Year 2000s age group

[CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE]

19 hours ago, harrycoyster said:

From what I've seen, both are ++ athletes but aren't great technically.

Seriously????.... What areas do they need improvement in???... They're still young and am sure with time they can reduce those weaknesses and add some arsenal into their game (that's the hope anyways)... And absolutely, hopefully Wolfsburg takes a chance with them given their track record in working with MLS academy players... How long are they trialing for????... I'm sure a Bundesliga club will help them refine their game a hell lot more and take it to the next level... Nevertheless, a great experience for both of these kids imo

 

[harrycoyster]

36 minutes ago, CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE said:

Seriously????.... What areas do they need improvement in???... They're still young and am sure with time they can reduce those weaknesses and add some arsenal into their game (that's the hope anyways)... And absolutely, hopefully Wolfsburg takes a chance with them given their track record in working with MLS academy players... How long are they trialing for????... I'm sure a Bundesliga club will help them refine their game a hell lot more and take it to the next level... Nevertheless, a great experience for both of these kids imo

 

Go back and watch the u17 CONCACAF Championship. Okello was one of the main players at fault in the infamous Cuba loss. Both looked like players who are used to running past everybody in youth leagues, who weren't able use technical skill to their advantage when faced with the similarly great athletes of Cuba and Costa Rica. Abdi only got a few minutes, and was a surprise to even be on that roster so he's a bit more of a mystery. They are the type of players that Wolfsburg generally likes in their imports, so there is a chance they'll be signed (it doesn't hurt that Wolfsburg's current u19 class is bad). Wolfsburg and Dortmund prize North American athleticism whereas the other German teams actively scouting North America (mainly Schalke and Bremen) aren't interested in players that won't immediately make an impact at youth levels.

Generally the trials for MLS kids in Europe are just over a week, but Zyen Jones of Atlanta United has been on trial with Schalke for just under a month now so who knows. The USSDA gets back into full swing in about a week, so teams want their players back by around this time in January.  

[CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE]

20 minutes ago, harrycoyster said:

Go back and watch the u17 CONCACAF Championship. Okello was one of the main players at fault in the infamous Cuba loss. Both looked like players who are used to running past everybody in youth leagues, who weren't able use technical skill to their advantage when faced with the similarly great athletes of Cuba and Costa Rica.

I'm glad you updated me with this!!!.. You seem to have so much inside knowledge, lol... Wish I could be like you in that sense @harrycoyster.... The whole Wolfsburg trial just captivated me, that is..... And also I was relying on this piece of wikipedia from okelly, heck why it came to me as a bit of surprise that you pointed out that these folks got to work still more on their technical ability

Style of play[edit]

Because of his height, technical ability and range of passing Okello has been likened to Paul Pogba.^[8]

 

An absurd comparison I guess atm, right???... Prolly only got the athleticism of that folk at this time, so it sounds based on ur description... Many of us in here just get excited when we hear that guys in our player pool go on trial to European clubs in top leagues I guess... No exception here (myself)... Out of topic, did you manage to get a replay of the game of CANMNT U23 vs SIMA... Heard Phonsie put up a brace and it looked as though Borges also put in a nice goal... Tmrw will be perfect timing for a replay of the match and will keep an eye on Canada Soccer Twitter feed regarding match vs Atético Nacional 

[harrycoyster]

4 hours ago, CNMNTPERUELIGIBLE said:

Style of play[edit]

Because of his height, technical ability and range of passing Okello has been likened to Paul Pogba.^[8]

 

An absurd comparison I guess atm, right???... Prolly only got the athleticism of that folk at this time, so it sounds based on ur description... Many of us in here just get excited when we hear that guys in our player pool go on trial to European clubs in top leagues I guess... No exception here (myself)... Out of topic, did you manage to get a replay of the game of CANMNT U23 vs SIMA... Heard Phonsie put up a brace and it looked as though Borges also put in a nice goal... Tmrw will be perfect timing for a replay of the match and will keep an eye on Canada Soccer Twitter feed regarding match vs Atético Nacional 

Absurd comparison indeed. The SIMA youtube page looks like it posts full-match videos about a week after games. No sign of the CMNT game yet. 

