Dub Narcotic Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 21 year old CB, Joined the Trois-Rivières Attack in 2009 and led the club to the CSL championship… Played two seasons with the Impact U21, acting as team captain since the start of the 2011 season. Signed with the Impact in 2012. Capped at the U-17 level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Thought it was a good time to start a thread about him, as he started today and played very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 He played very well and nobody missed Nesta. Best of all he covered well and with poise during a rangey and unpredictable performance by Camara on the line. Seems to have good smarts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I would not go as far as to say nobody missed Nesta. Ouimette does not control the game out of the back the way Nesta does. It was, however, a very strong outing for Ouimette much better than his two appearances last year. He has a year's more experience and was playing his natural position of CB not out of position at RB like last year. He has a much better sense of positioning and what he should do at CB than at RB. With us not re-signing Thomas, Ouimette took over his position as backup CB and it is nice to see him show that he can do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keano Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Obviously I mean that because of Ouimette's strong performance it did not hurt the Impact to have Nesta out. Not that he can do the same things Nesta can do. It's impressive that K-dub (no?) has become a better option than having Camara at CB and Iapicino or Valentin out wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Just got waived by Montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Not surprised. Never rated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've never rated him for Montreal either. However, it's just shocking to me that you can have your academy director say he's going to be a star in the league less than two years ago and before your new USL team to give players time even plays you release him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The Montreal Impact hate Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 before your new USL team to give players time even plays you release him Agreed, total bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 He didn't always pass the eye test, but he rated better in some of the advanced metrics than Tissot. Strange move, you think there would be room for him in USL. On the other hand, if they don't think he's going to make it, why have him hang around and string him along like Alderson? European clubs are always cutting their youth at 21/22 if they don't think it's going to work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well that's disappointing! Thought he would have spent the year in USL Pro. Cue the "Ouimette to FC Edmonton or Ottawa" rumours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Too bad, but I am not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Kind of strange because Floro seems to really like him, and he's been playing more and more for the Impact. You would think he might come in handy with the domestic quota needing to be reached in USL and the trouble they seem to be having with bringing in their new leftback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlfan Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It's the best move for him, he wasn't going to get many minutes this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarnado1555362291 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 he should trial for Orlando City and learn from Colin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnyb Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Is it possible that there is more to this? He would have gotton a tonne of Minutes in USL Pro. He's in the mold of why the Team got a USL Franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 They prob feel that he would stand in the way of some promising youngsters behind him. They obviously think his ceiling isn't high enough to invest anymore time in him. He'll rebound in Nasl hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barthez-Battalion Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Issey taking a shot at the Impact https://twitter.com/isseynfarran/status/563865113573470208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Disappointing. Hopefully he catches on with another club soon. He's fairly young so there's a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 I would imagine he's fourth in the LB pecking order as well: Oyongo (I know), Krol, Miller then Ouimette. Adekeugbe is two years younger and much closer to the first team, for some perspective, and Miller is the same age with more games under his belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Maybe Floro plans on taking him on long term loan to the MNT like JDG and Straith? This could actually amount to more caps for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youllneverwalkalone Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Maybe Floro plans on taking him on long term loan to the MNT like JDG and Straith? This could actually amount to more caps for him. I've reached my quota of positive votes for the day, but I like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I would imagine he's fourth in the LB pecking order as well: Oyongo (I know), Krol, Miller then Ouimette. Adekeugbe is two years younger and much closer to the first team, for some perspective, and Miller is the same age with more games under his belt. I'd put Tissot and Toia in front of Ouimette. Krol is as good as gone anyway. They've got too many players signed and I believe that Ouimette with a non-guaranteed contract was the one who paid the price, because they have better people who can cover at the Academy than him and that he's not young anymore. I've read: "He's only 22" but his ceiling is not as high as Tissot and he's not knocing on the door to start like Lefèvre is. Ouimette was just judged as the guy who couldn't really be an important piece of the puzzle for 2015. It could also mean that they feel that he needs to be full time with Montréal FC and that they've believed that he would be their main player for that team. Zak Messoudi and Alessandro Riggi are 2 players who weren't able to do a lot in their first come around as pros, one here, the other in Italy, but they should sign with Montréal FC. I expect the same from Ouimette, but they wanted to see if he was able to make the next step this year and he couldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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