Corazon Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Apparently MLS is still drinking Toronto FC's ownership Kool-Aid. Every MLS team's breakout player candidate in 2023 | MLSSoccer.com Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty Defender/Forward · Toronto FC Why he’ll break out: A youth attacker who’s spent years now learning how to play at fullback. Simply too talented not to. Marshall-Rutty was considered the very best prospect in Toronto’s very impressive youth development pipeline, but lost most of 2022 to injury and looked lost at fullback when he did manage to get on the field. He’s a year older and wiser, and while he’s not in line to start either on the wing or at right back, it certainly seems like he’ll get rotation minutes. And my guess is they’ll be good ones. What’s his upside this year: Remember a couple of years ago when Bryan Reynolds parlayed 1,000 first-team minutes with FC Dallas into a nearly $10 million move to AS Roma? Something like that is very possible for Marshall-Rutty. Last year’s breakout player: Jayden Nelson Jack1997, johnyb and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) I like how last year's break out player is now rumoured to be out the door. Perfection. Also the Bryan Reynolds comparison is also kind of funny. Edited February 7, 2023 by narduch Corazon, kacbru and NVsoccer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 1 hour ago, Corazon said: Why he’ll break out: A youth attacker who’s spent years now learning how to play at fullback. Simply too talented not to. That's some twisted logic right there! WheatsheafSK, Corazon and narduch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Had a chance to watch Marshall-Rutty at the TFC vs Whitecaps pre-season game today in Palm Springs. Played full 90 minutes at RB. I know it was their first pre-season game but I'm not sure this is the best position for him. He's fast, good with the ball at this feet. But it feels like he's wasted at this position and should be playing higher up the field. Hope I'm wrong! Kadenge, Jack1997, narduch and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costarg Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Northvansteve said: Had a chance to watch Marshall-Rutty at the TFC vs Whitecaps pre-season game today in Palm Springs. Played full 90 minutes at RB. I know it was their first pre-season game but I'm not sure this is the best position for him. He's fast, good with the ball at this feet. But it feels like he's wasted at this position and should be playing higher up the field. Hope I'm wrong! Yup. Pretty much what we've been saying since last year. TFC hasn't quite figured that out yet. TOcanadafan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floortom Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Northvansteve said: . He's fast, good with the ball at this feet. Fast? Maybe something changed in the off-season, but he’s always been slow AF when I’ve watched him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgkiss Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I thought the match report said that Lareya started at RB and the entire team was swapped out at half time for another 11 players... Was that not the case? El Hombre, sebdeserio and RS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Yeah, his skill set really belongs in the middle of the pitch. The only justification for keeping him at RB is that he's not strong enough to play centrally. Shway and Ivan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgkiss Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 JMR has an ability to get around players when going forward - and that usually happens when he plays on the right wing. The fact that Bernadeschi and Insigne are playing on the wings (as obvious first choice players) - doesn't allow JMR to play his role weekly. He would be better off to play weekly with a CPL team so he can develop through more experience. If he does well, his stock will rise based on real data and not just people pumping the tires. He is wasting away sitting on the bench with TFC. Shway, costarg and gator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 11 hours ago, Northvansteve said: Had a chance to watch Marshall-Rutty at the TFC vs Whitecaps pre-season game today in Palm Springs. Played full 90 minutes at RB. I know it was their first pre-season game but I'm not sure this is the best position for him. He's fast, good with the ball at this feet. But it feels like he's wasted at this position and should be playing higher up the field. Hope I'm wrong! Interesting how in camp he was listed as a midfielder on their roster… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 2 hours ago, hodgkiss said: JMR has an ability to get around players when going forward - and that usually happens when he plays on the right wing. The fact that Bernadeschi and Insigne are playing on the wings (as obvious first choice players) - doesn't allow JMR to play his role weekly. He would be better off to play weekly with a CPL team so he can develop through more experience. If he does well, his stock will rise based on real data and not just people pumping the tires. He is wasting away sitting on the bench with TFC. He needs a trade, he’s not a full back. Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Looks like TFC has been playing him as a LB in pre season costarg, Shway and Dominic94 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkRegionFan Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I wonder if the plan is to have JMR be the primary backup for Layrea and Petretta. That way he would get more minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northvansteve Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 4:44 AM, hodgkiss said: I thought the match report said that Lareya started at RB and the entire team was swapped out at half time for another 11 players... Was that not the case? No, that's correct. My bad. But he was playing RB in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Obinna, Jack1997, Corazon and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 40 minutes ago, jordan said: What a statement. Considering he was projected to be going to some top teams…it’s not surprising due to the window being closed. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkRegionFan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 John Molinaro mentioned that JMR has played RB and further upfield during the pre-season. It sounds like he may have played in the midfield, as opposed to LB during those games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Reading way too much into that, but weird that he says he'll "likely" be with TFC at the start of the season. If the window is closed, how is he not a lock to be on the team on opening day? MLS teams calling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazon Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Nelson was technically moved after the “transfer window closed” because not all transfer windows close on January 31st. The big European leagues close at the end of January but there are at least 15 European transfer windows still open as of today including “stepping stone” leagues such as Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, Switzerland, Poland etc. but most are closing in the next couple of weeks. That is probably why it was said “likely”. My bigger concern is the way BB phrased it. Jack1997, narduch, Xavier. and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkRegionFan Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 1 hour ago, InglewoodJack said: Reading way too much into that, but weird that he says he'll "likely" be with TFC at the start of the season. If the window is closed, how is he not a lock to be on the team on opening day? MLS teams calling? I think BB is answering using words from the question posed by Steve Buffery. The question was "whether at this point do you think he will be on the roster". BB answered by saying "at this moment, the expectation is that he will be on the roster" Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, YorkRegionFan said: I think BB is answering using words from the question posed by Steve Buffery. The question was "whether at this point do you think he will be on the roster". BB answered by saying "at this moment, the expectation is that he will be on the roster" Oh, yeah, in that case that makes sense. I did forget that some of the smaller European leagues have their transfer windows close later too, but it’s looking like he’s gonna play the year at Toronto. Corazon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Seems pretty ominous that he couldn't even get any minutes last night against a team projected to be one of the worst in MLS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obinna Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 I don't care how highly touted JMR is by TFC, he's not going to be ahead of Laryea on the right and Petretta looked really impressive on the left, which was a pleasent surprise. Maybe the Insigne injury opens a spot on the wing (which would have been perfect for Nelson last night) but Akinola saw the field ahead of Rutty, which I don't actually think was a bad call as Ayo is willing to stretch the field and make runs in behind, something I haven't really saw much from JMR. Corazon and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic94 Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 They don’t know how to develop him, let someone else do it gator, costarg and ray 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 Is there a deadline for MLS teams loaning players to CPL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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