Edited January 17, 2018 by harrycoyster

[harrycoyster]

Being heavily rumoured that the USSDA is moving to a two tier system with pro/rel for 2018/19. Means the CMLS academies will face higher levels of competition more regularly, but will lose more training days to travel. Great for the Eastern teams, not so sure about Cascadia, who would have to travel as far as Arizona for league games.

[Dominic94]

45 minutes ago, harrycoyster said:

Being heavily rumoured that the USSDA is moving to a two tier system with pro/rel for 2018/19. Means the CMLS academies will face higher levels of competition more regularly, but will lose more training days to travel. Great for the Eastern teams, not so sure about Cascadia, who would have to travel as far as Arizona for league games.

Don’t the Caps dominate there ? And Impact are solid there too no ?

[Northvansteve]

1 hour ago, Dominic94 said:

Don’t the Caps dominate there ? And Impact are solid there too no ?

The Caps have traditionally done very well in USSDA. Frequently reaching deep into the playoffs.

[harrycoyster]

1 hour ago, Dominic94 said:

Don’t the Caps dominate there ? And Impact are solid there too no ?

Both are top two teams in their ~10 team divisions, but they are probably in the two worst divisions of the USSDA. Neither has had much success against the biggest teams in the USSDA (NYRB, Dallas, RSL, etc.), but I'd call them top 20 teams. This will get them more competitive games...question is is that worth the travel? The Baby Caps only practice three days a week when they need to travel to NorCal, for instance. That happens 3-4 times a season. If the Western division are combined, the Baby Caps would need to travel even greater distances more frequently. 

Edited February 10, 2018 by harrycoyster

[Northvansteve]

Seven players from the class of 2000 making the roster for Canada at the 2018 Toulon Tournament:

CANADA
2- FB- Jake Ruby | CAN / Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency
6- M- Matthew Roberts | ENG / Swansea U-18
9- F- Jonathan David | BEL / KAA Gent II
12- CB- Julian Dunn | CAN / Toronto FC

16- M- Noble Okello | CAN / Toronto FC II
18- GK- Alessandro Busti | ITA / Juventus Primavera
19- FB- Émile Legault | FRA / AJ Auxerre
 

 

 

[Northvansteve]

Thought I would do a check-in on the progress of this generation of Canadian players. With Davies and David alone, what a generation! These are the 2000-born players who are making the most progress so far - let me know who I am missing!

Major prospects / Major European leagues: Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David

MLS rosters / USL / USL2: Noble Okello, Michael Baldisimo, Luca Petrasso, Julian Dunn-Johnson, Terique Mohammed

Smaller European leagues: Benson Fazili, Ben Paton, Antonio Rocco Romeo, Alessandro Busti

CPL: Alessandro Hojabrpour, Emile Legault, Yohan Le Bourhis, Jose Hernandez

Obviously, Davies and David are in a class by themselves. Okello was on the Gold Cup roster. Busti has been cap-tied. 

Would appreciate any perspective at this point on the other prospects, and whether we should be tracking other key 2000s.

Edited August 12, 2019 by Northvansteve

[Bison44]

Faria with TFC2?? Would you count Luke Singh?? I think he is still on loan in Europe.  Rapaso with Syracuse??  I'm struggling to find anyone else.  

[BLennard]

As per usual, Desjardins has been forgotten... 😢Can't wait for you people to start rating him and considering him as a real prospect! lol

He's been given jersey #1 for the senior team at 19!!

Edited August 12, 2019 by BLennard

[Bison44]

13 minutes ago, BLennard said:

As per usual, Desjardins has been forgotten... 😢Can't wait for you people to start rating him and considering him as a real prospect! lol

He's been given jersey #1 for the senior team at 19!!

Anyone else we should all know about? Steve was asking for suggestions and perspective from people in the know.   

[BLennard]

8 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Anyone else we should all know about? Steve was asking for suggestions and perspective from people in the know.   

