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Our never ending search for Right Back depth since Mark Watson retired continues.  At the beginning of the year it looked like Petrasso and Aird might be the solution but Petrasso moved full time to wing and Aird seems to have flamed out and we seemed to have moved on.

Luckily some of our younger guys have obtained starting spots playing professionally this year and the CPL has given us an additional 3 Canadian starters.

 

Here is our RB depth as I see it now:

1.  Marcus Godinho -22 years-  B3 Zwickau 

2.  Richie Laryea -24 years- Toronto FC

3. Zachary Brault-Guillard- 20 years- Montreal Impact

4. Juan Córdova - 24 years - Huachipato Chili Premier League 

5. Johnathan Grant - 25 years - Forge FC

6. Kadin Chung - 21 years - Pacific FC

7. Morey Doner- 25 years - York9

 

Is this about right?  It seems that the RB depth situation has improved in the past 12 months, although I wish Godinho played at a better level.

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I'm not sure that Godinho is ahead of the next three names on the list at this point. I think Laryea is #1 at the moment

Speaking of Laryea, he's surprisingly not even dressed for TFC today against Chicago. Not sure if it's just a rest because he's played so many games in the last 3 weeks, he didn't go off injured mid-week against Montreal

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2 minutes ago, Gian-Luca said:

I'm not sure that Godinho is ahead of the next three names on the list at this point. I think Laryea is #1 at the moment

Speaking of Laryea, he's surprisingly not even dressed for TFC today against Chicago. Not sure if it's just a rest because he's played so many games in the last 3 weeks, he didn't go off injured mid-week against Montreal

He's suspended for yellow card accumulation.

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I'm guessing for Herdman it's

Laryea
Cordova
ZGB
Godinho

After that it's impossible to tell.

 

For me personally though, it's more like:

Laryea
ZBG
Cordova
Doner
Grant

 

ZGB and Cordova is a little hard to tell, but I've said here in the past that I was personally not all that impressed with Cordova from what I saw of him in league play, but its still hard  comparing him to ZGB however.

 

I really don't think either Godinho or Chung are good enough to be considered. I hope Hamilton (Cavalry) continues to develop well in the future.

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Sad that Aird just flamed out. So much hype after he joined us. Can’t believe his stint at Vancouver was 3 years ago

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6 hours ago, baulderdash77 said:

Here is our RB depth as I see it now:

1.  Marcus Godinho -22 years-  B3 Zwickau 

2.  Richie Laryea -24 years- Toronto FC

3. Zachary Brault-Guillard- 20 years- Montreal Impact

4. Juan Córdova - 24 years - Huachipato Chili Premier League 

5. Johnathan Grant - 25 years - Forge FC

6. Kadin Chung - 21 years - Pacific FC

7. Morey Doner- 25 years - York9

 

Is this about right?  It seems that the RB depth situation has improved in the past 12 months, although I wish Godinho played at a better level.

Drop Godinho to 4 and bump Layrea, Brault-guillard and Cordova up one place each.

The rest is reasonable. Godinho is definitely not our first option.

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2 hours ago, baulderdash77 said:

Actually I re-watched the last Cavalry game last night and Zator started RB which surprised me.  He looked solid but not spectacular but he could be an option potentially.

That ability to cover a number of our weakest positions gives him a leg up imo

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17 hours ago, baulderdash77 said:

Our never ending search for Right Back depth since Mark Watson retired continues.  At the beginning of the year it looked like Petrasso and Aird might be the solution but Petrasso moved full time to wing and Aird seems to have flamed out and we seemed to have moved on.

Luckily some of our younger guys have obtained starting spots playing professionally this year and the CPL has given us an additional 3 Canadian starters.

 

Here is our RB depth as I see it now:

1.  Marcus Godinho -22 years-  B3 Zwickau 

2.  Richie Laryea -24 years- Toronto FC

3. Zachary Brault-Guillard- 20 years- Montreal Impact

4. Juan Córdova - 24 years - Huachipato Chili Premier League 

5. Johnathan Grant - 25 years - Forge FC

6. Kadin Chung - 21 years - Pacific FC

7. Morey Doner- 25 years - York9

 

Is this about right?  It seems that the RB depth situation has improved in the past 12 months, although I wish Godinho played at a better level.

Carl Haworth is at least #3 or #4. He's the captain of a good USL side. He has 8 goals and 6 assists this year and has been named to the USL team of the week on multiple occasions.

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39 minutes ago, WyattTaylor said:

Carl Haworth is at least #3 or #4. He's the captain of a good USL side. He has 8 goals and 6 assists this year and has been named to the USL team of the week on multiple occasions.

Not sure how that would bump him past ZBG and Cordova - who are both playing at a higher level (even if ZBG gets bummed from the 11 a fair bit). Definitely warrant a spot in the list, but third?  Not for me. 

As for Cordova, it is really hard to project where he fits when most of us are just going on reputation.  Having said that, being a regular in the Chilean top flight and getting plaudits fairly regularly seems pretty impressive.  That is why I am itching for him to get some game time.  I still can’t believe we haven’t yet seen him on the field for us.  

On the bright side, our lack of depth in the bacon line isn’t an issue at RB.   As a pretty clear front runner, I am quite comfortable with the quality Laryea brings.   If he sets the bar that challengers must beat to displace him, we are in a good spot - and he has years of growth ahead of him.  

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Sadly none of the above have been tested at a high enough level for us to be confident they'll perform well against the US. We cannot be throwing CPL and USL guys to mark Pulisic and Sargent or Altidore, we just can't, it's a non starter.  Herdman did not use the CNL qualifiers to have a look at any fullbacks. Baffling. The Gold Cup was then wasted on Godinho and ZBG who were not ready.

Laryea I think is a better short notice option than Cordova at this time. Cordova probably needs more time to adjust to Herdmans style than Laryea.  

Thus it's Laryea by default. A guy being called into just his second camp and he will be asked to have the game of his life in 2 weeks. 

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