Corazon Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) Take a look at the results. Both the MLS Players and Clubs voted Tajon as the Young Player of the Year. The Media overwhelmingly voted Pepi which brought him above Tajon. Absolute embarassment and I hope the MLS realizes it that they players and staff quite clearly chose another player. See Below: Far Right with no Title is obviously the combined voting percentages. This frustrates me so much that I think I am going to flood their social media posts with comments of disgust and siappointment. Players Players Clubs Media Pepi, Ricardo (DAL) 22.90% 36.40% 59.10% 39.47% Buchanan, Tajon (NE) 31.30% 42.40% 19.70% 31.13% Araujo, Julian (LA) 3.10% 3.00% 3.40% 3.17% Dike, Daryl (ORL) 3.60% 3.00% 1.00% 2.53% Barco, Ezequiel (ATL) 3.60% 0.00% 3.40% 2.33% Edited November 18, 2021 by Corazon Dominic94, Free kick, johnyb and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Certainly seems like some collusion went down with the media, or they weren't very educated and went off recent USMNT results. Case in point: Daryl Dike had 10 goals in 18 matches and got 1% of the media vote Pepi had 13 in 31 and got 59.10% of the media vote. Corazon, Dominic94, Approve My Account Pls and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Just now, CanadaFan123 said: Certainly seems like some collusion went down with the media, or they weren't very educated and went off recent USMNT results. Case in point: Daryl Dike had 10 goals in 18 matches and got 1% of the media vote Pepi had 13 in 31 and got 59.10% of the media vote. I think the media heavily weighted Pepi's age and experience...essentially an 18 year old rookie which was impressive. Right now Dike and Buchanan are both more impactful than Pepi IMO Shway, footballfreak and Dominic94 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trois Reds Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) Pepi is also Mexican-American. The American soccer media is, uh, weighted towards that. Edited November 18, 2021 by Trois Reds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Floortom said: I think the media heavily weighted Pepi's age and experience...essentially an 18 year old rookie which was impressive. Right now Dike and Buchanan are both more impactful than Pepi IMO No doubt. But when the award is for "young player of the year", in which there is already a qualifier to be eligible it's ridiculous to give extra points for someone because they're even younger. Kadenge, Dominic94 and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 I like that they broke down the voting for everyone. Tajon may not have won the hardware, but it's clear what the pros think of him. I think that has to be almost as good as winning outright for him. The Beaver 2.0, footballfreak, sebdeserio and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Diego Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 40 minutes ago, Floortom said: I think the media heavily weighted Pepi's age and experience...essentially an 18 year old rookie which was impressive. Right now Dike and Buchanan are both more impactful than Pepi IMO My gut tells me they weighted his recent national team performances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 The boys going to bat on and off the field, love to see it Sal333, Cheeta, Addona and 25 others 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Trust me, I’ve already waved the flag on Reddit… You know what responses I’m getting…. ”Pepi is 4 years younger, “ Me - there’s an age bracket for the award, I didn’t know it was the best youngest player gets it or the Rookie of the Year. ”He was on a worse team” Me - Shouldn’t being a massive contributor on SS record breaking team be weighted more? Even the fact that Bruce had him at RB to start? The fans which is also the media are just blind patriots. Oh how I wish that someday we’ll rid ourselves of the American soccer system. Kadenge, Corazon, Greatest Cockney Rip Off and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison44 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 HOw many goals did Pepi get?? Same as Buchanon?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bison44 said: HOw many goals did Pepi get?? Same as Buchanon?? Pepi 13G and 2A Tajon 8G and 5A Edited November 18, 2021 by Floortom Bison44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 (edited) What bothers me the most is that amongst the 5 finalists, there is very little difference between all 5 players votes across all 3 voting segments. Except for two numbers. Media voting for Pepi significantly higher and Media voting for Tajon significantly lower. If that doesn't tell you something. Tajon had a +11.6% higher vote over Pepi as voted by the players. Tajon has a +6% higher vote over Pepi as voted by the clubs. Then, suddenly Tajon has a -29.4% lower vote as voted by the Media. Make that make sense. Hopefully fuel added to the fire for Tajon vs USA in January. Would be sweet to beat them with Tajon scoring a couple goals. Edited November 18, 2021 by Corazon Free kick, Xavier., sebdeserio and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Approve My Account Pls Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Surely we now have to make a Tajon vs. Pepi banner and chant for Jan 30th right Corazon, Sal333, Dominic94 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 Love to see his CMNT teammates invested in his success and calling BS. Shway, Tyler55 and Corazon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler55 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 MAK isn't holding back. RS, Kadenge, Dr.Dre and 14 others 7 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lansdude Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Tyler55 said: MAK isn't holding back. MAK is MAF sebdeserio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Shway said: Expected robbery aka American patriotism. Not one bit surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InBorjanWeTrust Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 We should organize awarding Tajon a Best Young Player award before kickoff on Jan 30. I'm actually so mad the journalist swayed this vote so badly. they obviously have no business having any sort of say in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted November 18, 2021 Share Posted November 18, 2021 8 minutes ago, InBorjanWeTrust said: We should organize awarding Tajon a Best Young Player award before kickoff on Jan 30. I'm actually so mad the journalist swayed this vote so badly. they obviously have no business having any sort of say in this. Tajon will have his opportunity to stick it to the US media in Jan when we play the US and his teammates will be right behind him. Not that we need motivation but... Sal333 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver 2.0 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Lots of hype for this kid--i.e. Peppi. Hope he ain't another Adu. (I mean, he won't be, but the media hype is a bit silly. He did jack all vs. Jamaica the other day.) Favorite American player: Weah. All the rest: Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 minute ago, The Beaver 2.0 said: Lots of hype for this kid--i.e. Peppi. Hope he ain't another Adu. (I mean, he won't be, but the media hype is a bit silly. He did jack all vs. Jamaica the other day.) Favorite American player: Weah. All the rest: Meh. The kids good. Can't take away what he did in his first year as an 18yo...he'll be out of MLS soon. But nevertheless he wasn't better than Tajon this year. Xavier. and Free kick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaFan123 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Just now, Shway said: The kids good. Can't take away what he did in his first year as an 18yo...he'll be out of MLS soon. But nevertheless he wasn't better than Tajon this year. It was his third year, but yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 1 minute ago, CanadaFan123 said: It was his third year, but yes. Wait...you mean I took a sip of the juice. FFS sakes I just realized he's had the same time in the league as Tajon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 (edited) i would be curious to know who are the media members who got to vote. Was there an equal amount from each city that has an MLS club? Assuming it was an equal number of voting members for each club and we know : Of the 27 teams, there are 3 in Canada. that's 11% Assuming New England / Boston media voted for TB, then 4/27=15% TB got 19.7% of the media vote Yes, that is very much "eye-brow raising" when you see something like 98-99% of the media across the US didn't vote for TB. You will never see that kind unanimity in any kind of vote in anything. Not even in the Soviet Union. its does raise the specter of collusion. Edited November 19, 2021 by Free kick johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 It’ll just be more fuel to drive TB forward and prove more people wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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