Nope, not for now at least. Hope you took my message lightly, I'm just messing around. I appreciate Steve's work.

[Northvansteve]

6 hours ago, BLennard said:

As per usual, Desjardins has been forgotten... 😢Can't wait for you people to start rating him and considering him as a real prospect! lol

He's been given jersey #1 for the senior team at 19!!

Ahhh, you are right - thank you! Desjardins and Busti are the leading goalies in this class so far. 

[MM3/MM2/MM]

2000, Canada’s Golden year.        Transfermarkt value in brackets (m = millions, t = thousands)

1. Alphonso Davies: (49.5m)Defender, Bayern Munich, Germany Tier 1: 27 games, 2 goals, 3 assists in league play. 4 games 3 assists in Champions league.  45 MLS games with Whitecaps. 8 goals 12 assists.  17 games with Canada’s MNT, with 5 goals and 6 assists.

2. Jonathan David: (24.7m) Forward, Gent, Belgium Tier 1, 56 league games, 26 goals, 9 assists in league play. 17 Euro games with 7 goals 2 assists.   12 games, 11 goals, 5 assists for Canada’s MNT.  Also played with the U17NT and at the Toulon tournament.

3. Noble Okello: (193t)Midfield: TFC Homegrown: 42 games with the TFC USL teams, also played in L1O and USDA.  2 games 17 minutes with Canada’s MNT, also played U17NT, U20NT and in the Toulon tournament with Canada.  On the U23 provisional roster.

4. Alessandro Hojahapour:  (110t)Midfield, Pacific FC, 22 games 1731 minutes in 2019, also played in Bulgaria and in USDA with the Whitecaps.  3 games, 112 minutes with U17NT

5. Jose Hernandez: (110t) Forward, Cavalry FC, 19 games, 652 minutes, 1 goal, 2 assists with Pacific FC, 65 games, 42 goals with Whitecaps in USDA.  Played with the U17NT and the U20NT.

6. Yohan Le Bourhis: (0) Defender, Valour FC, 8 games, 720 minutes in 2019. Also  played in the PLSQ and 69 USDA games with Montreal.  Played with the U17NT and the U20NT.  On the U23 provisional roster.

7. Emile Legault: (138t) Defender Rio Grande Valley, USA Tier 2.  13 games, 914 minutes with Pacific FC in 2019.  With Auxerre youth program.  Played with U17NT, U20NT and in the Toulon tournament.   On the U23 provisional roster.

8. Alessandro Busti: (28t) Keeper, AC Belluno, Italy, Tier 4.  15 games, 1.67 GAA in 19/20.  14 games with Juventus youth teams.  1 game with a shutout with the CMNT, also played with the U20NT and in the Toulon tournament.

9. Axel Desjardins: (83t) Keeper, Spezia Calcio, Italy Tier 2, 29 bench appearances over 3 seasons, 58 games with Spezia youth teams.

10. Benson Fazili: (28t) Midfield: FK Metta, Latvia 1, 33 games over 2 seasons. Played with the U17NT and the U20NT. Teammate of Jonathan David with the Ottawa Internationals.

11. Ben Paton: (0) Midfield, Blackburn youth teams, played 44 games with 6 goals and 6 assists.  Attended 3 U15NT and 3 U17NT camps.

12. Julian Dunn:  (138t) Defender, TFC Homegrown, 2 MLS games, 30 USL games, 8 L1O games and 13 with the USDA team.  3 games with the U17NT, 4 with the U20 team and played in the Toulon tournament.   On the U23 provisional roster.

13. Karifa Yao: (110t) Defender, Montreal Impact Homegrown.  45 games with the USDA team. Attended one U15NT and one U17NT camp.  On the U23 provisional roster.

14. David Doe: (83t) Forward, FC Edmonton. 4 NASL games and 7 games and 170 minutes in CanPL, 11 games with FCE U20 team in AMSL and 13 goals 9 assists with NAIT in college soccer. Attended two U17NT camps.

