say it again - TFC and Canada need more like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThiKu Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Henry is.... 20 years old? He has a England Premier League level central defender as a coach, and another EPL centre back Caldwell playing beside him. How about we let him play, and enjoy his almost certain development. If he doesn't by end of next year then ya, it's probably time to move on. But for now...relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 ^ & ^^. I may be inclined to agree with you that Henry had a bad game, if the entire squad didn't play like crap. That game was definitely a no show. Hard to pin everything on Doneil. I will say one thing in his support. He was the only one who consistently won their 50/50 battles. He also had a couple more of his trademark crunching tackles that left the opponent writhing on the ground. I will say it again - TFC and Canada need more like him. Yup, that game was a write-off for the entire squad. Even Laba looked very off. They all seemed tired, for whatever reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Change over from the Montreal win where Silva was very good yet again to see Henry boot a ball out of play for no reason and see that he was at fault for at least one goal. Henry must be the worst full-time defensive starter in the league. TFC have to upgrade that position next year or hope that Henry improves a whole bunch. I don't know what game you were watching, but Henry had a good game yesterday minus that first goal, where the whole team was ball watching. +1, I have lost whatever confidence I had in him over his past 2 or 3 performances. No one looked good on the backline today but Henry stood out as particularly bad. Thing that bugs me is that Larson et all pump him up, but watching him defend reviles he has little to no technique and that he relies on brute strength and athleticism but gets exploited by more skilled players. Those plays that make him stand out in a game are usually him using his athleticism to bail himself out of a problem his lack of technique or positioning created. He's young which is in his favour but I don't want to see him in a CMNT jersey until he gets it sorted or he's going to have a harder and harder time in CONCACAF (a la Haber) Little to no technique? He was more composed than anybody else in the backline. He maintained possession and distributed the ball really well. I take it you two only watched the highlights. I'm not a Henry fan-boy by any means as I have seen him play some awful games this season, but yesterday wasn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Henry is.... 20 years old? He has a England Premier League level central defender as a coach, and another EPL centre back Caldwell playing beside him. How about we let him play, and enjoy his almost certain development. If he doesn't by end of next year then ya, it's probably time to move on. But for now...relax. Even next year he'll be only 21!! He has plenty of time, everyone needs to relax. The kid is a monster you can tell he needs time to adjust to his body, he often has that awkward baby giraffe look out there. But man he can make some monstrous plays back there at times. The tackle (not sure who it was on) where he just trapped the ball from the guys feet as he tried to take him on coming into the box and the Crew player just flopped into the box on impact was embarrassingly clean it was like he was playing a 13 year old. The guy who has been disappointing is Ashtone Morgan, he's not even going to be in the league in a few seasons if he doesn't improve. He relies on speed, physical play (often times borderline) and simple passes, it's actually sad to analyze his game solely in a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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