Gian-Luca Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Matt Doyle on the official MLs website is also predicting LAFC will take Edwards. He also says that he expects TFC will try to trade for him back. he is also recommending that Philly should trade for Jay Chapman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rheo Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I figure some of TFC's thinking in exposing him is that LA may not want to use a foreign spot on a Canadian. Curious to see how the draft plays out when it comes to Toronto. Guess we'll see in an hour lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 He got picked by LAFC today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 LAFC have selected Raheem Edwards from TFC in the Expansion Draft. They selected a LB from Columbus with the previous pick, so one of the LBs will likely be moving. Dub Narcotic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 minute ago, harrycoyster said: LAFC have selected Raheem Edwards from TFC in the Expansion Draft. They selected a LB from Columbus with the previous pick, so one of the LBs will likely be moving. Or they plan on playing Edwards on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 I hope LAFC keep him, more chance to play there and, as I mentioned earlier, you always need left sided depth. With the relatively huge budget available to LA I don't know there's a lot of need to play tricks with trades to get small amounts of allocation money like past expansion teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Doyle again speculating on the live show that TFC will try to trade for him like they did with Irwin. Drafting two similar players who can play the same position in the five would also suggest that may be in the works. Then again, Bill Manning said in the radio that the team management did have an argument over leaving a particular player exposed and I bet it was Edwards as he was an obvious choice to many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Just now, Ruffian said: Or they plan on playing Edwards on the wing. LAFC already has Latif Blessing and Carlos Vela. He'd only be depth and doesn't fit Bradley's system. Surely he'd be worth more to another MLS team at LB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Now to see if Jordan Hamilton or Jay Chapman get moved somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Curious if they trade him back asap but not a bad spot to be. I suspect they keep Edwards and moving Raitala since Edwards is a HGP and domestic league wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Rheo said: I figure some of TFC's thinking in exposing him is that LA may not want to use a foreign spot on a Canadian. MLS teams have enough foreign spots available to them to make that nothing like as big an issue as some people make it out to be on here. If a player is good enough teams will be interested. Was surprised he was left unprotected but with a roster as deep as TFC's there were no doubt difficult decisions to be made. Rheo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, matty said: Curious if they trade him back asap but not a bad spot to be. I suspect they keep Edwards and moving Raitala since Edwards is a HGP and domestic league wide He's not. If he was a Homegrown player he wouldn't have been eligible for the expansion draft. He counts as an international there. I want to see TFC get him back by trading them Ben Spencer and Tsubasa Endoh and other non-Canadians we don't really need, rather than using Chapman and Hamilton. Apart from my own wish of wanting to see Canadians playing for TFC, TFC will want to win the Canadian Championship again and if they lose all of their Canadian players who can potentially start, will be 3rd or 4th string choice Canadians to make that quota (I mean, what if Osorio or Ricketts are injured when the Canadian championship comes around and they lost Edwards, Chapman and Hamilton as well?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Just now, Gian-Luca said: He's not. If he was a Homegrown player he wouldn't have been eligible for the expansion draft. He counts as an international there. I want to see TFC get him back by trading them Ben Spencer and Tsubasa Endoh and other non-Canadians we don't really need, rather than using Chapman and Hamilton. Apart from my own wish of wanting to see Canadians playing for TFC, TFC will want to win the Canadian Championship again and if they lose all of their Canadian players who can potentially start, will be 3rd or 4th string choice Canadians to make that quota (I mean, what if Osorio or Ricketts are injured when the Canadian championship comes around and they lost Edwards, Chapman and Hamilton as well?) Then I guess the various reports on him as Homegrown, including those from MLS, are wrong Also wrong only some HGP were protected http://nationalpost.com/pmn/sports-pmn/major-league-soccer-releases-expansion-draft-player-list-for-los-angeles-fc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Actually there is no "Intl" next to his name right now on the mlssoccer website for LAFC's roster, so it looks like he doesn't count as a homegrown player for Toronto but does count as a domestic for LAFC, which is bizarre to me. Unless they are trading back for him, it makes it somewhat insane to have left him off the roster if that was the case. This is a bad move for Raheem given his salary, he can't live at home anymore so he probably loses money this way - if it lasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Molinaro reporting that there were no deals made in advance with LAFC for any of the players they left exposed and as of right now, there is nothing in the works to get Edwards back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 No pre-made deal to bring Edwards back, but John Thorrington said LAFC will consider offers being made for players over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) Multiple reports of a Montreal/LAFC deal for Edwards. Not a done deal yet, though. Edited December 12, 2017 by harrycoyster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenFisk'sBiggestFan Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 He would get playing time in Montreal. Unfortunately on a pretty crappy defensive side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradMack Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 14 hours ago, lazlo_80 said: To that point i wouldn't be shocked if another team gave LAFC the TAM, GAM or whatever they wanted to get him. Seriously a left sided player of that calibre at that age and that low of a price is incredibly valuable in MLS. 14 hours ago, BradMack said: Imagine if this is how the Impact solve their left back issue.... 40 minutes ago, harrycoyster said: Multiple reports of a Montreal/LAFC deal for Edwards. Not a done deal yet, though. My god, nightmares do come true. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazlo_80 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 As a TFC fan this sucks. As a CMNT fan a chance to start for a coach famous for developing young players isn't exactly the worst fate in the world. johnyb and BradMack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Edwards was a winger, very attacking player, why are we trying to shoe horn him into a LB spot?? Just because that is where Vanney played him in the 3-5-2 doesnt mean he wont be a regular LW in a 4-4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) LAFC is sending BOTH of their leftbacks to Montreal. Done deal. Edwards not likely to start over the Finnish international LB....maybe they see him as a winger? Edited December 12, 2017 by harrycoyster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 2 hours ago, harrycoyster said: LAFC have selected Raheem Edwards from TFC in the Expansion Draft. They selected a LB from Columbus with the previous pick, so one of the LBs will likely be moving. Edwards isn’t a left back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycoyster Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, canta15 said: Edwards isn’t a left back Bob Bradley had just called Edwards a leftback...so he was to LAFC. Not that that matters now. Edited December 12, 2017 by harrycoyster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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