15. Rocco Romeo: (165t) Defender, TFC Homegrown.  25 USL games, 30 L1O games and 5 games with the USDA team. Played 8 games in Denmark Tier 2 with HB Koge.   1 game with the U17NT and 3 with the U20 team.  On the U23 provisional roster.

16. Terique Mohammed: (165t) Defender, TFC 2. 30 games over 2 seasons, 13 L1O games and 9 games with the USDA team.  2 games 180 minutes with the U20NT.  On the U23 provisional roster.

17 Joakim Milli: (0) Keeper AC Nardo Italy Tier 4. 6 games, 1.2 GAA in 19/20. 23 bench appearances  in Serie B&C.  3 youth appearances with U.S. Lecce.

18. Kunle Dada-Luke: (55t) Forward Atletico Ottawa.  With Helsinger in Denmark Tier 3 in 2019. TFC academy product, 5 games with the USL team, 24 games in L10 and 15 USDA games.

19. Nassim Mekideche: (55t) Defender, JS Kabylie, Algeria Tier 1. 3 games, 150 minutes over 2 seasons.

20. Luca Petrasso: (138t) Midfield, TFC2. 35 games, 2 goals, 4 assists in USL action.  20 L1O games, 9 goals. 13 USDA games, 5 goals.  3 games, 127 minutes with the U17NT.

21. Michael Baldisimo: (83t)Midfield, Vancouver Whitecaps Homegrown.  6 bench appearances with the senior team, 1 game with the U23 development team, 12 USL games and  98 USDA games.  Played with the U17NT, the U20NT and in The Toulon tournament.

22. Matthew Roberts: (0) Forward, University of Toronto.  7 games, 3 goals in 2019. 2 seasons with Swansea City youth teams, 3 goals in 24 games.  Attended 3 U15NT camps and 2 with the U17NT.  Played 6 minutes at the Toulon tournament.

23. Jake Ruby: (0) Defender, Trinity Western, drafted by HFX in U-Sport draft.  17 games, 3 goals with TW in 2019. Played 9 games, 798 minutes with Victoria Highlanders in 2019.  62 games with the Whitecaps USDA team.  3 games with the U17NT, 270 minutes, 1 assist.

24. Monti Mohsen: (83t) Defender, Forge FC.  9 games, 363 minutes, 1 goal in 2019. 3 games in L10 with Sigma FC. 1 USL game with Ottawa Fury.  2 U17NT camps.

25. Max Ferrari : (0) Midfield, York 9.  8 games, 2 goals with Humber College in 2019. 31 games, 9 goals with Aurora in L1O.

 

Edited April 23, 2020 by MM3/MM2/MM

[MM3/MM2/MM]

2000, Canada’s Golden year.          Transfermarkt value in brackets  in Euros.

A total of 37 players listed, probably missed a few, let me know and I will add. new information in bold.

1. Alphonso Davies: (75m) Left-Back/Mid, 2021 Bayern Munich, Germany Tier 1

2. Jonathan David: (30m) Forward, 2021 Lille, France Tier 1

3. Michael Baldisimo: (600t)Midfield, 2021, Vancouver Whitecaps, 15 games 706 minutes in 2020 Homegrown signing.  6 bench appearances with the senior team, 1 game with the U23 development team, 12 USL games and  98 USDA games.  Played with the U17NT, the U20NT and in The Toulon tournament.

4. DUAL Ayo Akinola: (5m) Forward, 2021 Toronto FC, 15 games, 1063 minutes, 9 goals in 2020. Also played USDA, USA Tier 2 with TFC teams. 

5. Noble Okello: (200t)Midfield: 2021, TFC Homegrown: 2020 1 game 22 minutes with TFC USA Tier 1, on loan to HB Koge, Denmark Tier 2, 12 games 766 minutes 1 goal.  42 games with the TFC USL teams, also played in L1O and USDA.  2 games 17 minutes with Canada’s MNT, also played U17Nt, U20NT and in the Toulon tournament with Canada.  On the U23 provisional roster.

6. Alessandro Hojahapour:  (125t) Midfield, 2021 FC Pacific FC, 32 games 2116 minutes in 2019/20, also played in Bulgaria and in USDA with the Whitecaps.  3 games, 112 minutes with U17NT

7. Jose Hernandez: (100t) Forward, 2021 Cavalry FC, 3 games 102 minutes In 2020. 19 games, 652 minutes, 1 goal, 2 assists with Pacific FC, 65 games, 42 goals with Whitecaps in USDA.  Played with the U17NT and the U20NT.

8. Julian Dunn:  (175t) Defender, 2021 TFC, 2020 on Loan to Valour FC, 7 games, 630 minutes. Homegrown, 2 MLS games, 30 USL games, 8 L1O games and 13 with the USDA team.  3 games with the U17NT, 4 with the U20 team and played in the Toulon tournament.   On the U23 provisional roster.

9. Karifa Yao: (250t) Defender, 2021 loaned to Cavalry FC , CF Montreal  Homegrown. 2020 made MLS debut, 2 games 127 minutes.  45 games with the USDA team. Attended one U15NT and one U17NT camp.  On the U23 provisional roster.

10. Rocco Romeo: (150t) Defender, 2021 TFC Homegrown, on loan to HB Koge Denmark Tier 2 until June 2021.  25 USL games, 30 L1O games and 5 games with the USDA team. Played 8 games in Denmark Tier 2 with HB Koge.   1 game with the U17NT and 3 with the U20 team.  On the U23 provisional roster.

Canada

Jake Ruby: (75t) Defender, 2021 HFX Wanderers, 2020 8 games 311 minutes with HFX. Drafted by HFX in U-Sport draft from Trinity Western,.  17 games, 3 goals with TW in 2019. Played 9 games, 798 minutes with Victoria Highlanders in 2019.  62 games with the Whitecaps USDA team.  3 games with the U17NT, 270 minutes, 1 asssit.

Monti Mohsen: (75t) Defender, 2021 Forge FC, 2020 3 games 208 minutes .  9 games, 363 minutes, 1 goal in 2019. 3 games in L10 with Sigma FC. 1 USL game with Ottawa Fury.  2 U17NT camps.

Max Ferrari : (100t) Midfield,  2021 York United, 7games, 158 minute, 1 assist in 2020. 8 games, 2 goals with Humber College in 2019. 31 games, 9 goals with Aurora in L1O.

Baj Maan: (55) Keeper, 2021 Forge FC, 1 game 90 minutes in two seasons.  Also with Sigma FC and Kentucky Unversity.

Antony Caceras: (75t) Midfield, 2021 FC Edmonton, 2020 7 games 248 minutes. Played with FC Edmonton U21 in 2019, 8 goals in 14 games and Vancouver Whitecaps USDA in 2017 and 2018, 61 games, 12goals

Tony Mikael: Centre-Back, 2021 drafted by Valour FC, 14 games with Carleton University and 11 games, 929 minutes with OSU United, League 1 Ontario and PLSQ.

Samuel Salter: Forward, 2021 HFX Wanderers, PLSQ Golden boot winner in 2020 with 8 goals

Kareem Sow: Defender, 2021 HFX Wanderers, drafted from U. de Montréal, product of the CF Montréal academy.

Matthew Roberts: (0) Forward, 2021 University of Toronto, 2020 DNP.  7 games, 3 goals in 2019. 2 seasons with Swansea City youth teams, 3 goals in 24 games.  Attended 3 U15NT camps and 2 with the U17NT.  Played 6 minutes at the Toulon tournament.

USA

Luke Singh: (50t) Defender, 2021 TFC 2.  Two seasons on loan to Brondby in Denmark, 7 games with their reserve team and 17 with the youth team.  10 L1O games and 12 USDA games with TFC.  Attended 2 U15NT camps.  

Kembo Kibato: (0) Attacking Mid, 2021 Rio Grande Valley, USA Tier 2, 12 games, 1 goal 2 assists on 2020. Played USDA and League 1 Ontario with TFC and League 1 Ontario with North Toronto.

Europe,

Alessandro Busti: (25t) Keeper,2021 FC Vado, Italy Tier 4, 2020 AC Belluno, Italy, Tier 4.  15 games, 1.67 GAA in 19/20.  14 games with Juventus youth teams.  1 game with a shutout with the CMNT, also played with the U20NT and in the Toulon tournament.

Axel Desjardins: (50t) Keeper, 2021 Novara, Italy Tier 3, no minutes, 19 bench appearances. Spezia Calcio, Italy Tier 2, 29 bench appearances over 3 seasons, 58 games with Spezia youth teams.

Benson Fazili: (50t) Midfiled: 2021 FKMetta, Latvia 1, 47 games over 3 seasons. Played with the U17NT and the U20NT.

Ben Paton: (0) Midfield, 2021 Blackburn U23, played 50 games with 6 goals and 6 assists over 5 seasons.  Attended 3 U15NT and 3 U17NT camps.

Terique Mohammed: (150t) Defender, 2021 Dundalk FC, Ireland Tier 2, loaned to Athlone Town Ireland Tier 2.  2020 on loand to FC Edmonton 5 games 303 minutes. TFC 2. 30 games over 2 seasons, 13 L1O games and 9 games with the USDA team.  2 games 180 minutes with the U20NT.  On the U23 provisional roster.

Joakim Milli: (0) Keeper 2021 AC Nardo Italy 4, 13 games, 7 shutouts. 6 games, 1.2 GAA in 19/20. 23 bench appearances  in Serie B&C.  3 youth appearances with U.S. Lecce.

Nassim Mekideche: DUAL (50t) Defender, 2021 JS Kabylie, Algeria Tier 1, 6 games 182 minutes over  3 seasons.

Emanuele Offidani: Midfield, 2021 Carpi, Italy Tier 3, 1 game, 14 minutes. Also with Pontedera and Cueno in Italy Tier 3, 34 bench appearances with all 3 teams combined.

Thomas McGill: DUAL, Keeper, Brighton U23

Steven Simpson: Forward, Barnsley U23

Free Agents:

Yohan Le Bourhis: (75t) Defender, 2021 Free Agent, Valour FC, 9 games, 810 minutes in 2019/20. Also  played in the PLSQ and 69 USDA games with Montreal.  Played with the U17NT and the U20NT.  On the U23 provisional roster.

Emile Legault: (125t) Defender, 2021 Free Agent, 2020 Rio Grande Valley, USA Tier 2, 4 games 218 minutes in 2020.  13 games, 914 minutes with Pacific FC in 2019.  With Auxerre youth program.  Played with U17NT, U20NT and in the Toulon tournament.   On the U23 provisional roster.

David Doe: (75t) Forward, 2021 Free Agent, 2020, FC Edmonton 2games, 54 minutes. 4 NASL games and 7 games and 170 minutes in CanPL, 11 games with FCE U20 team in AMSL and 13 goals 9 assists with NAIT in college soccer. Attended two U17NT camps.

Kunle Dada-Luke: (50t) Forward 2021 Free Agent, 2020 signed by Atletico Ottawa DNP.  With Helsinger in Denmark Tier 3 in 2019. TFC academy product, 5 games with the USL team, 24 games in L10 and 15 USDA games.

Luca Petrasso: (125t) Midfield, 2021 Free Agent, 2020 DNP.TFC2. 35 games, 2 goals, 4 assists in USL action.  20 L1O games, 9 goals. 13 USDA games, 5 goals.  3 games, 127 minutes with the U17NT.

Jordan Faria: (100t) Midfield, 2021 Free Agent, 2020 DNP, 32 games with TFC2 in 2018/19. 3 games 244 minutes with the U17NT.

Edited January 7, 2022 by MM3/MM2/MM

[Northvansteve]

Nicely done. I would drop Hojabrpour and Hernandez from the top 10 and promote Ben Paton and Steven Simpson based on their placement on the prelim Olympics qualification roster. 

[nolando]

Am I the only one looking at this age group and thinking, besides the two stars, this is a pretty underwhelming bunch in terms of prospects?

[archer21]

4 hours ago, nolando said:

Am I the only one looking at this age group and thinking, besides the two stars, this is a pretty underwhelming bunch in terms of prospects?

Baldi, Ayo, Okello, maybe Dunn are all good prospects. Not everyone can be Davies or David.

[An Observer]

5 hours ago, nolando said:

Am I the only one looking at this age group and thinking, besides the two stars, this is a pretty underwhelming bunch in terms of prospects?

I hear you to a certain extent but compared to 5 years ago, we probably wouldn’t have had that many playing professionally for all of the U23s

[dyslexic nam]

5 hours ago, nolando said:

Am I the only one looking at this age group and thinking, besides the two stars, this is a pretty underwhelming bunch in terms of prospects?

You really only need a couple of players from each year-group to make the jump to top level footy in order to have a deep player pool.  If you look at the age spread of our current senior match-day 18, the ages are all over the place.  Getting 2 top players from this group is success to me.   Throw in Akinola (would jump into consideration for us right away if he signs up), and the prospects of Dunn, Okello, and Baldisimo, and I think this is a pretty damn good year.  

[Dominic94]

2 hours ago, dyslexic nam said:

You really only need a couple of players from each year-group to make the jump to top level footy in order to have a deep player pool.  If you look at the age spread of our current senior match-day 18, the ages are all over the place.  Getting 2 top players from this group is success to me.   Throw in Akinola (would jump into consideration for us right away if he signs up), and the prospects of Dunn, Okello, and Baldisimo, and I think this is a pretty damn good year.  

Also if Okello had been sold, he would have likely been further along in his development with pro games which would change many opinions about this group.

I would say at the least Badisimo should establish himself as a starter and if we get Ayo all of a sudden the 2000 group looks so much better.

[MM3/MM2/MM]

3 hours ago, dyslexic nam said:

You really only need a couple of players from each year-group to make the jump to top level footy in order to have a deep player pool.  If you look at the age spread of our current senior match-day 18, the ages are all over the place.  Getting 2 top players from this group is success to me.   Throw in Akinola (would jump into consideration for us right away if he signs up), and the prospects of Dunn, Okello, and Baldisimo, and I think this is a pretty damn good year.  

In Comparison,  top players from the 1995s

1. Cyle Larin Centre-Forward €5.50m 

2. Richie Laryea, Right-Back €2.50m 

3. Sam Adekugbe, Left-Back €400Th. 

4. Juan Córdova, Right-Back €500Th. 

5. Raheem Edwards, Left Winger, €300Th. 

6. Michael Petrasso. Right Midfield, €200Th. 

7. Fraser Aird, Right Midfield, €250Th. 

8. Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, Central Midfield, €175Th.

9. Manny Aparicio, Attacking Midfield, €150Th.

10. Louis Béland-Goyette, Central Midfield, €200Th. 

11. Nico Pasquotti, Right Winger €200Th.  

12. Mastanabal Kacher, Left Winger, €175Th. 

 

 

[El Hombre]

8 minutes ago, MM3/MM2/MM said:

In Comparison,  top players from the 1995s

1. Cyle Larin Centre-Forward €5.50m 

2. Richie Laryea, Right-Back €2.50m 

3. Sam Adekugbe, Left-Back €400Th. 

4. Juan Córdova, Right-Back €500Th. 

5. Raheem Edwards, Left Winger, €300Th. 

6. Michael Petrasso. Right Midfield, €200Th. 

7. Fraser Aird, Right Midfield, €250Th. 

8. Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, Central Midfield, €175Th.

9. Manny Aparicio, Attacking Midfield, €150Th.

10. Louis Béland-Goyette, Central Midfield, €200Th. 

11. Nico Pasquotti, Right Winger €200Th.  

12. Mastanabal Kacher, Left Winger, €175Th. 

 

 

The problem with this is Petrasso and Aird had as much hype and promise around them (if not more) than any of the 2000s, outside of Davies and David.

Also, I think the lore of the Okello to Wolfsburg option is getting a little out of hand.  Even at the time, the details were pretty hazy.